Pacific News from Manoa NEWSLETTER OF TI-IE CENTER FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I

UPCOMING ANNUAL EVENTS

Annual Conference on Pacific Literature From the Inside Out: Theorizing Pacific Literature is the title of the center's nineteenth annual Pacific Islands studies conference, to be held 14-17 September 1994 at Tokai University at Honolulu. The aim of the conference is to bring together critics and writers to assess the growing body of literature written by indigenous Pacific Islanders since the 1960s. The deadline for paper proposals was 15 March 1994. Registration information will be published in future newsletters.

Teachers Will Explore Drama-in-Education and Pacific Uterature

The center's tenth annual Pacific Islands teachers' workshop will be held 24-26 August 1994. The workshop will explore the use of Pacific literature and drama-in-education methods in teaching Pacific Islands studies at the elementary through secondary school levels.

The workshop will be led by Derek STEVENS, a teacher of drama-in-education from England, and center faculty member Vilsoni HERENIKO, playwright and teacher of Pacific literature. The workshop will coincide with the launching of UH Press' new Pacific literature series and the Pacific Writer's Forum (see next article), as well as the annual conference. The teachers will have an opportunity to meet and hear from Pacific writers

whose writings they will be using in the workshop. For information about the workshop, contact Tisha HICKSON; Phone: (808) 956-2652; fax: (808) 956-7053; or email: ctisha@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu.

WRITER'S FORUM TO COINCIDE WITH CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP

The Pacific Writer's Forum, cosponsored by the East-West Center Program for Cultural Studies and the center, is scheduled for 8 August to 17 September, 1994. The forum is a six-week workshop in which eight invited Pacific Island writers will meet, present current projects, and discuss their work in light of changes taking place in the region. The forum will consist of two seminars each week, combined with work on individual projects, participation in community events, and interaction with the East-West Center's researchers and students.

The Pacific Writer's Forum is part of an important new initiative of the East-West Center to establish an annual Humanities Forum for creative artists and others to gather, discuss mutual interests, and interact with the East-West Center and university community.

The forum is being planned by Wimal DISSANA Y AKE, senior fellow at the Program for Cultural Studies at the EWC and Vilsoni HERENIKO, assistant professor at CPIS, as an event that may critically shape the thinking and careers of the writers themselves, for example in developing a sense of regional identity. In addition, publication of the participating writers' works is anticipated.

Planned to coincide with the center's annual conference, the forum will provide the writers with an opportunity to participate in the CPIS literature conference. The three events - the teacher's workshop, the writer's forum, and the annual conference - as well as the new Pacific literature series published by the UH Press, mark a long-due recognition of the literature of the Pacific Islands.

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New Uterature Series Seeking Manuscripts Original, unpublished manuscripts of fiction, poetry, or plays, can be sent to Vilsoni HERENIKO, editor of the new Pacific Literature series published by the University ofHawafi Press. The series is to begin with the republication of the works of Albert WENDT, Hone TuwHARE, Alan DUFF, Epeli HAU'OFA and Patricia GRACE. Hereniko is currently seeking never-before­published manuscripts for the series. For more information, contact: Vilsoni Hereniko at the Center for Pacific Island Studies at the address on the masthead.

CENTER VISITORS Konai THAMAN was at the center from 9 February to Fenruary 21. Thaman was on study leave from the University of the South Pacific. In addition to her research and writing, she was a guest speaker at UH Hilo in their Distinguished Pacific Lecturer Series, sponsored by the Pacific Islands studies faculty there.

Barrie MACOONAID of the Department of History at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, is visiting on sabbatical leave. He is conducting research on the impact of the early whaling industry on Pacific peoples.

Leon MS SLAWECKI, formerly career officer with the USIA and now a visiting lecturer and associate at the Center for Pacific Asia Studies at the Stockhom University in Sweden, visited at the center on 14 January. He was in Hawai'i on holiday.

Mark SOLON, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Goroka campus of the University of Papua New Guinea visited on 14 February on his way back to PNG after a visit to the US mainland.

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Lynne LAMBERT, director of Pacific Island Affairs of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State, visited here on 23 February. Lambert was en route back to DC after a trip to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.

Robert HOOPER, associate professor of communication arts at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, visited on 23 February. He was en route to the University of the South Pacific where he will be a Fulbright faculty member for 1994.

VAN CLEVE WORK ON AMERICAN TERRITORIES GIVEN TO CENTER While Allan P STAYMAN, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Territorial and International Affairs US

' Department of the Interior, was in Honolulu on 24-25 January, he presented center director Robert KISTE a gift of The Application of Federal Laws in ... American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the US Virgin Islands. Its three volumes total1,468 pages and was published by the Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Washington DC, October, 1993.

