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Recalling Hawaiian Place Names, an Act of Honor and Resistance

Ambivalently understood, the phrase “Hawaiian sense of place” is heard everywhere from the tourism industry to design sector. The islands’ traditional place names, however, often remain silenced. Can one truly honor places without acknowledging the importance of inoa ‘āina?

Arts Culture

The Hawaiian Photographer Subverting Colonial-Era Portraiture

Through his mastery of the laborious wet-plate collodion process, Hawaiian photographer Kenyatta Kelechi memorializes modern-day Hawai‘i.

Culture History

The Cultural Complexity of Hawaiian Genealogical Research

Native Hawaiian genealogy presents an idiosyncratic slew of challenges and familial puzzles to solve.

Culinary Society

A Homesteading Collective Returns to its Roots in Rural Maui

By returning to a backcountry lifestyle in Waihe‘e, Maui, a group of friends reconnect with their ancestors to further understand who they are.

Culture Environment

No Ke Koʻikoʻi o nā Inoa ʻĀina

He mea pohihihi paha ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo he “Hawaiian sense of place”, he hopunaʻōlelo e lohe hele ʻia ana mai ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa malihini a ka ʻoihana hakulau. I ka hapa nui naʻe o ka manawa, he hoʻohāmau ʻia ke ō ʻana mai o nā inoa ʻāina kuʻuna. Ua hiki anei ke hoʻohanohano maoli i ka ʻāina me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i nā inoa ʻāina?