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OOccupying Va c c u p y i n g V a OOccupyingOOccupyingccccuuppyyiinngg VVaVVaaa 885 5 OCCUPYING VA the betweenness Hawai‘i Review #85 “Va is the space between, the betweenness, not empty space, not space that separates but space that relates, that holds separate entities and things together in the Unity-that-is-All, the space that is context, giving meaning to things. The meanings change as the relationships and the contexts change. A well-known Samoan expression is ‘Ia teu le va’—cherish, nurse, care for the va, the relationships.” -Albert Wendt, “Tatauing the Post-Colonial Body” Here in the occupied islands of Hawai‘i, whose sovereign space was illegally overthrown in 1893, and around the globe, people are advocating and active in movements to reclaim and change relational spaces. What we say about space today might be a litmus test for the unrest around us, as well as for our own efforts of nursing and care. Hannah Arendt insisted that the world is not a thing but a moving field of relations, a space we all continually make. What might it mean to occupy relational space? Can va be occupied? We occupy, but we also hold, and share. What would be the story of such a space? This is the first of a two-part series. Fall 2016 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jeffery Ryan Long MANAGING EDITOR Henry Wei Leung POETRY EDITOR LynleyShimat Renée Lys FICTION EDITOR Brooke Jones DESIGN EDITOR Jam Hough DESIGN ASSISTANT Ana Bitter ADMINISTRATIVE & TECHNICAL SUPPORT Ana Bitter & Nathan Kawanishi University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Student Media Board Mahalo nui loa to Jay Hartwell for his guidance! Hawaiʻi Review is a publication of the Student Media Board of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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