“The economic, ecological, and health crisis threatening Pacific livelihoods derives from a pathological old narrative of “Onefication”. We have been taught in mainstream education … to think in terms of compartmentalized categories. This compartmentalized framing has encouraged us to view life through split categories to achieve either one answer or one truth.”
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Reverend Dr. Upolu Luma Vaai
Reverend Dr. Upolu Vaai is Principal and head of Theology and Ethics at Pacific Theological College in Suva, Fiji. He is a Fijian theologian and Pacific indigenous philosopher, specializing in Pacific relationality, eco-relational theology, decolonizing education, and relational hermeneutics. He is known for his research in Pacific indigenous philosophies and spirituality, theology, and climate change.