2015 27(1) & 27(2)
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| Spring 27(1) Articles Vulnerable Islands: Climate Change, Tectonic Change, and Changing Livelihoods in the Western Pacific John Connell Working Out What to Wear in Papua New Guinea: The Politics of Fashion in Stella Ceridwen Spark Dialogue Austronesian Youth Perspectives on Language Reclamation and Maintenance Emerson Lopez Odango Re-Presenting Melanesia: Ignoble Savages and Melanesian Alter-Natives Tarcisius Kabutaulaka A Sea of Warriors: Performing an Identity of Resilience and Empowerment in the Face of Climate Change in the Pacific Candice Elanna Steiner Resources Diacritical Marks and the Samoan Language Eseta Magaui Tualaulelei, Fepuleai Lasei John Mayer, and Galumalemana A Hunkin Political Reviews Political Reviews Editor’s Note David Kupferman Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 Taberannang Korauaba, Kelly G Marsh, Clement Yow Mulalap, Christina Sablan, Tyrone J Taitano Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 Lorenz Gonschor, Margaret Mutu, Christina Newport, Forrest Wade Young Book and Media Reviews The Bond of Time: An Epic Love Poem, by John Puhiatau Pule Reviewed by Steven Gin Dark Sparring: Poems, by Selina Tusitala Marsh Reviewed by Tulia Thompson Being Māori in the City: Indigenous Everyday Life in Auckland, by Natacha Gagné Reviewed by Marama Muru-Lanning Nonahere Òri Tahiti: Pipiri Mā, by Patrick Araia Amaru, Edgar Tetahiotupa, and Matani Kainuku Reviewed by Terava Ka‘anapu Casey Pacific Hall, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Reviewed by Maile Drake and Karen K Kosasa Atua: Sacred Gods of Polynesia [exhibit] Reviewed by David Hansen Tonga: The Last Place on Earth [documentary film] Reviewed by Lea Lani Kauvaka Living Along the Fenceline [documentary film] Reviewed by Jesi Lujan Bennett Cargo Cult [animated film] Reviewed by Lamont Lindstrom Featured Artist: Fatu Feuʻu Talanoa (2014), by Fatu Feu‘u Fatu Feu‘u was born in Poutasi Falealiʻi, Sāmoa, and emigrated to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1966. While working in the textile industry, he taught himself to paint and sculpt, and in 1983 his first solo exhibition was hosted by the Massey Homestead in Mangere, Manukau. His fresh and energetic paintings contemporize motifs derived from customary art forms—frigate birds modeled after siapo (barkcloth) patterns represent connections to the spirit world, and tatau (tattoo) motifs symbolize chiefs and genealogy told through matai peʻa (chiefly tattoo), like his own. Feuʻu’s paintings are va‘aomanu or vessels of knowledge that emphasize the importance of faʻa Sāmoa (the Samoan way) and Oceanic customs and history with a modernist edge. His stylized designs—frangipanis and Lapita motifs—were new to New Zealand’s 1980s art scene but have since become iconic of “Pacific art.” | Fall 27(2) Articles Decolonization, Language, and Identity: The Francophone Islands of the Pacific Léopold Mu Si Yan and Bruno Saura Remembrance of the Colonial Past in the French Islands of the Pacific: Speeches, Representations, and Commemorations Bruno Saura Brave New Words: The Complexities and Possibilities of an “Indigenous” Identity in French Polynesia and New Caledonia Natacha Gagné Imagining the Body in Pacific Francophone Literature Titaua Porcher-Wiart Dialogue Linguistic Ideologies: Teaching Oceanic Languages in French Polynesia and New Caledonia Jacques Vernaudon Resources Resources for Research in French Polynesia and New Caledonia David Aymonin and Isabelle Heutte Political Reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2014 Nic Maclellan Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2014 Jon Fraenkel, Douglas Kammen, Solomon Kantha, Gordon Leua Nanau, Howard Van Trease Book and Media Reviews Tiki Pop: America Imagines Its Own Polynesian Paradise [exhibit]; Tiki Pop: America Imagines Its Own Polynesian Paradise, by Sven Kirsten Reviewed by Geoffrey M White Conjurer la guerre: Violence et pouvoir à Houaïlou (Nouvelle-Calédonie), by Michel Naepels Reviewed by Louis Bousquet Une mairie dans la France coloniale: Koné, Nouvelle Calédonie, by Benoît Trépied Reviewed by Lorenzo Veracini Décoloniser l’école? Hawai‘i, Nouvelle-Calédonie: Expériences contemporaines, by Marie Salaün Reviewed by Nathalie Segeral The Pā Boys [feature film] Reviewed by Vilsoni Hereniko Jonah From Tonga [television series] Reviewed by David W Kupferman Tropics of Savagery: The Culture of Japanese Empire in Comparative Frame, by Robert Thomas Tierney Nanyo-Orientalism: Japanese Representations of the Pacific, by Naoto Sudo Reviewed by Josh Levy Architecture in the South Pacific: The Ocean of Islands, by Jennifer Taylor and James Conner Reviewed by Hetereki Huke Living Art in Papua New Guinea, by Susan Cochrane Reviewed by Paul Sharrad I Ulu I Ke Kumu, edited by Puakea Nogelmeier Reviewed by Kirsten Kamaile Noelani Mawyer No Mākou ka Mana: Liberating the Nation, by Kamanamaikalani Beamer Reviewed by Lorenz Gonschor Islands at Risk? Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change, by John Connell Reviewed by Lindsey Harris Featured Artists Kego (2004), by Paula Boi Gony The art throughout this issue responds to a central theme: maintaining an indigenous identity within the French colonial system. These seven artists express, confront, and assert indigenous identities; they challenge and extend the visual discourse across the region and engage home communities and distant audiences. Rather than aesthetic similarities, I sought diversity. I invited women and men, well-established and emerging, who are exploring new media, mastering fine art practices, confronting social and cultural issues, and celebrating strength and beauty in Oceania.These artists grew up in the Islands. Many are self-taught, some went abroad to art schools, and others attended Tahiti’s Centre des Métiers d’Art (CMA), where students are encouraged to discover individual expression while learning techniques inherent in Polynesian and Oceanic artistic heritage. |