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Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 21, No 4 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Contributors: Vol 21 No. 4, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 21 (1998): Pacific Studies Full Issue 4

Election Monitoring In Oromia: What Are The Conditions For Democracy?, Frederick C. Gamst

New England Journal of Public Policy

Professor Gamst, a member of the Joint International Observer group (JIOG), reports the problems he monitored during the 1992 electoral campaign and voting activities in the strife-ridden region of Oromia in Ethiopia. His analyses illuminate the background institutional barriers and the politically competitive reasons for the failure of the elections. Gamst discusses the nature of the multitudinous Oromo people and the consequences of any election victory by them for the destiny of Ethiopia. He also describes the sometimes violent aftermaths of the failed election of 1992 and its follow-up election of 1994, in which the Oromo were again denied reasonable …

Jane C. Goodale's Review Of Eric Venbrux's A Death In The Tiwi Islands: Conflict, Ritual, And Social Life In An Australian Aboriginal Community, Jane C. Goodale

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Dressing, Undressing, And Early European Contact In Australia And Tahiti, Michael Sturma

Pacific Studies

Dress and presentation of the body serve as important points of reference in cross-cultural transactions but are potentially confusing. Focusing on early encounters between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of Australia and Tahiti, I argue that certain tactics were commonly adopted to facilitate communication across cultures and dress codes. I have categorized these patterns of discourse as exposure, make-overs, and appropriation. While these tactics could assist in developing cross-cultural relationships, they also created their own ambiguities.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Englert, Jennifer. Special Volunteers – Special Olympics
• Lanter, Charlie. Paul Patton Asks for Federal Aid – FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hail
• Brewer, Jerry. Josh Detre Doesn’t Fit Traditional Mold – Student Government Association
• Back, Shannon. Stephanie Cosby Wants More Scholarships – Student Government Association
• Alien Presentation Tonight – Hardin Planetarium
• Panhellenic Association Awarded
• Student Government Association Elections Today
• Harper, Molly. Program Focuses on Children – Children First, Programs of Distinction
• Harper, Molly. Anthropology Students Make Their Voices Heard
• Money for Big Sign Could Be Better Used – Electronic …

Chicana, Indian And Sudanese Perspectives Of Teaching In The Academy: Three Levels Of Experience In The Teaching-Learning And Social Environment, Emilia Gonzalez-Clements, Bidisha Nag, Mona Mohamed

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 3rd Annual National Conference (1998)

“Women of color from any culture or country face additional barriers in predominantly white institutions. This panel presents perspectives and experiences of three women from three cultures and three different levels of academia—a Chicana Latino visiting professor, a graduate teaching assistant from India, and a Sudanese graduate research assistant.”

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Lanter, Charlie. Western Picks Distinctive Programs – Programs of Distinction
• Laner, Charlie. Folk Studies Almost Axed – Curriculum
• Lanter, Charlie. Former Vice President Gets Job Offer – James Ramsey
• Mains, Brian. Model Trains, Memories Roll – Kentucky Museum, Exhibits
• Book Signing Monday – Eugenia Potter
• Steve Henry Visiting Western
• Radio Raises $55,000 – WKYU-FM
• Whitt, Allyson. Race for Student Government Association Vice Presidency Heats Up – Laura Hancock, Chad Lewis
• Harper, Molly. Anthropology to Lose Two Instructors – Jill Wagner, Valerie Haskins
• Student Should Be Treated Like Adults – …

A Year In The Life Of A Spanish Colonial Pueblo, San José¸ De Guadalupe In 1809: Official Correspondence, Diane Lambert, Naomi Reinhart, Ludivina Russell, Gregory Von Herzen

Research Manuscript Series

Transcriptions and translations of documents for the year 1809, that are part of the archival papers known as the Pueblo Papers or the Spanish-Mexican Archives. These papers, which are housed at the San Jose Historical Museum and managed by the History Museums of San Jose, span the history of the City of San Jose︡ (originally named El Pueblo de San Jose︡ de Guadalupe) from the founding of the second pueblo site in 1797 until the admission of California to statehood in 1850.

Translation And Interpretation Of Ella C. Deloria's "A Sioux Captive Rescued By His Wife", Kathleen Jeanette Martin

Ethnic Studies

In general, Native American communities provide a tradition of education for children based on oral narrative and storytelling. Oral narrative is indispensable in the understanding and maintenance of cultural traditions (Egan, 1987; Goody, 1995; Havelock, 1986) and displays cultural differences through language (Hymes, 1981) as well as providing the means for the continuation of community beliefs and traditions. Nora and Richard Dauenhauer (1990) note, Tlingit stories connect people and are "like a gaff hook reaching out across a distance and becoming hooked with another person who is hooked" (p. ix). Jerome Bruner (1986) identifies narrative as a way to put …

The Language Of Oral Narrative: Educating Lakota Students, Kathleen Martin

Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.

