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2012 Final Program:
The final program for the 2012 Hawaii
International Conference on Arts & Humanities is now available! Please click below the
view the program. Be sure to read the first few pages for general
conference information regarding registration hours, locations,
breakfasts, etc. There is an author index starting on page 71.
There is no need to print the program, as
all attendees will receive a hard copy upon arrival at the conference.
2012 Final Conference Program (Adobe PDF Format)
Registration Hours for the upcoming 2012
Conference:
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January 9, 2012 (Monday)
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2:00pm - 8:00pm
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January 10, 2012 (Tuesday)
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7:00am - 4:30pm
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January 11, 2012
(Wednesday)
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7:00am - 4:30pm
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January 12, 2012
(Thursday)
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7:00am - 4:30pm
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January 13, 2012 (Friday)
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7:00am - 3:00pm
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2012
Keynote Address:
Keynote Speaker
Māpuana de Silva, Kumu
Hula
Education
through the art of traditional hula…..a way of life
A‘o aku, a‘o mai, pela nō e mōhala nei.
Hula has become the most popular dance form
throughout the world today. There
are literally thousands of hula schools in Japan, Mexico, and Europe to name
a few, and probably more schools abroad in many individual countries than
in all of Hawai‘i collectively.
Why is hula so popular?
What makes it so enticing and exciting? What is it that’s “hooking” people
worldwide?
Kumu Māpuana
will answer these questions and share her approach to education through
the teachings of traditional hula in her halau
(hula school), Hālau Mōhala
ʻIlima.
She will share examples of hula that predate western contact and
that have been kept intact for generations, examples of prophecy hula,
hula for the gods, hula for our ali‘i (chiefs
and chiefesses), hula that reflect western
influence, and some newly created hula to bring us into the 21st century.
Through this journey Kumu Māpuana will present her perspective on traditional
hula, how she cherishes it and takes care of it, how she shares it, and
how she holds her students to a very high standard.
Māpuana de Silva has
dedicated her life to the art of traditional hula.
Hula requires commitment and a level of dedication;
is not just dance, it becomes a
way of life. Halau students learn more than
hula; they also learn Hawaiian language,
Hawaiian values, genealogy and life skills. The dancers are from all walks of life
- teachers, lawyers, nurses, small business owners, police detectives,
PhD candidates, CEO's and students from four years old to 75 years of
age. These students take the hula
knowledge and values into their homes and many walks of life - and become
keepers of the culture, living libraries, the first line of defense
against the tides that threaten the teachings of our kūpuna
(elders).
One measure of the hālau's
long-term commitment to the preservation of Hawaiian culture through hula
is their record of participation in the major hula festivals of the last
three decades. Among the most
significant of Māpu's awards are those
received from the UH Mānoa College of
Education for excellence in Arts Education (1990), from Pacific
University for achievements in performing arts education (Outstanding
Alumnus, 1999), and from 'Ahahui ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i for excellence in Hawaiian
language education outside the standard classroom setting ("Manu a Ka‘ae," 2000).
Visit their website to learn more: http://web.mac.com/halaumohalailima/HMI
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