A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
This chapter considers the potentially negative connotation of an argument by which “indigenous bodies” might be recorded as “migrant bodies”. It discusses the project Once Were Pacific's demands for a regional identification that “emphasizes” rather than “distracts” from indigeneity. The chapter concludes with a review of Once Were Pacific's portrayal of Tupaia's painting of an Englishman bearing tapa and a Māori man bearing seafood in 1769. Once Were Pacific perceives Tupaia's painting in terms of the complicated dynamic of Māori-Pacific connection, implying that a symbolic reunion of the artwork describes a tangible affirmation of Pacific oral traditions and cultural practices.
Keywords: indigenous bodies, migrant bodies, Once Were Pacific, regional identification, indigeneity, Tupaia, Māori-Pacific connection, oral traditions, cultural practices
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