The work was compiled over a period of twelve years by Ruth G VAN CLEVE. Most of Van Cleve's professional career has been with the Department of the Interior and with matters relating to the territories of the United States. As old Pacific hands will recall, Van Cleve is the author of The Office of Territorial Affairs, Praeger Publishers, 1974.

In the Introduction to The Application of Federal Law, Van Cleve indicates that when she began this monumental effort, she had not questioned the conventional wisdom "that Federal laws as they relate to the territories of the United States are a patchwork -­irrational in their application and inequitable in their results." At the completion of this work, Van Cleve concludes: "In my view, the conventional wisdom is wrong." She is not claiming perfection, however, and in her inventory of federal laws pertaining to the territories, she identifies areas in which revisions may well be warranted.

The three volumes have been given to Karen PEACOCK, curator of the Pacific Collection at the Hamilton Library, UH-M*anoa, for inclusion in the collection.

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Part three in series

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES? This article is the third in a series about Pacific Islands Studies alumni, many of whom are in professions directly or indirectly related to Pacific Islands studies. We have thus far noted those alumni who are educators at many levels. This article notes another group of alumni who are connected to the education profession as librarians.

These libarians have taken advantage of the joint master's degrees offered at this university in library science and Pacific Islands studies or have taken Pacific Islands studies as a second master's degree to enrich themselves personally and professionally. Librarians who have taken the Pacific Islands Studies degree are Yasuto KAIHARA ('75), Nancy MORRIS ('75), Barbara BIRD ('76), Verna YOUNG('76) Agnes QUIGG ('76) and Karen PEAOOCK ('78).

All six of these librarians currently work or have worked at the Hamilton Library at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Kaihara recently retired from the cataloging department. Morris is head of the archives and manuscripts of the Charlot Special Collections.Young is a librarian technician in the serials department. Quigg is the preservation officer and head of the preservation department. Peacock is curator of the Pacific Collection at the Hamilton Library and a valued faculty member of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies. Bird was also at Hamilton, and retired some time ago.

Tom linker in Human Resource Development According to Tom LINKER ('81) his education and degree in Pacific Islands studies has been directly related to his professional life since. He is the executive director of La' akea, a human resource development firm based in Moloka'i. The company is described as one that aims to help others use learning as a catalyst for personal and professional growth and accomplishment. They provide consulting services, training programs, and adventure learning.

Their approach incorporates the ability to assess organizational needs to define learning objectives that incorporate island cultural values into the program strategies. La'akea has worked with businesses, schools,

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and communities in Hawai' i, Micronesia, and the South Pacific.

For more information about Human Resources Development offered by La'akea, contact Tom Linker at PO Box 2046, Kaunakakai, HI, 96748. Phone and fax (808) 558-8384.

EDUCATION, TRAINING FOR PACIFIC ISLANDERS

Hawai'i Public Radio Site of Broadcast Training Project At 8:15am and 4:15pm on Hawai'i Public Radio, you can hear the latest-breaking news of the Pacific, currently delivered by ni-Vanuatu journalist, Moses STEVENS thanks to a unique training program.

The Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) at the East-West Center and Hawai'i Public Radio in Honolulu and PACBROAD and P ACNEWS in Port Vila have established a collaborative on-the-job journalism internship training project for Pacific Islanders. In addition, the Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association, the Pacific Islands Broadcasting Organizations, and the Center for Pacific Islands Studies are cosponsors of the project.

Involving mid-career Pacific Island radio broadcasters, the project began during 1993, and is scheduled to continue for at least two years. Prior to Stevens' internship, Karo GIMANA from Papua New Guinea was an intern. Besides providing training, the project serves to expand and improve Pacific Island news reporting in Hawai'i, other Pacific Basin countries and territories (primarily through PACNEWS), and the US mainland.

Each participating journalist, selected competitively, is appointed an East-West Center/PlOP intern for three and a half months and is attached to the news department of Hawai'i Public Radio as a working reporter, producer, and presenter for advanced on-the­job radio journalism training. During their internship, participants also attend lectures, seminars, and professional meetings. They are expected to participate in discussion groups organized by the PIDP, the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, and other organizations, allowing journalists to expand their knowledge of contemporary events and issues.

Applications are currently being sought for the next intern period, which begins on 15 May. For application materials or more information, contact: Al HULSEN,

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President and General Manager, Hawai'i Public Radio, 738 Kaheka Street, Honolulu, HI, 96814. Telephone: (808) 955-8821. Fax: (808) 942-5477.

lmi Ho' ola Seeks Applicants The Imi Ho' ola Program at the University of Hawai' i John A Bums School of Medicine is seeking applicants for its 1994-1995 class. Application deadline is 31 March 1994.

