{"product_id":"ancestral-places-understanding-kanaka-geographies-9780870716737","title":"Ancestral Places: Understanding Kanaka Geographies","description":"\u003ci\u003eAncestral Places\u003c\/i\u003e explores the deep connections that ancestral Kanaka (Native Hawaiians) enjoyed with their environment. It honors the mo'olelo (historical accounts) of the ancestral places of our kupuna (ancestors), and reveals how these mo'olelo and our relationships with the 'aina (land) inform a Kanaka sense of place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Katrina-Ann R. Kapa'anaokalaokeola Nakoa Oliveira elucidates a Kanaka geography and provides contemporary scholars with insights regarding traditional culture--including the ways in which Kanaka utilize cartographic performances to map our ancestral places and retain our mo'olelo, such as reciting creation accounts, utilizing nuances embedded in language, and dancing hula. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Kanaka by birth, a kumu 'olelo Hawai'i (language teacher) by profession, and a geographer by training, Oliveira's interests intersect at the boundary where words and place-making meet her ancestral land. Thus, \u003ci\u003eAncestral Places\u003c\/i\u003e imbues the theoretical with sensual practice. The book's language moves fluidly between Hawaiian and English, terms are nimbly defined, and the work of the field is embodied: geographic layers are enacted within the text, new understandings created--not just among lexica, but amidst illustrations, charts, terms, and poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAncestral Places\u003c\/i\u003e, Oliveira reasserts both the validity of ancestral knowledge systems and their impact in modernity. Her discussion of Kanaka geographies encompasses the entire archipelago, offering a new framework in Kanaka epistemology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oregon State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870716737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Katrina-Ann R. Kapa'anaokalaok Oliveira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124408877237,"sku":"9780870716737","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5c5b2f8d-e518-4d48-88a8-360d9ff92b6b.jpg?v=1694551493","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ancestral-places-understanding-kanaka-geographies-9780870716737","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}