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The Oceania Expert Group Meeting explored the complex relationship between technological advancements, climate change, and family dynamics in Oceania. lt centered around the megatrends of technology and climate change, exploring its profound impact on family and community dynamics, interlinkages between the megatrends, and policy responses. The meeting recognized the place of the family within a socio-ecological conceptualization, capturing the influence of the individual, the family, community, and structural and environment contexts on people’s lives. It also recognized that some groups within society are more impacted than others resulting in entrenched intergenerational disadvantage. Experts generated insightful recommendations to inform policies that promote holistic well-being amidst emerging megatrends, focusing on technology and climate change.
Papers and Presentations
Ballardong Whadjuk Culture hubs – Thinking about past and present knowledges to envision regenerative future generations by Susan Beetson
Community-led and place-based approaches to building resilience: The policy gaps and opportunities by Anne Cleary
Australian media literacy: research + advocacy by Michael Dezuanni
Enacting decolonial digital futures in Samoa. Using digital technologies to strengthen Samoan ways of knowing and being by Aimee Hourigan and the ‘Digital Inclusion in Samoa’ Project Team
Three worlds of digitalisation, environment and society: the challenges of aging and immigration by Ilan Katz & Bingqin Li
Climate change and family violence in rural Samoa by Jenevieve Mannell
Raising Climate Warriors: Cultivating Eco-Conscious Families and Communities by Alina Morawska
Generative Co-Design Policies and Practices involving Vulnerable Pacific Communities by Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni
Framing support for parents managing their own and children’s climate anxiety by Rebecca E. Olson, Alexandra Smith, Jordan McKenzie, Roger Patulny, Alberto Bellocchi & Fiona Charlson
Bridging the low-income families digital divide by Kim Osman
Across the Chasm? Towards intergenerational empathy and solidarity on climate change by Nathan R. J. Wiltshire