75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

UH MANOA DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

SYMPOSIUM AND DINNER/BANQUET
October 24, 2009
(held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology)

SYMPOSIUM

(UHM Art Auditorium)

Morning: 10 am – 12 noon

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AT UH MANOA:
The Storied Past and Upcoming Future in the Pacific and Asia
Jim Bayman, organizer

This two-part panel commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the Archaeology program in the UH-Mānoa Anthropology Department. Panelists include a mix of practicing professionals who obtained their training at UH-Mānoa, as well as current students in our graduate program. Following the introductory presentations, panel facilitators will engage the participants and the audience in discussion of possible futures for archaeology in Hawai‛i and beyond. Discussion will also focus on the kinds of roles that UH-Mānoa might play a role in helping descendant communities achieve their desired futures.

Part I. Hawai‛i and Pacific (1hr.) [video]
"A Storied Past" (15-min. Power Point: Jim Bayman)
"Looking Ahead" Panel (30 min.) Co-facilitators: Kēhaunani Abad (Kamehameha Schools) & Jadelyn Moniz (Volcanoes National Park)

Windy McElroy (Garcia & Associates)
Kekuewa Kikiloi (Kamehameha Schools)
Tim Rieth (International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc.)
Melissa Ka'akau (Aki Sinoto Consulting)

Part II. Southeast and East Asia (1 hr.) [video]
"A Storied Past" (15-min. Power Point: Miriam Stark)
"Looking Ahead" Panel (30 min.) Facilitated by Michael Dega (SCS Archaeology)

Rachel Hoerman (UHM)
Shawn Fehrenbach (UHM)
Stephen Acabado (UHM)
Heng Piphal (UHM)

LUNCH: 12 – 1 pm

Afternoon: 1 – 3 pm

INDIGENOUS ANTHROPOLOGY [video]
Ty Tengan, organizer

What happens when the distinction between the “native” and the “anthropologist” is blurred, when the “home” becomes the “field”? What do indigenous perspectives and politics bring to anthropological practice, and what can anthropology offer indigenous peoples? These questions led a number of Native Hawaiian graduate students and instructors to develop and run a class on “Indigenous Anthropology,” which has been offered a number of times since 2001. This panel brings together former instructors and students involved in the class to reflect on the ways that their own research, teaching, and service have (or have not) articulated an indigenous anthropology in Hawai‘i, and what the future holds for this intellectual, cultural, and political project.

Ty Kawika Tengan (moderator), Associate Professor, Anthropology, UHM
Brandon Ledward, Research Analyst, Kamehameha Schools
Lynette Cruz, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Hawai'i Pacific University
Maria Ka’imi Orr, Archaeologist/Ethnographer, Kaimipono Consulting Services LLC
Sean Naleimaile, PhD Candidate, UHM; Lecturer, Kahu Ku`una: Cultural Resource Stewardship Program, Hawai`i Community College

EVENING BANQUET CELEBRATION

(Waikiki Aquarium)

5:45 - Doors open
6:00 - Entertainment
7:00 - Dinner and Program
9:30 - Closing time

Emcee: Bion Griffin, Professor Emeritus, UHM
Music by Jon Osorio and Steve Brown

Keynote speaker:
Adrienne Kaeppler (Smithsonian Institution and first UHM Anthropology PhD, 1967)
“Studying Ritual at Home and Abroad: Reflections on a Career of Cross-Cultural Engagement”

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