Reconstruction of a Samoan Village: Poutasi after the tsunami of 2009 - still a spatial symbol of local social identity?

2009年9月底，一场海啸摧毁了乌波卢岛(萨摩亚)南海岸的几乎所有村庄。我在2006年进行的一项研究表明，位于乌波卢南海岸中心位置的Poutasi村的空间建筑结构可以被视为一个叙事空间，为当地居民和整个萨摩亚社会和文化提供了一个中心信息：Poutasi的空间叙事可以被解读为萨摩亚神话和萨摩亚社会结构的一面镜子。空间文本讲述了村庄家庭(Faalupega)的神话和社会等级，以及村庄向现代性的社会空间转向：作为地方身份的空间符号的村庄结构。这项研究旨在研究重建过程中后续的空间格局，以及作为重建过程导向的中心主题和思想。为了实现其目标，这项研究打算采取三个有条不紊的研究步骤：(A)采购和比较显示海啸前后村庄空间结构的航拍图片；(B)绘制村庄实际结构的详细地图，并将其与以前的地图进行比较；(C)就重建家园的目标和中心思想采访一些选定的户主(马泰人)。

At the end of September, 2009, a tsunami destroyed almost all villages of the south-coast of the island Upolu (Samoa). A study which I conducted in 2006 and which has been supported by the German Research Community (Localising Globalisation: Socio-spatial changes in Samoa) among other things showed that the spatial-architectural structure of the village of Poutasi, situated in a central position of the south-coast of Upolu, can be seen as a narrative space providing a central message for the local population and the Samoan society and culture as a whole: The spatial narration of Poutasi can be read as a mirror of the Samoan mythology and the Samoan social structure. The spatial text tells of the myth and the social hierarchy of the families of the village (faalupega) and of the socio-spatial turn of the village towards modernity: the village structure as a spatial symbol of a local identity. The study aims at the spatial pattern followed up in the course of reconstruction and the central themes and ideas which have served as orientation for the process of reconstruction. In order to achieve its aims the study intends to follow up three methodical steps of research: (a) the procurement and comparison of aerial pictures showing the spatial structure of the village before and after the tsunami, (b) a detailed mapping of the actual village structure and its comparison with previous mappings and (c) interviews with a selected number of heads of families (matai) concerning their aims and central ideas for the reconstruction of their homes.