Mata Austronesia is a collection of illustrated stories told by
Austronesians past and present-an (ethno)graphic novel. Mata, the
word for "eye" in numerous Austronesian languages, represents the
common origin of the many distinctive Austronesian peoples spread
throughout their vast oceanic realm. The tales in this book immerse
us in the beauty of this shared heritage, ancestral memory, and
cultural legacy. Millennia before the first Europeans ventured into
the Pacific, Austronesian explorers sailing aboard their outrigger
and double-hulled voyaging canoes had already found, settled, and
succeeded in thriving on thousands of islands of the Pacific and
Indian Oceans. From Madagascar to Rapa Nui, Austronesia is a
diverse, complex, and extensive ethnolinguistic region stretching
across more than half of the Earth's saltwater expanse. This work
showcases the abundance of unique identities, histories,
ethnicities, cultures, languages, and storytelling traditions among
people of Austronesian descent. Modern-day storytellers weave the
past and present into a tapestry of tales passed down orally
through generations and contextualize the staggering immensity of
the cosmos, imparting meaning to visible and invisible realms.
Formed over thousands of years, the wisdom of Indigenous
Austronesians teaches us vital and contemporarily applicable
lessons on living in harmony with each other and our planet. Mata
Austronesia opens fresh avenues of connection and conversation
between Austronesian peoples who live on their native islands and
in diaspora, who are both unified and long-separated by oceans of
time, space, and Western colonial and cartographic impositions. It
includes stories from Ka Pae 'Aina o Hawai'i, Rapa Nui, Tahiti,
Taha'a, Kanaky (New Caledonia), Guahan (Guam), Aotearoa (New
Zealand), Viti (Fiji), Bali, Sulawesi (Celebes), Bohol (Visayas),
Tutuila (American Samoa), Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Banaba
(Ocean Island), and Madagasikara (Madagascar). With each
hand-painted watercolor brushstroke, Tuki Drake invites friends and
family of all heritages to fall in love with our shared ocean
world.
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