Dear Colleagues and Friends
I'm pleased to announce that our special guest edited issue, ‘Grounded in Place: Dialogues Between First Nation Artists from Australia, Taiwan and Aotearoa’ is now published in the Pacific Arts journal (e-scholarship UCLA, 2022). It’s open access and please feel free to circulate.
This issue emerged from the online symposium we delivered in 2021 - with the same title (https://research.qut.edu.au/cpfsi/events/grounded-in-place-symposium/). The papers in this volume further explore and expand on the panel themes explored in the symposium including: history and sovereignty; land and community; site and materials; and place and space - with the focus on First Nations perspectives and the Indo-Pacific region.
I’d especially like to thank the artists, curators and scholars who contributed to the symposium and this special issue including: Vernon Ah Kee; Judy Watson; Mandy Quadrio; Leah King-Smith; Akac Orat (陳豪毅); Yuma Taru (尤瑪•達陸), Chang En-man (張恩滿); Anchi Lin (Ciwas) (林安琪); Kaihaukai Art Collective; Areta Wilkinson; Ngahuia Harrison; Megan Tamati-Quennell; and Patrick Flores. Thanks also to fellow guest editors, Fang Chun-Wei (方鈞瑋) and Zara Stanhope, and to the Pacific Arts journal team.
Wishing you a safe, relaxing and happy Christmas and New Year.
Sophie
Special Issue: “Grounded in Place: Dialogues between First Nations ArtistsfromAustralia, Taiwan,andAotearoa”Guest Editors:Sophie McIntyre, Zara Stanhope, and Fang Chun-weiEditorial Assistant to the Guest Editors:Evie Franzidis1Introduction to “Grounded in Place”Sophie McIntyre, Zara Stanhope, and Fang Chun-weiHistory and Sovereignty9Introduction to “History and Sovereignty”Megan Tamati-Quennell11nothing important happened today: An Interview with Vernon Ah KeeVernon Ah Keeand Sophie McIntyre(Australia)27Snail Paradise Trilogy: A Series by Chang En-manChang En-man張恩滿(Taiwan)41Mana i te Whenua: Relationships with Place and SovereigntyRon Bull andSimon Kaan (Kaihaukai Art Collective)(Aotearoa)Land and Community55Introduction to “Land and Community”Fang Chun-wei方鈞瑋57Across Country:WaterlinesJudy Watson (Australia)
iii67Traditional Amis Architecture and Its Environment in a Contemporary ContextAkac Orat陳豪毅(Taiwan)82Preparations for Landing—Paemanu: Tauraka ToiAreta Wilkinson (Aotearoa)Site and Materials111Introduction to “Site and Materials”Sophie McIntyre113Groundinto PlaceMandy Quadrio (Australia)127The Future of our Rootsand the Land: The Revivalof the Atayal Weaving Material RamieYuma Taru 尤瑪.達陸(Taiwan)Place and Space147Introduction to “Place and Space”Zara Stanhope149Evocations: A Visual Song/Poem for CanaipaLeah King-Smith (Australia)156SeekingGender Identity in the Contexts of Atayal: An Art ProjectAnchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos) 林安琪(Taiwan)166Coastal Cannibals: Industry and Occupation on Whangārei Te Rerenga ParaoaNgahuia Harrison (Aoteaora)“Grounded in Place”Keynote183Belatedly and Finally: The Early Time of the Indigenous in the Concurrent ContemporaryPatrick Flores