On October 18th, David Geary joins us to talk about “Identity and Resilience” and what it means in these complex and changing times.
Tune-in 12 Noon on DS106 Radio with this link to listen. Join the conversation #LunchableLearning #ds106radio!
Biography
David Geary Photo Credit: Tae Hoon Kim
David Geary is a playwright, screenwriter, fiction writer, dramaturg and educator. He teaches in the IDF Indigenous Digital Filmmaking, Documentary and Playwriting programs at Capilano University. He also teaches playwriting and dramaturgy at the PTC Playwright’s Theatre Centre in Vancouver. His recent projects include dramaturg for BAPF – Bay Area Play Festival, short fiction for Aotearoa New Zealand: The Black Betty Tapes, and poetry from the POV of the bat Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off. David loves Trickster tales. He believes storytelling and scriptwriting are muscles best developed through exercises. His yogic mantra is – Life is short, stretch it – and he writes #hahaiku on twitter @gearsgeary.
Show Notes
Listener Challenge
Choose one thing from this Maori Mihi list that speaks to your identity, or do all of them all if you like.
Maunga – Mountain
Awa – River or Waterway
Waka – canoe – vehicle
Tipuna – Ancestor
Iwi – Tribes (Could be blood ancestry or group/club you belong to…)
Name
Waiata – Song
Write a short paragraph about why this is important to who you are. Share it with #LunchableLearning #ds106radio or post In the Comments to the web site.
Shout-outs
Television
APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)
CBC Indigenous Programs on GEM
Books
All Our Relations by Tanya Talaga
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Podcast
Film
The work of Taika Waititi
More shout-outs…
2021 OE Global Awards for Excellence
25years.edtech.ca led by Clint Lalonde and Laura Pasquini
OpenETC (Open Ed Tech Collaborative)
Music
Changes – David Bowie
Mehcinut – Jeremy Dutcher
So Am I – Ava Max
Listener Challenge
Choose one thing from this Maori Mihi list that speaks to your identity, or do all of them all if you like.
Maunga – Mountain
Awa – River or Waterway
Waka – canoe – vehicle
Tipuna – Ancestor
Iwi – Tribes (Could be blood ancestry or group/club you belong to…)
Name
Waiata – Song
Write a short paragraph about why this is important to who you are. Share it with #LunchableLearning #ds106radio or post In the Comments to the web site.
I loved David’s greeting.
I have two mountains – Table Mountain and Alishan. Born in South Africa and raised near Cape Town, this mountain has always been a solid rock in the background of my life. I have hiked up the mountain in my youth and I have done the cable cars too. When everything around you crumbles, you can always look up and find Table Mountain, as quiet and solid as ever.
I lived in Taiwan for 7 years and “Alishan”, or “Ali Mountain” is one of the most peaceful spaces to retreat to. Being amidst the tea fields always gave me much calm and perspective.
my mihi
Maunga: Gold mountain
Awa: Fraser River
Waka: Nissan X-trail
Tipuna: Father and paternal grandfather
Waiata: too hard to pick one these days with my new found joy in music. Put Records Your On – Corinne Bailey Rae I like as it’s slightly nostalgic and celebrates the ease of hopeful and sunnier days.
Iwi: educators designers artists gardeners
Reflecting about the land and body of water I identify with, I realized how my kinship to the land is rooted in my family history, in particular through the lives of my paternal grandfather and father and their contributions to country and community. My affinity is with people who educate, create, make and nurture so those are my tribes. Crafting a mihi is a simple yet meaningful exercise so I hope others will give this challenge a try!