Tēnā koutou, tālofa lava, mālō e lelei, bula vinaka, aloha, håfa adai, mauri, io̧kwe, kia orana and warm Pacific greetings! Welcome to this site, which is dedicated to sharing knowledge created by Pacific thinkers. Here, Pacific Studies students in PACIFIC 200 at the University of Auckland have explored the works of Pacific scholars, artists, and practitioners and created projects around them. These projects were part of a larger course effort to navigate scholarship and creative production as part of learning about the wider field of Pacific Studies. Every year top projects will be showcased here in an effort to amplify Pacific voices and to make Pacific knowledge more discoverable via digital platforms.
About the project: Each year student groups select Pacific thinkers, research them and their work, and then build web pages to illuminate key contributions of their thinkers as they see them. From student-led projects, and together with other course content, groups connect a selection of major currents of thought that constitute Pacific Studies as a whole. Students have included reference lists on each of their pages directing readers to the original sources of any information displayed on these sites – follow the links to learn more!
We include the sites here with student permission. We do not own the rights to any of the media, interviews, online exhibitions, key opinion pieces, etc. posted on these web pages unless specified, nor are they used for any commercial purposes. If you wish to use any information from these webpages, please refer to each page’s suggested citation. Enjoy the voyage through!
The featured image (PC: Walters Meayers Edwards) of a Marshallese stick chart represents islands, atolls, wave patterns and currents. Stick charts are used in teaching of navigation, and used here gestures towards key landmarks and currents in the the field of Pacific Studies students are learning to navigate.
PACIFIC THINKERS: Creating & Sharing Knowledge 