SEPT 14 CONCEPTUALIZING PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION
Description:
Ordinarily associated with a common purpose of protecting nature and culture, the practices of environmental conservation and cultural preservation entail different approaches and priorities that varies according to contexts. Such difference raises a question of ‘should we conserve? Or should we preserve?’. In preserving culture and its artifacts such as practices, traditions and arts, the question of authenticity often arises. How do we preserve culture without affecting its authenticity? This session will explore various perspectives of preservation and conservation of culture and the natural environment respectively. We also look into the nature - culture linkages as we delve into the complexities of preservation and conservation and the challenges faced by practitioners. By learning the values of conservation and preservation through the lens of environmental, cultural and scientific communities, we will be able to make informed decisions for our nature and culture.
Speakers and Performers
Dr. Konrad Ng
(Executive Director, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design)
Konrad Ng is the executive director of Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before joining Shangri La, Konrad was the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Center in Washington, DC where he produced exhibitions, public programs and digital initiatives about Asian Pacific American history, art and culture. Prior to his work at the Smithsonian, Konrad was a professor in the University of Hawaii’s Academy for Creative Media and he was the first curator of film and video at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Konrad believes that art and artists are necessary to realizing a just, inclusive and vibrant democracy - a mission that he has pursued throughout his career.
Dr. Noelani Puniwai
(Assistant Professor, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, UHM)
Noelani Puniwai is passionate about cultivating the next generation of students to mālama ʻāina (care for our earth). She has been trained academically (PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Management; MSc. in Environmental Science; BA in Marine Science) to practice malama ‘āina, yet through experiences in her culture, science training, and mentoring students, she’s recognized that feeling ‘āina, he alo a he alo, face to face must also be practiced. Her research interests include coastal ecosystems, cultural geography, seascapes, and Kanaloa. Noelani believes that we can use the rigor and methodologies of pono science (ethical research), the foundational wisdom of our kūpuna (ancestors), and our experiential daily practice of aloha ‘āina to awaken responsible action for the future of our Hawaiʻi.
Dr. Rohit Jigyasu
Rohit Jigyasu is a conservation architect and risk management professional from India, currently working at ICCROM as Project Manager on Urban Heritage, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management. Rohit served as UNESCO Chair holder professor at the Institute for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, where he was instrumental in developing and teaching International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage. He was the elected President of ICOMOS-India from 2014-2018 and president of ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness (ICORP) from 2010-2019. Rohit has been the Elected Member of the Executive Committee of ICOMOS since 2011 and is currently serving as its Vice President for the period 2017-2020. Before joining ICCROM, Rohit has been working with several national and international organizations such as UNESCO, UNISDR, Getty Conservation Institute and World Bank for consultancy, research and training on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage.
Josh Tatofi
Josh Tatofi was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, established local musician Tivaini Tatofi, is an original member of the acclaimed reggae band Kapena. As a child, music for Josh was inescapable. By the age of thirteen, Josh had begun performing throughout the Hawaiian Islands, establishing himself as a respected vocalist while gaining the recognition of his audiences and his peers. By the age of nineteen, Josh recorded an album with the wildly popular Maui band ʻEkolu. Spawn to the Kapena sound, Joshʻs early career resembled that of a reggae-lover, consisting of upbeat melodies, catchy hooks and local collaborations.
But with idols like Luther Vandross and Peabo Bryson, and ballad-ready chops to boot, Josh yearned to fuse his R&B soul with a love for his Polynesian heritage. “I ka wā ma hope, I ka wā mamua.” A Hawaiian proverb meaning, the future is in the past. As Josh developed artistically, the heritage of his past became the gateway to discovering his future. In 2014, Josh had a career altering epiphany and discovered a home for his voice in traditional Hawaiian music.
With the release of his first Hawaiian language single, titled Pua Kiele, Josh expressed his adoration for the language, culture and traditions of Hawaii. In 2016, Josh released a full-length Hawaiian album, also titled Pua Kiele, and with it embedded his imprint in the Hawaiian music scene. Since then, Josh has earned the nickname as, “the Luther Vandross of Hawaii.” And with a significant title to bear, Josh Tatofi continues to express his soul through Hawaiian mele.
In 2017, he won two Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for the categories of Male Vocalist of the Year and Island Music Album of the Year for “Pua Kiele”. He garnered a Grammy nomination in 2018 for the same album in the category of Regional Roots.
Josh released his sophomore full-length Hawaiian album, entitled “Ua Kui A Lawa” in December of 2019. He has 8 original tracks along with 2 cover songs
Ordinarily associated with a common purpose of protecting nature and culture, the practices of environmental conservation and cultural preservation entail different approaches and priorities that varies according to contexts. Such difference raises a question of ‘should we conserve? Or should we preserve?’. In preserving culture and its artifacts such as practices, traditions and arts, the question of authenticity often arises. How do we preserve culture without affecting its authenticity? This session will explore various perspectives of preservation and conservation of culture and the natural environment respectively. We also look into the nature - culture linkages as we delve into the complexities of preservation and conservation and the challenges faced by practitioners. By learning the values of conservation and preservation through the lens of environmental, cultural and scientific communities, we will be able to make informed decisions for our nature and culture.
