De l’Océanie divisée à l’Océanie unifiée par la mer. En mémoire de Epeli Hau‘ofa

Oceania, shortly after being invented by European geographers as the «fifth» region of the world, in other words simply a ‘remnant’ after the four continents, was divided into watertight compartments as a result of the privilege given in the early 19th century to the theory of human ‘races’ in the w...

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Main Author: Serge Tcherkézoff
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Dipartimento Culture e Società - Università di Palermo 2022-12-01
Series:Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/aam/5817
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description Oceania, shortly after being invented by European geographers as the «fifth» region of the world, in other words simply a ‘remnant’ after the four continents, was divided into watertight compartments as a result of the privilege given in the early 19th century to the theory of human ‘races’ in the world. It was not until 1993 that a declaration, now celebrated as historic, by an Oceanian teacher and writer, Epeli Hau‘ofa, proclaimed the unity of Oceania by the very fact of being an “oceanic” region. This development, the discussion of the terms “Pacific”/“Oceania”, and the historical legacy today will be recalled, as well as an evocation of the life and work of Epeli Hau'ofa. Finally, the comparison between two different visions of the continent (d'Urville and Hau'ofa) will allow us to reflect on the different interpretations and representations of the sea and the ocean as spaces that in one case divide and, in the other, unite.
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spelling doaj-art-e6d2e7cb3c174024be02616cbb3c40072025-01-30T14:21:06ZitaDipartimento Culture e Società - Università di PalermoArchivio Antropologico Mediterraneo2038-32152022-12-01252410.4000/aam.5817De l’Océanie divisée à l’Océanie unifiée par la mer. En mémoire de Epeli Hau‘ofaSerge TcherkézoffOceania, shortly after being invented by European geographers as the «fifth» region of the world, in other words simply a ‘remnant’ after the four continents, was divided into watertight compartments as a result of the privilege given in the early 19th century to the theory of human ‘races’ in the world. It was not until 1993 that a declaration, now celebrated as historic, by an Oceanian teacher and writer, Epeli Hau‘ofa, proclaimed the unity of Oceania by the very fact of being an “oceanic” region. This development, the discussion of the terms “Pacific”/“Oceania”, and the historical legacy today will be recalled, as well as an evocation of the life and work of Epeli Hau'ofa. Finally, the comparison between two different visions of the continent (d'Urville and Hau'ofa) will allow us to reflect on the different interpretations and representations of the sea and the ocean as spaces that in one case divide and, in the other, unite.https://journals.openedition.org/aam/5817geographyraceseaterra-centrismPacific
spellingShingle Serge Tcherkézoff
De l’Océanie divisée à l’Océanie unifiée par la mer. En mémoire de Epeli Hau‘ofa
Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo
geography
race
sea
terra-centrism
Pacific
title De l’Océanie divisée à l’Océanie unifiée par la mer. En mémoire de Epeli Hau‘ofa
title_full De l’Océanie divisée à l’Océanie unifiée par la mer. En mémoire de Epeli Hau‘ofa
title_fullStr De l’Océanie divisée à l’Océanie unifiée par la mer. En mémoire de Epeli Hau‘ofa
title_full_unstemmed De l’Océanie divisée à l’Océanie unifiée par la mer. En mémoire de Epeli Hau‘ofa
title_short De l’Océanie divisée à l’Océanie unifiée par la mer. En mémoire de Epeli Hau‘ofa
title_sort de l oceanie divisee a l oceanie unifiee par la mer en memoire de epeli hau ofa
topic geography
race
sea
terra-centrism
Pacific
url https://journals.openedition.org/aam/5817
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