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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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Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
This episode builds on Ep 9 on CTS and introduces some of Ata Siulua's research on family and Indigenous kinship. We discuss rethinking assumptions that are made about the definition of 'family' and interrogating the role of colonial perspectives on Indigenous social systems. Ata shares Indigenous perspectives of kāinga (Tongan for clan, village, extended family) and we discuss how it is connected to other relational concepts to place and people across the Moana (Ocean) and beyond. *Warning: unfortunately there were sirens in the background during a brief moment while recording, just a heads up in case your driving.
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