Speakers and Performers
Dr. Konrad Ng
(Executive Director, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design)
Konrad Ng is the executive director of Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before joining Shangri La, Konrad was the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Center in Washington, DC where he produced exhibitions, public programs and digital initiatives about Asian Pacific American history, art and culture. Prior to his work at the Smithsonian, Konrad was a professor in the University of Hawaii’s Academy for Creative Media and he was the first curator of film and video at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Konrad believes that art and artists are necessary to realizing a just, inclusive and vibrant democracy - a mission that he has pursued throughout his career.
Dr. Noelani Puniwai
(Assistant Professor, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, UHM)
Noelani Puniwai is passionate about cultivating the next generation of students to mālama ʻāina (care for our earth). She has been trained academically (PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Management; MSc. in Environmental Science; BA in Marine Science) to practice malama ‘āina, yet through experiences in her culture, science training, and mentoring students, she’s recognized that feeling ‘āina, he alo a he alo, face to face must also be practiced. Her research interests include coastal ecosystems, cultural geography, seascapes, and Kanaloa. Noelani believes that we can use the rigor and methodologies of pono science (ethical research), the foundational wisdom of our kūpuna (ancestors), and our experiential daily practice of aloha ‘āina to awaken responsible action for the future of our Hawaiʻi.
Dr. Rohit Jigyasu
Rohit Jigyasu is a conservation architect and risk management professional from India, currently working at ICCROM as Project Manager on Urban Heritage, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management. Rohit served as UNESCO Chair holder professor at the Institute for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, where he was instrumental in developing and teaching International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage. He was the elected President of ICOMOS-India from 2014-2018 and president of ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness (ICORP) from 2010-2019. Rohit has been the Elected Member of the Executive Committee of ICOMOS since 2011 and is currently serving as its Vice President for the period 2017-2020. Before joining ICCROM, Rohit has been working with several national and international organizations such as UNESCO, UNISDR, Getty Conservation Institute and World Bank for consultancy, research and training on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage.
Josh Tatofi
Josh Tatofi was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, established local musician Tivaini Tatofi, is an original member of the acclaimed reggae band Kapena. As a child, music for Josh was inescapable. By the age of thirteen, Josh had begun performing throughout the Hawaiian Islands, establishing himself as a respected vocalist while gaining the recognition of his audiences and his peers. By the age of nineteen, Josh recorded an album with the wildly popular Maui band ʻEkolu. Spawn to the Kapena sound, Joshʻs early career resembled that of a reggae-lover, consisting of upbeat melodies, catchy hooks and local collaborations.
But with idols like Luther Vandross and Peabo Bryson, and ballad-ready chops to boot, Josh yearned to fuse his R&B soul with a love for his Polynesian heritage. “I ka wā ma hope, I ka wā mamua.” A Hawaiian proverb meaning, the future is in the past. As Josh developed artistically, the heritage of his past became the gateway to discovering his future. In 2014, Josh had a career altering epiphany and discovered a home for his voice in traditional Hawaiian music.
With the release of his first Hawaiian language single, titled Pua Kiele, Josh expressed his adoration for the language, culture and traditions of Hawaii. In 2016, Josh released a full-length Hawaiian album, also titled Pua Kiele, and with it embedded his imprint in the Hawaiian music scene. Since then, Josh has earned the nickname as, “the Luther Vandross of Hawaii.” And with a significant title to bear, Josh Tatofi continues to express his soul through Hawaiian mele.
In 2017, he won two Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for the categories of Male Vocalist of the Year and Island Music Album of the Year for “Pua Kiele”. He garnered a Grammy nomination in 2018 for the same album in the category of Regional Roots.
Josh released his sophomore full-length Hawaiian album, entitled “Ua Kui A Lawa” in December of 2019. He has 8 original tracks along with 2 cover songs
SEPT 21 MANAGING CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
Description:
This session focuses on preservation of culture by exploring the interaction between nature and culture/human and their surrounding environment through the lens of cultural landscape. As highlighted by Carl Sauer in his most cited text Morphology of Landscape (1963), “culture is the agent, the natural area is the medium, the cultural landscape is the result.” Not limited to historic buildings, cultural landscape encompasses both natural and cultural sites. This includes rice terraces such as that in the Philippine cordilleras, gardens such as Royal Botanic Garden in Kew, United Kingdom and sacred places such as Nan Madol, the sacred ancient city of Micronesia. These sites are not only physical manifestations of the past, but also attributions to traditional knowledge that are imbued with meanings and stories. In this session, we will also look at how communities’ narrative and stories play a crucial role in cultural preservation. In light of crisis and disasters, this session will shed light on the impacts of preservation of a heritage site during post-disaster recovery --- impacts may include, but not limited to, communities, the site itself and the narratives.
Speakers and Performers
Moe Chiba
Moe Chiba is presently Chief of Culture Unit at UNESCO Jakarta office for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Timor Leste since 2018. She joined UNESCO HQ in 2000 and began her career in the Division of Creative Industry and subsequently in the Division of Cultural Policies in charge of developing a new international convention of UNESCO on the diversity of cultural content and artistic expressions. After moving to UNESCO New Delhi office for South Asia in 2006 where poverty remains a rampant national issue, her focus has shifted on mainstreaming culture into development process. Some of her main areas of work then include heritage-based urban development, culture for rural livelihood and participation of persons with disabilities in cultural life. Moving to Jakarta, she continues her passion for culture-based development, and coordinates projects such as disaster risk reduction of heritage, promotion of youth entrepreneurs around heritage sites, and cultural landscape management.
