I Kahiki ke Ola: In Kahiki there is Life, Ancestral Memories and Migrations in the New Pacific

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I Kahiki ke Ola: In Kahiki there is Life, Ancestral Memories and Migrations in the New Pacific

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Victoria University of Wellington

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While exploring different topics and issues—examining everything from the importance of our Pacific genealogies, to the analysis of Hawaiian language literature, to the power of prophecies and predictions for the future, to the need to be reflexive in the creation of culture, and finally to the act of building a nation—each chapter of this thesis is connected by one shifting concept: Kahiki. Furthermore, they are joined by the idea that there is life to be found there. As an ʻōlelo noʻeau, or...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2015

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Emalani Case

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/I_Kahiki_ke_Ola_In_Kahiki_there_is_Life_Ancestral_Memories_a...

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History of the pacific / Pacific Peoples culture, language and history not elsewhere classified / Postcolonial studies / Cultural studies not elsewhere classified / Kahiki / Hawaiʻi / Oceania / Pacific / Ancestral Homeland / Hawaiian Language / Sovereignty / Decolonization / Canoes / School: School of Social and Cultural Studies / Unit: Va’aomanū Pasifika / Pacific Cultural Studies / Postcolonial Studies / Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified / Pacific History (excl. New Zealand and Māori) / Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture / Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified / Degree Discipline: Pacific Studies / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy / Pacific History (excl. New Zealand and Maori)

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