Week 7 M 10/4 - Aotearoa
Monday Zoom (Optional): Whale Rider (2002) 1hr 41mins
Wednesday Zoom Class Discussion - Potiki by Patricia Grace
Required Viewing: Whale Rider (2002) 1hr 41mins
Required Reading: Patricia Grace: Potiki
Suggested Reading: "Understanding Whangara: Whale Rider as Simulcrum" by Brendan Hokowhitu
Optional Reading: "The Spiral Temporality of Patricia Grace's 'Potiki'" by Elizabeth Deloughrey
due Sunday 10/10 at 11:55pm - Laulima Forum Post Due
Monday Zoom (Optional): Whale Rider (2002) 1hr 41mins
Wednesday Zoom Class Discussion - Potiki by Patricia Grace
Required Viewing: Whale Rider (2002) 1hr 41mins
Required Reading: Patricia Grace: Potiki
Suggested Reading: "Understanding Whangara: Whale Rider as Simulcrum" by Brendan Hokowhitu
Optional Reading: "The Spiral Temporality of Patricia Grace's 'Potiki'" by Elizabeth Deloughrey
due Sunday 10/10 at 11:55pm - Laulima Forum Post Due
Required Reading: Patricia Grace: Potiki
Prioritize reading as much of the novel as you can this week because this book is spiral in its structure, so it will make most sense once you take the whole journey. The suggested/optional readings will help you understand the deeper layers of meaning, political context and cultural interpretations, once you are finished with the primary texts (Whale Rider and Potiki).
In both primary texts, pay attention to the some of the following elements and themes:
1) relationships
2) role of land
3) role of non-human, animals, spirits, deity
4) role of mythology, mythic characters, sacred narratives woven through larger story
5) gendered roles, women speaking on the marae
6) role of ritual, ceremony, sacred spaces, marae
7) role of darkness, night, blackness, depths, unseen
8) signs, hō'ailona, symbols, gestures to deeper/unseen connections
9) how colonization, patriarchy, paternalism, gender, sexuality, abilities inform these stories
10) relevance of these older classic stories to today
Prioritize reading as much of the novel as you can this week because this book is spiral in its structure, so it will make most sense once you take the whole journey. The suggested/optional readings will help you understand the deeper layers of meaning, political context and cultural interpretations, once you are finished with the primary texts (Whale Rider and Potiki).
In both primary texts, pay attention to the some of the following elements and themes:
1) relationships
2) role of land
3) role of non-human, animals, spirits, deity
4) role of mythology, mythic characters, sacred narratives woven through larger story
5) gendered roles, women speaking on the marae
6) role of ritual, ceremony, sacred spaces, marae
7) role of darkness, night, blackness, depths, unseen
8) signs, hō'ailona, symbols, gestures to deeper/unseen connections
9) how colonization, patriarchy, paternalism, gender, sexuality, abilities inform these stories
10) relevance of these older classic stories to today
Suggested Reading: "Understanding Whangara: Whale Rider as Simulcrum" by Brendan Hokowhitu
Optional Reading: "The Spiral Temporality of Patricia Grace's 'Potiki'" by Elizabeth Deloughrey
Optional Reading: "The Spiral Temporality of Patricia Grace's 'Potiki'" by Elizabeth Deloughrey
More supplemental readings
As mentioned in class: Patricia Grace "Influences on Writing"
Helpful resources
dictionary terms to seek out: Pōwhiri
Tangihanga
Rangi and Papa story
Maui Tikitiki a Taranga [//Maui a kalana]
Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
https://teara.govt.nz/en
Tangihanga
Rangi and Papa story
Maui Tikitiki a Taranga [//Maui a kalana]
Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
https://teara.govt.nz/en
Potiki lesson and slides
slides are for student learning and reinforcement only. Please DO NOT keep, share, or distribute
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