Well i am into my second week of classes here at the university, and am already immersed in Maori hisotry, arts, colonialism, post-collonial politics...it is so incredibly interesting to step back and compare these studies with my Native American studies classes that i take at Bates. wow. How different our lives as Americans would be if the colonial period had not devastated the Native populations as much as it did.
In terms of finding work, i am slowly, slowly making progress. To be honest, it would be so simple and straightforward to have an equivalent to the Harward center at the University of Auckland. Just walk in, tell them who i am , what i am interested in doing, and recieve helpful suggestions, and a list of potential community partners. Unfortunetly no such thing exists here. It is all a bit of a patchwork opperation as i meet with these people, walk into this office, email this organization...and im not sure right now what direction this seeking will take me in. Not yet at least. I am meeting with an organization that is very similar to Hohepa where i was farming. I am looking to do some short term volunteer work there. I also went to my own towns farmers market! And am working up to talking to the farmers and manager, to seek potential work, or to find out more about how it works here...exciting yet very uncertain. In the mean time, i am getting to know my community, a small suberb of the city.
i will keep you posted.
Dani
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