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"We Were Still Papuans": A 2006 Interview with Epeli Hau'ofa

"We Were Still Papuans": A 2006 Interview with Epeli Hau'ofa Asefeka of the Unmalosa (Part I), by Andy Leleisi`uao. 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 76 cm x 92 cm An imaginary world depicting the franticness and importance of life through alofa. Nicholas Thomas n April­May 2006 Epeli Hau`ofa was in London with the Red Wave Collective, a group of painters from the Oceania Centre at the University of the South Pacific, who were exhibiting at the October Gallery. Epeli had asked me to speak at the opening, and he and I had a number of conversations, not least around Oceania, a major exhibition I was working on at that time, which was in many ways inspired by his writings. We anticipated that a statement of his, or a conversation with him, might introduce a catalog. This interview was recorded as a first step; it ranges over Epeli's childhood, career, travels, and arguments. Changing institutional priorities led to the exhibition's being cancelled soon afterward, but my sense was that our discussion remained interesting in many ways and was worth publishing. It contextualizes Hau`ofa's enormously influential 1993 essay, "Our Sea of Islands," and his related arguments. Certain points here repeat statements made in those publications, but an important link emerges between http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Contemporary Pacific University of Hawai'I Press

"We Were Still Papuans": A 2006 Interview with Epeli Hau'ofa

The Contemporary Pacific , Volume 24 (1) – Feb 12, 2012

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Asefeka of the Unmalosa (Part I), by Andy Leleisi`uao. 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 76 cm x 92 cm An imaginary world depicting the franticness and importance of life through alofa. Nicholas Thomas n April­May 2006 Epeli Hau`ofa was in London with the Red Wave Collective, a group of painters from the Oceania Centre at the University of the South Pacific, who were exhibiting at the October Gallery. Epeli had asked me to speak at the opening, and he and I had a number of conversations, not least around Oceania, a major exhibition I was working on at that time, which was in many ways inspired by his writings. We anticipated that a statement of his, or a conversation with him, might introduce a catalog. This interview was recorded as a first step; it ranges over Epeli's childhood, career, travels, and arguments. Changing institutional priorities led to the exhibition's being cancelled soon afterward, but my sense was that our discussion remained interesting in many ways and was worth publishing. It contextualizes Hau`ofa's enormously influential 1993 essay, "Our Sea of Islands," and his related arguments. Certain points here repeat statements made in those publications, but an important link emerges between

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Published: Feb 12, 2012

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