Dr. Kirstin Pauka
Dr. Kirstin Pauka is a Professor of Theatre at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, and the Director of the UHM Asian Theatre Program. Her primary area of specialization is theatre of Indonesia. She has done groundbreaking research on Randai theatre of Sumatra, and has published on Indonesian performing arts and related topics. She is a practitioner and scholar of martial arts and their relationship to performing arts in Asia. Dr. Pauka has produced and directed several Indonesian productions at UH Kennedy Theatre, including the US premieres of English language productions of Sumatran Randai theatre, and Balinese Wayang Listrik (Balinese shadow theatre). The shows she directed have received multiple Po’okela awards over the years. Dr. Pauka served as Director of the UHM Center for Southeast Asian Studies for 2014-18. In addition to her work at the university, Dr. Pauka has been a member of the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble for over 25 years and regularly performs with the Ensemble locally, nationally, and internationally.
Dr. Annie Reynolds
Dr. Annie Reynolds is the Curator for EWC Gallery. She has worked with the East-West Center Arts Program since 2008 assisting with operations, administration, educational outreach, and curation. Dr. Reynolds has curated a number of exhibitions at the EWC Gallery including “Cosmic Characters: Wood Puppets of Asia,” “Inside Out: 15 Years of Exhibitions at the East-West Center Gallery,” and “Musical Instruments: Sounds of the Asia Pacific.”
This session focuses on preservation of culture by exploring the interaction between nature and culture/human and their surrounding environment through the lens of cultural landscape. As highlighted by Carl Sauer in his most cited text Morphology of Landscape (1963), “culture is the agent, the natural area is the medium, the cultural landscape is the result.” Not limited to historic buildings, cultural landscape encompasses both natural and cultural sites. This includes rice terraces such as that in the Philippine cordilleras, gardens such as Royal Botanic Garden in Kew, United Kingdom and sacred places such as Nan Madol, the sacred ancient city of Micronesia. These sites are not only physical manifestations of the past, but also attributions to traditional knowledge that are imbued with meanings and stories. In this session, we will also look at how communities’ narrative and stories play a crucial role in cultural preservation. In light of crisis and disasters, this session will shed light on the impacts of preservation of a heritage site during post-disaster recovery --- impacts may include, but not limited to, communities, the site itself and the narratives.
Speakers and Performers
Moe Chiba
Moe Chiba is presently Chief of Culture Unit at UNESCO Jakarta office for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Timor Leste since 2018. She joined UNESCO HQ in 2000 and began her career in the Division of Creative Industry and subsequently in the Division of Cultural Policies in charge of developing a new international convention of UNESCO on the diversity of cultural content and artistic expressions. After moving to UNESCO New Delhi office for South Asia in 2006 where poverty remains a rampant national issue, her focus has shifted on mainstreaming culture into development process. Some of her main areas of work then include heritage-based urban development, culture for rural livelihood and participation of persons with disabilities in cultural life. Moving to Jakarta, she continues her passion for culture-based development, and coordinates projects such as disaster risk reduction of heritage, promotion of youth entrepreneurs around heritage sites, and cultural landscape management.
Dr. Kirstin Pauka
Dr. Kirstin Pauka is a Professor of Theatre at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, and the Director of the UHM Asian Theatre Program. Her primary area of specialization is theatre of Indonesia. She has done groundbreaking research on Randai theatre of Sumatra, and has published on Indonesian performing arts and related topics. She is a practitioner and scholar of martial arts and their relationship to performing arts in Asia. Dr. Pauka has produced and directed several Indonesian productions at UH Kennedy Theatre, including the US premieres of English language productions of Sumatran Randai theatre, and Balinese Wayang Listrik (Balinese shadow theatre). The shows she directed have received multiple Po’okela awards over the years. Dr. Pauka served as Director of the UHM Center for Southeast Asian Studies for 2014-18. In addition to her work at the university, Dr. Pauka has been a member of the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble for over 25 years and regularly performs with the Ensemble locally, nationally, and internationally.
Dr. Annie Reynolds
Dr. Annie Reynolds is the Curator for EWC Gallery. She has worked with the East-West Center Arts Program since 2008 assisting with operations, administration, educational outreach, and curation. Dr. Reynolds has curated a number of exhibitions at the EWC Gallery including “Cosmic Characters: Wood Puppets of Asia,” “Inside Out: 15 Years of Exhibitions at the East-West Center Gallery,” and “Musical Instruments: Sounds of the Asia Pacific.”
SEPT 28 SYMPHONY OF BIODIVERSITY: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Description:
This session will largely focus on explaining the impacts of anthropogenic induced changes on native biodiversity around different places in the world. It will explore the effects that common invasive species have on native, endangered species. The speakers will focus on the impacts of invasive species on island states particularly and the session’s activity will focus on generating environmental awareness through the visual medium of cartoons online.
Goals and Objectives:
To help students understand the different factors that impact native biodiversity in different hot spots around the world. Questions to be explored: How does irresponsible pet ownership impact native wildlife? What is our individual responsibility to preserving native species? How can we raise environmental awareness within groups of people not in the field of environmental management?
