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.
Writing the New World
10 "We should not assume non visibility means absence"
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Alice Te Punga Somerville & Wanda Ieremia-Allan
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Season 1
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Episode 10
'Writing the New World' researcher Vula Utonivaya and 'Pacific Texts' researcher and student Adi Inoke discuss Indigenous Fijian voices in 'Na Mata': a nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Fijian government newspaper.
In celebration of 2020 Fijian Language Week, this podcast discusses the importance of early Fijian language texts; as a way to remember long forgotten proverbs and idioms and historical events which resonate with us today.
Happy Fijian Language Week! Vinaka vaka levu Vula and Adi. Enjoy!