“Go to the place and sing the songs for the place so the place can hear the words.”
Maya Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery
(my-ah kah-vah-ee-lah-nah-oh-kay-ah-vah-ee-kee saff-er-ee)
language keeper
IMAGE SOURCE: “The Message of Hokule'a.” Screen grab. YouTube. 12 Jul 2016. | TEXT SOURCE: Jennifer Allen. Malama Honua: Hokulea – A Voyage of Hope. Patagonia. 2017.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “Malama Honua is a new voyage, but it’s linked to deeper values and movements that have been around for a long time. It’s part of our long genealogy of caring for the land.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What place needs to hear you sing your song?
IMAGE CONTEXT: Maya performs a traditional greeting at the welcoming ceremony for the Hokulea as it docks at Tisbury Wharf, Martha's Vineyard.
IMAGE QUESTION: What do you invoke as you open to the sea and sky?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a book about a round-the-world journey of a Polynesian voyaging canoe. The photo is from a YouTube video.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: Who helps you to decide about the best channels for media dissemination about support projects for your people?
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