1 INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the significance of intergenerational connections for famili¹1 Famili is a Tongan concept for family that often includes others outside of the nuclear family, including extended family and often close connections in the church or village that a family belongs to.
Tonga, as part of their collective mobility.²2 This paper only introduces the topic that will be explored in‐depth at a later stage as part of an ongoing, wider project.
It is our hope that this timely discussion will provide some insight into Tongan collective mobilities that have existed before COVID‐19, and how famili Tonga have utilized these important networks to counter the impacts of COVID‐19, both during and after each wave experienced in 2020. The first part of the paper will briefly outline the concept of collective mobility and how this relates to famili Tonga and their contemporary movements since the 1950s. This initial part of the paper also highlights the significance of intergenerational connections for famili Tonga. The second part of the paper outlines how these intergenerational connections have further developed via online platforms. Such online spaces are now crucial to the maintenance of Tongan familial connections and their collective mobilities during pandemic times. Important social, spiritual, cultural, mental, economic, as well as physical spheres of their collective well‐being are being nurtured on a daily basis via these online platforms. The narratives and images presented in this discussion were recorded using talanoa³3 Talanoa is a method of ongoing dialogue to record narratives and cultural understandings, used by Pacific researchers.
and e‐talanoa⁴4 e‐Talanoa is a form of online talanoa that was first introduced by Faleolo (2016) and later developed in her research (2019; 2020).
, as well as participant observations and virtual participant observations (2015–2020). Some informants have consented to the use of images and named acknowledgements of their contributions. However, pseudonyms have been ascribed to the narratives providing those informants confidentiality, as they have requested.

中文翻译：

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汤加集体活动：COVID-19之前，之中和之后的家族代际关系

1引言

本文的目的是讨论家族^1之间的代际联系的重要性1 家庭是汤加语中的家庭概念，通常包括核心家庭以外的其他人，包括大家庭，并且通常在家庭所属的教堂或村庄中有密切的联系。
汤加，作为他们集体流动的一部分。²2本文仅介绍将在以后阶段进行深入探讨的主题，这是正在进行的，范围更广的项目的一部分。
这是我们的希望，这及时的讨论将提供一些洞察COVID-19之前就已经存在同安的集体迁移，以及如何Famili的汤加已经利用这些重要的网络期间和之后每波在经历了应对COVID-19的影响2020年。本文的第一部分将简要概述集体流动的概念，以及这与1950年代以来的汤加家族及其当代运动之间的关系。本文的开头部分还强调了家族间汤加的代际联系的重要性。本文的第二部分概述了这些代际联系如何通过在线平台。现在，这样的在线空间对于在大流行期间维持汤加家族联系及其集体活动至关重要。通过这些在线平台，每天都在培养重要的社会，精神，文化，精神，经济以及物质上的集体福祉。本次讨论中介绍的叙述和图像均使用talanoa ³录制3 Talanoa是一种持续对话的方法，用于记录叙事和文化理解，太平洋研究人员使用。
和etalanoa ⁴4 e- Talanoa是Falaolo（2016）首次引入并在其研究（2019; 2020）中发展起来的一种在线talanoa形式。
，以及参与者观察和虚拟参与者观察（2015–2020年）。一些线人已经同意使用图片并注明了自己的贡献。然而，根据他们的要求，假名被赋予叙述者保密性。