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S/pacific Islands: Some Reflections on Identity and Art in Contemporary Oceania
Greg Dvorak
As my late friend and mentor Teresia Teaiwa, a scholar of Banaban and I-Kiribati heritage and one of Oceania’s greatest minds, punned in her own writing, it is essential to emphasize the urgency of specific notions—or rather “S/pacific n/oceans”—of Oceanian history and art: the specificities of genealogies, crossings, colonialisms, wars, struggles, and resilience of the people who live throughout the Great Ocean. I am interested in nudging this conversation beyond the ambiguities of the ocean to the specificities of Oceania, in order to foster more receptivity toward art and artists from this region.
e-flux Journal
Posted: October 9, 2020
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Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity, Colonialism & Imperialism
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Water & The Sea, Oceania, Decolonization, Indigenous Art