University of Hawaii - Pacific Island Program Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
MOORE HALL 215 PHONE: 948-6393 VOL.XII:4 OCT./NOV. 1981 1980 EAST-WEST ROAD 948-6394 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 948-8439 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96822
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' Exhibition: Artifacts of the Pomare Family 2 Women Studies in Fiji 2 Vitarelli and Wari to GSO 2 Contributions to New Pacific Magazine 2 PIP/PAAC Luncheon: The Long Transition 3 PAAC Report 3 · Public Health to Offer Pacific Islands Course 4 · Major World Figures to Address PTC '82 5 PTC '82 to Feature Pacific Islands Communication 6 Staff Leaves Staff 7 · New Publications from USP 7 ' New Publications from Other Pacific Sources 9 -2-
EXHIBITION: ARTIFACTS OF THE POMARE FA...'vliLY
This will be an exhibition of Tahitian artifacts belonging to the Pomare family, the royal family of Tahiti. These artHacts were used by, given to, or made for the Pomares, and have never before been displayed as a group. They come from collections in Hawaii, California, Tahiti, the Bishop Museum, the Peabody Museum of Salem Mass., and the Museum of Mankind, London, England. The objective of this exhibition is to use these artifacts as a means of tracing the history of the Pomares, and to illustrate the Europeaniza on of the people and the art of Tahiti.
Universi of HaV \.YOMEN 1 S STUDIES IN FIJI This past summer t1s. ~lAD EINE J. GOODMAN, director of the UH Women's Studies program, traveled to Fiji at invitation of the South Pacific ssion. She organized and taught the first Women's ies Course at the Community Education Training Centre for women community leaders in Suva. Topics included: a history of the women's move ment, a discussion of sex roles cross-culturally and women's health issues. Women from nearly all Pacific Islands attended the course as part of their year long leader ship training program. While in Suva, Ms. Goodman also spoke on new modalities in breast cancer screening at the first seminar on Women's Health Needs and Problems organized by the Action Centre for Women in Need, funded by the Australian Freedom from Hunger Campaign. VITARELLI & \>'lARI TO GSO Ms. MARGO VITARELLI and . RALPH WARI have agreed to represent the Pacific Islands Studies Pro0ram in the Graduate Student Organization. Ms. Vitarelli, a long time resident of Palau, and . Wari a citizen of Papua New Guinea, have considerable ex- perience in ific. and we are te to have them represent our program. BUT TO PACIFIC MAGAZINE GREG KNUDSEN, edi Paci c ne sent us following report: The Pacific Islands Studies Program is well represented in the Nov/Dec. issue of New Pacific Magazine. PIP faculty member Dr. GEORGE KENT, U.H. political science pro- fessor and research fellow with EWC's Enviroment and Poli Institute, has written a major feature titled "Development Problems of Pacific Islands.~~ Kent contends that the Pacific Island nations suffer from distorted economies based on partially 11 unearned" economic aide, and that islands would benefit from a new definition of development. Dr. NORMAN MELLER, UH professor emeritus in political science and former director of PIP, has also written a major feature in addition to his regular New Pacific column, "Pacific Lore." In the ture, Meller compares the four constitutions which govern the ing entities of U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia). PIP students are also represen . MA student AGGIE QUI , head librarian at Midkiff Learning Center-Kamehameha Schools, wrote a art le on the new project to preserve documents of the 34-year U.S. administration of Micronesia. Quigg was one of the major participants in organizing that project on Saipan. Another article in the magazine previevJs the hitian art show "Artifacts of the Pomare Family," assembled by PIP student KAREN STEV re family ruled Tahiti from 1773-1891, and Stevenson is a descentdent of ly. Her ex hi bit will be in the UH Commons Gallery from Nov. 22 - in Le Musee Tahiti et des Iles in Papeete from Jan. 15 Feb. 15, 1982. PIP/PAAC LUNCHEON: THE LONG TRANSITION 11 "THE LONG TRANSITION: ~4icronesia's Road to Se1f-Government is the subject of a pre sentation to be addressed by a panel of guest speakers at a Pacific Islands Luncheon Seminar on Thursday, 1981 Panelists include: Dr. NORMAN ME R, Professor Emeritus UH Political Science Department and former director of the Pacific