Ebonics, Local Color, And Official Language: Who Resists Whom?, Richard L. Murray

Trotter Review

At a time when the media has branded Ebonics "a second class language for a second-class life" and worse, a time when politicians have sought to legislate standard English as the only official language in an increasingly linguistically diverse United States, the link between the power of a single language and the power of those who determine its dominance should come as no surprise. Those who, like columnist Ellen Goodman, oppose recognizing Ebonics as a separate language hark back to the melting pot era in which the children of immigrants were "Americanized" in the public schools because "there was ... …

Preparing White Undergraduate Pre-Service Teachers To Teach African-American Students: What Does It Take?, Frances Y. Lowden

Trotter Review

A strong appreciation and knowledge of diverse cultures is vital in delivering what the Association for Childhood Education International position paper identifies as the curricular areas that should be addressed in a preparation program for teachers of young children. Thus, undergraduates must develop: 1) an acquaintance with great music, art and literature, 2) a knowledge of health, safety and nutrition, 3) an understanding of the physical and biological aspects of the world and the universe 4) a knowledge of mathematical concepts 5) an ability to read with comprehension, then to analyze, interpret, and judge a wide range of written material, …

The Implementation Of Radical Constructivism Within The Urban Mathematics Classroom, Randy Lattimore

Trotter Review

One of the most serious problems in mathematics education continues to be the dismal statewide mathematics proficiency test performance of African-American students in urban schools. It has been argued that one of the best ways to improve performance is by connecting the pedagogy of mathematics to the lives and experiences of these students. Although many theories have been implemented in the urban mathematics classroom to assist African-American students in developing and increasing conceptual understanding, members of the urban mathematics education community should take a closer, more serious look at the implementation of radical constructivism within urban mathematics classrooms.

A number …

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Vol. 20 No. 4 (1997): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Contributors: Vol 20 No. 4, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 20 (1997): Pacific Studies Full Issue 4

Introduction: Imaging, Representation, And Photography Of The Pacific Islands, Max Quanchi

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Making Histories: The Torres Strait Expedition Of 1898, Elizabeth Edwards

Pacific Studies

The Cambridge Torres Strait Expedition used photography to address two agendas, both of which were grounded in the temporal ambiguities of photography. Photography was used first as an integrated tool of anthropological investigation, particularly in the field of salvage ethnography and through “reenactment”; and second as a site of social interaction between the expedition and the Torres Strait Islanders through the exchange and display of photographs. I argue that these two agendas and their function as “history” are grounded in the temporal ambiguities inherent in photographic inscription. The first, the scientific, depended on the construction and representation of a “static” …

In Search Of “Men Of Nature”: Paul Wirz’S Photography In New Guinea, 1916–1955, Andrea E. Schmidt

Pacific Studies

Between 1916 and 1955 the Swiss anthropologist and collector Paul Wirz (1892– 1955) took several thousand photographs during his research trips to New Guinea, where he stayed with the Marind-anim of the south coast, at Lake Sentani, in the highlands with the Western Dani and the Enga, at the Papuan Gulf (Gogodala), and in the Sepik and Maprik areas. For his black-and-white–dominated photography Wirz used first gelatin dry-plate technology, later roll film. The photographs served as illustrations for his numerous publications, and, sometimes hand-colored, as lantern slides for his lectures. In content, Wirz believed that photography should above all document …

Reading Photographs In Colonial History: A Case Study From Fiji, 1872, Brigitte D’Ozouville

Pacific Studies

This essay explores the significance of a photographic triptych, ca. 1872, pasted on a colonial-era photographic album about Fiji. The author argues that these photographs are reliable documents of referent questions that go beyond the aesthetic effect of photography, the new impact of the medium, and the European curiosity developed for the representation of the “savage.” First, the content of these images are examined within the context of the Fijian colonial history, that is, their “signifiant” in Barthes’s terms. But the interpretation of this triptych is extended further in light of our present knowledge of photography and its use in …

Vol. 20 No. 4 (1997): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

White Shadows In The Darkness: Representations Of Polynesian Women In Early Cinema, Margaret Jolly

Pacific Studies

This article considers representations of Polynesian women in two early Hollywood films: Moana (1926) and Tabu (1931). It ponders the tensions not just between the cinematic visions of Robert Flaherty and F. W. Murnau, but between ethnographic recuperations and romantic celebrations of Polynesian women, in the light of de Lauretis’s contentions (in Technologies of Gender, 1987) that gendered identities are neither fixed nor immutable, but shifting and fluid effects.

