Ofa, Alofa, Aroha, Aro'a, Love In Pasifika and Indigenous Education

The book provides you with a cultural spanning book conveying insights of ¿Ofa, Alofa, Aroha, Aröa, Love in Pasifika and Indigenous Education and Research. Studies in ¿ofa, alofa, aroha, aröa, and love is the spirit at the heart of Pasifika, Migrant, and Indigenous researchers and academics developing Pasifika, Migrant, and Indigenous Education and Research as a discipline in tertiary education institutions in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Although the new area of inquiry only dates back eight years, Hawaiian, M¿ori, Cook Islands M¿ori, Tongan, Samoan, Fijian, and Solomon Islanders, among others have articulated ideas, practices, knowledges, and wisdoms that shape how Arohanui, Aro`anui, `Ofa atu, Alofa atu, Alofi atu, Aloha, Love! Education for Criticism love, education, and research are related in societies that have existed as long as our languages, cultural, and social formations themselves. The book has great potential, in a globalised technical world, where Pasifika, Migrant, and Indigenous academics and researchers can contribute insights of love in education and research to course readers, degree programmes, and policies.