Speakers and Performers
Laura Brewington
Dr. Laura Brewington is a Research Fellow at the East-West Center and a Lead Investigator for the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program, where she supports climate adaptation in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands region through collaborative, policy-oriented research. She received her Ph.D. in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill based on research in agriculture, invasive species, and conservation in the Galapagos Islands. She represents the East-West Center on the Pacific Invasive Partnership working group, the regional coordinating body for Pacific international bio-security and natural resources management.
Angela Amlin
Angela Amlin works for NOAA Fisheries as the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Coordinator. She is responsible for leading recovery and management activities for the endangered monk seal, working in close coordination with partners and stakeholders. Prior to joining NOAA, Angela worked with the State of Hawaiʻi Division of Forestry and Wildlife, the World Wildlife Fund, and spent many years as an environmental consultant working on protected species impact assessment and threat mitigation.
Melissa Price
Dr. Price is an Assistant Professor specializing in Wildlife Management in the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Management at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her work utilizes tools in genetics, behavioral ecology, and decision analysis to improve wildlife management and endangered species recovery outcomes.
Takuma Itoh
Composer Takuma Itoh’s music has been described as “brashly youthful and fresh” (New York Times), and has been featured amongst one of “100 Composers Under 40” on NPR Music. He has composed for orchestras, chamber ensembles, electronics, and solo instruments, as well as for film, dance, and art installations. He is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where he has taught since 2012.
This session will largely focus on explaining the impacts of anthropogenic induced changes on native biodiversity around different places in the world. It will explore the effects that common invasive species have on native, endangered species. The speakers will focus on the impacts of invasive species on island states particularly and the session’s activity will focus on generating environmental awareness through the visual medium of cartoons online.
Goals and Objectives:
To help students understand the different factors that impact native biodiversity in different hot spots around the world. Questions to be explored: How does irresponsible pet ownership impact native wildlife? What is our individual responsibility to preserving native species? How can we raise environmental awareness within groups of people not in the field of environmental management?
Speakers and Performers
Laura Brewington
Dr. Laura Brewington is a Research Fellow at the East-West Center and a Lead Investigator for the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program, where she supports climate adaptation in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands region through collaborative, policy-oriented research. She received her Ph.D. in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill based on research in agriculture, invasive species, and conservation in the Galapagos Islands. She represents the East-West Center on the Pacific Invasive Partnership working group, the regional coordinating body for Pacific international bio-security and natural resources management.
Angela Amlin
Angela Amlin works for NOAA Fisheries as the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Coordinator. She is responsible for leading recovery and management activities for the endangered monk seal, working in close coordination with partners and stakeholders. Prior to joining NOAA, Angela worked with the State of Hawaiʻi Division of Forestry and Wildlife, the World Wildlife Fund, and spent many years as an environmental consultant working on protected species impact assessment and threat mitigation.
Melissa Price
Dr. Price is an Assistant Professor specializing in Wildlife Management in the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Management at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her work utilizes tools in genetics, behavioral ecology, and decision analysis to improve wildlife management and endangered species recovery outcomes.
Takuma Itoh
Composer Takuma Itoh’s music has been described as “brashly youthful and fresh” (New York Times), and has been featured amongst one of “100 Composers Under 40” on NPR Music. He has composed for orchestras, chamber ensembles, electronics, and solo instruments, as well as for film, dance, and art installations. He is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where he has taught since 2012.
OCT 5 ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN NATURE - CULTURE
Description:
This session explores the role of technology as a tool in conserving and preserving nature and culture respectively. Spatial information technologies, for example, have been used to monitor and document changes in the natural landscapes that informs conservation strategies. Creative representation such as through music, literature and animated video have also been used to preserve and communicate environmental and cultural knowledge that are at-risk of being forgotten. This session further illuminates challenges and consequences of using such technology, particularly on the authenticity of what is being preserved and conserved.
Speakers and Performers
Dr. Jefferson Fox
Jefferson Fox is a Senior Fellow in the Research Program at the East-West Center. He previously served as the Director of Research. He conducts research on land-use and land-cover changes in Asia and the impact of these changes on the region and the global environment. Other areas of study include resource-management systems and land-cover transitions in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia.
Dr. Mary Hattori
Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori is a CHamoru from Guåhan, one of nine children of Fermina Leon Guerrero Perez and Paul Mitsuo Hattori, of the clan Familian Titang. She is a Scholarship Program Specialist with the EWC Education Program. She is a community organizer, advocate, co-organizer of events such as the Cultural Animation Film Festival and the Celebrate Micronesia Festival, author, poet, philanthropist and public speaker.
This session explores the role of technology as a tool in conserving and preserving nature and culture respectively. Spatial information technologies, for example, have been used to monitor and document changes in the natural landscapes that informs conservation strategies. Creative representation such as through music, literature and animated video have also been used to preserve and communicate environmental and cultural knowledge that are at-risk of being forgotten. This session further illuminates challenges and consequences of using such technology, particularly on the authenticity of what is being preserved and conserved.
Speakers and Performers
Dr. Jefferson Fox
Jefferson Fox is a Senior Fellow in the Research Program at the East-West Center. He previously served as the Director of Research. He conducts research on land-use and land-cover changes in Asia and the impact of these changes on the region and the global environment. Other areas of study include resource-management systems and land-cover transitions in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia.
