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Spring 23(1) Articles Navigating the Revival of Voyaging in the Marshall Islands: Predicaments of Preservation and Possibilities of Collaboration Pacific Women Building Peace: A Regional Perspective “Our Ancestors that We Carry on Our Backs”: Restaging Hawai‘i’s History in the Plays of Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl Dialogue Becoming a “New” Museum? Contesting Oceanic Visions at Musée du Quai Branly On Location at a Nonentity: Reading Hollywood’s “Micronesia” Political Reviews Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 Book and Media Reviews Oceanic Encounters: Exchange, Desire, Violence, edited by Margaret Jolly, Serge Tcherkézoff, and Darrell Tryon Moving Images: John Layard, Fieldwork and Photography on Malakula since 1914, by Haidy Geismar and Anita Herle Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island, by Peter Rudiak-Gould The Global Health Care Chain: From the Pacific to the World, by John Connell Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics, by Niko Besnier Homealani [documentary film] Twelve Days at Nuku Hiva: Russian Encounters and Mutiny in the South Pacific, by Elena Govor Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate of the Rainforest, by John Barker The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands [documentary film] Featured Artist: Niki Hastings-Mcfall
Niki Hastings-McFall was born in Titirangi, West Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Much of her work is inspired by her Samoan heritage, discovered when she first met her father in 1992. She trained as a jeweler and has a degree in visual arts from the University of Auckland at Manukau School of Visual Arts. Both her jewelry and her larger assemblage works directly reference her urban environment while they maintain strong connections to Polynesian culture. |
Fall 23(2) Articles Fleeting Substantiality: The Samoan Giant in US Popular Discourse Churches and the Economy of Sāmoa Dialogue Māori Studies, Past and Present: A Review The Islands Have Memory: Reflections on Two Collaborative Projects in Contemporary Oceania Where Has All The Music Gone? Reflections on the Fortieth Anniversary of Fiji’s Independence Political Reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2010 Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2010 Book and Media Reviews Legendary Hawai‘i and the Politics of Place: Tradition, Translation, and Tourism, by Cristina Bacchilega A Bird that Flies with Two Wings: Kastom and State Justice Systems in Vanuatu, by Miranda Forsyth Sin, Sex and Stigma: A Pacific Response to hiv and aids, by Lawrence James Hammar Militarized Currents: Toward a Decolonized Future in Asia and the Pacific, edited by Setsu Shigematsu and Keith L Camacho Looking North, Looking South: China, Taiwan and the South Pacific, edited by Anne-Marie Brady Ña Noniep and Yokwe Bartowe [feature films] Towards a Theology of the Chamoru: Struggle and Liberation in Oceania, by Jonathan Blas Diaz Featured Artist: Solomon Enos
Solomon Robert Nui Enos is a native Hawaiian artist who was born and raised on the west side of O‘ahu, in Mākaha Valley. His family is active in the community: his father, Eric, is founder of the Ka‘ala Cultural Learning Center; his mother, Shelly, works at the Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center; his brother Kamuela works at MA‘O Organic Farms and was recently named as a commissioner for President Obama’s Advisory Committee for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; his brother Kanoe is a social worker; and his brother Kanohi is an artisan and woodworker who makes indigenous tools and implements. Solomon is proud of his family and credits them for much of his original inspiration and for their support for his becoming an artist. Solomon received his first commission as a sixth grader, illustrating curriculum materials for younger elementary students at Mākaha Elementary, and he has been on a roll ever since. Among other books, he illustrated Akua Hawai‘i: Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories (Bishop Museum Press, 2005) and the centennial edition of The Epic Tales of Hi‘iakaikapoliopele (Awaiaulu Press, 2006). Solomon has worked for and with many organizations on O‘ahu’s Leeward side, including Mākaha Elementary School, Nānākuli Intermediate School, MA‘O Organic Farms, Ka‘ala Cultural Learning Center, Hoa‘āina O Makaha, and Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. Each of these organizations has given Solomon an opportunity to see in concrete ways the way art, the land, and the people can all take care of and inspire each other. He has also done artwork for the Sheraton Waikiki, Royal Hawaiian Hotel Royal Beach Tower, Aulani–Disney Hawai‘i Hotel, and other commercial spaces. For more information, see http://www.solomonenos.com/ |
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