2005 17(1) & 17(2)
 |  |
| Spring 17(1) Articles Precarious Positions: Native Hawaiians and US Federal Recognition J Kēhaulani Kauanui He Lei Ho‘oheno no nā Kau a Kau: Language, Performance, and Form in Hawaiian Poetry Ku‘ualoha Ho‘omanawanui Tauhi vā: Nurturing Tongan Sociospatial Ties in Maui and Beyond Tēvita O Ka‘ili Dialogue Governance, Corruption, and Ethics in the South Pacific Elise Huffer A Conversation with Mililani Trask Noe Noe Wong-Wilson Political Reviews Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 Kelly G Marsh-Kautz, Samuel F McPhetres, Donald R Shuster Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 Frédéric Angleviel, David Chappell, Tracie Ku‘uipo Cummings, Jon Tikivanotau M Jonassen, Margaret Mutu Book and Media Reviews The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas, by Anne Salmond Cook: The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook, by Nicholas Thomas Reviewed by Tom Ryan Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors: Reviving Polynesian Voyaging, by Ben Finney Reviewed by Richard Feinberg No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i during World II, by Franklin Odo Reviewed by Jonathan Y Okamura Kahana: How the Land Was Lost, by Robert H Stauffer Reviewed by David Keanu Sai Secrecy and Cultural Reality: Utopian Ideologies of the New Guinea Men’s House, by Gilbert Herdt Reviewed by Andrew Lattas Raiding the Land of the Foreigners: The Limits of the Nation on an Indonesian Frontier, by Danilyn Rutherford Reviewed by Chris Ballard Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific, by David Capie Reviewed by Edwina Thompson Akono‘anga Maori: Cook Islands Culture, edited by Ron Crocombe and Marjorie Tua‘inekore Crocombe Reviewed by Jukka Siikala Pacific Island Tourism, edited by David Harrison Reviewed by Wardlow Friesen Marshall Islands Legends and Stories, collected and edited by Daniel A Kelin II Reviewed by Laurence Marshall Carucci Samoan Art & Artists: O Measina a Samoa, by Sean Mallon Reviewed by Carol E Mayer Conversations: Occasional Writing from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies 2:1, June 2001, edited by Brij Lal Reviewed by Paul Lyons Kwamra: A Season of Harvest, by Russell Soaba Captain Cook in the Underworld, by Robert Sullivan Reviewed by Briar Wood Gender, Song, and Sensibility: Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea, by Pamela J Stewart and Andrew Strathern Reviewed by Don Brenneis Panpipes Across the Ocean: A Production of Popular Tunes from the South Pacific Islands [compact disc] Reviewed by Don Niles Kuo Hina ‘E Hiapo: The Mulberry is White and Ready to Harvest Reviewed by Ping-Ann Addo The Songmaker’s Chair, by Albert Wendt [play] Reviewed by Melani Anae Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific [art exhibit] Reviewed by Fred Myers Featured Artist: Meleanna Meyer Meleanna Aluli Meyer was born and raised at Mōkapu, Kailua, on the windward side of the island of O‘ahu. A Native Hawaiian, Meyer is a freelance visual artist and arts educator who works in an outreach capacity in various community settings throughout the islands. As a filmmaker, she has three documentaries to her credit. In 1978 she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in design and photography from Stanford University, winning the prestigious Borelli Arts prize while there. Meyer was mentored by renowned painter/printmaker Nathan Oliveira and also studied in Italy. She received her master’s in educational foundations from the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa. Being a fellow of the East-West Center, Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute, and Salzburg Institute afforded Meyer opportunities to interface in national and international arenas regarding Hawaiian issues. The recipient of numerous awards, she has exhibited her work and films throughout Hawai‘i; on the continent in New York, Tennessee, California, Illinois, and Washington DC; and abroad in Japan, Germany, France, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Australia. | Fall 17(2) Articles Australian Foreign Policy and the RAMSI Intervention in Solomon Islands Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka Beyond Governance in Sāmoa: Understanding Samoan