About This Course
This course serves as a living museum of creative works that engage with ʻŌiwi issues from ʻAe Kai to Kahiki. Within this digital gallery, kumu are invited to explore a diverse collection of art, writing, and multimedia that reflect Indigenous perspectives on issues impacting identity, ʻāina, origin stories, and power. Through this asynchronous, self-paced experience, participants will browse curated artworks, read accompanying articles, and view short videos that highlight each artist’s voice and intent. Each featured piece includes a brief summary and contextual background, supporting kumu in drawing connections between creative expression and issues-based learning. You will learn how to integrate these artistic and issues-based approaches into classroom contexts, helping haumāna critically explore themes of culture, belonging, and social justice through creative practice. As a culminating activity, participants will create personal creative responses—artistic, written, or multimedia reflections—related to the featured themes, modeling how these experiences can be adapted to their own teaching practice.