Digital Oceania

Online, Talanoa, 2021
Curator and Producer: Emele Ugavule
People weaver: Linda Iriza

Speakers:
Archiving Ancestors

• Wap-Hill Imbun – Pasifika Visuals

• Lavau Ngaluc – Archiveples

• Samira Homerang Saunders – Archiveples

• Talei Mangioni – Pacific Biography in Australia

Weaving Tales

• Samantha Marley Barnett – Tahdong Marianas

• Lice Movono – Today Media Fiji

Collectivism as Currency

• John Kealoha Garcia – Exchange Avenue

• Leone Winterstein – Zed Run

Niu Orators

• Brandon Tacadena – Talanoa

• Isabella Naiduki – Fiji Diaspora Club

• Trina Sound – Fale Umu Kuka

• Falefia Jr Fuamatu – Pasifika Creatives Club

Over two days, 28th-29th May 2021, we hosted panel discussions with Oceanic peoples on how we navigate digital and social media. Emele Ugavule, curated a powerful lineup of speakers who lead talanoa on topics ranging from how we archive and present our stories in digital spaces, emerging social media platforms and subcultures during the COVID-19 pandemic, representation, and creating educational and safe spaces.