Podcasts by Wai? Indigenous Words and Ideas
Hosted by Arcia Tecun, an urban and mobile Wīnak (Mayan) with roots in Iximulew (Guatemala), an upbringing in Soonkahni (Salt Lake Valley, Utah), and in relation with Tonga, Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (The Great Pacific Ocean). Wai? [pronounced why] (W.A.I.: Words and Ideas) is a podcast based on various issues, topics, and perspectives including critical analysis, reflection, dialogue, and commentary on society, politics, education, history, culture, Indigeneity, and more. The purpose of this project is to share words and ideas that are locally meaningful, globally relevant, and critically conscious.
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Ep. 44: Returning Home and Indigenous Art with Moana Iose from 2023-08-02T00:00:10
This episode features Moana Iose who is an artist and Indigenous art policy consultant, as well as the founder of Salt Lake City’s Pasifika First Fridays and the Lost Eden Gallery. We begin with...
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Ep. 43: Critical Tongan Studies with Ata - Part 2 from 2023-07-04T08:56:52
Building on an earlier episode about Critical Tongan Studies, Ata and I revisit this idea and discuss...
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Ep.42: Thinking about living in and relating better to this place from 2023-06-01T04:23:28
This episode begins with some reflections on my experience and relations to people of place and to being mindful of where one lives, especially if one’s immediate ancestral ties lie elsewhere. I...
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Ep. 41: Intro and Background to Tongan Coloniality with Ata from 2023-01-19T07:23:25
Ata and I have just published a paper on Tongan Coloniality which this episode provide...
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Ep. 40: Family Culture Shock from 2022-12-30T18:32:35
This episode takes a sneak peak into one of our whānau hui (family meetings/gatherings) where we reflect on a recent move we have made. The tamariki (children) share some insights and observatio...
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Ep. 39: Fahu (A Chiefly Relative) with Dorothy Savieti from 2022-12-23T18:11:26
This episode features post graduate student Dorothy Savieti who has been interested in and researching fahu (chiefly sister, aunt, relative, etc.) within Tongan culture and society. She shares a...
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Ep. 38: Cos-Maya-Politan with Genner Llanes-Ortiz from 2022-12-14T17:42:37
Yucatec Maya Anthropologist Genner Llanes-Ortiz joins this episode from his current position as research chair of digital Indigeneities at the Bishop’s university in Canada. He shares some of hi...
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Ep. 37: Hohoko ‘a e To‘utangata (Intergenerational Consciousness) with David Taufui Mikato Fa‘avae from 2022-08-27T21:59:25
David Fa‘avae joins this episode bringing with him his experience as a Tongan/Sāmoan with ties to Niue, and as a founder of the early Tongan scholars network, a Senior Research Fellow at Waipapa...
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Ep. 36: Reading, Thinking, and Writing about Race with Lana and Ani from 2022-07-31T10:43:10
Returning guests: Philosopher, writer, and PhD student Anisha Sankar and soon to be Assistant Professor of Pacific Island Studies...
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Ep. 35: Marks of Identity with Jacob Fitisemanu and ’Inoke Hafoka from 2022-06-01T00:00:10
This episode features educator and city councilperson Jacob Fitisemanu along with community leader and educator 'Inoke Hafoka. They discuss some of the background to a recent community tatau/tāt...
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Ep. 34: Balance and Protocol with Richard White from 2022-04-02T10:23:16
Grant training specialist for ANA (Administration for Native Americans) and Diné (Navajo) educator Rich White joins this episode to share some stories and wisdom on a variety of topics including...
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Ep 33: Kava Tonga Part 2 from 2022-03-16T10:23:57
This episode starts by contextualizing current issues and how kava is connected to them. I also confront some of the various impacts of commodification and commercialization within a larger cont...
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Ep 32: Kava Tonga Part 1 - Stories, Meanings, and Current Issues from 2022-02-24T21:02:39
This episode builds on the previous discussion with Dr. Aporosa and explores some of the Tongan kava stories compiled in the book Tongan Tales and Myths (Gifford, 1924). Tongan intellectual 'Ino...
