Writing the New World
The podcast that shares research and ideas related to the research project 'Writing the New World: Indigenous texts 1900-1975' - led by Alice Te Punga Somerville and supported by the Marsden Fund. The podcast is co-produced and hosted by Wanda Ieremia-Allan. Sixteen Indigenous researchers have worked with Alice on this journey of connecting with the massive, multilingual and rich legacy of writing in the Pacific region. This podcast celebrates what can happen when we connect across generations, archives, disciplines, institutions, communities, experiences, and perspectives.
Podcasting since 2020 • 19 episodes
Writing the New World
Latest Episodes
ATPS3: Final episode about the WTNW project - the podcast, the politics, the oppression, the future.
Taualuga series: final episode. Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville discusses the inspiration behind the podcast; 'being too political', the 'Modernist' vibe and historical oppression in and by NZ Literary Studies.This concl...
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ATPS2: Archives, structural inequalities and amazing Indigenous student researchers.
Second episode of the Taualuga Series. Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville discusses archives, structural inequalities and the innovative methodological engagement by Indigenous and Pacific student researchers. Listen in to one last f...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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34:08
ATPS1 "Interconnected, intergenerational, multilingual whakapapa of intellectual thought."
"What are the stakes of the things that we've already forgotten; how do we make sure we connect our memories; how we do we find, track down, remember, acknowledge, learn from and intellectually engage with the work that our people have already ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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37:44
12 Centering Niue knowledges, building research communities and searching for 'Niue Happiness'.
Fakaalofa lahi atu! ‘Faliki e tau momoui he tau atuhau ke he Vagahau Niue’ which in English translates to, “Lay the foundations - give rise to Vagahau Niue for generations".The episode of our podcast series - which was first released for Ni...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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52:06
11 - Shining the light on early 20th century Samoan literary cultures
"I've reconnected with my family; I've never met my grandparents or great grandparents but I feel very connected to them now that I've read their writing.. I've read their feau, I've read ther momoliga alofa, soalaupule - aspiration for the nex...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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44:31