Proposal focused on Indigenous Performance selected to receive funding
We are pleased to announce that the proposal, “Ahahui Noi‘i No‘eau ‘Ōiwi- Research Institute of Indigenous Performance,” has been selected for funding through the Strategic Investment Initiative and have been awarded $362,808.00.
The Provost’s Strategic Investment Initiative is a campus-wide competition designed to increase cross-unit and cross-disciplinary collaboration in strategic areas that, with start-up funding, have a strong possibility for success in building on University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s strengths while also addressing challenges.
This proposal was crafted and submitted by UHM Dept. of Theatre + Dance Kumu Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker (Associate Professor of Hawaiian Theatre & Playwriting, Theatre & Dance, CALL) with assistance from Lorenzo Perillo (Associate Professor of Dance, Theatre & Dance, CALL) and Maile Speetjens (Assistant Professor of Costume Design and Technology, Theatre & Dance, CALL).
Kumu Baker would also like to recognize the support of the following institute team members:
- C.M. Kaliko Baker, Assistant Professor, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language
- Lisette Flanary, Associate Professor, Academy of Creative Media, CALL
- Craig Howes, Professor, English, CALL, Director, Center for Biographical Research
- Kristiana Kahakauwila, Assistant Professor, English, CALL
- Willy Kauai, Director, Native Hawaiian Student Services, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
- Eōmailani Kūkahiko, Specialist, Curriculum Studies, College of Education
- Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, Assistant Professor, KamakakūokalaniCenter for Hawaiian Studies, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
- R. Keawe Lopes, Jr. Associate Professor and Director, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
- Brandy Nālani McDougall, Associate Professor, American Studies, CALL, Interim Director, Mānoa Center for Humanities and Civic Engagement
- No‘u Revilla, Assistant Professor, English, CALL
- Lani Teves, Associate Professor and Chair, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Social Sciences
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