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Ep. 31: PasifiQueereDisabled Perspectives with Luka Leleiga Bunnin from 2021-12-21T19:55:24
Luka is Samoan, Han Chinese, and Ashkenazi Jewish, autistic, dyspraxic, and fa‘atama. They join this episode to share some of their research that critically looks at climate action and justice. ...
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Ep. 30: River Roots, Public Service, and Dune with Teri and Shane Ta‘ala from 2021-11-30T18:54:09
This kōrero/talanoa with Teri (Ngāti Hineoneone) and Shane (Tagata Sāmoa) shares some of their stories about growing up on and near the Whanganui river, their experience working in public servic...
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Ep. 29: Early 20th Century Hawaiian Music and its Global Impact with Andrea Low from 2021-09-13T18:03:05
Prior to opening the main discussion the host contextualises the current delta variant lockdown that is resulting in an online semester delivery that Dr. Andrea Low is helping out with. There ar...
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Ep. 28: The Loki Series and Time with Ata from 2021-08-09T16:32:16
This episode reviews and reflects on recent pop culture alongside Ata Siulua. We discuss the Loki series and some possible ways to interpret concepts of time in the show. From the time variance ...
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Ep 27: Latin America and Oceania with 'Inoke Hafoka and Tino Diaz from 2021-07-20T09:08:33
Educators ‘Inoke Hafoka and Tino Diaz join this episode to think together about the regions of Latin America and Oceania, their ideas, peoples, and relations. We discuss ancient, colonial, relig...
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Ep 26: Addictive Behaviours and Culture with Edmond Fehoko from 2021-07-17T10:54:02
Public health and Pacific studies scholar Edmond Fehoko joins this episode to discuss his research on problem gambling, addictive behaviours, and culture among Tongan men. He confronts sensitive...
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Ep 25: Songwoman Orator - Seini Taumoepeau from 2021-02-17T09:17:33
This episode introduces songwoman and orator Seini Taumoepeau who is also known by her Hip Hop alias SistaNative. She shares some of her background, history, and philosophy as an orator, songwom...
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Ep 24: Tātatau with Terje Koloamatangi from 2021-02-08T10:07:21
Tufunga Tātatau Terje Koloamatangi from Small Axe Studios is featured in this episode. He shares some of his journey and background with tātatau Tonga (customary Tongan tattoo), from receiving a...
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Ep 23: Wa, Me'a Kai, Food - Part 2 from 2021-01-26T20:15:57
In part 2 I build on the question, where does our food come from? What can be recovered or re-made? I explore the transmission of knowledge through food production and preparation, as well as th...
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Ep 22: Wa, Me'a Kai, Food - Part 1 from 2021-01-15T16:10:11
This episode is an introduction to thinking about the social, cultural, and political significance of food. Food justice, food sovereignty, food ways, food security/insecurity, health, and more ...
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Ep 21: Moana Cosmopolitan with Lana Lopesi from 2020-07-18T10:31:45
AUT doctoral candidate Lana Lopesi joins this episode, bringing a rich background in art, writing, and scholarship. We cover several topics and begin with the question; how do we hold on to the ...
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Ep 20: Matariki with the Tamariki from 2020-07-07T09:56:26
My sons Ezra (11) and Taine (9) join me in this episode to discuss what they have learned about stars and seasons through cosmic connections. They are students at home, of life, and in the Kura ...
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Ep 19: Transforming Solidarity from 2020-06-22T15:32:55
This episode explores our current global moment including the Black Lives Matter movement, and the topic of solidarity, relationality, and transformation. How can messy solidarities recalibrate ...
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Ep 18: Colonial Disparities and Neurodiversity with Sandra Yellowhorse from 2020-05-28T18:52:25
Diné scholar Sandra Yellowhorse joins this episode and we begin by discussing our experiences between the U.S. and Aotearoa/New Zealand. We consider how the Covid-19 pandemic reveals ongoing soc...
