Tevita O. Ka'ili is an associate professor of international cultural studies and cultural anthropology, and the chair of the Department of Cultures and Languages at Brigham Young University-Hawai'i.
"An important contribution to decolonizing research methodologies."--The Contemporary Pacific "Marking Indigeneity is a book that Oceania scholars can read for new leads and insights, and researchers of spatiotemporal arrangement for an indigenous model of a topic for which anthropology sometimes struggles to discover a language."--suomen antropologi "Marking Indigeneity is a welcome addition to the literature on migration and transnationalism...It is important to remember that anthropological work can also help readers from the culture they study, something Ka'ili has accomplished in this book."--The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology "Ka'ili reiterates the crucial and redressing role of methods and theoretical contributions by indigenous research(ers) through talk, language, and co-production of knowledge with fieldwork participants, all while negotiating that which he is exploring: the co-production of social space."--Ping-Ann Addo, author of Creating a Nation with Cloth "A penetrating study of how Tongans conceptualize and enact tauhi va, the maintenance of positive social relationships. This outstanding book will be of interest to readers of cultural anthropology, indigenous studies, and Pacific studies."--Susan U. Philips, Professor Emerita, University of Arizona
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