Contact Information
Kumu: Luukia Archer
Office: LCC Pearl City Campus, DA 106 E
Office Hours: T/TH 10:15 to 2pm or by appointment
Office Phone: (808) 455-0660
Email: archer@hawaii*
*The best way to contact me is through email
Course Description
HWST 107 is a survey of the islands of Oceania, their various origins, geography, languages, religions, histories and modern issues, seen through the cultural lens of the indigenous peoples of the region.
Units
- I ka wā kahiko: Origins and Native Spirituality
- ʻŌlelo and Nā Mea ʻIke Honua: The Wisdom of the World
- Moʻolelo: History and Contemporary Issues
Required Text
Available at the Leeward Community College Bookstore
- Hawaiian Studies 107 Textbook, Second Edition
HAP Designation and Course Approach
This is a HAP (H-Focus) course and emphasizes the following ideas:
Intersection
- The intersection and interrelationships between Hawaiʻi and the larger Pacific Community
- In the centuries since the first continental peoples contacted the native islanders in the Pacific, the historical record has been dominated by writings, both fiction and non-fiction, by the former about the latter. To address this bias and to help provide a more balanced view of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region, this class focuses on works by native scholars and writers.
- Knowledge comes with kuleana (role, right, responsibility and privilege) to the land, peoples and intellectual resources produced in this relationship. This concept also emphasizes the community over the individual. Throughout this course we will consider our own kuleana as students, teachers, and people who call Hawaiʻi home.
Course Competencies (Student Learning Outcomes)
By the end of the course, students will have learned to:
- Examine the settlement of the Pacific.
- Compare the histories of Pacific Islander societies.
- Analyze the importance of land to Pacific Island societies
- Compare the effects of colonization in the Pacific.
Co-requisites
- ENG 21 and ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or instructor approval.
Prerequisites
- ENG 21 and ENG 22 with a grade of C or better or instructor approval.
Recommended Preparation
- HAW 101