What’s in a name ‘Moana’?
AG飞禽走兽电子 Art and Design hosted a talanoa discussion about ‘Moana’ as a term for modern day Oceania.
The talanoa discussion ‘Salty Blood and Tears’: Ocean Stories brought together several renowned scholars around the world including Dr Albert Refiti (AG飞禽走兽电子 Art and Design), Ty Kāwika Tengan (University of Hawai'i, Mānoa), Julia Mage'au Gray (Mekeo Artist), Vincente Diaz (University of Minnesota), Rosanna Raymond (AG飞禽走兽电子, Moana Artist), Tēvita O Kā'ili (Brigham Young University, Hawai'i) and Lana Lopesi (AG飞禽走兽电子, Moana Artist).
The panel talked about whether ‘Moana’ should replace ‘Oceania’, and about the ocean as a placemaker, connector and catalyst for modern day Pacific and Melanesian identities and relationships.
The discussion also touched on new Pacific thinking built on early Pacific academia developed by writers such as Albert Wendt and Epeli Hau?ofa.
Read more about the event here:
Opening the session with a kava circle
Vincente M Diaz from University of Minnesota
Tēvita Ka'ili from Brigham Young University Hawaii
Lana Lopesi, AG飞禽走兽电子 PhD candidate
Rosanna Raymond, Artist and AG飞禽走兽电子 Master of Philosophy student