BLOG cont.

…the idea of ‘infra-structure’ as mentioned earlier is a metaphor referring to one’s sensibilities—that is, what is there culturally and conceptually—elements systemized to accommodate the mind in and during the events in which present elements—remnants of ‘colonisation’—are taken through ‘destruction’? I mentioned also—although through questioning—that such may be already at hand—that is, our native worldviews implicit in various cultural elements such as mythologies and traditional art practices. Yet, our problems are not confined to cultural, mental, and social aspects of our present and historical existence—there is the economic aspect which in itself requires relentless and complex analysis as all these aspects or elements of our being certainly overlap. Let alone the fact that within our own cultural spaces exists its own dynamics—opposing processes and elements regarding our own identities as more within the idea of nation rather than culture. I am writing here from a migrant-Tongan’s perspective which the aforementioned problematic refers directly to the present political situation in Tonga. Democracy is always already an emphasis on a nation-sate rather than a group of people inherently cultured and accustomed to a certain way of existence—one which is closely knitted and spiritually connected to the actual context (fonua) in which dwelling takes place—‘dwelling’ in close proximity with Heidegger’s conception but more so within the Tongan idea of ‘fonua’.

2bcont.