Wai Pasifika : indigenous ways in a changing climate

Young, David (David Christopher) 1947- (author.).

Summary: "David Young focuses on the increasingly endangered resource of freshwater, and what so-called developed societies can learn from the Indigenous voices of the Pacific. Combining nineteenth century and Indigenous sources with a selection of modern studies and his own personal encounters, Young keeps a human face on the key issue of water. He confirms that the gift of Indigenous people to their colonisers is that they offer systematic and different concepts of being in, and experiencing, nature."--Publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9781990048074 (softcover)
Physical Description: print
304 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Pulsing wisdom -- 1. Sequoia: Location in meditation -- 2. Both sides now: Fog capture in the Pacific -- 3. Fire and water, rock and fish: Aboriginal management of Australia -- 4. Hawai'i -- Aotearoa: The shape of water -- 5. Waikīkī: Ghosts, glitz and gobies -- 6. Hawai'i Island: Gods, gardens, fire and water -- 7. Keepers of the long view: Whanganui river -- 8. Kīpuka of influence: Limahuli looks back to see forward -- 9. Sāmoa, Nuie: The memory of water -- 10. Rāpanui Easter Island: Rats, forests and good water -- 11. Kiribati: Life on an ocean wave -- 12. And in the Northwest: The Pacific as ecosystem.