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Sāmoan Multiplicities: Experiences of Sāmoan-ness

The Sāmoan Multiplicities research project, headed by Dr Safua Akeli Amaama (Te Papa) and Prof. Philipp Schorch (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität), explores how contemporary Sāmoan identity is spatially and temporally distributed, as well as how and why Sāmoan-ness remains intact despite past and present ongoing transformations. In this blog, Research Assistant Annika Sippel presents an overview of the project so far and considers some of the avenues in which our own collections can engage with ideas of Sāmoan Multiplicities.Read more

By: Annika Sippel

On: 2 Jun 2022

In: Pacific

Revisiting the Tongan co-collecting stories of Project 83: Small Things Matter – Maya Taufa

Our last blog in the special series that revisits the stories of the ‘youth agents’ of Project 83: Small Things Matter. This co-collecting project was developed in 2017 by the Year 13 Tongan language class of Sir Edmund Hilary Collegiate.Read more

By: Nina Tonga

On: 12 Sep 2020

In: Pacific

A teenage boy in school uniform holding two sticks and standing in front of a dark red wooden building

Revisiting the Tongan co-collecting stories of Project 83: Small Things Matter – Grant Vea‘ila

For Uike Kātoanga‘i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga |Tongan Language Week we are sharing the stories of the ‘youth agents’ of Project 83: Small Things Matter. This co-collecting project was developed in 2017 by the Year 13 Tongan language class of Sir Edmund Hilary Collegiate.Read more

By: Nina Tonga

On: 11 Sep 2020

In: Pacific

A teenage girl in a school uniform holding pandanus seed necklace and a booklet, standing in front of a dark red wooden wall

Revisiting the Tongan co-collecting stories of Project 83: Small Things Matter – Mele Haunga

For Uike Kātoanga‘i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga | Tongan Language Week we revisit the stories of the ‘youth agents’ of Project 83: Small Things Matter. This co-collecting project was developed by the Year 13 Tongan language class of Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate in 2017. Read more

By: Nina Tonga

On: 10 Sep 2020

In: Pacific

Revisiting the Tongan co-collecting stories of Project 83: Small Things Matter – Alfred Paea

To celebrate Tongan Language Week we look back at Project 83: Small Things Matter, from 2017. Today, Alfred Paea writes about his Polyfest uniform.Read more

By: Nina Tonga

On: 9 Sep 2020

In: Pacific

Revisiting the Tongan co-collecting stories of Project 83: Small Things Matter – Sini Atoa

For Uike Kātoanga‘i ‘o e Le Faka-Tonga | Tongan Language Week we take a look at the stories of Project 83: Small Things Matter in a special blog series. This co-collecting project was developed by the Year 13 Tongan language class of Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate in 2017. Read more

By: Nina Tonga

On: 8 Sep 2020

In: Pacific

Revisiting the Tongan co-collecting stories of Project 83: Small Things Matter – Elisapeta Fononga

To celebrate Tongan Language Week we take a look back at Project 83: Small Things Matter in 2017. This co-collecting project was developed by the Year 13 Tongan language class of Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate with the guidance of their teacher Mrs Maata Fusitua.Read more

By: Nina Tonga

On: 7 Sep 2020

In: Pacific

‘Good talk’ and ‘bad talk’: T-style and K-style in gagana Sāmoa

Language changes over time, and the way we speak is influenced by who and where we are and how we are putting language to use. For Sāmoan Language week 2020, we have invited Le’ausālilō Lupematasila Fata ‘Au’afa Dr Sadat Muaiava to share some insights from his doctoral research on Sāmoan language change from 1906–2014. Le’ausālilō, is a lecturer in the Sāmoan Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.Read more

By: Guest writer

On: 26 May 2020

In: Pacific