Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Assignment 3

 Jacob, Tyler and I are doing a combination of poetry and visual art, looking at the ways the peoples of Polynesia used the stars to navigate.

Here is our draft reference list:

Akerblom, K. (1968). Astronomy and navigation in Polynesia and Micronesia. Stockholm: Ethnogratiska Museet. 

Bruce, L. 1976. Preliminary Study of Three Polynesian Sources for Celestial Navigation. In Micronesian and Polynesian Voyaging: Three Readings, 1-23. Miscellaneous Work Papers, 1976:1. Honolulu, Hawaii: Pacific Islands Studies Program, University of Hawaii. 

Coopersays, David. “Astro Navigation Demystified.” Astro Navigation Demystified. Accessed December 8, 2020. https://astronavigationdemystified.com/. 

Guedes, Carla Bento, and Duane W. Hamacher. “How Far They’ll Go: Moana Shows the Power of Polynesian Celestial Navigation.” The Conversation. Accessed December 8, 2020. http://theconversation.com/how-far-theyll-go-moana-shows-the-power-of-polynesian-celestial-navigation-72375 

TED-Ed. How Did Polynesian Wayfinders Navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8bDCaPhOek.

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