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Futa Helu’s After Dinner Speech: Tevolo and the Complexity of the Mind

Criticise Custom through Humour

I was in a museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. But for a long meaningful moment I was brought back to Tonga, through the powerful idea of comedy serving the same purpose worldwide and in different historical times.

Mathematics as Art

Archival recordings of Tonga are vital resources for further research and teaching. Experience a seminar at Atenisi in 1998 at a very particular time in its history and get a real taste of Professor Futa Helu’s wide intellectual interests.

The Reason for this exploration

Explore the value of video for anthropology through videos made on Tongan comedy, volunteering in a Swedish intentional community and much more.

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Exploring the use of video for social health and transformation

The Healer and the Psychiatrist–Return to Tonga

September 28, 2018

Tinitini Concert from 1988

December 14, 2015

The Process Has Begun

November 6, 2015

Update (The Healer and the Psychiatrist)

January 25, 2014

Tongan Language Week Screening at Unitec with ‘My Lost Kainga’

September 13, 2011

‘My Lost Kainga’-New Tongan Feature Film

April 14, 2011

Film-making for Social Health

September 27, 2009

Tongan Comedy @ MAU Theatre, Friday 21 August, 4.30pm

August 18, 2009
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Video for Health and Social Transformation

Inspired by the use of video in Tonga to connect and serve the interests of community I called my company Potolahi Productions. Poto means socially astute, lahi means a lot. I am trying to live up to the name I gave myself. Visual anthropology is one of the key frames I locate my video projects and experiments. I am interested in video and visual anthropology for health and community. So co-creation and collaboration are key values in my work. This website is a way of understanding what I do and finding the values of video that serve the interests of research and transformation.

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