Comments for adventures in cultural politics

Comment on Pakeha / Tauiwi and Tino Rangatiratanga by alix

alix — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:53:52 +0000

Hi, I understood this article 100%. I am a young pakeha woman studying at art school and investigating culture and identity. I also can relate to this struggle, and with cross-cultural identification.

Comment on Pakeha / Tauiwi and Tino Rangatiratanga by Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:27:53 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Pakeha / Tauiwi and Tino Rangatiratanga, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

Comment on Local Knowledge: Place and New Media Practice by db

db — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:53:01 +0000

Thanks Gianni! Yeah I miss SBS a bit being in NZ, but then we have Maori TV which is way better :).

Comment on Local Knowledge: Place and New Media Practice by Gianni

Gianni — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:15:05 +0000

about time this issue(s) are addressed - yes it is about encountering stories on our travels drawn out of our own worlds. I really enjoy SBS’s contribution to indigenous media “Living Black”. Run by Koories and produced with Koories..

Comment on Interview with DB from Contested Commons/Trespassing Publics Conference, Sarai-CSDS, Delhi by az

az — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:58:01 +0000

That’s a great interview, Danny, and nice to see some new content here again. I’m jealous, you got to see Peter Linebaugh speak in person :)

Comment on On “New Zealand” “Studies” by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:09:09 +0000

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Comment on Give it up (blogging and the public) by db

db — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:26:26 +0000

thanks smb :) nice to hear from you, meeting up with Ashok and Cheryl in LA at the end of the month, will be nice to reconnect the intranation dialogue in person, and also start planning how i can make a visit to see you. Or, of course we should bring you out to Aotearoa! Will work on that :) x.d

Comment on Give it up (blogging and the public) by shirley bear

shirley bear — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:47:31 +0000

Wuligiskut djb,
I am more-a reader that a writer, so i have enjoyed reading your writing (not always agreeing) and wish to continue to do so.
I signed in to keep my seat “on this brain watching”
love
smb

Comment on Give it up (blogging and the public) by db

db — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:27:27 +0000

OK, I’ve set up a new journal that’s “private” and seems to be working. Anyone wanting the URL should drop me an e-mail danny at dannybutt.net and i’ll sign you up.

Comment on Give it up (blogging and the public) by db

db — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:37:03 +0000

Hi B, thanks once again for your supportive comments. Yes, I think blogs are good for the two things you mention as well - for you and others in a similar position anyway - and that’s what I love about your blog. For myself, I’m less certain that d) the “practice” of my writing improves it (or my political action). And I also don’t think that or e) that my putting my “private” voice into the public sphere is such a good idea. The bottom line of this post was read by many as simply being about short- vs long- gestation period writing. I think the bigger issue is that my “private” is thoroughly colonised by the “public” compared to most people, but I’m also involved in a lot of other people’s “privates” (heh) or at least their inability to be fully public, and my work across that gap probably needs to be less publicly shared. I’m thinking at the moment about starting a private blog for friends, where I can be a little more open and informal, while still using this space as a more public record. I’ll defintely keep you posted. Certainly I’ve been getting a lot out of the engagement with people like yourself and I’d like to find a way to continue to develop those relationships.

Comment on Give it up (blogging and the public) by db

db — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:26:38 +0000

Tena koe Pokoka. Many thanks for your comments. I am currently in Amsterdam and feeling a long way from home, your awhi is a treasure, greatly appreciated. Kia ora ra

Comment on Give it up (blogging and the public) by bitchphd

bitchphd — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:50:27 +0000

This is a good piece–and of course it demonstrates why I’ll be sorry to read less of your writing. I too am rethinking not blogging, but the content. I’ll add to your “what blogs are good for” d) frequently, ideally daily, practice at writing (whatever the content may be) and e) crossing the private/public divide: getting “private” thoughts/voices into the public sphere. I think I want to do more of those two, going back to what I started doing with the blog, and less of the “aspiring to political punditry” stuff–the blog just isn’t a good forum for it. Or at least I feel that my aspirations have been too broad, and I would rather develop more knowledge before broadcasting.

Anyway, I do hope that however frequently you write here, you keep in touch. And that you maybe just go ahead and try exploratory writing, rather than that whole “needing to have a point” thing. Because I’ll miss you if you go.

Comment on Michael King’s obituaries by pokoka

pokoka — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 02:22:03 +0000

Kia ora ano,

He korero tino kaha.

Reminds me of the whakatauki “Kaua e whakaarohia te mahinga otira te otinga”. Utopia is always a posibility, rarely a reality.

He tino koi ou whakaaro.

Mauri ora.

Comment on Give it up (blogging and the public) by pokoka

pokoka — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 02:11:24 +0000

Kia ora Danny,

A well written piece. He pai ou whakaaro e pa ana te raruraru o te ara tauhoko nei.

Mauri ora.

Comment on On “New Zealand” “Studies” by danny

danny — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:36:43 +0000

Thanks Simon! I’m glad you enjoyed it, particularly with your extensive experience and expertise in this area. Perhaps you’ll be inspired to bring your work back home :), I believe you’ll might at the Canterbury biculturalism/multiculturalism conference in September, so perhaps see you then.

Comment on On “New Zealand” “Studies” by Simon During

Simon During — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:57:22 +0000

thanks for the blog!…I guess it’s not supposed to but it makes me feel homesick…