Mauri Ora ! !A journey of a thousand miles . . .
Well, my first post - and i am going to begin with a quote that encapsulates the objective of my BLOG from the legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau:
"If a man for whatever reason
has an opportunity to lead an extraordinary life
he has no right to keep it to himself"
Aotearoa-New Zealand
ko au, ME!!
I am in my final year of my PhD, at Otago University, Dunedin, Aotearoa-New Zealand
Clock Tower, Otago University
Of course you might have heard of our country as 'Rugby' mad - the ALL BLACKS !!
The All Blacks in full flight!!
OR more recently you may have heard of Valerie Vili who won the GOLD medal for the women's shot put at the recent OLYMPIC GAMES in Beijing China
Well, thats my country!!
My Long Journey
My PhD has been a very long journey consisting of many 'ups-&-downs' - the sort that defines who you are, and tests the mettle of your character - but hey, who hasn't had that? Its called "so what!!"
But just to bring you up-2-speed
I am primarily in the INFORMATION SCIENCE department with one foot in the MAORI department at Otago University
So, about my PhD
Well, my PhD is concerned with how 'oral traditions' may/can be represented on or in GIS - Geographical Information Systems. GIS is simply a very powerful database with the capacity for representing that information in a graphical fashion - it can draw some very interesting MAPS that represent the database of information - and then some!
What does that mean?
The final chapters will take the oral information of an oral society - namely Maori - and create a cultural map of that information - thus mapping the cultural extent of their cultural space
The epic poem, the illiad written by Homer the blind - represents his recollection of the Battle of Troy. There are some 'discussions' about where that battle took place - was in Greece/Turkey or was it somewhere else? If we interrogate the poem, we should be able to locate its lands of origin.
Likewise, if i took an epic poem known to Maori as a moteatea, i should be able to trace its origins and create a link between the people and the land of origin.
So, that is what i am working on!!
H24
has an opportunity to lead an extraordinary life
he has no right to keep it to himself"
Aotearoa-New Zealandko au, ME!!
I am in my final year of my PhD, at Otago University, Dunedin, Aotearoa-New Zealand
Clock Tower, Otago UniversityOf course you might have heard of our country as 'Rugby' mad - the ALL BLACKS !!
The All Blacks in full flight!!OR more recently you may have heard of Valerie Vili who won the GOLD medal for the women's shot put at the recent OLYMPIC GAMES in Beijing China
Well, thats my country!!
My Long Journey
My PhD has been a very long journey consisting of many 'ups-&-downs' - the sort that defines who you are, and tests the mettle of your character - but hey, who hasn't had that? Its called "so what!!"
But just to bring you up-2-speed
I am primarily in the INFORMATION SCIENCE department with one foot in the MAORI department at Otago University
So, about my PhD
Well, my PhD is concerned with how 'oral traditions' may/can be represented on or in GIS - Geographical Information Systems. GIS is simply a very powerful database with the capacity for representing that information in a graphical fashion - it can draw some very interesting MAPS that represent the database of information - and then some!
What does that mean?
The final chapters will take the oral information of an oral society - namely Maori - and create a cultural map of that information - thus mapping the cultural extent of their cultural space
The epic poem, the illiad written by Homer the blind - represents his recollection of the Battle of Troy. There are some 'discussions' about where that battle took place - was in Greece/Turkey or was it somewhere else? If we interrogate the poem, we should be able to locate its lands of origin.
Likewise, if i took an epic poem known to Maori as a moteatea, i should be able to trace its origins and create a link between the people and the land of origin.
So, that is what i am working on!!
H24
- - - begins with a single step - - -
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