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Ep 17: Good Living and Textiles with Diana Albarrán González from 2020-05-13T11:03:41
Diana Albarrán González joins this episode to discuss decolonial research, Indigeneity, and design. Diana has been living in Aotearoa doing research with textiles and weaving at the Auckland Uni...
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Ep 16: Researching Kava with Aporosa from 2020-04-22T19:09:44
In this episode 'Apo' Aporosa who is based at Te Huataki Waiora School of Health at the University of Waikato joins me to discuss kava research. After intr...
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Ep 15: Time and Space with Tēvita Ka‘ili from 2020-04-06T22:29:36
In this episode, Tēvita Ka‘ili who is BYU-Hawai‘i’s Dean and Professor in the faculty of culture, language and performing arts; shares his knowledge and experience learning and constructing Indi...
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Ep 14: Socially Conscious and Physically Distant from 2020-04-01T17:00:53
This episode critically reflects on some of the social consequences of Sars-Cov-2/Covid 19 spreading across the globe. Drawing from Indigenous commentators, personal experiences, and observation...
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Ep 13: American Sāmoa with Alema Leota from 2020-03-03T08:28:38
The attorney Alema Leota joins me in this episode to discuss current issues in American Sāmoa. We begin with him giving an introduction to the background of the territory and then discuss the pe...
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Ep 12: Imagining Elsewhere with Anisha Sankar from 2020-02-25T11:09:52
Anisha Sankar joins this episode and shares how naming and identifying power and oppression within systems of colonial capitalism are often dismissed through Listen
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Ep 10: Kāinga Moana with Ata Siulua from 2020-02-03T09:54:43
This episode builds on Ep 9 on CTS and introduces some of Ata Siulua's research on family and Indigenous kinship. We discuss rethinking assumptions that are made about the definition of 'family'...
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Ep 9: Critical Tongan Studies with Ata Siulua from 2020-02-03T09:48:02
This episode includes Tongan scholar and researcher Sione Ata Siulua who grew up in Utah and is currently based in Tokomololo, Tongatapu. We discuss Critical Tongan Studies (CTS) and make a case...
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Ep 8: Questioning Diaspora from 2020-01-29T21:28:06
This episode introduces and explores some of the ideas behind the term and concept of diaspora. Diaspora is often focused on geographical space and distance, which is argued needs to expand and ...
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Ep 7: Exploring Terms - Modernity and Indigeneity from 2020-01-22T10:45:54
In this episode I introduce some ideas about Indigeneity, and some of the meanings of Indigenous, in attempts to have a working definition of the concept since it is central to this podcast proj...
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Ep 6: Indigenous Linguistics with Te Whainoa Te Wiata from 2020-01-14T11:31:39
In this episode I have a kōrero (talk/yarn/conversation) with Māori linguist Te Whainoa Te Wiata. He introduces linguistics and shares some of his research on developing a Māori and Indigenous a...
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Ep 5: 'Baby Yoda' Mayan Connection from 2019-12-28T11:41:08
This episode picks up on the conversation about Indigenizing 'Baby Yoda' and the process of making connections in pop culture when there are limited representations in media. I make the case for...
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Ep 4: You can be an intellectual from 2019-12-21T15:40:59
In this episode I reflect on Ibram X. Kendi's commencement speech where he asks the question "are you an intellectual?". In hopes of broadening how we think about knowledge and who counts and wh...
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Ep 3: Solstice Tamales: Mayan Diaspora Perspectives on Corn from 2019-12-14T12:41:31
This episode shares an adapted seasonal family tradition, from Christmas tamales to Solstice tamales. Including some brief guest contributors, tamales and corn is introduced. Indigenous relation...
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Ep 2: 'Tis the Season for Who? Calendars and Indigenous Time from 2019-12-14T12:35:49
This episode is a reflection on growing up in Utah and the way time is arranged through commercial holiday consumerism. Ideas about time are explored and how they are tracked by different calend...
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Ep 1: Introduction and Identity - Wai? Words and Ideas from 2019-12-13T23:15:23
In this inaugural episode. The host explains the meaning behind the name of the podcast, Wai? (Words and Ideas), and the scope of themes anticipated to be covered on this site. This episode intr...
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