Pacific approaches to fundraising in the digital age: COVID-19, resilience and community relational economic practices

dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume64
dc.contributor.authorde la Torre Parra L
dc.contributor.authorMovono A
dc.contributor.authorScheyvens R
dc.contributor.authorAuckram S
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-17T03:21:07Z
dc.date.available2024-05-17T03:21:07Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-01
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this paper is to discuss how community relational economic practices in virtual spaces are effective in building resilience because they are borne of and sustained by familiar traditional Fijian values of collective work and social interdependence. The researchers adopted a pandemic-induced methodology, conducting online-based talanoa (fluid conversations between two or more people) with a number of people leading, or involved in, these initiatives. We also engaged with online community groups behind a number of initiatives. Examples are provided of online crowdfunding, livestreaming of concerts to solicit donations, and bartering facilitated by social media sites. To conclude, we stress the enduring nature of communal bonds and traditional systems which Pacific people readily adapt and translate into different forums and forms in the face of challenges such as the restrictions and financial hardships caused by COVID-19. The findings highlight that solesolevaki – a tradition of working together for a common cause – can also occur in the digital era: this demonstrates the deep connection of Fijian peoples and their sense of obligation to one another and to their culture, regardless of where they are in the world.
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dc.edition.editionAugust 2023
dc.format.pagination222-238
dc.identifier.citationde la Torre Parra L, Movono A, Scheyvens R, Auckram S. (2023). Pacific approaches to fundraising in the digital age: COVID-19, resilience and community relational economic practices. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 64. 2. (pp. 222-238).
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/apv.12372
dc.identifier.eissn1467-8373
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1360-7456
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69594
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc.
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apv.12372
dc.relation.isPartOfAsia Pacific Viewpoint
dc.rights(c) 2023 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectadaptivity
dc.subjectcommunity relational economic practice
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectdiverse economies
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectvirtual space
dc.titlePacific approaches to fundraising in the digital age: COVID-19, resilience and community relational economic practices
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id460807
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