Not So Nice Colored Girls: A View Of Tracey Moffatt’S Nice Coloured Girls, Caroline Vercoe

Pacific Studies

Nice Coloured Girls is Tracey Moffatt’s first film. Produced in 1987, this seventeen-minute film describes a tradition that has been passed down from her grandmother’s and great-grandmother’s generation—that of “picking up Captain.” Moffatt explains “since colonisation ‘picking up Captain’ has been a way for Aboriginal women to survive off white men.” Rather than creating new and empowered Aboriginal heroines for the 1990s, Moffatt chooses to site her characters within a colonial continuum. Her tradition begins with postcolonial contact and it is clearly formed by cross-cultural experiences. This essay focuses on the narrative structure of Nice Coloured Girls and discusses the …

The Invisibility Of Gospel Ploughmen: The Imaging Of South Sea Pastors In Papua, Max Quanchi

Pacific Studies

South Sea Islanders serving in missions in Papua were visible in their journey to Papua, in their work as pioneers opening up new missions along the coast and inland, and in their immersion in local communities. Travelers, administration officials, and European missionaries in Papua reported meeting these “gospel ploughmen” and “admirable frontiersmen” and relied on them for assistance with transport, accommodation, translating, collecting, and personal and official business. They were an integral part of the European world, though marginalized by position, rank, skin color, language, and ethnic origin. The schools, churches, and chapels they built were usually the only substantial …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Stamper, John. Programs Begin Race for Excellence – Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act
• Brewer, Jerry. 10K Title At Stake Saturday – Bowling Green 10K Classic
• Back, Shannon. Task Force Studies Women’s Salaries, Status at Western
• Greeks Offer Basketball Tournament
• Gary Ransdell to Be On Campus
• Lanter, Charlie. Resolution Backs Nursing Students – Student Government Association
• Mains, Brian. Smoke Detector Could Have Saved Student – Eric Hinkle
• Lanter, Charlie. Student Government Association Wants Dorm Rooms Peep-Able – Housing & Residence Life
• K.C. & the Brain Deserves Another Chance – New …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news:

• Stamper, John. Paul Patton Leaves Plan to Regents – Postsecondary Education Improvement Act
• Moore, Leigh. Students Rally Around Instructor – Valerie Haskins, Protests, Demonstrations
• Olmsted, Mikki. State Writers Draws Fans – Wendell Berry
• Back, Shannon. Radio Show Pulled – K.C. & the Brian
• Former Soviet Officials Coming to Bowling Green
• Stamper, John. Gary Ransdell Looks to Reform at Governor’s Conference on Postsecondary Education
• Stamper, John. Council on Postsecondary Education Sets Agenda
• Aramark Meeting Students Concerns – Dining Services
• Harlow, Paige. Editorial Cartoon Aramark, Dining Services
• Vaughan, Ryan. Audio Adrenaline …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mains, Brian. Western Passes Test on Safety – WKU Police
• DeLessio, Christine. Sisterhood – Sororities
• Back, Shannon. James Ramsey Wants to Rebuild Sense of Family – Presidential Search
• Welcome Back Party Tomorrow – Big Red Bash
• New Staff Advisory Council Members Elected
• Cookout Welcomes Anthropologist – Anthropology Club, Jill Wagner
• Baker, Emily. Professor Recognized for Love of Teaching – Lawrence Snyder
• Batcheldor. Matt. Computers, Journalism May Get $18.5 Million Home – Mass Media Technology Hall
• Harlow, Paige. Editorial Cartoon Student Fees for Detrex Field
• Students Deserve Return on Fee …

Leadership Roles Of Native American Women In Education In The 1990s, Linda S. Keway

Dissertations

This study of Native American women leaders in education had a twofold purpose. The first was the primary objective of the study: to develop a greater understanding of leadership as experienced by contemporary Native American women. The second was to add to the literature on experiences of Native American women leaders. The method selected for this study was a qualitative approach involving ethnographic studies of 12 selected Native American women in the field of education. Data were collected through interviews and journal recordings. Native American women interviewed were representative of various tribes across the United States. The study explored questions …