Veitalatala: Mātanga ‘o e Talanoa

Toluta'u, Talita Kiume

Veitalatala: Mātanga ‘o e Talanoa

aut.embargo	No	en_NZ
aut.thirdpc.contains	No	en_NZ
aut.thirdpc.permission	No	en_NZ
aut.thirdpc.removed	No	en_NZ
dc.contributor.advisor	Ings, Welby
dc.contributor.advisor	Tu'itahi, Sione
dc.contributor.advisor	Manu'atu, Linita
dc.contributor.author	Toluta'u, Talita Kiume
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-12T00:26:49Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-12T00:26:49Z
dc.date.copyright	2015
dc.date.created	2015
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.date.updated	2015-05-11T23:04:56Z
dc.description.abstract	This study is concerned with representation. It considers the nature of a culturally located, discursive form called veitalatala and its creative translation into designed artifacts that consider the lyrical and graceful nature of Tongan women’s talanoa. The designed outcomes of the project consider the memories of three hou’eiki fafine (Tongan women) who left their homeland to settle abroad. Veitalatala: Mātanga ‘o e Talanoa is a creative synthesis of their talanoa, into new forms of artistic narrative, designed to capture the cultural and emotional resonance of their identities. The lyrical works orchestrate photography, animation, musical composition, sound design, filmed interviews, graphic design, sublimation printing on ngatu, and extensive postproduction experimentation, into unique texts that move the parameters of traditional documentation beyond conventional audio/visual interview. In so doing, the ngatu portraits and filmic veitalatala conceptually, contribute to the Tongan concept of luva (giving). Although Churchward (1959) defines veitalatala as a distinctly poetic form of talanoa, recent interviews with Havea (2014), Puloka (2014), Taliai (2014), Manu’atu, (2014), Taufa (2014), and Taumoepeau (2014) suggest that veitalatala is a complex and nuanced form of communication with diverse origins. Significantly, Tongia (2014) associates the term veitalatala with hou’eiki fafine. He suggests that it is a harmonious form of communication historically and socially related to the female gender. This thesis proposes through practice, that the tenets of veitalatala may be extended into artistic artifacts to create a contemporary, lyrical, yet culturally consistent means of representing histories and memories of Tongan hou’eiki fafine.	en_NZ
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8671
dc.language.iso	en	en_NZ
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrights	OpenAccess
dc.subject	Veitalatala Mātanga ‘o e Talanoa	en_NZ
dc.subject	Tongan	en_NZ
dc.subject	Design	en_NZ
dc.subject	Film	en_NZ
dc.subject	Graphics	en_NZ
dc.subject	Hou'eiki fafine	en_NZ
dc.subject	Epistemology	en_NZ
dc.subject	Kakala methodology	en_NZ
dc.subject	Animation	en_NZ
dc.title	Veitalatala: Mātanga ‘o e Talanoa	en_NZ
dc.type	Thesis
thesis.degree.discipline
thesis.degree.grantor	Auckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.grantor	Auckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.level	Doctoral Theses
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy	en_NZ