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Hosted by Arcia Tecun, an urban and mobile Wīnak (Mayan) with roots in Iximulew (Guatemala), an upbringing in Soonkahni (Salt Lake Valley, Utah), and in relation with Tonga, Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (The Great Pacific Ocean). Wai? [pronounced why] (W.A.I.: Words and Ideas) is a podcast based on various issues, topics, and perspectives including critical analysis, reflection, dialogue, and commentary on society, politics, education, history, culture, Indigeneity, and more. The purpose of this project is to share words and ideas that are locally meaningful, globally relevant, and critically conscious.
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Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
This episode introduces and explores some of the ideas behind the term and concept of diaspora. Diaspora is often focused on geographical space and distance, which is argued needs to expand and include time in order to understand the experience of dislocation. Using a variety of sources to understand this experience and its consequences, it is suggested that moments that collapse time and space of the diaspora paradigm through knowledge, ritual, or otherwise, facilitates potential healing moments.
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