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Indigeneity on the Oceanic Stage
Intimations of the Local in a Globalised World
Series: - Cross/Cultures, Volume: 223
This volume examines how Indigenous theatre and performance from Oceania has responded to the intensification of globalisation from the turn of the 20th to the 21st centuries. It foregrounds a relational approach to the study of Indigenous texts, thus echoing what scholars such as Tui Nicola Clery have described as the stance of a âMulti-Perspective Culturally Sensitive Researcher.â To this end, it proposes a fluid vision of Oceania characterized by heterogeneity and cultural diversity calling to mind Epeli Hauâofaâs notion of âa sea of islands.â
Taking its cue from the theories of Deleuze and Guattari, the volume offers a rhizomatic, non-hierarchical approach to the study of the various shapes of Indigeneity in Oceania. It covers Indigenous performance from Aotearoa/New Zealand, Hawaiâi, Samoa, Rapa Nui/Easter Island, Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. Each chapter uses vivid case histories to explore a myriad of innovative strategies responding to the interplay between the local and the global in contemporary Indigenous performance. As it places different Indigenous cultures from Oceania in conversation, this critical anthology gestures towards an âimparativeâ model of comparative poetics, favouring negotiation of cultural difference and urging scholars to engage dialogically with non-European artistic forms of expression.
Taking its cue from the theories of Deleuze and Guattari, the volume offers a rhizomatic, non-hierarchical approach to the study of the various shapes of Indigeneity in Oceania. It covers Indigenous performance from Aotearoa/New Zealand, Hawaiâi, Samoa, Rapa Nui/Easter Island, Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. Each chapter uses vivid case histories to explore a myriad of innovative strategies responding to the interplay between the local and the global in contemporary Indigenous performance. As it places different Indigenous cultures from Oceania in conversation, this critical anthology gestures towards an âimparativeâ model of comparative poetics, favouring negotiation of cultural difference and urging scholars to engage dialogically with non-European artistic forms of expression.
Marc Maufort, Ph.D. (1986) is Emeritus Professor of Anglophone literatures at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (ULB). He has written and (co)-edited a number of volumes on Eugene OâNeill, American drama, and Anglophone postcolonial theatre. His most recent book publication is Forays into Contemporary South African Theatre. Devising New Stage Idioms (co-edited with Jessica Maufort, Brill/Rodopi, 2020).
David O'Donnell was Professor of Theatre at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand until his retirement in late 2023. He is an award-winning director and has published widely on New Zealand theatre, including co-authoring the book Floating Islanders: Pasifika Theatre in Aotearoa (2017) with Lisa Warrington.
David O'Donnell was Professor of Theatre at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand until his retirement in late 2023. He is an award-winning director and has published widely on New Zealand theatre, including co-authoring the book Floating Islanders: Pasifika Theatre in Aotearoa (2017) with Lisa Warrington.
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Statement of Editorial Policy
Introduction: Staging Local Indigenous Cultures in a Globalised Oceania
ââMarc Maufort and David Oâdonnell
1âTaenga Mai/The Arrival: Acts of Remembering and Resistance at Aotearoaâs Border
ââNicola Hyland
2ââThereâs a Gap Hereâ: Thoughts on Four Plays that Helped Invent MÄori Playwriting in Aotearoa
ââMurray Edmond
3âCreating New Star-Paths to Traverse Disciplinary Territories
ââHilary Halba, Rua McCallum and David Oâdonnell
4âBridging the Global Live Performance Marketplace: The Modern MÄori Quartet
ââJames Wenley
5âF*ck it Up Sis: Representation and Agency in the Work offafswag
ââSean Coyle
6ââThe Trauma of Returnâ â MÄori Battalion Narratives in the Theatre of Aotearoa
ââDavid Oâdonnell
7âKÅ«kulu o Kahiki: Kanaka Maoli Narratives and Performance Rooted in Oceania
ââTammy HailiâÅpua Baker
8âPreserving Indigenous Identities in a Globalised World: The Magical Realist Vision of Tammy HailiÊ»Åpua Baker and Albert Wendt
ââMarc Maufort
9âSchool Theatre Productions in Rapa Nui as Community Responses to Globalisation: Performances of âAâamu Tuai at Aldea Educativa HoÅaâa o te Mana
ââMoira Fortin Cornejo
10â(Re)positioning an Indigenous Standpoint in Theatre Making Practices
ââLiza-Mare Syron
11âSaibai Island Ancestral Performative Knowledge: Centring Body, Experiences and Associated Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century
ââMargaret Harvey
Index
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Statement of Editorial Policy
Introduction: Staging Local Indigenous Cultures in a Globalised Oceania
ââMarc Maufort and David Oâdonnell
1âTaenga Mai/The Arrival: Acts of Remembering and Resistance at Aotearoaâs Border
ââNicola Hyland
2ââThereâs a Gap Hereâ: Thoughts on Four Plays that Helped Invent MÄori Playwriting in Aotearoa
ââMurray Edmond
3âCreating New Star-Paths to Traverse Disciplinary Territories
ââHilary Halba, Rua McCallum and David Oâdonnell
4âBridging the Global Live Performance Marketplace: The Modern MÄori Quartet
ââJames Wenley
5âF*ck it Up Sis: Representation and Agency in the Work of
ââSean Coyle
6ââThe Trauma of Returnâ â MÄori Battalion Narratives in the Theatre of Aotearoa
ââDavid Oâdonnell
7âKÅ«kulu o Kahiki: Kanaka Maoli Narratives and Performance Rooted in Oceania
ââTammy HailiâÅpua Baker
8âPreserving Indigenous Identities in a Globalised World: The Magical Realist Vision of Tammy HailiÊ»Åpua Baker and Albert Wendt
ââMarc Maufort
9âSchool Theatre Productions in Rapa Nui as Community Responses to Globalisation: Performances of âAâamu Tuai at Aldea Educativa HoÅaâa o te Mana
ââMoira Fortin Cornejo
10â(Re)positioning an Indigenous Standpoint in Theatre Making Practices
ââLiza-Mare Syron
11âSaibai Island Ancestral Performative Knowledge: Centring Body, Experiences and Associated Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century
ââMargaret Harvey
Index
This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and artists concerned with the literature and culture of Oceania, Indigenous performance and theatre, the preservation of local cultural and artistic practices, and comparative culture and literature more broadly.