E–Talanoa as an Online Research Method: Extending Vā–Relations Across Spaces
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Fa‘avae, David Taufui Mikato
Faleolo, Ruth (Lute)
Havea, ‘Elisapesi Hepi
Enari, Dion
Wright, Tepora
Chand, Alvin
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SAGE Publications
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Talanoa (Moana-centred orality) is a widely used Indigenous Pacific discursive approach within research contexts across the diaspora. In a globalised and technologically enhanced era, the online space continues to shape Moana (Oceania) peoples’ talanoa engagement and communication. e–talanoa in this article is an extension of talanoa research engagement and practice. We unpack the contexts in which e–talanoa is negotiated and made sense, and employ talanoa–vā (relational sense-making and meaning-making) as a critical analytical framework for interrogating and unpacking the complexities associated with e–talanoa as a Moana–Pacific research praxis. e–talanoa considers our current post–covid research space and how Pacific researchers navigate their ethical vā–relations within the temporal–spatial and physical–online boundaries that govern meaningful research undertakings. Being open about the challenges enables further understanding of the dynamic and fluid, yet contextually grounded spaces in which e–talanoa as a method can be realised.
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digital tools and platforms, digital vā, e–talanoa, post–covid, vā–relational ethics
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AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. Volume 18, Issue 3. Pages: 391 - 401
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This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples © The Author(s) 2022, published by Sage. The final, published version can be found at (see Publisher's version).