What is my Pacific Islander identity?
Five islanders answer the question of their identity in their own ways
[EP1] What is my Pacific Islander identity?
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David Garcia of the Philippines
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Temiti of Samoa/Tahiti
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Kalani of the Mariana Islands
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To’a of Fiji
- Carol Ann of Pohnpei
All are islanders who explore the question of their identity in different ways. Kalani also discusses a white paper on the militarization of the Pacific and RIMPAC.
Citations:
- DeLoughrey, Elizabeth. “Towards a Critical Ocean Studies for the Anthropocene.” Hydro-power: Charting the Global South. Regents of the University of Colorado. 57-1 (April 2019) DOI IO.1215/00138282-7309655 https://english.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/DeLoughrey-Towards-a-Critical-Ocean-Studies-for-the-Anthropocene-ELN-2019.pdf
Links to Resources:
- Kuper, Ken. “ Na'la'la' i hila'-ta, na'matatnga i taotao-ta : Chamorro Language as Liberation from Colonization.” Honolulu: University of Hawai’i at Manoa. (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10125/100554. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/100554/1/Kuper_Kenneth_r.pdf
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Carol Ann’s Blog post on Isohkelekel: https://keweriwer.wordpress.com/2020/05/21/isohkelekel-a-child-of-the-diaspora/
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Craig Santos Perez’s Website: http://craigsantosperez.com/ & his books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Craig-Santos-Perez/e/B003F538QU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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