Manu narratives of Polynesia

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Lachlan Paterson

Raphael submitting his thesis in April.

Te Tumu would like to congratulate Raphael Richter-Gravier, one of our stellar postgraduate students, for having completed all the post-examination formalities for his PhD on “Manu narratives of Polynesia: a comparative study of birds in 300 traditional Polynesian stories“.

Raphael was supervised by Professor Michael Reilly and Dr Michelle Schaaf from Te Tumu, and through a co-tutelle arrangement, also by Professor Bruno Saura from the University of French Polynesia.  Raphael’s research is comprehensive and in-depth, looking at a wide range of bird stories on a number of themes from all around Polynesia, including Aotearoa.

If you are interested in  delving into some of the stories, or reading Raphael’s thesis in its entirity, it is now available online on the university’s OUR Archive.   Click here to access it.

Raphael will be graduating in December, and is planning to publish from his research.

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