ABSTRACT
Moana masculinities take the form of embodied and performed subjectivities reflecting personal experience, history and context. The concepts of vā and vahaloto provide a lens for unpacking masculinities using a polycentric perspective, exploring the ethical relations and sense-making of power and performance for Pacific men. The ways in which masculinities are configured within and between Moana/Oceanic places and spaces connects the historical individual and collective memories, feelings, and experiences across the diaspora. Navigating and negotiating moana masculinities using concepts of vā and vahaloto offers a grounded approach to meaning-making, enabling conceptualisations of Pacific men and moana masculinities in culture, sport, and performance.
