Hyndman, David(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2001)
Since the start of the Ok Tedi mining project in Papua New Guinea in 1981, Broken
Hill Proprietary has operated it. Weak environmental protection laws and a
series of ecological disasters have endangered the greater Ok ...
Chappell, David A(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 1995)
Pacific history claims to have decolonized by focusing on Islanders as active
agents who made participatory choices in their interactions with outsiders.
"Islander-oriented" studies are a decided improvement over imperial ...
Mallon, Sean(University of Hawai‘i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2010)
Albert Wendt’s career as a writer and academic is well documented. Less widely known are his contributions to cultural development through his service on advi- sory groups and boards for different institutions. To these ...
Teaiwa, Teresia; Marsh, Selina Tusitala(University of Hawai‘i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2010)
This special issue of The Contemporary Pacific features a selection of artists and academics who have emerged in the wake of Albert Wendt’s pioneering (and occasionally polarizing) career as the Pacific’s most prominent ...
Ohnuma, Keiko(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Island Studies, 2008)
From the “Live Aloha” bumper stickers seen throughout Hawai‘i to the state
constitution advising lawmakers to “give consideration to the Aloha Spirit,” the
panacea of aloha is trotted out to answer every source of conflict ...
Geismar, Haidy(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Island Studies, 2008)
This article discusses the auction market for certain kinds of taonga Mäori (Mäori
treasures or cultural property). The social, political, and economic tensions that
emerge from the national regulation of the auction ...