Imi Ho 'ola, Hawaiian for "Those Who Seek to Heal," is an intensive, one-year, premedical program designed to increase the medical school enrollment of Filipinos, Guamanians, Hawaiians, Micronesians, Samoans, and others who are underrepresented in the field of medicine. Since its first class in 1973, Imi Ho'ola has been instrumental in facilitating the entry of students from disadvantaged backgrounds into medical school. The program concentrates on developing students' English, science, communication, and learning skills. To ensure academic success, Imi Ho'ola also provides academic, financial, and personal counseling and assists students in the process of applying for medical school.

For more information or an application, contact Agnes MAIA1E ot Nanette JUDD at (808) 956-3466, or write to: lmi Ho'ola Program, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1960 East-West Road, Biomed B-104, Honolulu, HI 96822.

Community College Project Robert FRANCO, an assistant professor of anthropology at Kapi'olani Community College, was recently awarded a grant from the Community Colleges for International Development for a training project for Pacific Islanders. The project is a joint venture with the Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center, and its aim is to provide training to mid-level professionals from the independent Pacific Island nations.

The project is now in the pilot phase and if all goes according to plan, the first six trainees will be sent in the fall of 1994 to two campuses: Kapi'olani, where they will train in the food services and hotel operations program, and Honolulu Community College, to train in aeronautics and heavy equipment maintenance programs. For more information, contact Franco at: Dept of Anthropology, Kapi'olani Community College, 4303 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI 96816. Phone: (808) 734-9111, ext. 285. Fax: (808) 845-9173.

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lAST VIRGIN IN PARADISE

Last Virgin in Paradise, a serious comedy written by Vilsoni HERENIKO, based on an idea by Teresia TFAIW A, will be presented at the newly opened Kumu Kahua Theatre in downtown Honolulu. Hereniko will be co-directing the play with Kumu Kahua's artistic director Gene Shofner.

The play is about a European man, Helmut, who has traveled the world looking for a virgin to wed. After several marriages and divorces in his homeland he seeks an "untouched" woman who will give him no problems. He finally gets his wish on Marawa, a remote, beautiful, and fictional island in the South Pacific. Or does he? Filled with a host of colorful and thought-provoking characters, this serious comedy examines cultures and expectations clashing in an ever-shrinking world. The play takes us on a journey to the South Pacific complete with song, dance, and island clowns.

Dates for the performances are: on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, April 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, and 30 and Sundays at 6:30pm, April 10, 17, 24, and May 1. The Kumu Kahua Theatre is located at the corner of Merchant and Bethel Streets in the historic Kamehameha V building. For reservations call: 737-4161.

OCCASIONAL SEMINARS On 11 January, Linda S. CROWL, of the Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, presented a seminar on Publishing at the Institute of Pacific Studies. Crowl has been the Publications Fellow at IPS for the past two years and was in Honolulu promoting the Institute's publications to booksellers here. She spoke on the contributions made by the IPS publications program.

Suzanna LAYTON, who received master's degrees in communications and Pacific Islands Studies in 1990, presented a seminar All the News That's Fit to Print: Politics, Culture, and the Press in the Pacific Islands on 26 January. Fulbright Fellow at the University of Queensland from 1991-1993, Layton recently submitted her doctoral dissertation on media freedom in the Pacific to the University of Queensland.

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Geoffrey WHilE spoke on Remembering Guadalcanal: National Identity and Global Memory on 1 February. White is an anthropologist and director of the Program for Cultural Studies at the East-West Center. In his talk, White discussed events surrounding the fiftieth anniversary of the World War II battle for Guadalcanal and raised issues regarding the politics of national identity

In the Wake of Captain Cook: Empiricism and Idealism in European Views of the South Pacific was the topic of a seminar given by Barry ROI.EIT, assistant professor of anthropology at UH-Manoa, on 23 February. Rolett had retraced the route of Cook's second voyage to locate scenes that William HODGES, the official artist, had painted. He showed slides from the same vantage points from which Hodges painted his views and showed that Hodges had altered landscapes for aesthetic purposes.

Renate VON GizycKI of the University of GOttingen gave a seminar on Encounters with Contemporary Writers of the Pacific on 28 February. Von Gizycki is a German anthropologist and writer who has written extensively about writers and literature in the Pacific Islands. She has introduced many Pacific writers to the German-speaking public.

NEW RESOURCES, PUBLICATIONS New Video on Tongan Culture The half-hour documentary From Mortal to Ancestor -the Funeral in Tonga recently premiered in Honolulu on Channel22 ATTN. Taped a year ago in Tonga, the music, pageantry and ritual associated with funerals of even ordinary persons is explained by Latupopi MAFilE'O. The producer, Wendy ARBEIT, is the author of two UH Press books, What are Fronds for? and Baskets of Polynesia, and associate editor of Pacific Arts. The video is available for purchase at US$50 for VHS tapes and US$60 for%" tapes. Indicate NTSC or PAL format. To order, contact: Wendy Arbeit, PO Box 23296, Honolulu, HI, 96823. Phone: (808) 941-1278.