Islands Studies Program, UH FLOYD K. TAKEUCHI, Editorial Writer The Honolulu Advertiser Mr. MARCELINO ACTOUKA, Ph.D. candidate in International Relations, UH East-West Center-Pacific Islands Development Program Pacific Basin Development Council The 11:45 a.m. luncheon is sponsored by PIP and the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC) and will be held at the Kahala Hilton. The cost is $10 for PAAC members and $12 for non-members. more information reservations please call PAAC at 941-6066 or 94 5 PAAC REPORT The -Pacific and Asian rs Council ( ) and PIP are now in their fifth year of a cooperative Pacific Islands outreach . Programs scheduled for this school year include the Pacific Islands luncheon seminar series open to the general public, teacher and student workshops and conferences, regular student discussion sessions with guest resource speakers, and the 7th Annual PIP conference in the Spring of 1982. The following report is submitted by KAREN KNUDSEN, Pacific Islands Outreach Coordinator for PIP and PAAC. -4- 1. "The Contemporary Pacific: A Cultural Introduction" is the title of a teachers• workshop to be held on Saturday, November 14, 1981, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. John Auditorium, UHM. The presentations include: UNIQUE CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS IN MICRONESIA, MELANESIA, AND POLYNESIA by Dr. LEONARD MASON, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology and PIP. CULTURAL INTERGRATION: THE SAMOAN IN HAWAII by Ms. FOISAGA SHON, Samoan Field Demonstrator, D.O.E. Bilingual Multi-Cultural Education Project. LANGUAGE AS A TOOL TO CULTURAL PRESERVATION by Mrs. SARAH QUICK, Hawaiian Studies teacher, Kamehameha Schools. THE INFLUENCE OF ART ON POLITICS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA by Ms. MARGO VITARELLI, PIP degree student and st-West Center Participant and Ms. LYNN MARTIN Free lance artist and PIP graduate. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE KAVA CEREilONY IN FIJI by Mr. PIO MANOA, East-West Center Research Intern from Fiji. For more infor~ation call PAAC at 941-6066 or 941-5355. 2. PAAC has begun informal student discussion sessions that will feature guest resource speakers. The first guest speaker was GIFF JOHNSON of the Micronesia Support Committee who met with students on Wednesday, October 28, 1 1. 3. On Tuesday, October 27, 1981, PAAC hosted a dinner for all high school teachers who were interested in becoming Advisors for PAAC's student program. Teachers and D.O.E. representatives attended the dinner and were able to learn more about PAAC and activities and program objectives. 4. PAAC staff have visited every high school in the State talking with principals and teachers about PAAC's high school program. Several schools have asked for Pacific Island resource speakers to visit their classrooms. MARGARET OBI from Papua New Guinea visited Wailua High School and TINA TAKASHY from Truk, Federated States of Micronesia visited Castle High School in Kaneohe. 5. Articles are being solicited for the Pacific Islands magazine ONE THIRD OF THE t·IORLD. The theme for the next issue is "The Pacific Islands: Societies in Transition.'' If you are interested in writing for the magazine please call Karen Knudsen at 941-5355 or 941-6066. Articles are due the beginning of December. PUBLIC HEALTH TO OFFER PACIFIC ISLANDS COURSE The School of Public Health informs our office that they will offer a course during the Spring 1982 semester of relevance to Pacific Islands Studies: PH 792(22) Issues and Topics i Public lth ( rs.) "Culture Change and Community Mental Heal in the Pacific Is.lands" This course will examine selected topics in culture change and community mental health in the Pacific Islands--primarily the Micronesian area and Samoa but with some attention also to Papua New Guinea and the Melanesia area including Fiji. and the central Polynesian area (excluding Hawaii and New Zealand). Topics for consideration include alcohol use, suicide, migration, changes in family -5- structure and age/sex roles, and changes from village-centered to family-centered authority patterns. We will also examine community mental health services and service delivery. The aim of this course is to explore the cultural context of these community mental health 11 problems 11 and services, vdth the objective developing more useful ways of understanding, evaluating, and responding to these kinds of problems. We will be considering questions such as: 1) What are the local cultural conceptions and explanatory ls of mental health and illness? 