Show Notes

In this season of Relations of Salt and Stars, Kehau Folau highlights different parts of her dissertation journey. In this episode, she introduces herself, this season’s theme, which is also their dissertation project- A Madau-Moana Cosmopolitan Feminist R.I.P. to Deacademy, and wraps up with their shameless call for participants to join her research study.

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References:

Relations to Start and Stars | Prologue to Season 1: Planting Good Relations: https://relations-of-salt-and-stars.castos.com/episodes/prologue-to-season-1-planting-good-relations

Meyer, M. A. (2013). Holographic epistemology: Native common sense. China Media Research, 9(2), 94-101.

Tecun, A. (2022). Knew world undercurrents. In A. Tecun, L. Lopesi, and A. Sankar (Eds.), Towards a Grammar of Race in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 76-89). Bridget Williams Books; Wellington, New Zealand.

Lopesi, L. (2021). Moana Cosmopolitan Imaginaries: Toward an Emerging Theory of Moana Art. [Doctoral dissertation, Auckland University of Technology].

More information about Kehau Folau’s research project visit: https://forms.gle/7RmgvrfRGSgaKiiR7 or email her at kehaulani.folau@utah.edu.