Stacey Kokaua and her brother Hamish Kokaua created an artwork that Stacey performed as part of our “Weaving A Narrative” workshop in October 2023. In this piece she describes their experience. In the artwork she travels through the online collection of digitalpasifik.org, connecting personal relations and stories.
Sean Joseph Choo is one of the artists who took part in our ‘Weaving A Narrative’ workshop and created a piece of art – also published on this platform – based on the collections on the digitalpasifik platform.
Three artistic works from the Pacific region combine film, archival footage, music, poetry, and traditional crafts to create compelling narratives about identity, ancestry, family, culture, and the close bond between people, land, and the ocean.
Patrick S. Thomsen tells us about fa'afafine of Samoa as an important part of Samoan social life and culture. In his article, he describes their role as a third gender, their significance for families and communities, and the challenges they face in balancing cultural recognition, social expectations and discrimination.
Oceania is a region that consists of thousands of islands in the central and southern Pacific, but for the majority of its history, the names of these islands have been defined by outdated racial and colonial categorisations.
Von ihrer ersten Begegnung als Achtjährige mit der Ausstellung „Fidschianische Waffen“ in einem europäischen Museum bis hin zur heutigen Erkundung von „fidschianischen Dingen“ über die Plattform digitalpasifik.org. In diesem anschaulichen Essay erforscht die Dichterin Natasha Ratuva die Wahl der Masi als Objekt ihrer Verbundenheit und die Ermächtigung, die mit der Neuinterpretation visueller Bilder einhergeht.