News from the Department of Anthropology
Panel 4: Indigenous Issues Across Asia has begun with Ci Yan Sara Loh from @ManoaAnthro discussing "Tracing ‘Indigenousness' in Colonial Racial Categories, Protectionist Laws and Creative Refusal in Peninsular Malaysia" #GradConf2021
Great to see UHM Anthro peeps @yiyulaiii and Stephanie Sang in this event!
Join us for a talk-story featuring Rotarians and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to learn about their work in peacebuilding and the resources that could fund your future peace-related service projects or graduate studies.
https://t.co/Jzw2GFKw9a
@ManoaAnthro https://t.co/t6y6NLVNMb
Welcome to the world, American Association Of Biological Anthropologists!
@physanth
#AAPA2021
#AABA2021
#bioanth
#biologicalanthropology
The milestone birthday party also served to raise funds to bring a foreign scholar to campus. @ManoaAnthro's Christine Yano is one of Trimillos’ former students and is spearheading the “80 for 80” with a goal of raising $80K within a year.
Ethnomusicology leader’s surprise birthday celebration kicks off fundraiser | University of Hawaiʻi System News
Former students are hoping to raise $80,000 within a year from Trimillos’ 80th birthday to bring a foreign s...
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Please join us for this week’s session of Resilient Pacific, brought to you by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience. For disability access, please contact cpis@hawaii.edu.
#CPISeminars #ResilientPacific
4/4 Also on Thursday, we will be hosting #DrJeremySpoon of @Portland_State! Dr. Jeremy Spoon is an associate professor of anthropology at PSU and received his MA and PhD in Cultural Anthropology from @uhmanoa @ManoaAnthro https://t.co/iI8dqhPgRO
Check out our Fall 2021 Hawaiʻi/Pacific/Indigenous course offerings! @CSS_UHManoa @ManoaAnthro @uhm_es @geog_uhm @SparkMMatsunaga @uhmpolisci @UHM_Sociology @on_ws_studies
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The Shorts Fund offers strategic support and up to $25k in funding for short films or web series about the indigenous Pacific Islander experience.
https://t.co/S8cw490OUb
Listen to my @NewBooksNetwork interview with Jack Glazier, author of Anthropology and Radical Humanism from @msupress on Paul Radin and the anti-racism (or maybe racism?) of the Boasians #anthrotwitter @histanthro https://t.co/5d6D4hrFZo
@ManoaAnthro https://t.co/N3gISfY61N
Tuition free classes for Hawaiians taught by Hawaiians.
Take a 3-credit course from @drlaniteves or @KeoluFox and get to know them beyond their hot takes on Twitter 🔥😂 https://t.co/KzfeKDnwim
In 2 days, @julianaguon and @kathykijiner will be together in conversation as part of the @EastWestCenter Distinguished Leaders Series. REGISTER here! https://t.co/mOKwJ4KMDu #Pacific #Justice #Poetry #ClimateChange @PIDP_EWC @EWCinWashington @EWC_arts @Local2030IN @rachjuramirez
🎉Congrats to @ManoaAnthro's Zakea Boeger on the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation:
"Seeking Mo‘ui Lelei Abroad: Tongan Medical Mobilities & Transnational Practices of Health"
on #migration, #care, #NCDs, #MedAnthro
#MedAnthroHI
I was super excited to watch this Amazon Original series featuring Leonardo di Caprio and Judith Butler moving hundreds of keys of pure coke from Mexico to Italy. It turns out it is not actually them tho.
Happy to be talking about Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories as part of the Greenhouse environmental humanities series. Monday, 10AM Norway time (that's Mon, 5 AM Eastern Time, and Sunday night at 11 PM in Hawai'i so ... catch the recording if you can't be there "in person"). https://t.co/UC6Vb2CTJO
Monday, March 29 at 10am in Norway, the Greenhouse #envhum book talks will be joined by Jonathan Padwe @JonathanPadwe presenting Disturbed Forest, Fragmented Memories: Jarai and Other Lives in the Cambodian Highlands (@UWAPress 2020). https://t.co/VFYVgngAJC JOIN US!
Our report, "Discriminatory Policing in Hawaii’s Schools:
Reliance on Police in Hawaii’s Schools is Excessive, Discriminatory, and Violates National Juvenile Justice Policies" in the news:
#DecrimHIEd
University Of Hawaii Report Finds ‘Discriminatory Policing’ In Honolulu Schools
Researchers said Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Black students were disproportionately cited for offenses like running away from home or truancy.
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Come to the SPAS graduate Conference! (that's School of Pacific and Asian Studies for you following at home). UHM Anthro alumn Jeremy Spoon will be among the sopeakers! https://t.co/BDG3h5JHN1
🎙️ A newly launched podcast series led by a @UHHilo graduate student is on a mission to educate people about the meaning behind places and street names on #Hawaii Island and how to properly say them ➡️ https://t.co/aM78a16aAN #UHinTheCommunity
ES statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Atlanta Shootings. https://t.co/LWtyfaUv4Y
Next Tuesday: Join Danilyn Rutherford, President of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, for a discussion of the Foundation’s approach to supporting anthropology worldwide, offer tips for applying, and describe some of the Foundation’s new initiatives. https://t.co/0H3BS3YScr
Please feel invited to my Monday (Zoom) seminar at ANU, where I'll be talking about #EngaProvince #PNG #PapuaNewGuinea and colonial history. @mikemain71 @tori_stead and others! https://t.co/hfAGoaTMdo
Join us for next Monday’s seminar ! https://t.co/78RZLQf7fN
“The targeting of Asians and Asian Americans... is one form of systemic racism that persists across our nation. We ask all to stand... in solidarity to condemn these acts of racism, xenophobia, and misogyny.” #StopAsianHate
Condemning Violence Against Asians and Asian Americans - This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the 10-campus #UHohana system ➡️ https://t.co/kjTyG6snX9 #StopAsianHate
Hoping that everyone in our university community and in the state is getting through these dangerous floods as well as they can. It’s a trying time for a lot of people right now.
Flash flood watch extended into Friday as threat of heavy rain continues https://t.co/zbXQFGUVeV #HNN