2) What are the indigenous perceptio s of new community mental health services? t sort of services are most culturally appropriate and tive for e areas? 3) How do these cultures respond itionally to social stress and mental illness? (e.g., trad tional healing and therapeutic practices, witchcraft and , cult phenomena, altered states, etc.) The course will be organized as a seminar. first several weeks will be lecture- discussion format to provide a theoretical overview. The remainder of the course will involve students leading discussion and giving presentations based on their own research and experience. Class enrollment will be limited to 1 15 qraduate students. The class will meet once a week for 2 hours. The course will be for 2 credits. Pre: consent of instructor. Coordinator for the course will be Dr. Y. Scott Matsumoto (Biomed D204A, ph. 948-8914). Instructors will be Dr. Don Rubinstein (E-W Center JAB 4048 or IH Box 156, ph. 944-7655) and Dr. Geoff White (E-W Center JAB 4099, ph. 944-7626). Interested students should contact any of the above. We would like to meet with all interested students to further plan the course, on November 17, 1981 (Tuesday), at 3:00p.m., Biomed Bldg. D-211. MAJOR WORLD FIGURES TO ADDRESS PTC '82 The Pacific Telecommunications Council's annual conference, January 17-20, 1982, at the Ilikai Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii will feature key speakers from around the Pacific hemisphere. Opening session speakers will be the Right Honorable Sir s Davis, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands and the recently appoin U.S. sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communication and Information, Bernard J. , Jr. Wunder also serves as head of the National Telecommunication and Information Administration, (NTIA). Wallace C. Doud, IBM Vice President for Co~nerical and Industry lations and Jorge Kanahuati, Vice President for Expansion, Televisa Enterprises, Mexico will share the PTC '82 banquet speaker role. Kanhuati is the Pacific Telecommunica ons Council's President. Opening Monday morning 1 s session on basic telecommunications will be Sr. Roberto Severini, Chairman of the Permanent Directive Committee of Inter-American Telecom munications Conference (CITEL). Sr. Severini also serves as Chairman of the joint CCITT/CCIR Plan Committee for Latin America. Douglas F. Parkhill, ICCC President and Assistant Deputy Minister (Research) for the Canadian Department of Communications will open the discussion on developed telecommunication services January 19. Parkhill directed the development of 1 Canada S Telidon system. The closing day of PTC 1 82 will be opened by Mr. Minoru Niki, Japan's Deputy Director General of the Telecommunications Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Future directions for telecommunications services will be discussed. Following the opening speakers the morning plenary sessions will feature detailed case studies of telecommunications advances in Chile, Australia, and Alaska. Some 70 authors and panelists will present and discuss Pacific hemisphere tele communications technology, business, and policy developments and issues during the course of the conference. The conference will also feature 20 exhibits from five countries. Exhibits will feature products services related to videotex, tele- conferencing, satelli communications, broadcasting, telephony, data communications and the home and business consumer. Included will be: Northern Telecom, In lma que, Nippon Electric Company, IBM's General Systems Division and World Trade Americas/Far st Corporation, Tele visa Enterprises of Mexico, lorado Video, Vidicom, Wang Laboratories, GTE Satel lite Corporation, Austin Tel-Mar, North Supply Company, Alascom, Plantronics/Wilcom, Rotelcom, and Teleglobe Canada. iian Telephone Company/GTE Telenet Corporation 11 provi an electronic mail service for PTC '82 conferees. Both Alascom and Vidicom will provide teleconference demonstrations. Alascom will link into Alaska's extensive network for convers on with the users of that state's tem. Four major trade magazines will exhibit and give coverage to the conference--Communi cation News, Satellite Communications, Telephone Engineer and Management and Telephony. The conference fee is $300 ($200 for PTC members). For further information contact PTC at 1110 University Avenue, Suite 303, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96826, USA. Telephone (808) 941-3789. FTC '82 1D FEATURE PACIFIC ISLANDS C01'41UNICATIONS Mr. RICHARD J. BARBER, Conference Director, has submitted the following report to further delineate relevancy to the Pacific Islands: Led by the Cook Island's ime Minister Right Honorable Sir Thomas Davis, KBE, Speakers and special sesssions in the rth annual ific Telecommunications Conference will provide a variety of views and i on on the c Islands telecommunications situation. Pacific Island 1 s needs and developments will discussed in sessions dealing with basic telecommunications services (includi telephone, telegraph and broadcast); enhanced or developed services (cable tv, data communications, satellite communi cations); and new or future telecommunications services (teletex, direct broadcast satellite, etc.) -7- INTELSAT will present papers directly related to potential new services for the Pacific Islands. The recently completed Pacific Islands telecommuni ions needs assessment will be reported on and discussed. This project was supported by the US National Telecom- munications and Information Agency along th tional Aeronautical and Space Agency. A number of Pacific Islanders have been invi '82 which will be held January 17- 20, 1982 in Honolulu, Hawaii. icipants are expected from SPEC, the USP, Radio New Zealand. FINTEL, Micronesia, Nauru other areas and organizations in the Pacific. Australia's Overseas Telecommunications Authority will sent a major "case study" of its domestic satellite communication plans. Papers 11 also address that country's plan for direct satellite broadcast service. Plans for the ANZCAN cable to link Vancouver, Honolulu, Suva, Australia, and New Zealand will be discussed by officials from Teleglobe Canada. Slowscan video teleconferencing, applicable voice grade circuits, will be demon- strated in the exhibit area. Products on display will include items designed to im prove the local telephone system. Three cocktail receptions will enhance the informal atmosphere of this fourth annual conference. Once again the conference will bring together the leaders of Pacific telecommunications policy making and planning. PTC '82 will have a li ted fund to help defray travel cost of selected participants. STAFF LEAVES STAFF After a short sojourn at the East-West Center's Pacific Islands Development Program, Program Coordinator ROBERT J. STAFF regisned in mid-October to accept a new position as Program Evaluation Analyst with the State of Hawaii, Depa t of Budget and Finance. NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC The office has been informed of the following new publications from the University of the South Pacific. Please note that prices quoted are in Fijian dollars. Inquiries may be made to: The Institute of Pacific Studies University of the South Pacific P. 0. Box 1168 Suva, Fiji 1. Alai Pilioko: Artist of the Pacific Pilioko was the first Artist in Residence at USP and was awarded one of USP 1 s Tenth Anniversary Gold Medals. F.$3.00 -8- 2. ~yths and Songs from the South Pacific This classic study was first published in 1867 and has been out of print for many years (328 pages) F $7.50 3. Institute of Pacific Studies Annual Report This simply outlines the Institu 's work to date 4. ~eyond Pandemonium is book, by Prime Minister Walter Lini of Vanuatu and others, was published joint ly by the Asia Pacific Research Unit and the Institute of Pacific Studies. Copies can be obtained from either publisher. F $5.00 hard cover F $3.50 soft cover 5. The Alternative This is a novel by Hon. John Saunana, former Minister for Education of Solomon Islands. IPS. The South Pacific Creative Arts Society, and the USP Solomon Islands Extension Centre cooperated in its production. It was published in Honiara. F $2.00 6. Tongan Dictiona~ The Tongan dictionary has long been out of print. The Government of Tonga sought assistance in having it reprinted. This was orqanized by the USP Tonga Extension Centre with financial help f~om the Australian Cultural Fund and the Institute of Pacific Studies. The printing was done by the Government Printer in Tonga. With the growing interest in Pacific languages, it is encouraging to see the slowly increasing availability of dictionaries and other vernacular materials. F $8.00 7. The Gilbertese Maneaba Fiji's Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, has often pointed out the significance of traditional architecture both technologically and culturally. So far little has been done in this field, partly because few people seem to be aware of the com plexity of skins involved, or of their current relevance, let alone their ancient significance. This superb study by H.E. Maude of the Gilbertese maneaba will become, we hope, a forerunner of many more studies of traditional Pacific techno logies. The generous help of the Hanns Seidel Foundation made this publication possible. F $4.00 8. Zoloveke: A Man of Choiseul This is the autobiography of Dr. Gideon Zoloveke, a distinguished Solomon Islander who served both in the medical and political fields. F $2.00 9. Tuvalu Scientific Report The classic 1897 Australian Scientific Expendition's Report on the reefs, plant and animal life and ethnology of Funafuti, has been obtained with the cooperation of the Australian Museum. F $5.00 10. "Pacific Tourism: As Islanders see it" This book is a collection of experiences and viewpoints from Pacific Islanders looking at a relatively new phenomenon which gripped the Pacific in the mid-1960's from a variety of angles which includes particular concerns with the impact of tourism on island cultures, the adaptation of indigenous art forms, the distribution of jobs and profits and the effects on the natural enviroment. F $3.00 -9- The ication of the following books has been delayed, but USP informs us that they will be out soon. Please direct inquiries to USP at the above noted address. 1. Published by South Pacific Soc al Sciences Association and the Institute of Pacific Studies. This social and geographical case study of a we11-known island ·in Fiji was I'Jri tten by staff s ts of USP. 2. Road Out This book on rural development in Solomon Islands is now in press with the Fiji Times. 3. Indian Communities in the Pacific sections This book, mainly by members of those communities, includes"on Indians in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. It is expected off the press shortly. This work was facilitated by the financial help of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. 4. and Government This study of public lands policy in the Pacific region has been delayed for com pletion of maps. PUBLICATIONS FROM OTHER PACIFIC SOURCES The following information concerning other recent publications of interest is also provided by USP. However please note that inquiries should be directed to other or ganizations. 1. Faikava A Tongan Literary Journal, is ited by Professor Futa Helu, Dr. Epeli Hau'ofa, Dr. Thomas Schneider and Mrs. Konai Thaman and printed and published in Tonga. Subscriptions or Copies can be obtained by writing to the Editors, FAIKAVA, c/- USP Centre, Box 278, Nuku'alofa, Tonga. 2. Purua This small collection of Cook Islands poetry was edited by Makiuti Tongia, and published in Rarotonga, Cook Islands by the Cook Islands Teachers College with assistance from USP Cook Islands Extension Centre. Copies can be obtained from there for NZ $1.00. 3. Sinnet This is the first issue of a Fiji literary quarterly, with an editorial board which includes Fiji government and USP personnel. Copies can be obtained from the Fiji Centre, USP Extension, P.O. Box 1168, Suva. 4. Nei ikuiku ma ana karaki This is a publication, in the Kiribati language, by the Tungavalu Society in Tarawa, with assistance from the USP Centre there. 5. f~aro: Rural Indians of £i.ji This study by Rajesh Chandra was published by the South Pacific Social Sciences (SPSSA) in Association with the Institute of Pacific Studies. Copies are available from SPSSA, Box 5083, Suva, Fiji at F $3.00. -10- 6. Mana Mana is the journal of the South Pacific Creative Arts Society (SPCAS). This is an independent society devoted to facilitation of poetry, drama, novels and other written material, music, painting and all other expressive arts of Pacific people. It is common throughout the world for universities to 11 provide a home" for such autonomous, voluntary non-profit bodies, and with the Vice Chancellor's approval SPCAS occupies an office within the Institute of Pacific Studies. SPCAS is financed by membership subscriptions, sales of its publications, and from assistance from those who support its work, including the Australian Fund for the Preservation and Development of Pacific Cultures. Copies of Mana can be purchased from SPCAS, Box 5083, Suva, Fiji at F $2.00 per copy.