#hawaiiculture — Public Fediverse posts

Honolulu Civil Beat: Data For Dummies: Hawaiʻi Facts For Those Of Us Who Can’t Read Spreadsheets. “Now that another primary election has come and gone, I’ve been wondering: Is Hawaiʻi still the worst in the nation when it comes to voter turnout? Fortunately, the folks who built Hawaiʻi Dashboard, a cool new database of key Hawaiʻi facts, figures and trends, were reading my mind.”

Maui News: UH oral history center receives $538K for Maui projects. “Four grants totaling $538,000 will support University of Hawaii projects recording dozens of oral histories about Lahaina, water, women’s history and the Lahaina Jodo Mission. Researchers say documenting residents’ experiences, cultural knowledge and memories will help preserve Maui’s history for future generations and […]

University of Hawaii: Preserving Maui’s stories: UH Center for Oral History lands $538K in new funding. “A surge of new funding is highlighting the critical mission of one of Hawaiʻi’s most significant digital archives. Multiple grants are flowing into the College of Social Sciences’ Center for Oral History (COH) in recognition of its vital work to preserve the history, voices and […]

Honolulu Civil Beat: Kirstin Downey: Hawaiʻi’s Historic Sites Are At Risk As Regulations Crumble. “Native Hawaiian sites may be among those at risk, historic preservation experts said Thursday at a webinar organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation because, like tribal lands, supporters seek to protect not just historic buildings but also historic or sacred landscapes. The […]

University of Hawaii: Windward CC student launches online home for traditional Hawaiian kōnane. “Andrew ‘Keahi’ Castro, a Windward Community College student, has created Likōnane, a free online platform dedicated to the Hawaiian strategy game kōnane, which was traditionally played with black and white stones. … Using his background in mathematics and statistics, Castro spent years building […]

Vineyard Gazette: Hawaiian Artifacts on Martha’s Vineyard Head Home. “Three Hawaiian artifacts in the Martha’s Vineyard Museum collection are being returned to the Aloha State as part of an effort to repatriate native items to their home communities. The museum is working through the process of turning over a wooden canoe, a grass skirt and tapa cloth, and a poi pounder that were acquired in […]

State of Hawaii: DAGS’ Hawaiʻi State Archives Digitizing KSSK Perry & Price Shows. “The Perry & Price Show aired six days a week for 33 years. During the week, it was in studio. On Saturdays, it traveled to a restaurant in the community. That’s what organizers recorded for posterity: the Perry & Price Saturday Morning Show, a live breakfast broadcast that aired from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. HST […]

University of Hawaii: Hawai‘i CC expands traditional Hawaiian place name mapping. “Hawaiʻi Community College faculty, staff and students are helping revive the traditional place names of Hawaiʻi Island through a growing series of bilingual geographic maps that honor ancestral knowledge and strengthen community connection to the ʻāina (land).”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/11/university-of-hawaii-hawaii-cc-expands-traditional-hawaiian-place-name-mapping/

Ka Puna O Kaloʻi: $150K Mellon grant supports library’s social media archive project . “The Mellon Foundation recently awarded $150,000 as part of a one-year planning grant to the University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu James & Abigail Campbell Library, UH Maui College Library, and UH Mānoa for a collaborative project to lay foundational work on a social media archive.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/23/ka-puna-o-kaloi-150k-mellon-grant-supports-librarys-social-media-archive-project/

University of Hawaii: Rapa Nui’s iconic moai statues threatened by sea level rise. “By 2080 rising sea levels could cause seasonal waves to reach Ahu Tongariki, the iconic ceremonial platform that is part of the Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, according to a study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage by a team of researchers from the UH at Mānoa. This coastal […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/13/university-of-hawaii-rapa-nuis-iconic-moai-statues-threatened-by-sea-level-rise/

University of Hawaii: UH Hilo Hawaiian language college turns to AI to help preserve ʻōlelo. “The project is a collaboration between UH Hilo Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, Kanaeokana, Awaiaulu and Te Hiku Media, a Māori language group from New Zealand. Their goal is to speed up the painstaking process of transcribing Hawaiian audio recordings. Right now, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/03/university-of-hawaii-uh-hilo-hawaiian-language-college-turns-to-ai-to-help-preserve-%ca%bbolelo/

Ian Lind: “Hawaii Observer” has been digitized by UH Library and is publicly available online. “The Hawaii Observer appeared on the scene in February 1973, and its final issue was dated just five years later in March 1978. The University of Hawaii at Manoa Library has completed the project to digitize the Observer the result is now online.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/12/ian-lind-hawaii-observer-has-been-digitized-by-uh-library-and-is-publicly-available-online/