Talanoa website: http://sites.google.com/e/nomoa.com/talanoa/Home?pli=3D1
Date: Sept 29-Oct 01
Site: Centre for Ministry, United Theolog=
ical
College (
Accommodation information: http://unitingcc.org/C=
FM/
Talanoa Oceania
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Talanoa Oceania are gatherings for people from=
the
South Seas (or Pacific Islanders, abbreviated as PIs), who currently live i=
n
1.
PIs
are torn between where we live and our home islands, partly because we have=
not
been welcomed (to our new locations) and released (from our island homes)
2.
PIs
continue to look for direction from our home islands partly because a se=
a of
talanoa[1]=
has not been gathered to root us in our current locations
3.
PIs
are searching for creative and meaningful ways of continuing to be connecte=
d to
our island cultures, churches and homes
4.
PIs
often misunderstand other cultures partly because we are confused about who=
we
are, in our current locations, and we are consequently easily misunderstood=
5.
PIs
are not homogenous, and we need to name and come to terms with our differen=
ces
Talanoa Oceania 2008: Mana, Vanua, Talanoa
Unde=
r the
shadows of those needs, the Talanoa Oceania 2008 gathering will prov=
ide
opportunities for presentations on three significant PI concepts: Mana,
Vanua, Talanoa. These concepts have multiple meanings in the various
language and island groups:
·
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Mana can mean sacred, magic, courage, power,
transformation, creativity, healing, imagination, and so forth
·
Vanua (fonua, fenua, whenua, etc) ca=
n mean
land, womb, home, identity, roots, tradition, and so forth
·
Talanoa can mean story, storytelling, conversation, orality, empty-ta=
lk,
and so forth
Contacts=
in
Sefo=
rosa
Carroll (sefc@bigpond.com)
Jion=
e Havea (jioneh@nsw.uca.org.au)