Knowledge collections – a range of sources in Pasifika education and we can categorise them as white literature, grey literature and artefacts.
White literature are texts which are peer-reviewed and usually academic, eg. books and journals.
Grey literature is defined by Simon Fraser University in Canada as being ‘produced outside of traditional publishing and distribution channels, and can include reports, policy literature, working papers, newsletters, government documents, speeches, white papers…This information is often produced by organisations ‘on the ground’ (such as government and inter-governmental agencies, non-governmental organisations, and industry) to store information and reporton activities, either for their own use or wider shring and distribution, and without the delays and restrictions of commercial and academic publishing. for that reason, grey literature can be more current than literature in scholarly journals.’
Artefacts are equally of value for Pacific and other indigenous research. These can include art works, cultural costumes or items of historic cultural importance, poetry, letters, videos, or recordings of oral histories.