Dr. Mary Hattori
Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori is a CHamoru from Guåhan, one of nine children of Fermina Leon Guerrero Perez and Paul Mitsuo Hattori, of the clan Familian Titang. She is a Scholarship Program Specialist with the EWC Education Program. She is a community organizer, advocate, co-organizer of events such as the Cultural Animation Film Festival and the Celebrate Micronesia Festival, author, poet, philanthropist and public speaker.
OCT 19 COMMUNITY- AND INDIGENOUS- BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Description:
In this session, we will look at indigenous-based resource management systems as practiced in Hawai‘i. Among the questions that will be addressed are, what does it mean to practice community- and indigenous-based resource management and what does it look like? Can this be reconciled with more Western science-oriented approaches to resource management, especially within the context of Hawai‘i and more broadly, Asia and the Pacific?
Goals and Objectives:
Participants will:
Speakers and Performers
Mehana Blaich Vaughan
Mehana Blaich Vaughanis a mother of three children from Kalihiwai and Namahana, Kauaʻi. Her work focuses on enhancing community efforts to care for the places that nourish and sustain them. She is an associate professor in the UH Mānoa Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, UH Sea Grant College Program, and Hui ʻĀina Momona.
Alena Murang
Alena Murang is a musician and storyteller from the Kelabit people, a group of 6000 people indigenous to the island of Borneo. One of the first and few females to play the sape’, Alena - in the footsteps of her teacher Mathew Ngau - performs at festivals and conferences around the world. Her process is what is most important to her, working with cousins, aunties and uncles to research, to create and to present work grounded in the old and contemporary stories of both the Kenyah and Kelabit people. Alena is also part of the collective “Small Island Big Song”, a group of musicians of the Austronesian heritage.
In this session, we will look at indigenous-based resource management systems as practiced in Hawai‘i. Among the questions that will be addressed are, what does it mean to practice community- and indigenous-based resource management and what does it look like? Can this be reconciled with more Western science-oriented approaches to resource management, especially within the context of Hawai‘i and more broadly, Asia and the Pacific?
Goals and Objectives:
Participants will:
- Critically engage with Western science and indigenous understandings of resource management
- Explore case studies where both forms of science are incorporated in environmental management in conservation on the Hawaiian Islands
- Envision what an indigenous-based resource management system might look like in their own communities and places
Speakers and Performers
Mehana Blaich Vaughan
Mehana Blaich Vaughanis a mother of three children from Kalihiwai and Namahana, Kauaʻi. Her work focuses on enhancing community efforts to care for the places that nourish and sustain them. She is an associate professor in the UH Mānoa Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, UH Sea Grant College Program, and Hui ʻĀina Momona.
Alena Murang
Alena Murang is a musician and storyteller from the Kelabit people, a group of 6000 people indigenous to the island of Borneo. One of the first and few females to play the sape’, Alena - in the footsteps of her teacher Mathew Ngau - performs at festivals and conferences around the world. Her process is what is most important to her, working with cousins, aunties and uncles to research, to create and to present work grounded in the old and contemporary stories of both the Kenyah and Kelabit people. Alena is also part of the collective “Small Island Big Song”, a group of musicians of the Austronesian heritage.
OCT 26 GENDER, RACE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Strengthening climate action by promoting gender equality
Women and men are experiencing climate change differently, as gender inequalities persist around the world, affecting the ability of individuals and communities to adapt. This session will help students think of the gender biases that still exist within our societies and their role in the ongoing battle against climate change.
Question: What are the different barriers? How can educating girls help combat climate change?
Goals and Objectives:
To help students understand how gender inequalities play a crucial role in making women more vulnerable in face of climate change.
Speakers and Performers
Noelene Nabulivou
Noelene Nabulivou is a feminist grassroots organiser and educator, researcher, policy analyst, activist, advocate and movement-builder in Fiji, the Pacific and globally for over 35 years. Noelene has been Political Adviser of Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality since 2011. DIVA for Equality undertakes grassroots feminist work, and co-convenes several networks and coalitions from local to global and back including the ‘Women Defend Commons Network’ and is a CSO Co-lead of the new global ‘Action Coalition on Strategies for Climate Justice’ with UNWomen, Governments of Mexico, France, Costa Rica, WEDO, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and others.
Noelene is a member of the UNDP Global Civil Society Advisory Committee (CSAC); the Pacific Gender Technical Working Group to CSW; the Pacific Gender Coordinating Mechanism, and the Fiji SRHR Technical Working Group to Ministry for Youth and Sports, Fiji Gender and COVID Working Group with Ministry for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, et al.
She has been a global Adviser to the Mama Cash Fund, to Astraea Lesbian Foundation, the Urgent Action Fund and holds many other movement roles. This year she was the recipient of the International Women’s Health Coalition's Joan B. Dunlop award for advocacy. Noelene lives in Suva with her wife Shirley, and their 2 year old daughter Jade.
Veronica Rocha
Veronica Rocha is the Founder & Owner of Essential Leap – a strategy, business development and policy consulting practice for clean energy and climate adaptation companies. Prior to founding Essential Leap, she led the Hawaii State Energy Office’s Renewable Energy Branch where she was responsible for policies, programs and strategies to achieve Hawaii’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045. Veronica is the former President of Women in Renewable Energy and was recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 Business Leader by Pacific Business News.
