“The cultural geography of Devonport”
An article from this weeks ‘The Devonport Flagstaff’ (a free local publication iconic in itself) about the project… If you click on the image above you will be able to view the picture close enough to read the article. Small…
A peaceful Wednesday afternoon – Visiting Ruth Coombs
Last Wednesday Linda and I paid a visit to Ruth Coombes at her house here in Devonport…
The Vernacular Blackboard
A vernacular is “the native language or native dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a language of wider communication that is not native to the population, such as a national language” –Wikipedia The Vernacular Blackboard is one of…
What is The Cultural Mapping Project? What is Cultural Mapping?
These are two questions I daily try to address in various forms of communication. Sometimes I am more successful than others. I managed possibly the most succinct explanation so far in the PDF I made today which you can view…
Peace is not merely the absence of war
The peace movement has had considerable impact on our cultural development, our identity and our perceived identity abroad as New Zealanders: from the early peaceful protests of Te Whiti and Tohu, to VAANA, to our present environment. ‘Peace is not…