Readings in Pacific Literature Readings in Pacific Literature, (NLRC at University of Wollongong, paperback, 210 pp. ISBN 0-86418-270-8; A$10.00, sea mail; $14.00, air mail; add equivalent of A$6.00 if not in Australian currency) was recently published. Edited by Paul SHARRAD, it includes critical essays on Pacific literature collected from scattered articles, theses, and conference papers as well as an introductory overview and select bibliography. General

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surveys as well as specific author studies are included. The editor has taught courses in Pacific Literature and selected readings that students have found useful. Orders to: New Literatures Research Centre, Department of English, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. Fax: 61-42-214471.

Pacific Women's Directory The Pacific Women's Directory (ISBN 982-203-347-8) was recently published by the Pacific Womens Resource Bureau of the South Pacific Commission. The directory is an update of one section of the Resource Kit for Pacific Women published in 1988 and lists 500 women's associations, clubs, offices, groups, and organizations in 21 of the island member countries and territories of the SPC. It includes details such as addresses, phone, and fax numbers, as well as objectives and activities of these organizations. Project coordinator for the directory was Jill EMBERSON, and the publication was edited by Roslyn SHARP. To order, contact: Pacific Women's Resource Bureau, South Pacific Commission, BP D5, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia. Phone: (687) 262000; fax: (687) 263818.

Kapingamarangi Fishing More Than a Living: Fishing and the Social Order on a Polynesian Atoll (1994, ISBN 0-8133-8780-9, US$45.00) by Michael D. LIEBER was recently published by Westview Press in their Conflict and Social Change series. Lieber compares changes in the fishing activities of the Polynesians of Kapingamarangi with other activities in the the larger Kapinga community. His findings offer a lucid portrayal of how culture shapes a community's response to change. To order, contact: Westview Press Promotion Department, 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, CO, 80301-2847. Phone: (303) 444-3541; fax: (303)449-3356.

Papua New Guinea Music Lokal Music: Lingua Franca Song and Identity in Papua New Guinea (1993, ISBN 9980-68-019-9, K7.50 plus postage) by Michael WEBB was recently published by the Music Department of the Cultural Studies Division of the National Research Institute in their Apwitihire: Studies in Papua New Guinea Musics series, edited by Don Niles. This books seeks to explore aspects of lokal music as social and cultural resource. To order, contact: Publication Sales Coordinator, National Research Institute, PO Box 5854, Boroko, Papua New Guinea.

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BULLETIN BOARD

Polynesian Literary Competition 1994 The annual Polynesian Literary Competition offers cash awards for Polynesian-language writers in order to promote and encourage literary study and creativity in a Polynesian language. The award area for 1994 is Samoa (Western Samoa, American Samoa, emigre).

Judges are: Albert Wendt, University of Auckland; Even Hovdhaugen, University of Oslo; and Ulrike Mosel, Australian National University.

Entries are invited in either or both of the sections: 1) traditional song or poem in the Samoan language, with translation in English and explanatory notes, not to exceed six double-spaced typewritten pages; 2) modem original poem or short story in the Samoan language, with translation in English, not to exceed twelve double­spaced typewritten pages. A certificate award and cash prize of US$250 will be given to the winner of each section.

Entrants must be native-born Samoans or of Samoan parentage. Include name, address, and age with submission and post by air mail no later than 1 May 1994 to: Dr Steven Roger FISCHER, Droste-Hillshoff­Weg 1, 88709 Meerburg, Germany. Winners will be notified by 1 October, 1994 and the two winning entries will be published in the journal Rongorongo Studies, which is the patron agency of the competition.

University of Hawai'i at Manoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies 1890 East-West Road, Moore Hall215 Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822 USA

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Mariana Islands Archaeologists At a recent gathering of Guam's archaeology/ anthropology community, the need to obtain more information on recent archaeological findings in the Philippines. was discussed If there are any archaeologists/prehistorians who have done research in the Philippines and would like to establish links to an archaeological community on Guam, contact Gary HEATHCOTE at the Anthropology Lab at the University of Guam, Mangilao, GU 96923; or preferably at this email address: ZINJMAN@UOG.PAOFIC.EDU

Law of the Sea Conference Ocean Governance Strategies and Approaches for the Twenty-first Century is the title for the Law of the Sea Institute's twenty-eighth annual conference to be held at the Ilikai Hotel in Honolulu, 11-14July 1994. The conference sessions will deal with the roles of governments, non-state actors, and technology in developing ocean policy at the global, regional, and local levels. For information contact: Carol STIMSON, Law of the Sea Institute, UH Richardson School of Law, 2515 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822. Phone: (808) 956-6750; fax: (808) 956-6402.

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