Tafesilafa'i : towards a Samoan epistemology in the diaspora / Misi Pouena Tagaloa.

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Published: [United States : M.P. Tagaloa, 2010]
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245 1 0 |a Tafesilafa'i :  |b towards a Samoan epistemology in the diaspora /  |c Misi Pouena Tagaloa. 
260 |a [United States :  |b M.P. Tagaloa,  |c 2010] 
300 |a x, 246 p. ;  |c 26 cm. 
500 |a Cover title. 
502 |a Originally presented as the author's Ph.D thesis--Claremont School of Theology, 2008. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 2 |a 1. Background and Introduction -- Personal Journey -- Growing in Faith -- A Life Cycle Event -- A New Vision -- 
505 2 |a 2. Methodology: Grounded Theory and Narrative Inquiry -- Grounded Theory -- Historical Background -- Our Research Strategy -- Narrative Inquiry -- Historical Background -- Description of the Method -- Variations in the Field -- Social Interactions -- Key Participants -- Smaller Focus Groups -- Analysis of Data -- Hypothesis Formulation -- Challenges Encountered and Impact on Theory Creation -- Focus Groups -- Researchers Role as an Insider -- Writing About an Oral Culture -- Lost In Translation -- The Water We Swim in -- 
505 2 |a 3. Context of Research -- Epistemological Infrastructures -- Communal Infrastructures -- Immediate Family -- Village in Diaspora -- Extended Family -- Village Proper -- Social Structures in the Diaspora -- Research Sites -- Religious Infrastructures -- Concept of the Va -- Samoan Cosmogony -- Solo o le Va -- Genealogical Links -- Va with the Cosmos -- Va with the Environment -- Va between Humans -- Va between One and Self -- Political Infrastructures -- Malae - Open Space -- Challenges to Survival in the Borderland -- Se’i Sau Malama - The Illusion of Someday -- 
505 2 |a 4. How Samoans Come to Know -- How Do Persons Learn? -- Perception via Causal Efficacy -- Perception via Presentational Immediacy -- How Samoans Come to Know -- Samoan Cosmogony -- Coming to Know -- Samoan Epistemology -- Goals and Aspirations -- 
505 2 |a 5. Interaction for Community Building and Organizing -- Community Building and Organizing -- Organizing the Samoan Community in Diaspora -- Reaching out to the Second Generation -- Community Building Relationships -- Persons and God -- Persons and Persons -- Parent to Child -- Brother to Sister -- Victim to Offender -- Person to Self -- Persons and Environment -- Tafesilafa’i -- Alagaupu - Proverbs -- Community Issues -- Economics -- Spirituality -- Health -- Values -- Language -- Education -- Art as a Metaphor -- Role of the learner -- Role of the teacher -- 
505 2 |a 6. Action and Reflection: Theo-Socio-Economic Scaffolding -- Theological Implication -- Social Implications -- Cultural and Social Learning -- Economic Implications Tafesilafa'i Curriculum -- 
505 2 |a 7. Findings and next steps -- Limitations of the Research -- Next Steps -- Research Insights. 
650 0 |a Samoan Americans  |x Social conditions. 
650 0 |a Samoan Americans  |x Ethnic identity. 
650 0 |a Knowledge, Theory of  |z Samoa. 
991 |a 2010-10-20 
992 |a Created by gewh, 20/10/2010. Updated by lisa, 28/02/2020. 
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952 f f |p Not for loan  |a University Of Canterbury  |b UC Libraries  |c Macmillan Brown Library  |d Macmillan Brown Library, Pacific Collection  |t 0  |e E 184 .S17 .T125 2010  |h Library of Congress classification  |i Book  |m AU17947081B