Dr. Kanalu Young Lecture on Hawaiian History
History Department Lecture on Hawaiian
History
Dr. Kanalu Young, Kamakakuokalani
Center for Hawaiian Studies
Tuesday,
February 6, 12:00-1:30 Sakamaki
A201
Reception to follow in the History
Lounge
"From Where I Sit: Entwined
Histories, Navigating Winds of Change, and Redefining
Kuleana"
"Entwined Histories" means that
the most comprehensive interpretations of the Hawai'i past can be produced in
acknowledgement of the people who at different times came to reside on the same
islands and live together in relative harmony and not. The stories of those
people can be seen from the islands looking out to the horizon using the
metaphor of an ageless kanaka maoli (native Hawaiian) family that sees
everything which has transpired here from antiquity and first landfall of the
first canoe to the most recent arrival of a jet aircraft from somewhere else in
the world. In the sum of this historical experience from the perspective of
those with the longest view, and in certain instances, those with the most
recent, to build that body of descriptions, analyses, and interpretations of
nearly two millennia of human experience on this land and its surrounding seas
is the primary goal. Island residents, regardless of race, creed, gender, or
socioeconomic status contribute something to every definition of human identity
in what is Indigenous, National, Local, and American. This is the context for
redefining my own kuleana in service to this University. It means, in essence,
answering a call to facilitate through teaching, research, and community
service, the histories of these islands and their people.
Posted: Thu - February 1, 2007 at 08:29 AM