Amanda Ellis
Amanda Ellis is Director, Global Partnerships for the new ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory - with a mission to save the planet no less! - and President of the EWCA. She serves on the board of the Institute for Climate and Peace. Amanda is former New Zealand Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva (2013-16) and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy. An economist by training, Amanda held senior roles at the World Bank (Lead Specialist Gender), the International Finance Corporation (Head of the Global Gender Unit) and Westpac Banking Corporation (National Manager Women in Business). As Deputy Secretary in the NZ Foreign Ministry Amanda was the first woman to lead the Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) Programme, managing an annual budget of over $0.6 billion. The author of two best-selling Random House books on women in business and five research titles on gender and growth in the World Bank Directions in Development series, Amanda is a founding member of the Financial Alliance for Women and the recipient of the TIAW Lifetime Achievement Award for services to women’s economic empowerment.
Climate music:
Music is familiar, accessible, and—for most people—much easier to relate to than articles or lectures about the climate crisis. We created The ClimateMusic Project to harness this universal language to tell the urgent story of climate change to broad and diverse audiences in a way that resonates, educates, and motivates.
Dr. Alison Marklien
Alison is an Environmental Scientist at the University of California at Riverside. She uses mathematical models to study climate change and agriculture in California. Her work explores both adapting the agricultural system to climate change and mitigating climate changes via the agricultural system. In addition to her work with the ClimateMusic Project, Alison is on the Executive Leadership team of 500 Women Scientists, an organization fighting for equity, inclusion, and accessibility in science. Alison is also an accomplished musician who plays piano, flute, guitar, and bass.
Erik Ian Walker
Erik has been writing and recording music for theater, dance, film and television in the Bay Area since 1982. His knowledge and use of the science of sound in his compositions, and the inclusion of everyday/ natural sounds as part of the soundscape, are a good fit for The ClimateMusic Project.
Women and men are experiencing climate change differently, as gender inequalities persist around the world, affecting the ability of individuals and communities to adapt. This session will help students think of the gender biases that still exist within our societies and their role in the ongoing battle against climate change.
Question: What are the different barriers? How can educating girls help combat climate change?
Goals and Objectives:
To help students understand how gender inequalities play a crucial role in making women more vulnerable in face of climate change.
Speakers and Performers
Noelene Nabulivou
Noelene Nabulivou is a feminist grassroots organiser and educator, researcher, policy analyst, activist, advocate and movement-builder in Fiji, the Pacific and globally for over 35 years. Noelene has been Political Adviser of Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality since 2011. DIVA for Equality undertakes grassroots feminist work, and co-convenes several networks and coalitions from local to global and back including the ‘Women Defend Commons Network’ and is a CSO Co-lead of the new global ‘Action Coalition on Strategies for Climate Justice’ with UNWomen, Governments of Mexico, France, Costa Rica, WEDO, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and others.
Noelene is a member of the UNDP Global Civil Society Advisory Committee (CSAC); the Pacific Gender Technical Working Group to CSW; the Pacific Gender Coordinating Mechanism, and the Fiji SRHR Technical Working Group to Ministry for Youth and Sports, Fiji Gender and COVID Working Group with Ministry for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, et al.
She has been a global Adviser to the Mama Cash Fund, to Astraea Lesbian Foundation, the Urgent Action Fund and holds many other movement roles. This year she was the recipient of the International Women’s Health Coalition's Joan B. Dunlop award for advocacy. Noelene lives in Suva with her wife Shirley, and their 2 year old daughter Jade.
Veronica Rocha
Veronica Rocha is the Founder & Owner of Essential Leap – a strategy, business development and policy consulting practice for clean energy and climate adaptation companies. Prior to founding Essential Leap, she led the Hawaii State Energy Office’s Renewable Energy Branch where she was responsible for policies, programs and strategies to achieve Hawaii’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045. Veronica is the former President of Women in Renewable Energy and was recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 Business Leader by Pacific Business News.
Amanda Ellis
Amanda Ellis is Director, Global Partnerships for the new ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory - with a mission to save the planet no less! - and President of the EWCA. She serves on the board of the Institute for Climate and Peace. Amanda is former New Zealand Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva (2013-16) and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy. An economist by training, Amanda held senior roles at the World Bank (Lead Specialist Gender), the International Finance Corporation (Head of the Global Gender Unit) and Westpac Banking Corporation (National Manager Women in Business). As Deputy Secretary in the NZ Foreign Ministry Amanda was the first woman to lead the Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) Programme, managing an annual budget of over $0.6 billion. The author of two best-selling Random House books on women in business and five research titles on gender and growth in the World Bank Directions in Development series, Amanda is a founding member of the Financial Alliance for Women and the recipient of the TIAW Lifetime Achievement Award for services to women’s economic empowerment.
Climate music:
Music is familiar, accessible, and—for most people—much easier to relate to than articles or lectures about the climate crisis. We created The ClimateMusic Project to harness this universal language to tell the urgent story of climate change to broad and diverse audiences in a way that resonates, educates, and motivates.
