Kanaka Hawai'i cartography : hula, navigation, and oratory

Kanaka Hawai'i cartography : hula, navigation, and oratory / Renee Pualani Louis ; with Aunty Moana Kahele.

"Kanaka Hawai'i cartographic practices are a compilation of intimate, interactive, and integrative processes that expresses Kanaka Hawai'i spatial realities through specific perspectives, protocols, and performances. It is distinctive from Western cartographic practices in that Kanaka...

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Main Authors: Louis, Renee Pualani (Author), Kahele, Moana (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2017.
Series:First peoples (2010)
Subjects:
Human ecology > Hawaii.
Human geography > Hawaii.
National characteristics, Hawaiian.
Cultural geography > Hawaii.
Hawaiians.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
Hawaiians
Cultural geography
Human ecology
Human geography
Manners and customs
National characteristics, Hawaiian
Hawaii > Social life and customs.
Hawaii
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Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations ix
  • Ka Hō'oia'i'o 'Ana (Acknowledgments) xi
  • He Oli Komo (A Request to Enter) xiii
  • Welina (Greetings) xv
  • Aia i Hea Au? (Where Am I?) xxi
  • Ka 'Ōlelo Mua (Introduction) 1 ; Part 1. Nā Kahua Hawai'i (Hawai'i Foundations). Chapter one. Nā Kumu Mana'o Hawai'i (Hawai'i Theoretical Sources) 17
  • Mana as a Kanaka Hawai'i Ontology 21
  • 'Ohana as a Kanaka Hawai'i Epistemology 22
  • Kinolau and Kaona as Kanaka Hawai'i Methodological Processes 25
  • Papakū Makawalu as a Kanaka Hawai'i Methodology 27
  • Kanaka Hawai'i Sensory Perception 30. Chapter two. Nā Kuana 'Ike Hawai'i (Hawai'i Knowledge Perspectives) 34
  • Kū i ke Kino (Pertaining to the Body) 35
  • Kū i ka Mokupuni (Pertaining to the Island) 37
  • Kū i ka Honua (Pertaining to the Planet) 42
  • Diurnal cycles 43
  • Lunar cycles 44 Seasonal cycles 45 Annual cycle 46. Chapter three. Nā Māhele 'Ike Hawai'i (Hawai'i Knowledge Classifications) 50
  • Kū i ke Kino (Pertaining to the Body) 50
  • Body-centric professional classifications 51
  • Body-centric gendered classifications 52
  • Body-centric genealogical classifications 54
  • Kū i ka Mokupuni (Pertaining to the Island) 55
  • Island-centric physiological landscape classifications 55
  • Island-centric physiological oceanscape classifications 59
  • Island-centric physiological skyscape classifications 60
  • Island-centric physiological starscape classifications 62
  • Island-centric sociopolitical landscape classifications 63
  • Kū i ka Honua (Pertaining to the Planet) 67 ; Part 2. Nā Hana Hawai'i (Hawai'i Practices). Chapter four. Ka Ho'okele (Hawai'i Navigation) 83
  • Preparing the Navigator 86
  • Ka Huaka'i (The Journey) 97
  • Perceptions of Kanaka Hawai'i Spatial/Temporal Knowledge Acquisition 107. Chapter five. Ka Haku 'Ana (Hawai'i Composing) 110
  • Preparing the Composer 113
  • Ka Ha'i Mo'olelo 'Ana (Storytelling) 132
  • Perceptions of Kanaka Hawai'i Spatial/Temporal Knowledge Symbolization 141. Chapter six. Ka Hula (Hawai'i Dance) 143
  • Preparing the Dancer 146
  • Ka Hō'ike (The Performance) 158
  • Perceptions of Kanaka Hawai'i Spatial/Temporal Knowledge Transmission 162. Chapter seven. Ka 'Ōlelo Hope (Conclusion) 165
  • Eia Au (I Am Here) 173
  • Glossary 177
  • Notes 195
  • References 199
  • Index 209.

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