Kia ora Maree Your hui sounds like a great idea. With Waikato U. hiring Linda Smith as PVC Maori the institution is obviously making some serious moves and I think you'll be well-placed to feed off that momentum.
The ada coordinators will have suggestions, but my gut feeling is that you could organise the gathering of Maori artists at UoW and there could be an ADA meeting adjacent to it (e.g. the day afterward) - that way you get the chance to develop relationships and discussion about the digital kaupapa which could be taken into an ADA discussion. Re: Nga Puna Waihanga you may want to discuss with Natalie Robertson who was (is?) on the committee to see how well your idea would fit with their current activities I would be up for helping out with a Waikato event of this type - you can always think about Whaingaroa/Raglan as a location as well :) - depending on timing and discussing with others. Time for a coffee maybe! Mauri ora, Danny On 20/03/2007, at 4:50 PM, Maree Mills wrote: > > Tena koutou katoa > Nga mihi nui kia koutou > Ko Ngati Tuwharetoa taku iwi > Ko Ngati Hine taku hapu > Ko Maree Mills Taku ingoa. > > Greetings to you all, > My name is Maree Mills > I have been an ADA lurker (and skiver) since its inception at the > University of Waikato. I am a lecturer here in the Screen and media > Studies department at Waikato where some of you have enjoyed(?) a > digital artist residency. I convene the video production papers and > belong to that large group of practitioners/artists/teachers > attached to the institution so we can get our hands on the > resource! I really wanted to be at the meeting to table my > research, unfortunately a free ticket to WOMAD steered me west but > Stellar has just e-mailed me and reminded me that its time to step > out into public view. I've been pretty quiet as continuing without > Sean Cubitt's support seemed a daunting reality. (God I'm envious > of you Janine.) > I am currently enrolled in a doctorate by part practice titled "A > multi-media approach to communicating the female element within > Maori philosophy for the 21st century" > Basically I am placing my own practice (video installation) within > the wider context of Maori digital arts in Aotearoa. In brief > discussion with Stellar, I was hoping to get ADA involved in this > research as I want to organize a hui for Maori digital artists, and > get more Maori contributing to the list. I remember a korero about > digital mythology that Lisa Reihana initiated last year, and of > course Cultural Futures (2005) has voiced issues for Maori working > in this area, but I want to initiate something directly focused on > Maori. The kaupapa is to network with other Maori artists who are > using digital technology to visually communicate Maori worldviews. > I'm going to go for CNZ funding in the next round and try here at > Waikato and Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, center for Maori research > excellence for dollars as well. It would be GREAT to time it, or > place it within an ADA event. What do you think? Or should I think > about ADA as distribution network and place it within the context > of say Nga Puna Waihanga (Maori artists and writers) Hui? > Interested to hear your thoughts. > Heoi ano > Na > Maree > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ -- Danny Butt [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.dannybutt.net Suma Media Consulting | http://www.sumamedia.com Private Bag MBE P145, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Ph: +64 21 456 379 | Fx: +64 21 291 0200 _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
