Sessions
Research in West New Britain
Articulating the Genealogies of Indigenous Anthropology
On the Problem of "Empathy"
Constructing Human Difference in Oceania
Diaspora, Identity and Incorporation
En/gendering Violence
Imagination and Innovation
Indigenous Struggles and Issues
Mortuary Rites
Schooling the Nation(s)
Agency of the Past in Melanesia
Kava in Australasia
Christian Politics
Community Development as Fantasy
Dumont in the Pacific
History and Movement in the Southern Lowlands of New Guinea
Identity Issues and Ethno-racial Categorization
Obesity and Oceania
Pacific Pasts: Agency, Archive, and Artifact
Remembering Donald Tuzin
 
Proposed New Sessions
Translations and Transformations of Sensual Experiences in Oceania
Research on Austronesian Taiwan: Retrospect and Prospect



Symposium: Articulating the Genealogies of Indigenous Anthropology in/of Oceania
Organizers: Ty P. Kawika Tengan, Tevita O. Ka'ili and Rochelle Tuitagava'a Fonoti

This year's symposium was a success and featured presentations from the organizers, Fa'anofo L. Uperesa, Dionne Fonoti, Fepulea'i Micah Van der Ryn, Ping-Ann Addo, Katerina Martina Teaiwa, and 'Okusitino Mahina; also participating from the audience was Unasa Va'a. In addition to our presentations, we also conducted an 'awa/'ava/kava circle, which was made possible by Siosiua F. P. Lafitani Tofua'ipangai and the Phoenix Performing Arts who performed songs in our session and staged a performance the following night. We were also generously hosted by Katerina Teaiwa at Pacific Studies. The organizers wish to thank all of the many individuals, families, and organizations who have participated in our various sessions since 2005. We intend to move forward to publication.


Ty Kawika Tengan, Anthropology Department, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, 2424 Maile Way, Saunders 346, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA; tel (808) 956-7831; fax (808) 956-4893; <ttengan@hawaii.edu>

Tevita O. Ka'ili, International Cultural Studies and World Languages Department, Brigham Young University-Hawai`i, 55-550 Kulanui Street, Laie, HI 96762, USA; tel (808) 293-3692; fax (808) 293-3448; <kailit@byuh.edu>

Rochelle Fonoti, Anthropology Department, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; tel. (206) 517-3086; fax (206) 543-3285; <rfonoti@u.washington.edu>