ʻAha ‘Imi Na‘auao: Hawaiian Knowing and Wellbeing

Research to affirm the qualities of Hawaiian health and wellness

UH West Oʻahu Institute of Engaged Scholarship



Pu`upu`u lei pali i ka `ā’ī.

An imperfect lei, beautified by wearing.

Even an imperfect lei looks beautiful when worn around the neck – as beautiful as flowers and greenery on the slope of a hill. Diversity is essential to the acceptance of oneself and of others. It is the fiber of culture. (Mary Kawena Puku’i, 303: 2765)







Agenda

8:30 am E komo mai + ʻImi Naʻauao Video

9:00 am Pule wehe with Aunty Lynette Paglinawan - ʻike kupuna

9:10 am Hōʻoia ʻĀina + ʻAuamo Kuleana with Dr. Manu Aluli Meyer

9:15 am Māʻawe Pono with Dr. Kū Kahakalau

9:30 am Research Projects Presentations

12:00 pm ʻAi Pono – Lunchtime!

12:30 pm Research Projects Presentations

2:50 pm Mihi Aloha

2:55 pm Pule Pani

3:00 pm Aloha a hui hou!





Research Presentations

1. 9:30 am - 9:50 am Kahumana Farm Food Hub

2. 10:00 am -10:20 am Mapping Project



3. 10:30 am -10:50 am MAʻO Farms Survey



4. 11:00 am -11:20 am Policy from Pilina

5. 11:30 am -11:50 am Kupu



6. 12:30 pm - 12:50 pm Dietetic Work Force



7. 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm Hawaii Forest Policy



8. 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm MAʻO Farms Health Study



9. 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Kaʻala Farm





Research Projects and Collaborators





Kahumana Farm Hub: A Community Resource

Saleh Azizi – Former Manager at Kahumana Farm Hub, PhD candidate at UHM Urban and Regional Planning

Dr. Christy Mello – UHWO Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Mapping Project

Dr. Monique Mironesco – UHWO Professor, Political Science

Dr. Christy Mello – UHWO Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Michael Wahl – DLNR, GIS Specialist + UHWO Instructor

Ground-truthing maps re: Food Security along Waianae Coast

MAʻO Organic Farm

Kukui Maunakea-Forth with Kamuela Enos, MAʻO Farms

Dr. Thomas Scheiding – UHWO Assistant Professor in Economics

A survey to measure other aspects of production and impact of an ʻāina-based organization

Policy from Pilina

Dr. Lorinda Riley – UHWO Instructor, PUBA

Kawika Riley – PhD Candidate in Political Science

ʻĀina-based relations as a source of public policy expertise

Kupu

Dr. Camonia Graham-Tutt – UHWO Assistant Professor, Community Health

Gina Carroll – Former Kupu Director, UHWO Project Manager

Emma Broderick – Kupu Coordinator

Conservation practices and their impact on Hawaiian well-being

Building a Native Hawaiian Dietetic Workforce for the Health/Well-being of the Lāhui

Dr. Monica K. Esquivel - Assistant Professor & Dietetics Program Director

Dr. Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla - Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition

Jessie Kai - Graduate Assistant - Dept of Human Nutrition Food and Animal Sciences

Dr. M'Randa Sandlin - Assistant Researcher of Public Issues Education

Dept of Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences, College of Tropical Ag + Human Resources, UH Mānoa

Hawaii Forest Policy

Katie Kamelamela, PhD candidate in Ethnobotany

Understanding our relationship to the forest, land owners, harvesting food, and ourselves

MAʻO Farms Health Study: Reconnecting to ʻĀina: Enabling Sustainable Health

Dr. Alika Maunakea - Associate Professor, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, UH Mānoa

Dr. Ruben Juarez - Associate Professor of Economics, UH Mānoa

Kaʻala Farm - Lāhui Consciousness

Kalani Young – UHWO Instructor, PhD candidate in Anthropology

Dr. Masahide Kato – UHWO Assistant Professor, Political Science

Hui Kū Like Kākou activities @ Kaʻala + deeper understanding of Lāhui Consciousness

To read on the ʻAha ʻImi Naʻauao Philosophy and Principles, click here.