Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 11, 1 November 1991 — Humanities committee awards grants [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Humanities committee awards grants

The Hawai'i Committee for fhe Humanities (HCH) recently awarded six grants totalIing $54,656 to non-profit organizations in support of humanities projects for the public. The grants include the following: Transoceanic Encounters A grant of $13,303 was awarded to the Centqr for Arts and Humanities and the History Department of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa to hold a series of public programs on the historical significance of transoceanic exploration and cross-cuItural encounters, including the impact of Columbus' voyages to the New World. Forums will take plaee in February and March, 1992 on O'ahu, Kaua'i, Maui and Hawai'i. For more information, contact the project director, Sara Sohmer, at the UHM history department, 956-6768.

Hawaiian Sovereignty: Standing Firmly in the Present, Eyes Fixed Upon the Past A grant of up to $10,300 was awarded to the Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and others to examine the meaning of Hawaiian sovereignty from traditional times, through to modern times. This project will present an alternative view of the worldwide cultural, political and eeonomie transformations brought about as a result of contact with the West, in particular, the point of view of indigenous peoples. Programs are scheduled for spring and early summer of 1992 on the islands of O'ahu, Kaua'i,

Maui, Moloka'i and Hawai'i. For more information, contact the Project Director Annettee Mente at the Center for Hawaiian Studies, 956-2650. Alternative Rationalities A grant of $9,573 was awarded to the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy and the Philosophy Department and Center for Arts and Humanities of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa to hold panel presentations on O'ahu, Kaua'i, Maui and Hawai'i to examine how Hawaiian, East Asian, South Asian, and Western cultura! factors shape models of thinking. The program is aimed at parents, teachers, students and those interested in multicultural approaches toward social work and health care. For details, eall 956-8410.

Martial Law in Hawai'i: 1941-1944 A grant of $16,480 was awarded to the Hawai'i State Judiciary Center and others to develop and display an interpretive exhibit on the social and legal history of martial law and hold a series of public programs, including a living history portrayaI of the Duncan vs. Kahanamoku trial. Programs are scheduled from Dec. 7 through April 1992. For more information, contact the project director, Thalia Lani Maa, executive director of the Judiciary History Center, at 5483163.

The Eloquence of the Elements: Perspectives on Nature in Hawai'i A planning grant of $2,500 was awarded to the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy to produce a script for a video program on thinking about nature from Chinese, Japanese and Polynesian philosophical traditions. The videotape will combine images from the natural world with examples of art, poetry, chants and philosophicaI texts from the Taoist, Zen and ancient Hawaiian traditions. Call 956-7288.