Acknowledgements: (continued) Special thanks to the following people for their contributions and assistance in contributing to the content of this project: Marsha Schoeffler, Walt Sturghill Jr., Sarah Fulmer, and Rebecca Homer for assistance with shooting video. Also a special thanks to: Anastassia Fulmer for assisting in “stamping” the “open book”; 2001 and 2004 Fiji Study Tour participants; Litiana Waqalevu and Patrick Craddock for photographs of the May/June 2000 Fiji coup; Josefa Uluinaceva for allowing me to interview him for background information on comparative life; and the resident student artists, choreographer Alan Alo, and director Dr. Epeli Hau‘ofa of the Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture at USP, and the villagers of NaMuaMua and Raiwaqa in Fiji for welcoming our Flint students into their world. Thank you, also, to my colleagues at Mott for supporting my extra studies and growth as an artist. Any omissions in these acknowledgements are regretted for all assistance and support has been greatly appreciated. |