Exploring Digital Vā: A Scoping Review of Conceptualisations of Vā in Digital Spaces
Jean M. Uasike Allen, Joanna Ting Wai Chu, Latesha Latu, Analosa Veukiso‐Ulugia, Carine Umutoniwase, David Taufui Mikato Fa’avae, Jacoba Matapo, Lawrence May, Kate Jack · 2026
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For Pacific peoples, vā names the living space between people, the relationships that hold a community together, and young people now build that space online as well. Jean Allen and co-authors map the scholarship on digital vā in a 2026 review, asking how the concept has been framed in digital settings and what it means for youth well-being. Their screen of hundreds of papers kept only seventeen.
The thin harvest itself is the finding: Pacific youth, digital relationship space, and online gaming rarely meet in print. Most work looks backward at risk rather than forward with the young people themselves. The authors call for research that starts from Pacific youth perspectives on their own digital lives.
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| CREATOR | Jean M. Uasike Allen, Joanna Ting Wai Chu, Latesha Latu, Analosa Veukiso‐Ulugia, Carine Umutoniwase, David Taufui Mikato Fa’avae, Jacoba Matapo, Lawrence May, Kate Jack |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |