Mānoa Faculty Lecture Series
Spring 2013 Lectures
Hawaiʻi on Film: Storytelling on Screen Beyond Stereotypes
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February 21, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Manoa Campus, Hamilton Library Room 301
Lisette Flanary
Academy of Creative Media
While there have been many films shot in and about Hawaiʻi, few have been stories that are told from the point of view of the "inside out" rather than the outside looking in. In her lecture, Hawaiʻi on Film: Storytelling on Screen Beyond Stereotypes, Lisette Flanary speaks about the diversity and individuality of indigenous films made in Hawaiʻi that challenge stereotypical understandings of Native Hawaiians and are important tools for cultural expression. Through her documentary films about hula and Hawaiian culture, filmmaker Lisette Marie Flanary offers windows into our community, culture, beliefs, traditions and history with emphasis on issues of representation, protocols, and cultural integrity for a global audience.
Flanary's films American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawaiʻi, Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula, ONE VOICE, and her current film project entitled Tokyo Hula will be used to illustrate contemporary storytelling in Hawaiʻi.
Hawaiʻi's Legacy of Literacy
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April 16, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Manoa Campus, Hamilton Library Room 301
Puakea Nogelmeier
Kawaihuelani, Center for Hawaiian Language
In his lecture entitled, "Hawaiʻi's Legacy of Literacy," Puakea Nogelmeier examines the historical development of literacy in Hawaiʻi that generated a unique repository of knowledge which is an invaluable resource today. The lecture is an overview of archival language resources and the way they came to be.
Nogelmeier is a Professor of Hawaiian language at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa, where he has taught for 28 years. He has BAs in Hawaiian language and Anthropology, an MA in Pacific Islands Studies, and a PhD in Anthropology which were all completed at UH Mānoa. Beyond the university, Nogelmeier trained for decades in learning Hawaiian language, traditional dance, chant and literature.