Dr. Alison Marklien
Alison is an Environmental Scientist at the University of California at Riverside. She uses mathematical models to study climate change and agriculture in California. Her work explores both adapting the agricultural system to climate change and mitigating climate changes via the agricultural system. In addition to her work with the ClimateMusic Project, Alison is on the Executive Leadership team of 500 Women Scientists, an organization fighting for equity, inclusion, and accessibility in science. Alison is also an accomplished musician who plays piano, flute, guitar, and bass.
Erik Ian Walker
Erik has been writing and recording music for theater, dance, film and television in the Bay Area since 1982. His knowledge and use of the science of sound in his compositions, and the inclusion of everyday/ natural sounds as part of the soundscape, are a good fit for The ClimateMusic Project.
NOV 2 EXPANDING AND DECOLONIZING NARRATIVES
In this session, we will engage with the complex, conflicting and contested narratives in history. Panelists will discuss how their own research and work has led to and/or is rooted in actively decolonizing and expanding existing historical narratives. Some of the questions to consider are, how are narratives formed and learned? Whose narratives have we internalized and will pass on to future generations? Are there alternatives or missing parts to these, and who gets to decide which stories get told? What is being done to further decolonize and expand these narratives and reflect upon their own roles in driving conservation and preservation research towards action.
Goals:
Participants will:
Speakers and Performers
Brandie Macdonald ( Chickasaw/ Choctaw; she/her)
Brandie is the Director of Decolonizing Initiatives at the Museum of Us, residing on the ancestral homeland of Kumeyaay peoples. Brandie's work focuses on the application of anti - colonial/ de-colonial methodology in museums; centering truth -telling, accountability, and the system reform that address colonial legacy, structural racism, and inequity. Brandie holds a B.A in Applied Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, a M.Ed. in international Higher Education at Loyola University, Chicago, and is a Ph.D. student in Education Studies at University of California, San Diego. She's a Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow, American Alliance of Museums Nancy Hanks Award for Professional Excellent recipient and Diversity Fellow, and Smithsonian Affiliate Fellow.
Kyle Kajihiro
Kyle Kajihiro lectures in Ethnic Studies and Geography and Environment. He has a M.A and Ph. D. in Geography at UH Manoa. As the program director for the American Friends Service Committee Hawai'i. Today he co-facilitates the Hawai'i DeTours Project with Terri Keko'olani. Hawai'i DeTours has been featured in academic publications, national print and television media.
Taimane
2019 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Favorite Entertainer of the Year
Over 50 million video views and 400,000+ online followers
Virtuoso and songwriter, Taimane, is best known for her fierce and inventive style of playing the ukulele helping the hapa Samoan (part caucasian and part indigenous Samoan) artist garner over 20 million video views and 300,000 social media followers to date. Hailing from a musical Polynesian family including her late mother, Palepa Tauiliili Gardner (Miss Samoa 1978), Taimane’s attraction to the four-string island staple began at age 5. By age 10, she regularly performed in public, busking in Waikiki every Friday night with her father holding down security duties and Waikiki Beach Boys (adults whose home & workplace was the beach) serving as her band. By age 13, Taimane landed a position in Don Ho’s show literally playing in the spotlight every week until Ho’s passing. Fast forward to today, and you have an artist who tours the world and has carved out a unique niche in music – merging a wide-array of genres, from Bach to rock, flamenco infernos to tribal hymns, summoning a seemingly limitless palette of emotions via an instrument previously viewed as restricted.
Check out Taimane's music on her Youtube channel.
Goals:
Participants will:
- engage with the dynamic and diverse nature of historical narratives
- challenge their own notions and internalization of different narratives of history
- learn about ways in which historical narratives are being expanded decolonized and reflect upon how they are playing and can play a part
Speakers and Performers
Brandie Macdonald ( Chickasaw/ Choctaw; she/her)
Brandie is the Director of Decolonizing Initiatives at the Museum of Us, residing on the ancestral homeland of Kumeyaay peoples. Brandie's work focuses on the application of anti - colonial/ de-colonial methodology in museums; centering truth -telling, accountability, and the system reform that address colonial legacy, structural racism, and inequity. Brandie holds a B.A in Applied Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, a M.Ed. in international Higher Education at Loyola University, Chicago, and is a Ph.D. student in Education Studies at University of California, San Diego. She's a Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow, American Alliance of Museums Nancy Hanks Award for Professional Excellent recipient and Diversity Fellow, and Smithsonian Affiliate Fellow.
Kyle Kajihiro
Kyle Kajihiro lectures in Ethnic Studies and Geography and Environment. He has a M.A and Ph. D. in Geography at UH Manoa. As the program director for the American Friends Service Committee Hawai'i. Today he co-facilitates the Hawai'i DeTours Project with Terri Keko'olani. Hawai'i DeTours has been featured in academic publications, national print and television media.
Taimane
2019 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Favorite Entertainer of the Year
Over 50 million video views and 400,000+ online followers
Virtuoso and songwriter, Taimane, is best known for her fierce and inventive style of playing the ukulele helping the hapa Samoan (part caucasian and part indigenous Samoan) artist garner over 20 million video views and 300,000 social media followers to date. Hailing from a musical Polynesian family including her late mother, Palepa Tauiliili Gardner (Miss Samoa 1978), Taimane’s attraction to the four-string island staple began at age 5. By age 10, she regularly performed in public, busking in Waikiki every Friday night with her father holding down security duties and Waikiki Beach Boys (adults whose home & workplace was the beach) serving as her band. By age 13, Taimane landed a position in Don Ho’s show literally playing in the spotlight every week until Ho’s passing. Fast forward to today, and you have an artist who tours the world and has carved out a unique niche in music – merging a wide-array of genres, from Bach to rock, flamenco infernos to tribal hymns, summoning a seemingly limitless palette of emotions via an instrument previously viewed as restricted.
