Deep Pacific Podcast

[EP#4:DECOLONIZATION SERIES#1]

Eight indigenous Pacific Islanders share their thoughts on the concept of decolonization. You will hear from:

Anei, a Kanaka Maoli

Thomås, a Chamorro ginen Guahan yan Luta

To’a, an iTaukei of Fiji

Ha’åni, a Chamorro and Samoan woman living on Guahan with roots in American Samoa

Kyle, a Palauan-American living on Guahan

David Garcia (@MapmakerDavid) of the Philippines

Kawena (@Kue_Kawena) a Kanaka Maoli living in the Kingdom of Hawai’i

Tēatuahere of Tahiti

This is followed by Kalani diving into a scientific paper on traditional marine conservation making a comeback throughout Oceania, and reading a few of her favorite podcast reviews from Apple Podcasts!

Citations:

Links to Resources:

Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s “Decolonizing Methodologies” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Decolonizing-Methodologies-Research-Indigenous-Peoples/dp/1848139500

To’a’s Twilight of Oceania YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb5pd_L8vhgIU2WtMpAvGqw

Cancel RIMPAC Coalition’s Petition: https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/help-hawaii-stop-the-largest-naval-war-practice-in-the-world?mc_cid=945ffb4428&mc_eid=cb849e4b43

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[Bonus EP#1]

Kawena, a kanaka maoli activist with the Cancel RIMPAC Coalition shares his view on RIMPAC and militarization of the Pacific. Kalani then discusses militarization in the CNMI, specifically regarding the bombing of Farallon de Medinilla, and mentions some of the steps she takes to support kanaka maoli in their fight to cancel RIMPAC.

Link to most of the full text of episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Saj6KXDa3qQpg0iFhCqQnNPDTfi-Dj5lDprbeZo50bA/

Citations:

Stephen H. Smith, Donald E. Marx. “De-facto marine protection from a Navy bombing range: Farallon De Medinilla, Mariana Archipelago, 1997 to 2012.” Marine Pollution Bulletin, 102:1 (2015), p 187-198, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.023.

DeLoughrey, Elizabeth. “Towards a Critical Ocean Studies for the Anthropocene.” Hydro-power: Charting the Global South. Regents of the University of Colorado. 57-1 (April 2019) DOI IO.1215/00138282-7309655 https://english.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/DeLoughrey-Towards-a-Critical-Ocean-Studies-for-the-Anthropocene-ELN-2019.pdf

Links to Resources:

Cancel RIMPAC Coalition Youtube Channel: “A Collective Poem” : https://youtu.be/UGmMOiLXBoI

Sign Cancel RIMPAC Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/for-people-land-air-sea-stop-rimpac-military-exercises

Kawena’s Twitter page: https://twitter.com/Kue_Kawena

D. Keali’i Mackenzie’s Twitter page: https://twitter.com/DMKealii

Craig Santos-Perez’s Website: http://craigsantosperez.com/ & his books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Craig-Santos-Perez/e/B003F538QU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Honolulu Civil Beat’s OFFSHORE Podcast: https://www.offshorepodcast.org/

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[EP3]

For #PRIDE2020 episode three centers on LGBTQIA+ Pacific Islanders, their representation, how they are treated, how they live with queerness, and how they feel their cultures could change for the better to become more inclusive.

Hear from

Tēatuahere with roots in Tahiti

Nenol of the Marshall Islands

Bryant of the Philippines

Sha with roots in Belau

RT with roots in Guåhan and Chuuk

Roquin ginen Guåhan

Kalani also explores a scientific paper from 2019 on Asian American and Pacific Islander medical research funding by the U.S. National Institutes of Health from the past 26 years between 1992-2018.

Here is a link to the full document of text of the show for accessibility purposes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzWYpb4tCsG53t3bXU1M6rdkJPI2XvUYiQf0v4oPBiw/

Citations:

Links to Resources:

Terisa Siagatonu’s Website: https://www.terisasiagatonu.com

Sha Merirei Ongelungel’s Merirei Media Group YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/islanesia as well as her website: https://merirei.com

Jesse Manibusan’s “Hold Onto Love” YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/iWEimUTCKCQ

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[EP2]

In this 01:15:00 episode, six islanders explore how all of their languages contribute to their thoughts on identity as indigenous peoples and explore language revitalization. A special portion of this episode is dedicated to highlighting the struggles of the Chamorro people that have been colonized for over 350 years and the effects this has had on their language.

You will hear from

To’a of Fiji (iTaukei and English)

Temiti of Samoa/Tahiti (English, French, Tahitian, Samoan)

Thomås of Luta, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) yan Guåhan (English, Chamorro)

Trini of Sa’i’pan, CNMI (English, Chamorro)

Andrew of Sa’i’pan, CNMI (English, Chamorro)

Kalani of Sa’i’pan, CNMI (English, Chamorro)

Followed by a discussion of the essay “When we dance the ocean, does it hear us?”

Citations:

Kuper, Ken. “ Na'la'la' i hila'-ta, na'matatnga i taotao-ta : Chamorro Language as Liberation from Colonization.” Honolulu: University of Hawai’i at Manoa. (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10125/100554. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/100554/1/Kuper_Kenneth_r.pdf

Hobart, H. J. (2019). when we dance the ocean, does it hear us? Journal of Transnational American Studies, 10(1). Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6fj6r2rw

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[EP1]

David Garcia of the Philippines

Temiti of Samoa/Tahiti

Kalani of the Mariana Islands

To’a of Fiji

All are islanders who explore the question of their identity in different ways.

Citations:

Links to Resources:

Carol Ann’s Blog post on Isohkelekel:

Craig Santos Perez’s Website: http://craigsantosperez.com/

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A Pasifika Podcast for Pacific Islanders living in, around, or having roots in Oceania and Pacific-bordering countries.

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