Indigeneity on the Oceanic Stage

Marc Maufort, Ph.D. (1986) is Emeritus Professor of Anglophone literatures at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (ULB). He has written and (co)-edited a number of volumes on Eugene O’Neill, American drama, and Anglophone postcolonial theatre. His most recent book publication is Forays into Contemporary South African Theatre. Devising New Stage Idioms (co-edited with Jessica Maufort, Brill/Rodopi, 2020).David O'Donnell was Professor of Theatre at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand until his retirement in late 2023. He is an award-winning director and has published widely on New Zealand theatre, including co-authoring the book Floating Islanders: Pasifika Theatre in Aotearoa (2017) with Lisa Warrington.

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresNotes on ContributorsStatement of Editorial PolicyIntroduction: Staging Local Indigenous Cultures in a Globalised OceaniaMarc Maufort and David O’donnell1 Taenga Mai/The Arrival: Acts of Remembering and Resistance at Aotearoa’s BorderNicola Hyland2 “There’s a Gap Here”: Thoughts on Four Plays that Helped Invent Māori Playwriting in AotearoaMurray Edmond3 Creating New Star-Paths to Traverse Disciplinary TerritoriesHilary Halba, Rua McCallum and David O’donnell4 Bridging the Global Live Performance Marketplace: The Modern Māori QuartetJames Wenley5 F*ck it Up Sis: Representation and Agency in the Work of fafswagSean Coyle6 “The Trauma of Return” – Māori Battalion Narratives in the Theatre of AotearoaDavid O’donnell7 Kūkulu o Kahiki: Kanaka Maoli Narratives and Performance Rooted in OceaniaTammy Haili‘ōpua Baker8 Preserving Indigenous Identities in a Globalised World: The Magical Realist Vision of Tammy Hailiʻōpua Baker and Albert WendtMarc Maufort9 School Theatre Productions in Rapa Nui as Community Responses to Globalisation: Performances of ‘A‘amu Tuai at Aldea Educativa Hoŋa’a o te ManaMoira Fortin Cornejo10 (Re)positioning an Indigenous Standpoint in Theatre Making PracticesLiza-Mare Syron11 Saibai Island Ancestral Performative Knowledge: Centring Body, Experiences and Associated Knowledge in the Twenty-First CenturyMargaret HarveyIndex