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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Hawaiʻi"”.
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Articulated Indigeneity and Tourism in Hawaiʻi
… are articulated within tourism spaces in Hawaiʻi. This thesis research works to uncover the nuanced ways that Hawaiian indigeneity is employed to manage and regulate tourism activities in Hawaiʻi. I seek to question the narrative that Hawaiians consent to, and prosper from, the largely …
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Ecological evaluation of coral reef resources at Kahaluʻu Bay, Hawaiʻi
The primary objectives of this research were to: assess coral reef resources (coral and fish communities) present at Kahalu´u Bay, Hawai´i; and integrate scientific ecological observations with Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK) and cultural practices. This localized assessment is the first …
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Organic matter remineralization in coastal sediments in and around Kane‘ohe Bay, Hawaiʻi
Nutrient cycles in shallow, near shore environments can be profoundly influenced by sediments, via the burial or release of nutrients through organic matter (OM) remineralization during diagenesis. The decomposition and burial of OM in sediments are key processes influencing biogeochemical cycles …
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Native Hawaiian Well-Being at Hawaiʻi Community College, An Initiative for Academic Success
… well-being and student educational attainment at Hawaiʻi Community College in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. It is written in an indigenous, Native Hawaiian framework, which includes a Pono Hawaiʻi research methodology. In order for the reader to understand the important context in which Native Hawaiian sense of …
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He Lāhui Ano Maikaʻi Keia: Japanese Immigration and the Intersections of Ethnicity and Sovereignty in Kalakaua's Hawaiʻi
<p>The late 19th century was a tumultuous period in Hawaiian history. Characterized by the interrelated questions of royal succession, political sovereignty, and labor immigration, the period of King Kalakaua's reign was the culmination of a building social crisis that had begun the moment American …
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Protestant Mission, American Empire, and the Uses of History in Hawaiʻi and the Philippines, c. 1880-1930
This dissertation considers how American Protestant missionaries made use of historical narratives and ideas about history to justify and contextualize U.S. evangelistic and imperial projects in the Pacific Ocean in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. History has generally been …
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Comparing A Simple Stochastic Weather Generator With Two Common Statistical Techniques For Gap-filling Daily Rainfall In Hawaiʻi
… in many historical daily rainfall records for Hawaiʻi. Countless gap-filling techniques exist, some more complex than others, and all are challenged by the spatially variable, complex terrain in Hawaiʻi. A stochastic weather generator (SWG) attempts to model the randomness and temporal …
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The Impact of a Global Pandemic on Teaching: A Narrative of Two Veteran Middle School Teachers in Hawaiʻi
The 2019–2020 school year started traditionally with the majority of students learning in a face-to-face model. By the end of March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic (Mahase, 2020; Nayak et al., 2021), and all schools in the United States shut down due to the …
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He Lāhui Hawaiʻi Ma O Ka Hoʻomomona Hou I Ka ʻĀina: Nā Moʻolelo Lōkahi Ma Ka Mokupuni ʻO Oʻahu (A Hawaiian Nation Through The Restoration Of ʻĀina Momona: Stories Of Unity– Among Ourselves, That Which Feeds, Community, And Spirit–On The Island Of Oʻahu)
… Hawaiian) with intergenerational ties to Hawaiʻi. I draw insight and methodologies from ʻike kūpuna (Hawaiian ancestral knowledge) and Hawaiian studies, as well as studies in anthropology, history, and science, technology & society (STS), to promote a sustainable, self-determinant Lāhui …
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Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Modern Day Ecosystem Management and Restoration Practices
… Through a review of literature, TEK in Hawaiʻi was compared to TEK in other countries. TEK was also compared to modern day ecosystem management practices to determine if TEK could be integrated. In Hawaiʻi an ahupuaʻa, a land transect that cuts the islands in sections from mountain to …
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Planter's Paradise: Nature, Culture, and Hawaiʻi’s Sugarcane Plantations
… environmental history of cane planting in Hawaiʻi, from Polynesian settlement to the early twentieth century, to explore how an export-based mono-culture plantation system eclipsed diversified farming, how cultural encounters between indigenous and Euro-American groups influenced …
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Hulihia Nā Kānāwai ʻĀina: The Effects of Post-1893 Land Law Changes On Native Hawaiians - Population Demographics Supplement or Supplant?
… was a culminating step in the effort to remake Hawaiʻi into a settler-colonial landscape. Sanford Dole and the rest of the usurpers utilized white supremacist ideals to create land law changes that enabled white American immigration while dispossessing Native Hawaiians concurrently. The Land Act …
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Holocene sedimentary and aquatic biogeochemical responses reflected in Ordy Pond, Oahʻu, Hawai'i, and, contemporary modeling of submarine groundwater discharge in Kahana Bay, Oahʻu, Hawaiʻi
This dissertation explores aquatic geochemistry in two settings on O'ahu. Ordy Pond biogeochemistry responds rapidly to environmental changes, while Kahana Bay is influenced by significant groundwater and surface water influx and mixing with coastal ocean water. Thus, Ordy Pond is a better tool for …
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Successful Practices of Micronesian College Students in Hawai‘i: Utilizing Positive Deviants to Develop Strength-Based Student Support Services in Higher Education
… of Micronesians enrolling in higher education in Hawaiʻi and other US institutions, very little research has been conducted within this population. Like many institutions of higher education, student support services for Micronesians are framed entirely by deficit-oriented models often reflecting …
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Innovation Ecosystems in Geographically-Remote and Resource-Limited Regions with Indigenous Populations and considering Ancestral Science, Knowledge, and Practices: Intentional Development in the Pacific Islands of Hawaiʻi, Fiji, and New Zealand
Innovation ecosystems provide a way to transform and diversify a regional economy. Much of the existing research focuses on mature economies in regions with strong foundational insti- tutions and natural resources. The research herein uses the MIT Three-S (system, stakeholder, strategy) Framework …
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Empirical essays on economic globalization with heterogeneous producers
… It examines the open island economy case of Hawaiʻi and econometrically investigates the impact of import competition on the growth and survival of heterogeneous farms. The empirical results suggest that rising imports significantly hinders farm growth; however, the findings are less robust …
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The Price Tag of a 5-Star Culture: Cultural Performance and the Politics of Luxury in Oʻahu’s Hotel Industry
… the thesis argues that the politics of luxury in Hawaiʻi are inseparable from the logics of colonial tourism, where Native culture is marketed as experience while underlying structures of settler colonialism persist.</p>
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Improving Pediatric Spinal Surgery Outcomes By Utilizing Modified ERAS Protocol
… care center for pediatrics in the State of Hawaiʻi. Purpose The aim of this evidence-based practice (EBP) project is to evaluate the current order set that is being used and implement new components to establish an official pediatric ERAS pathway for spinal surgery at KMCWC. Methods The …
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Developing Cultural Competence and Promoting Culturally Responsive Teaching in STEM Educators of Native Hawaiian Students
… two participant groups were from the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s Keonepoko and Pāhoa Elementary Schools. Both schools are from the Keaʻau-Kaʻu-Pāhoa Complex Area. The educators from Keonepoko were afforded knowledge and experiences from a culture-based professional development …
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Crafting Citizens Beyond Borders: Japanese Education on the Frontier of Japan’s Empire in the Americas
… in different territories around the world. From Hawaiʻi to Peru and beyond, ideas of nikkei citizenship were developed through a co-productive process that reconciled local, national, and Japanese influences. Japanese overseas communities constructed citizenship education in active dialogue with …
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