Renaud Chandivert
36:09 - 37:10
"It seems to me that the archipelago paradigm and this idea of relationality perfectly fit with what I wanted to develop in this lecture and also correspond quite well to Southeast Alaska geographical, the Alexander Archipelago, cultural, spiritual, political, and also political context."
“It seems to me that the archipelago paradigm and this idea of relationality perfectly fit with what I wanted to develop in this lecture and also correspond quite well to Southeast Alaska geographical, the Alexander Archipelago, cultural, spiritual, political, and also political context.”
- Speaker
- Renaud Chandivert
- Timestamp
- 36:09 – 37:10
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- July 1, 2026
From the transcript
It defines a paradigm." According to Édouard Glissant, it offers a new way of measuring the world based on relationships. Going beyond the traditional opposition between islands and mainland, it implies recognition of each place, each language, and each culture within a relational whole. It seems to me that the archipelago paradigm and this idea of relationality perfectly fit with what I wanted to develop in this lecture and also correspond quite well to Southeast Alaska geographical, the Alexander Archipelago, cultural, spiritual, political, and also political context. I found another source of inspiration when I discovered the work and thoughts of Epeli Howa Hoffa. An anthropologist and writer from the Fiji Islands, who sadly passed away in 2009.
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