Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 5, 1 May 2013 — Sense of place workshop [ARTICLE]

Sense of place workshop

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is presenting a free workshop focusing on a Hawaiian sense of plaee from 6 to 9 p.m. May 6 at the J. Walter Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St. in Wailuku, Maui. Katrina-Ann Kapaanaokalāokeola 01iveira will discuss how the 'āina and what we do to care for it defines who and what we are. A Maui native, 01iveira is an associate professor and director of Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai'i-Mānoa and a recipient of a 2012 Mellon-Hawai'i Postdoctoral Fellowship. She is writing a book on Hawaiian plaee naming practices on Maui. For more information on the workshop, eall īhelma Shimaoka at OHA's Maui office at (808) 8733364 or email thelmas@oha.org. This OHA Community Engagement series is part of the agency's I Mana Ka Lāhui effort to engage and empower the community.