GROUP MEETING AND GROUP PROJECT INFO

Hello Group 2,

So after the lecture this evening (June 11th) we decided on the following in an after-class meeting.

Since the abstract and outline are due (1300 words total) on Sunday the following will need to take place:

We will have a group meeting Saturday at 1pm. It will be held in the Group 2 Chat Room on the blackboard website. If you have trouble getting to the right place or can't make it, shoot us an email or post the info in the Blackboard blog.

Then, at 3pm on Sunday we will all post our parts so we can have time to proofread etc...

The breakdown is as follows (refer to page 5 of the syllabus for a complete explanation).

Part A - Robert

Part B - Broc

Part C - Jessica and Natalie

Part D - Heather

Explanations of each part are on page five of the syllabus. See the section titled: JUNE 14 - COMPOSING THE GROUP PAPER ABSTRACT & OUTLINE: DIVIDING UP THE DUTIES.

From this point on we will be using the BLACKBOARD blog. The GOOGLE blog will be canceled since we no longer need it.

If you have any questions, shoot out a group email or feel free to give me a call.

Blog Permissions

I have updated the blog with each of your email addresses. You should receive an email with the invitation instructions - upon completion you will be able to post in the blog.

See you all in class!

Other Group Members?

I still have not received emails from everyone.

If you have not sent me an email with your name and email address, you will not be able to post on this blog. I have to actually enter your email address into the permissions table.

Please send your name and email address to muruari@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Robert
muruari@gmail.com

CKS

Cultural Keystone Species

1. Taro Root: Colocasia esculenta, Hawaiians (all Islands). Known as lo’I or kalo, and used to make poi, taro root is a vegetable sacred to the nourishment of all those at the table. It is believed that when poi, a taro root recipe, is placed on the table, there is only peace and no conflicts between family. Taro is seen as the Hawaiian spirit of Haola, the ancestor of the Hawaiian people.

2. Wild Boar: Sus scrofa Linnaeus. Hawaiians (all islands). Pua’a. Sometimes believed to be the Polynesian Pig or European Pig, this variety of wild boar is used in cooking and in the lu’au. The pork is the main dish and there is a specific ritual as to how to cook the pork and what to do with the carcass. Also, sometimes the teeth are worn as jewelry after hunting and cooking the animal.

There's also some plant life used as medicine and in lei's that might be worth mentioning in everyone else's blog entries.

More cites

1. http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu15oe/uu15oe0a.htm
2. http://www.kumupono.com/land.htm
3. http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/ku/index.htm
4. http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hft/index.htm

More Resources

1. http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/understanding-volcanoes-pele-goddess-of-fire.html

2. http://www.piccom.org/home/holomaipele/culture.html

3. Hawaiian oral tradition describes 400 years of volcanic activity at Kīlauea. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.Volume 176, Issue 3, 1 October 2008, Pages 427-431. Volcanoes and Human History.

I have the third on my computer saved as a PDF. =]

I've only just started research, but check these out.

Sources for the Project

Scholarly article discussing the Hawaiian culture and history as it pertains to the ocean.

The article is downloadable from the king library database or from the link below (simply fill out the short form to download it)

Title: View from the Mountain: Moloka'i Nui a Hina
By: K. L. Nalani Wilson
Format: Article Peer Reviewed
Published in: Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue Dec2005 Issue 5, p31-46 16p 11765119
Database: Academic Search Premier

Link:
http://www.junctures.org/requestpopup.php?colour=rgb%2879%2C166%2C0%29&articleauthor=K+L+N%C3%A1lani+Wilson&articletitle=View+from+the+Mountain%3A+Moloka%27i+Nui+a+Hina&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.junctures.org%2Farticles%2F05space031.pdf&issue=05%3A+Space"

Interesting Resources for our project

Video on Volcanoes and the Hawaiian People: (3min 18sec)
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/understanding-volcanoes-pele-goddess-of-fire.html

Here's a useful site that may help us narrow our topic down. It's the National Park Service website information on the Volcanoes of Hawaii and the history and culture of the people.

http://www.nps.gov/havo/historyculture/index.htm

There is also some information about the rise and origins of Hawaiians with regard to the ocean at this site:

http://www.coffeetimes.com/may98.htm

Group 2 Blog is created!

Hello Group 2! Welcome to our new group blog. We can use this blog to keep each other updated with details regarding our Nature & World Cultures Group Project.

As of right now, we have to decide on which aspect of the Hawaiian culture we want to focus on. This decision must be made by our 2nd class session which is tomorrow (Thursday, June 11, 2009).

As of our latest discussions we have considered the following two cultural aspects as potential topics:

1. Hawaiian culture as it relates to the ocean.
2. Hawaiian culture as it relates to volcanoes.

A major part of the project is explaining how the cultural aspect(s) that we have chosen has developed/changed over time. Therefore, it will be important to choose a topic that has, in fact, changed over time.

Feel free to post any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, etc... here in our blog so we can get started.