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Oceania
From the Māori and their whakapapa and the Polynesian voyagers’ wayfinding, to the ancestor presence of the Trobriand and Melanesian peoples, and the Songlines, held by the many distinct First Nations of Australia, each with its own language, Country and Law, where the land itself carries the story.
Trobriand & Melanesian Peoples — Ancestor Presence
The peoples of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, the Trobriand Islanders among them. Kinship, exchange and ancestral presence woven into one web.
Shares the Web / Network shape.
Polynesian Voyagers — Wayfinding
The voyaging peoples of Polynesia. The story mapped onto ocean, islands and stars.
Shares the Geographic shape.
Aboriginal Australia — Songlines
The Songlines of many Aboriginal nations across Australia. Stories that are the land, travelled site by site.
Shares the Geographic shape.
Māori — Whakapapa
The Māori of Aotearoa. Whakapapa: genealogy weaving all things into one web.
Shares the Web / Network shape.