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Plenary Session - Keynote speech by dr. Emmanuel Kasarherou
The Sharing of Cultural Heritage between Europe and the Pacific: The Kanak Experience
Emmanuel Kasarherou
Musée du Quai Branly
For more than 25 years, New Caledonia has experienced different projects aiming to reconnect the Kanaks, the indigenous population of the archipelago, to their material culture from which they have been separated during a century. Mainly held abroad and particularly in museums in Europe, this part of their tangible culture has found its way back to New Caledonia successfully through different ways: temporary exhibitions, long term loans and publications. The Inventory of the Kanak Dispersed Heritage (IPKD) totalizing 5000 significant cultural objects held in 80 museums throughout the world will be the last project which will be released next July in Noumea. This presentation will examine the conditions, expectations and results of these experiences in a nation-building context, and discuss its implications for reshaping relations between Europe and the Pacific.
