Writing the New World Alice Te Punga Somerville & Wanda Ieremia-Allan

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 concludes a five month project of collaborative research which involved the acquisition of new digital, media skills, the tenacity to keep the momentum going and the conviction  to mediate and keep telling 'our stories' in our own ways. The podcast has been co-produced (actually almost entirely created) by PhD student and WTNW researcher Wanda Ieremia. 
Please revisit and share previous episodes. Fa'afetai tele lava to the 'Writing the New World' whanau for your time and energy. KIA ŌRA, TĒNĀ KOUTOU, MEITAKI MA'ATA, FA'AFETAI, MALO 'AUPITO, VAIE'E, FAKAUE LAHI, VINAKA!

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 forthcoming podcast  to complete our 'Writing the New World' podcast project. No neira, Mālo fa'afetai.

"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 done?"
This episode features Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville's korero on her "little bit in this really interconnected, intergenerational, multilingual whakapapa of intellectual thought of the (Pacific) region".
Introducing the 'Taualuga series' of 'Writing the New World' podcast project; which provide the vision, conceptual framing and some of the expected and surprising outcomes of the 'Writing the New World' project. 
This finale of korero features interviews by 'Writing the New World' scholarship students Ammon Apiata and Wanda Ieremia with the project lead researcher and visionary, Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville. They discuss many topics including the importance of connecting newer scholars to the rich historical intellectual work of 'missing generations'. 
In the three podcasts of this 'Taualuga' series, Alice discusses archives, intergenerational and multilingual work and Pacific and Indigenous literature. 
Look out for forthcoming remaining interviews of this 'Taualuga series' of the 'Writing the New World' podcast project. Fa'afetai Assocate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville. Whakarongo mai and enjoy.

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 Niue Language Week 2020 - features our very own Niue scholars, Postdoc research fellow Dr Jess Pasisi and Corianton Poimatangi who are, in their work, centering Niue knowledges, building research communities and searching for 'Niue Happiness'.
"We grew up in ways that are still very intimately tied to what it means to be a Niue person. Ultimately what we are doing is caring for our culture, that is the key to Niue people doing Niue research".

"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 next generation. I didn't have the privilege of hearing first hand from them and this is what archives (work) does. Although they were writing to a public, wider audience.. I read their work personally as an Indigenous researcher and a Samoan woman because I am connected to them, I have personal stakes (and responsibilities) in relation to their work."

'Writing the New World' researcher and PhD student Wanda Ieremia-Allan explores her childhood memories of the delapidated London Missionary Society Malua Print house in Samoa as inspiration for her study of the cosmopolitan, Pan Pacific, early twentieth century Samoan literary cultures that stretched from as far as Torres Strait Islands to San Diego, US and New Zealand.

'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!