LAND AGENDAS VIS Ã VIS A MAKANI (WIND) DISCOURSE: DECONSTRUCTING SPACE/PLACE POLITICAL AGENDAS IN HAWAI'I

Authors

Sydney Lehua Iaukea, The University of Hawai'i at MānoaFollow

Abstract

This paper analyzes conservation and tourism agendas in Hawai'i as they progressed together in the late 1950s. The two are interconnected and positioned land, people, and culture in particular ways. The silencing of other ways of knowing and interpreting 'āina were intrinsic in the promotion of industry. This paper discusses a "wind discourse" with The Wind Gourd of La'amaomao to interject indigenous readings of space and place in Hawai'i. A reorientation to native recollections of 'āina breaks contemporary social constructs and encourages the resurgence of other ways of knowing self and environment. Herein a Hawaiian wellbeing and identity is strengthened and allowed to flourish.

Recommended Citation

Iaukea, Sydney Lehua (2009) "LAND AGENDAS VIS Ã VIS A MAKANI (WIND) DISCOURSE: DECONSTRUCTING SPACE/PLACE POLITICAL AGENDAS IN HAWAI'I," Pacific Studies Journal: Vol. 32: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/pacific-studies-journal/vol32/iss1/3