The Past Before Us: MoâokĆ«âauhau as Methodology
Edited by NÄlani Wilson-Hokowhitu | Paperback
The title of the book, The Past before Us, refers to the importance of ka wÄ mamua or âthe time in frontâ in Hawaiian thinking. In this collection of essays, eleven Kanaka âĆiwi (Native Hawaiian) scholars honor their moâokĆ«âauhau (geneaological lineage) by using genealogical knowledge drawn from the past to shape their research methodologies. These contributors, KÄnaka writing from Hawaiâi as well as from the diaspora throughout the Pacific and North America, come from a wide range of backgrounds including activism, grassroots movements, and place-based cultural practice, in addition to academia. Their work offers broadly applicable yet deeply personal perspectives on complex Hawaiian issues and demonstrates that enduring ancestral ties and relationships to the past are not only relevant, but integral, to contemporary Indigenous scholarship. Chapters on language, literature, cosmology, spirituality, diaspora, identity, relationships, activism, colonialism, and cultural practices unite around methodologies based on moâokĆ«âauhau. This cultural concept acknowledges the times, people, places, and events that came before; it is a fundamental worldview that guides our understanding of the present and our navigation into the future.
Edited by NÄlani Wilson-Hokowhitu | Paperback
The title of the book, The Past before Us, refers to the importance of ka wÄ mamua or âthe time in frontâ in Hawaiian thinking. In this collection of essays, eleven Kanaka âĆiwi (Native Hawaiian) scholars honor their moâokĆ«âauhau (geneaological lineage) by using genealogical knowledge drawn from the past to shape their research methodologies. These contributors, KÄnaka writing from Hawaiâi as well as from the diaspora throughout the Pacific and North America, come from a wide range of backgrounds including activism, grassroots movements, and place-based cultural practice, in addition to academia. Their work offers broadly applicable yet deeply personal perspectives on complex Hawaiian issues and demonstrates that enduring ancestral ties and relationships to the past are not only relevant, but integral, to contemporary Indigenous scholarship. Chapters on language, literature, cosmology, spirituality, diaspora, identity, relationships, activism, colonialism, and cultural practices unite around methodologies based on moâokĆ«âauhau. This cultural concept acknowledges the times, people, places, and events that came before; it is a fundamental worldview that guides our understanding of the present and our navigation into the future.
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Edited by NÄlani Wilson-Hokowhitu | Paperback
The title of the book, The Past before Us, refers to the importance of ka wÄ mamua or âthe time in frontâ in Hawaiian thinking. In this collection of essays, eleven Kanaka âĆiwi (Native Hawaiian) scholars honor their moâokĆ«âauhau (geneaological lineage) by using genealogical knowledge drawn from the past to shape their research methodologies. These contributors, KÄnaka writing from Hawaiâi as well as from the diaspora throughout the Pacific and North America, come from a wide range of backgrounds including activism, grassroots movements, and place-based cultural practice, in addition to academia. Their work offers broadly applicable yet deeply personal perspectives on complex Hawaiian issues and demonstrates that enduring ancestral ties and relationships to the past are not only relevant, but integral, to contemporary Indigenous scholarship. Chapters on language, literature, cosmology, spirituality, diaspora, identity, relationships, activism, colonialism, and cultural practices unite around methodologies based on moâokĆ«âauhau. This cultural concept acknowledges the times, people, places, and events that came before; it is a fundamental worldview that guides our understanding of the present and our navigation into the future.
