The Newest System-Program of Pacific Philosophy (original) (raw)

The Quest for a Pacific Theology: A Re-consideration of its Methodology

This paper offers a critique of the Pacific theological enterprise and its foundational principles set forth in the beginning by Dr Sione 'Amanaki Havea of Tonga. In my view, the current shape of Pacific theology and its theological constructs has proven profoundly unhelpful to Pacific people on the grassroots level.

The Journal of Pacific History

I ka Piko, To the Summit: Resistance from the Mountain to the Sea, 2019

This paper focuses on Mauna Kea, the highest mountain in Hawaiʻi, and uses it as a case example for examining articulations of place and space, or how areas can be understood, read, and interpreted to push particular agendas. Furthermore, it comments on the often- conflicting expressions of belonging and possession, how they are enacted and embodied both on and off the mountain, and how they have been used in contemporary discourse regarding the sacred. Finally, it offers insight into how resistance efforts may be grounded and motivated by connections to place.

PA409: Representations of the Pacific

As a gay activist I have always viewed culture as a hard, unmoving, biased, misinterpreted and difficult thing. A structure that holds people back from being their true full selves, a preventative tool to allowing women equal rights, in disallowing gay people from being included in mainstream society. It is managed by a group of men that barked orders to the rest of society and expected silent obedience.