Talanoa: Prof. Albert L. Refiti & Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul

Our Talanoa series comes out of our Marsden Project (2019-2023), 'Vā Moana: space and relationality in Pacific thought and identity'.

In this talanoa, coordinators of the Vā Moana research cluster, Professors Albert L. Refiti and Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul, discuss with Rosanna Raymond the genesis of the Vā Moana: space and relationality in Pacific thought and Identity research project, which stems back to 2007 when they first encountered the fale-shaped Tropical Islands Resort complex in Brandenburg, Germany. Principal Investigators on the Marsden-funded project, Refiti and Engels-Schwarzpaul share the main aims of the research and talanoa series. 

To cite: Refiti, P., Engels-Schwarzpaul, A. C. (11 May 2022). Interview with Albert L. Refiti and Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul (Videographer: Paul Janman, editor: Emily Parr, interviewer: Rosanna Raymond). Vā Moana: space and relationality in Pacific thought and identity interviews, Vā Moana - Pacific Spaces Research Cluster, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

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