sAMANTHA cALLAGHAN
Samantha Callaghan, NZ Electronic Text Centre
Whãnaungatanga & Digitisation
Moko; or, Maori tattooing / by H.G. Robley (London [England] : Chapman and Hall, 1896). Description: xxi, 216 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ‘Authorities consulted’ p. [209]. Callmark: Fildes 510
“In 2007 the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre digitised a first edition of Robley’s Moko; or Maori Tattooing as the core text of the Centre’s Moko Texts Collection. This collection allowed the Centre to explore some of the common issues around digitisation as it relates to representations of indigenous knowledge. These included conflicts between concepts such as ownership, control and access and those of rangatiratanga, kaitiakitanga, mana me putanga. By using Fildes’ personally annotated copy of Robley’s text we were able identify many of those shown in illustrations or photographs which had captions that singularly failed to identify the models. Fildes’ compulsive textual interventions contribute to the process by which Māori may recognise and connect with representations of their ancestors on the Internet. This contextualisation that was core to the digital project is a powerful contrast to the product of mass digitisation projects such as that of Google Books.”
Karen Cameron, Postgraduate student
The ‘heart of Wonderland’
Karen Cameron
Various resources including: Tinne, The wonderland of the antipodes… 1873; Trollope, ‘The Auckland Lakes and Hot Wells’ 1874; Kennedy’s colonial travel: …, 1876; Cumming, At Home in Fiji, v. 2, 1881; Kerry-Nicholls, The King Country… 1884; [Muller, Miss], Notes of a tour…1877,Partington, Random Rot,1883; Tangye, Notes of my fourth voyage …1886; Henley, Bright memories… 1887; Payton, Round about New Zealand…1888; Talbot, The new guide to the lakes and hot springs… 1882.
“The J.C. Beaglehole Room holds an extensive collection of literature on travel in New Zealand written during the nineteenth century. The published narratives of European travellers to New Zealand’s world-famous Pink and White Terraces on Lake Rotomahana between 1870 and May 1886 provide an excellent case study for exploring how readers ‘at home’ in empire were given a sense of ownership, entitlement and familiarity over colonial landscapes. Within this context, this informal discussion highlights some of the experiences and observations of eleven travellers to the “heart of Wonderland”.
John Pratt
John Pratt, Professor of Criminology and James Cook Research Fellow in Social Science 2009-2011
Travels in various countries … Part the third: Scandinavian section, 1819
/ by Edward Daniel Clarke (London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811-23).
Description: 6 v., plates : ill., maps (some fold.), ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes: Vol.1, 2nd ed. Call Number: D975 C597 T
“This is the third part of Clarke’s six volumed journal of his travels between 1798 and 1802 and it is itself in two volumes (around 1300 pages in total). He demonstrates remarkable stamina and fortitude since he must obviously have been keeping a very detailed daily diary while also travelling long distances by foot and horse, often in the Scandinavian winter. He provides vivid descriptions of various features of the ‘Scandinavian way of life’ at that time, including the homogeneity of these nations, egalitarian class relationships, the importance given to education and literacy, lack of crime and the punishment of offenders.”