Friday, 21 May 2021, 4:44 pm
This winter Te Uru presents
Party in Piha by
97-year old Titirangi photographer Arne Loot. The exhibition
documents the legendary full-moon beach parties that took
place in the remote coastal settlement of Piha in the 1960s.
It has been created from a series of original proof sheets
that Loot used to make for young party-host, Brian
Rainger.
Arne
Loot Party in
Piha Party in
Piha celebrates a unique selection of photographs that
connects us to the rich social history of west Auckland and
is a rare glimpse into a vast archive from Loot’s long
career, much of which has never been seen and cannot be
For the ethical traveler, cultural appropriation can, and should be, a weighing concern. The discussion around it has also been unfolding on social media for years, with a heightening frenzy. Weâve reached a point where most people know and understand that you shouldnât be wearing a Native American headdress to a music festival, and that a traditional-garment-as-Halloween-costume is never okay. But when it comes to the items we buy while traveling, things tend to get hazier.
Souvenirs, by nature, are meant to represent a sliver of a place not our own. Some argue that this exchange is, in fact, what travel is all aboutâand how culture and traditions are created in the first place. But navigating the lines of cultural appropriation, and appreciation, can be particularly challenging when youâre standing in a market halfway around the world, with only a days-old familiarity of the local culture. And unfortunately, even with the best intentions, missteps happen, leavi
A group tests new audio descriptions provided by the UniDescription project at Yosemite National Park in 2017. (Photo credit: Jaime Gibson-Barrows)
NEH).
A $350,000 grant will go to the Department of American Studies and the East-West Center to host a summer institute for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander museum professionals, and a $296,203 grant will support a project by the School of Communications in the College of Social Sciences to expand audio description services nationwide for the blind and visually impaired. These projects are among 213 supported by $32.8 million in grants from
NEH.
Summer museum institute
“Weaving a Net(work) of Care for Oceanic Collections: A Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Museum Summer Institute” is a six-week program to provide education and training for early- to mid-career Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders working in museum and heritage centers throughout the Pacific. The institute will focus on museum management and collections