Week 7: Common Motifs and Traditional Tattooing Across the Pacific
Check-In

• Summarize readings with pairs
• Discuss reflections

Culture Talk
Mini-Lecture 

• Cultural Practitioners of Tattooing 
  • Samoan 
    • Su’a Paul Suluape (https://www.instagram.com/paulsuluape/)
    • Su'a Faamanatu Suluape (https://www.instagram.com/promise_suluape/)
    • Su'a Suluape Peter (https://www.instagram.com/petersuluape/)
  • Hawaiian
    • Su’a Keone Nunes (https://www.instagram.com/suluape_keone/) 
      • Pā Uhi → “School of Tattoos” 
    • Kā Uhi Keoneʻulaokamakauhi Keliʻiokalani Mākua (https://www.instagram.com/kelii_makua/) 
      • Ka Pā ʻO Hūnōhūnōholani → “The School of 
  • Papua New Guinea 
    • Julia Mage’au Gray (https://www.instagram.com/melanesianmarks/)
  • Maori 
    • Te Rangitu Netana (https://www.instagram.com/terangitu/)
• Common Motifs 
  • Open Triangle
    • Philippines: crocodile teeth 
    • Hawaii: shark teeth 
    • Inuit: orca teeth
  • Shaded Triangle
    • Philippines: crocodile spine 
    • Pacific: mountains 
  • Bird 
    • Philippines 
    • Hawaii (iwa bird) 
    • Samoa
  • Woven Mat 
    • Philippines
      • Banig 
      • Tari-tari (rope) 
    • Hawaii: Kalua 
  • Lawig (Forgotten Children of Maui p.113)

Activity

• Kava culture in the Pacific 
  • Students will learn about kava, its cultural uses, and how to prepare/consume it
  • https://www.instagram.com/deeplyrootedkava/  

Content Assignment

• Read Little Manila is in the Heart by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon (pp. 31-45)
• Read Filipino Tattoos by Lane Wilcken (pp. 10-14) 
• Read Kava: The Pacific Elixir by Vincent Lebot et al. (pp. 103-155)
• Watch: The Modern Mambabatok by Kayla Sotomil

Reflection Response

• Students will submit 1-2 pages or 5-7 min video response to content assignment