{"id":95445,"date":"2019-04-29T16:39:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T02:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=95445"},"modified":"2019-04-30T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T23:33:43","slug":"project-preserves-waialuas-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/29\/project-preserves-waialuas-past\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa oral history project preserves Waialua\u2019s past"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_29917\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yc3kivzkN3w?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"UH M\u0101noa oral history project preserves Waialua\u2019s past\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> students are preserving the history of the North Shore communities of Waialua and <span aria-label=\"Haleiwa\">Hale&#699;iwa<\/span> by interviewing k&#363;puna (grandparents, elders) from those areas. The three-credit, spring semester course offered by the <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa departments of <a href=\"https:\/\/anthropology.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">anthropology<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnicstudies.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">ethnic studies<\/a> is an <a href=\"https:\/\/northshorefieldschool.org\">oral history program<\/a> that preserves the memories and experiences of the k&#363;puna for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re finding that a lot of k&#363;puna; their stories are really important,&rdquo; said <strong>Keola Silva<\/strong>, a <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <abbr title=\"doctor of philosophy\">PhD<\/abbr> student who was also born and raised in Waialua. &ldquo;They hold lots of life lessons, lots of golden nuggets that we can use and apply to today and in our future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The students complete the course and project by producing and presenting each k&#363;puna with their own digital story map, which combines maps with narrative text, images, video and other multimedia content.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.hawaii.edu\/FcG\">Diane Canon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.hawaii.edu\/bcG\">Judy Miram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.hawaii.edu\/Gcn\">Leilani Perreira<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.hawaii.edu\/Gca\">Kenneth Souza<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Oral history project touches lives<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialuahoike-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-95476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialuahoike-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialuahoike-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialuahoike-2-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialuahoike-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The class of 12 was a mix of undergraduate and graduate students representing majors in anthropology, ethnic studies, Hawaiian studies and English; along with two community members who participated in the class activities. The k&#363;puna, called &ldquo;narrators,&rdquo; shared experiences in Waialua ranging from music to genealogy to plantation work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> story<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/08\/students-record-memories-to-preserve-waialuas-past\/\">Students record memories to preserve Waialua\u2019s past, May 8, 2018<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;If I\u2019ve touched one person, than I think I\u2019ve done what I set out to do,&rdquo; said Judy Miner Miram, one of the k&#363;puna narrators and a life-long Waialua-<span aria-label=\"Haleiwa\">Hale&#699;iwa<\/span> resident. &ldquo;I felt honored to share what <span aria-label=\"Haleiwa\">Hale&#699;iwa<\/span> was like in the \u201840s, \u201850s, \u201860s.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the interviews, the students transcribed the recordings, worked through the editorial process and sought guidance from their narrators and each other as they compiled their research into digital story maps.<\/p>\n<p>One student, <strong> Daven Chang<\/strong>, says that he was so moved by the experience that he wrote and arranged a song called, &ldquo;Waialua is Calling to Me.&rdquo; He and his classmates performed it at the <span aria-label=\"hoike\">h&#333;&#699;ike<\/span>, or exhibition, of the k&#363;puna digital story maps. About 100 people attended the event, where students thanked the narrators and shared a final meal with them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It reinforces my belief that when you are tied to community, and you know your community and the value of your community, even more so you become motivated to do things for the community,&rdquo; said Silva.<\/p>\n<p>The interviews are to be archived at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnicstudies.manoa.hawaii.edu\/center-for-oral-history\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Center of Oral History<\/a>. The program is a partnership with the <span aria-label=\"Aina\">&#699;&#256;ina<\/span> Ulu Program of Kamehameha Schools, and <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> worked with the Waialua Hawaiian Civic Club to connect k&#363;puna with students for the project.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nsfieldschool.wixsite.com\/nsfieldschool\">North Shore Field School<\/a> started in 2013 as an archaeology\/anthropology program where students learned techniques in low impact archaeology at culturally significant sites on the North Shore of <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In spring 2018, the focus shifted to ethnography and the research of life stories, rather than artifacts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_95475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95475\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialua-2.jpg\" alt=\"four males three women\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialua-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialua-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialua-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/uh-manoa-northshorefieldschool-waialua-2-630x353.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waialua community member Melvin &ldquo;Moki&rdquo; Labra opens the <span aria-label=\"hoike\">h&#333;&#699;ike<\/span> with the narrators flanking him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students are preserving the history of the North Shore communities of Waialua and <span aria-label=\"Haleiwa\">Hale&#699;iwa<\/span> by interviewing k&#363;puna (grandparents, elders) from those areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[137,301,229,853,9,56],"class_list":["post-95445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-anthropology","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-ethnic-studies","tag-preservation","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95445"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95480,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95445\/revisions\/95480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}