Check out Taimane's music on her Youtube channel.
NOV 9 LANGUAGE, ECOLOGY, AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
Description:
This language, ecology, and indigenous knowledge session aims to examine the relations between languages and ecology. Language often reflects different worldviews. In the indigenous language, it was found that metaphors were often used in describing the environment. In this session, you will explore how different environmental philosophy results in different expressions, and reflect on how language pictures our understandings of the world.
Goals.
In this session, participants will:
- explore how the environment influences different expressions.
- investigate how language restricts/reflects our understanding of the world.
- share with us other possibilities in picturing environmental issues.
Speakers and Performers
Dongping Zheng
Dongping Zheng is an associate professor in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her research, teaching and service can be holistically described as interdisciplinary and multifaceted in cutting edge methodologies and technologies. She envisions her contribution to higher education, particular language education, as helping broaden global citizens to become steeped in the mutual cultivation of the East and the West perspectives. Her projects can be categorized by a good marriage of scientific evidence - based research and humanity enhancement that is community centered, diversity- minded, and ecology balanced. She studies how to design distributed language learning environments to foster a languaging process that has a positive effect in environmental awareness, caring, and creativity. Relationally, her service to the local Oahu local and international communities is informed by her philosophy of intentional cultivation of linguistic and cultural diversity of all ages. She developed and designed multiple technological enhanced curricula which resulted from design-based, community centered projects.
Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery
Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery was born and raised in Ko'olaupoko, O'ahu and is an ongoing student of the language and culture of her ancestors. With a Bachelor's degree in Hawaiian Language and both a master's and Ph.D. in Education from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM), she serves as the Curriculum Specialist for Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at UHM. In this capacity, she is responsible for researching, developing , implementing , and evaluating graduate and undergraduate curricula for use within Kawaihuelani as well as out in the border community. Her research interests include approaches to aina education that honor and nurture the development of kanaka-aina (people-land) relationships in all aspects of the curriculum and pedagogy, Oiwi research methodologies, and development of culturally grounded, interdisciplinary Hawaiian language undergraduate and graduate curriculum.
Sayun Simung
Sayun Simung comes from Huanshan Tayal Tribe. She used to be a reporter of Taiwan indigenous TV and Era News, responsible for gathering and writing news as well as producing TV programs. Sayun also worked as a marketing planner for documentary films at the International Department of Taiwan Public Television. Graduate from the Department of Radio and Television, National Taiwan University of Arts. Sayan returned to her hometown to make documentary in 2011.
This language, ecology, and indigenous knowledge session aims to examine the relations between languages and ecology. Language often reflects different worldviews. In the indigenous language, it was found that metaphors were often used in describing the environment. In this session, you will explore how different environmental philosophy results in different expressions, and reflect on how language pictures our understandings of the world.
Goals.
In this session, participants will:
- explore how the environment influences different expressions.
- investigate how language restricts/reflects our understanding of the world.
- share with us other possibilities in picturing environmental issues.
Speakers and Performers
Dongping Zheng
Dongping Zheng is an associate professor in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her research, teaching and service can be holistically described as interdisciplinary and multifaceted in cutting edge methodologies and technologies. She envisions her contribution to higher education, particular language education, as helping broaden global citizens to become steeped in the mutual cultivation of the East and the West perspectives. Her projects can be categorized by a good marriage of scientific evidence - based research and humanity enhancement that is community centered, diversity- minded, and ecology balanced. She studies how to design distributed language learning environments to foster a languaging process that has a positive effect in environmental awareness, caring, and creativity. Relationally, her service to the local Oahu local and international communities is informed by her philosophy of intentional cultivation of linguistic and cultural diversity of all ages. She developed and designed multiple technological enhanced curricula which resulted from design-based, community centered projects.
Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery
Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery was born and raised in Ko'olaupoko, O'ahu and is an ongoing student of the language and culture of her ancestors. With a Bachelor's degree in Hawaiian Language and both a master's and Ph.D. in Education from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM), she serves as the Curriculum Specialist for Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at UHM. In this capacity, she is responsible for researching, developing , implementing , and evaluating graduate and undergraduate curricula for use within Kawaihuelani as well as out in the border community. Her research interests include approaches to aina education that honor and nurture the development of kanaka-aina (people-land) relationships in all aspects of the curriculum and pedagogy, Oiwi research methodologies, and development of culturally grounded, interdisciplinary Hawaiian language undergraduate and graduate curriculum.
Sayun Simung
Sayun Simung comes from Huanshan Tayal Tribe. She used to be a reporter of Taiwan indigenous TV and Era News, responsible for gathering and writing news as well as producing TV programs. Sayun also worked as a marketing planner for documentary films at the International Department of Taiwan Public Television. Graduate from the Department of Radio and Television, National Taiwan University of Arts. Sayan returned to her hometown to make documentary in 2011.