Political Thought Elise Huffer and Asofou So‘o Dialogue 1 Reflections on Nuclear Testing in the South Pacific, edited by David Chappell In Quest of Dialogue on a “Hot” Subject David Chappell The Nuclear Issue in the South Pacific: Labor Parties, Trade Union Movements, and Pacific Island Churches in International Relations Jean-Marc Regnault A Comment on “The Nuclear Issue in the South Pacific” Stewart Firth The Nuclear Age in the Pacific Islands Nic Maclellan Response to Regnault Bruno Barrillot and John Taroanui Doom French Nuclear Testing in the South Pacific, or When France Makes Light of Its Duty to Remember Gabriel Tetiarahi Reply Jean-Marc Regnault Dialogue 2 Of Blood and Of the Heart: An Interview with Georgia Ka‘apuni McMillen Cara Cilano “Hawaiian at Heart” and Other Fictions Lisa Kahaleole Hall Political Peviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2004 Karin von Strokirch Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2004 David Chappell, Anita Jowitt, Jaap Timmer Book and Media Reviews Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society, by Joel Robbins Reviewed by Mary N MacDonald Maori Times, Maori Places: Prophetic Histories, by Karen Sinclair Reviewed by Toon van Meijl Cargo, Cult, and Culture Critique, edited by Holger Jebens Reviewed by Michael French Smith Landscape, Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives, edited by Pamela J Stewart and Andrew Strathern Reviewed by Jamon Halvaksz Bittersweet: The Indo-Fijian Experience, edited by Brij V Lal Reviewed by Max Quanchi Pacific Places, Pacific Histories: Essays in Honor of Robert C Kiste, edited by Brij V Lal Reviewed by Anne Hattori New Guinea: Crossing Boundaries and History, by Clive Moore Reviewed by Larry M Lake Worlds Apart: A History of the Pacific Islands, by I C Campbell Reviewed by John Cole The Archaeology of Micronesia, by Paul Rainbird Reviewed by Ross Cordy Wartime Japanese Anthropology in Asia and the Pacific, edited by Akitoshi Shimizu and Jan van Bremen Reviewed by Dirk Anthony Ballendorf Namoluk Beyond the Reef: The Transformation of a Micronesian Community, by Mac Marshall Reviewed by Unasa L F Va‘a Under Heaven’s Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk, by Ward H Goodenough Reviewed by Ted Lowe Conceiving Cultures: Reproducing People and Places on Nuakata, Papua New Guinea, by Shelley Mallett Reviewed by Leslie Butt Exchanging the Past: A Rainforest World of Before and After, by Bruce M Knauft Reviewed by Thomas Ernst Identity and Development: Tongan Culture, Agriculture, and the Perenniality of the Gift, by Paul van der Grijp Reviewed by Mike Evans Anuta: Polynesian Lifeways for the 21st Century, by Richard Feinberg Reviewed by Torben Monberg Re-Thinking Vanuatu Education Together, edited by Kabini Sanga, John Niroa, Kalmele Matai, and Linda Crowl Reviewed by Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo Pacific Art: Persistence, Change and Meaning, edited by Anita Herle, Nick Stanley, Karen Stevenson, and Robert L Welsch Reviewed by Jacob Love The Time at Darwin’s Reef: Poetic Explorations in Anthropology and History, by Ivan Brady Reviewed by Klaus Neumann Kau Lā‘au and Ma‘ama‘a: Traditional Hawaiian Ulua Fishing (DVD) Reviewed by Mark A Calamia Oltobed a Malt (Nurture, regenerate, celebrate). The Ninth Festival of Pacific Arts in Koror, Palau, 22–31 July 2004 Reviewed by Jane Freeman Moulin Featured Artist: Ric R Castro Ric R Castro is a native Chamorro, raised on the family beach in the north of the island of Guam. Currently assistant professor of art at the University of Guam, he is primarily known for his paintings but also does printmaking and stone carving. Castro studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh (associate degree in specialized technology) where he won Best in Show his final year; the University of Pennsylvania (bachelor of fine arts); and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia (four-year certificate and master of fine arts), where he received a Ware Travel Award to experience art in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The recipient of other numerous awards, he has exhibited his paintings and prints in the continental United States as well as in Japan, Tahiti, and the Philippines. |