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dc.identifier	ECF_article_15437
dc.title	Vā fealoa’i – Nurturing the Space Between People and Between People and Nature
dc.contributor.author	Kihara Yuki
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/the-venice-journal-of-environmental-humanities/2023/2/va-fealoai-nurturing-the-space-between-people-and/
dc.description.abstract	This article explores the Sāmoan concept of Vā fealoa’i meaning ‘nurturing the space between people; and between people and nature’ and how it is embedded in my art practice, which reflects local, global and glocal considerations including a socially engaged, community outreach project involving Sāmoa’s third gender community that aims to highlight the specificity of their local experience with climate change, which is often neglected by governments and NGO’s. This article will also examine a textile exhibition entitled サ–モアのうた (Sāmoa no uta) A Song About Sāmoa (2019‑23) that explores the often hidden histories between Japan and the Pacific and specifically Sāmoa that goes beyond geopolitical boundaries as a man-made idea; and a video work, entitled Smoke and Mirrors (2023), which addresses environmental colonialism disguised as foreign diplomacy.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lagoonscapes
dc.relation.ispartof	Swimming Against the Tide
dc.issued	2023-12-20
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-09-28
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2785-2709
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2023/02/001
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Community outreach
dc.subject	Contemporary art
dc.subject	Exhibitions
dc.subject	Gender
dc.subject	Pacific

Research Article
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Vā fealoa’i – Nurturing the Space Between People and Between People and Nature

Yuki Kihara Artist; THE NEW INSTITUTE Centre for Environmental Humanities, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

This article explores the Sāmoan concept of Vā fealoa’i meaning ‘nurturing the space between people; and between people and nature’ and how it is embedded in my art practice, which reflects local, global and glocal considerations including a socially engaged, community outreach project involving Sāmoa’s third gender community that aims to highlight the specificity of their local experience with climate change, which is often neglected by governments and NGO’s. This article will also examine a textile exhibition entitled サ–モアのうた (Sāmoa no uta) A Song About Sāmoa (2019‑23) that explores the often hidden histories between Japan and the Pacific and specifically Sāmoa that goes beyond geopolitical boundaries as a man-made idea; and a video work, entitled Smoke and Mirrors (2023), which addresses environmental colonialism disguised as foreign diplomacy.

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Dec. 20, 2023

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Sept. 28, 2023

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Keywords: Pacific • Gender • Contemporary art • Community outreach • Exhibitions

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