Paper prepared by Dr Tarisi Vunidilo

This paper is written from an Indigenous iTaukei[1] perspective on the discussion of ‘art.’ The two key questions of ‘what is art?’ and ‘how is art valued?’ is embedded in the discussions throughout the five sections of this paper. I deliberately included real life experiences that I observed and participated in, so as to provide a sense of ‘real talanoa’ and ‘real dialogue’ in the quest of answering these two questions.  [1] iTaukei is currently the official term used to describe Indigenous Fijians. I will use iTaukei in this paper thesis rather than Taukei, as I believe that the term iTaukei is more formal and respectful.  Read more