Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds
Anne Salmond
"Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers, who inhabited a cosmos in which islands sailed across the sea and stars across the sky, arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes and climatic conditions. Four centuries later, European explorers arrived with maps and clocks, grids and fences, and they too adapted to a new island home. In this remote, beautiful archipelago, settlers from Polynesia and Europe (and elsewhere) have clashed and forged alliances, they have fiercely debated what is real and what is common sense, what is good and what is right. In this, her most ambitious book to date, Dame Anne Salmond looks at New Zealand as a site of cosmo-diversity, a place where multiple worlds engage and collide.
Award History
0 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Book PrizeMajor | 2018 | Shortlist | Official source |
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01 Central figures
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02 Central places
- Aotearoa New Zealand90%
03 Suggested argument
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Multiple worlds—Polynesian and European—engaged and collided in Aotearoa New Zealand, where settlers adapted and debated what is real and what is good or right.
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45 / 100 academicTrade / academic crossover
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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 65%.