Teresia Teaiwa | |
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| Born | Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa August 12, 1968 |
| Died | March 21, 2017 (aged 48) |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar, poet, activist, mentor |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Hawaii at Manoa Trinity Washington University |
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| Doctoral students | |
Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa (12 August 1968 – 21 March 2017)[4] was an I-Kiribati and African-American scholar, poet, activist and mentor. Teaiwa was well-regarded for her ground-breaking work in Pacific Studies. Her research interests in this area embraced her artistic and political nature, and included contemporary issues in Fiji, feminism and women's activism in the Pacific, contemporary Pacific culture and arts, and pedagogy in Pacific Studies.[5] An "anti-nuclear activist, defender of West Papuan independence, and a critic of militarism", Teaiwa solidified many connections across the Pacific Ocean and was a hugely influential voice on Pacific affairs [6] Her poetry remains widely published.[6]
Of Banaban, Tabiteuean and Rabi descent, Teaiwa was called a Kiribati "national icon" by The Guardian newspaper in 2009.[7] A bibliography of her published works can be found in the posthumously released book, Sweat and Salt Water, compiled and edited by Katerina Teaiwa, April K. Henderson, and Terence Wesley-Smith [1].[8] Her term "militourism" identified the relationship between military and tourism presence in the Pacific.[9]
- ^ Pollard, Alice Aruhe'eta (January 1, 2006). Painaha: Gender and Leadership in 'Are'Are Society, the South Sea Evangelical Church and Parliamentary Leadership-Solomon Islands (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. doi:10.26686/wgtn.16958581.
- ^ Kihleng, Emelihter S. (January 1, 2015). Menginpehn lien Pohnpei: A poetic ethnography of urohs (Pohnpeian skirts) (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.
- ^ Nyman, Mikaela (June 8, 2021). 'Sado' - A novel and Expressions of creativity and rhetorical allience: Ni-Vanuatu women's voices (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.
- ^ Farewell notice Archived March 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, DomPost website, March 23, 2017
- ^ SPC. "Teresia Teaiwa". SPC. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Clifford, James. "In Memoriam: Teresia Teaiwa". History of Consciousness. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "Country profile: Kiribati", The Guardian, April 22, 2009
- ^ "Terence Wesley-Smith". hawaii.edu. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ Teaiwa, Teresia (2016). "Reflections on Militourism, US Imperialism, and American Studies". American Quarterly. 68 (3): 847–853. doi:10.1353/aq.2016.0068. ISSN 1080-6490. S2CID 151802838.