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Reviving and teaching the ancient tradition of Pacific wayfinding


Reviving and teaching the ancient tradition of Pacific wayfinding

The Pacific go onboard the double-hulled Marumaru Atua vaka in Rarotonga and meet the crew who are committed to reviving and teaching the ...

Reviving Traditional Navigation Knowledge in the Pacific

Pacific of ocean knowledge, wayfinding, star charts, and the heritage of long-distance navigation without instruments. The publication is ...

Polynesian Wayfinding - Hōkūleʻa

... cultures. A revival of the art and science of wayfinding is underway among the Pacific islands, led by Nainoa Thompson, the first modern-day Polynesian to ...

Wayfinding revival - Science Learning Hub

Mau Piailug was a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding ...

Reviving traditions: Passing on ancient navigation knowledge

Out of concern that the ancient Pacific knowledge on seafaring is now sailing on its way to oblivion, a descendant of a Micronesian ...

Reviving Traditional Navigation Knowledge in the Pacific

... Pacific of ocean knowledge, wayfinding, star charts and the heritage of long-distance navigation without instruments”. The paper was ...

Navigating the Future: Lessons from Pacific Islanders' Ancient ...

Navigating the Future: Lessons from Pacific Islanders' Ancient Wayfinding ... This resurgence in traditional navigation is not only restoring ...

Modern Wayfinding - Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions

A revival of the art and science of wayfinding is underway among the Pacific islands, led by Nainoa Thompson, the first modern-day Polynesian to learn and use ...

Polynesian Navigation - LEARNZ |

Traditional Polynesian navigation - also called non-instrument navigation or wayfinding - means finding your way without any of the tools modern navigators use.

Wayfinders : About the Film - PBS

This ancient Polynesian sea voyaging tradition comes to life again in "Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey. ... By teaching wayfinding to other Pacific Islanders, ...

Polynesia's master voyagers who navigate by nature - BBC

Ancient Polynesians settled the Pacific islands through the sacred art of wayfinding ... Thompson and countless wayfinding teachers have ...

Celebrating Our Cultural Legacy with Master Navigator PWO ...

Mau's legacy is a testament to the preservation and revival of ancient wayfinding traditions in the Pacific Islands. His expertise in ...

The Art of Polynesian Navigation: Stars, Waves, and Island Voyaging

... ancient Pacific navigators. Bird migration patterns and other wildlife ... Programs aimed at teaching young Polynesians the art of wayfinding often include:.

Daytime Wayfinding & Celestial Navigation In Polynesia

... Pacific ocean, making them the most adaptive seafaring peoples the world has ever known. Reviving Ancient Navigation. Back in the mid 1960's ...

Welcome to the User Guide - Canoe is the people

The Canoe Is the People honours and explores the knowledge and skills of traditional Pacific wayfinding. It is designed mostly for Pacific youth.

Navigating a cultural revival - Winds of Change

... wayfinding” — through the trackless sea are examples of traditional ... ancient vessels and the people who steered them. Kane's ...

NAVIGATING THROUGH TIME: FROM WAYFINDING TO SATELLITE

How did they do it? For traditional Pacific island people, wayfinding involved navigating on the open ocean without a sextant, compass, clock, GPS, radio, or ...

Never Lost - Exploratorium

Over time, knowledge of these wayfinding techniques dwindled and nearly disappeared. But today, traditional Polynesian navigation is experiencing a revival ...

PBS HAWAIʻI PRESENTS We, The Voyagers: Our Vaka - YouTube

... Pacific. The island's elders never lost their ancient tradition of wayfinding ... Perpetuating the Art of Polynesian Wayfinding | PBS HAWAIʻI ...

Leadership lessons from the ancient Polynesian tradition of wayfinding

She's describing navigating the vast Pacific Ocean, across thousands of miles from one tiny dot of an island to another with incredible accuracy ...