http://hdl.handle.net/10125/453 Search the Channel search http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10125/698 Title: Introduction: The Pacific Science Association and the Pacific Circle<br/><br/>Author(s): MacLeod, Roy http://hdl.handle.net/10125/529 Title: Wartime Medical Cooperation across the Pacific: Wilder Penfield and the Anglo-American Medical Missions to the Soviet Union and China, 1943-1944<br/><br/>Author(s): Avery, Donald<br/><br/>Abstract: In July 1943, Wilder Penfield, an internationally renowned Canadianneurosurgeon, led a high-profile group of Anglo-American surgeons in a3-week tour of Soviet medical facilities and battlefield hospitals. This venturepaved the way for other medical missions, both Allied and Soviet, and the communicationof medical information. This was followed by a mission to China,to provide assistance to the government of Chiang Kai-shek. The most importantconnection was, however, between Western medical scientists and theircounterparts in the Soviet Union, a relationship that lasted until the advent ofthe Cold War. In this paper the exchange is examined, and it is argued that thesurgical mission was a major catalyst in the creation of an extensive system ofwartime medical interchange, which inspired hope for future cooperation in thepostwar world. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/528 Title: A History of Ethnobotany in Remote Oceania<br/><br/>Author(s): Merlin, Mark D<br/><br/>Abstract: Ethnobotany has had a relatively short history as a scientific orscholarly discipline, and according to R. L. Ford still lacks a unifying theory. Inthis paper the history of ethnobotany in Remote Oceania is reviewed. Insequence, the roots of Pacific ethnobotany in European exploration and colonialexpansion are discussed, then the contributions of early foreign residents,and finally the rapidly growing field of scientific ethnobotany during the latterpart of the twentieth century. Examples of key research from the disciplines ofbotany, anthropology, archaeology, and geography, as well as major trends inethnobotanical research in Remote Oceania, are described. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/527 Title: American Anthropology in Micronesia, 1941-1997<br/><br/>Author(s): Kiste, Robert C; Marshall, Mac<br/><br/>Abstract: Before the Second World War, relatively few American anthropologistshad worked in the Pacific, and Micronesia was virtually unknown.After the war, the U.S. Navy sponsored the Coordinated Investigation ofMicronesian Anthropology, the largest research project in the history of the discipline.Several CIMA participants became major figures, and they inspiredsubstantial further work in the region. In this paper research trends in Micronesiaduring the past half century are discussed and suggestions for the futureare offered. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/526 Title: Haast and the Moa: Reversing the Tyranny of Distance<br/><br/>Author(s): Barton, Ruth<br/><br/>Abstract: The powerful position of patrons and interpreters at the imperialcenters and the secondary, supportive position of colonial contributors to thescientific enterprise have been emphasized in the literature on colonial science.For Sir Julius von Haast, however, New Zealand provided both the opportunityand the resources for a scientific career of international fame. Moa boneswere his most valuable resource. The exchange and sale of moa bones stockedhis museum; gifts of moa skeletons brought him honors; and he began to claimthat being at the periphery and having seen the bones in situ gave his interpretationscredibility. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/525 Title: Natural History in New Zealand: The Legacy of Europe<br/><br/>Author(s): Andrews, John<br/><br/>Abstract: European explorers and naturalists made many contributions tothe discovery and description of New Zealand's natural history. These contributionsare examined with respect to the scientific traditions of England,France, and Germanic Europe. Underlying differences between these countrieshad a notable effect on science in New Zealand. Some countries regardedscience as linked to colonization. Others believed that even on the periphery,science could be pursued for its own sake. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/524 Title: Motives for European Exploration of the Pacific in the Age of the Enlightment<br/><br/>Author(s): Gascoigne, John<br/><br/>Abstract: In this paper the ambivalent character of the Enlightenmentideology that was employed to justify the Pacific voyages of the late eighteenthcentury is explored. Parallels are drawn between the Spanish Christian justificationsfor the earlier wave of European expansion into the Pacific (chiefly in thesixteenth century) with that employed in this later period. It is concluded that,though in both cases there was a high level of rationalization, such ideologiesrequired at least some measure of perceived dissonance with self-interest to becredible. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/523 Title: Developing a Sense of the Pacific: The 1923 Pan-Pacific Science Congress in Australia<br/><br/>Author(s): MacLeod, Roy; Rehbock, Philip F<br/><br/>Abstract: The Australian Congress of 1923 was a determining moment forthe Pacific Science Association. In contrast to the Australian meeting of theBritish Association for the Advancement of Science, held in 1914, this first postwarCongress signaled the emergence of a new scientific nationalism i.n Australiaand the advent of a new scientific relationship between Australia and Itsgreat and powerful friend across the Pacific. At the same time, the success ofthe Congress gave the infant Pan-Pacific movement much-needed visibilityand support and led directly to the permanent establishment of the PacificScience Association and to its continuing presence in international scientificaffairs. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/521 Title: 54:3 Table of Contents - Pacific Science