Language Revitalization Explored in Student Documentary
During the spring of 2018, the UH Hilo Performing Arts department developed a bi-lingual touring production for children. It included...
UH Hilo Student Film foreshadows the Ballistic Missile threat in Hawai'i
Last spring, Zoe Whitney was a student in UH Hilo's playwriting class, and was given the prompt to write a short play about "fake news"...
Christopher Caravalho: The Man Behind the Masks
Ethan Paguirigan and Jessica Minick introduce us to local comic book creator Christopher Caravalho, and the Hawaiʻi superheroes featured...
1942 Hawai'i By Land and By Sea
This student presentation compares two perspectives on issues of class, ethnicity and gender in Hawaiʻi during the year 1942, as...
What It Means Fo’ Be One Local
Many people believe that living in Hawaiʻi means you’re surrounded by paradise and palm trees, which may be true to a certain extent....
The “Macho” Male Role in Chris McKinney’s Mililani Mauka and Boi No Good
Machismo, according to The Merriam-Webster's Concise Encyclopedia, is the sense of being manly - the concept associated with "a strong...
Critical Review: Song of the Exile
Spring has come once again: The flowers are blooming, the air tastes a little bit cleaner, and Kiana Davenport has another book that I’m...
Parent-Child Relationships As Seen In All I Asking for is My Body
Hawaiʻi was the first U.S. possession to become a major destination for immigrants from Japan. A large number of Japanese began arriving...
Searching for Identity - Reclaiming the Old Ways
Marie Hara’s “Old Kimono” and Nora Okja Keller’s “The Brilliance of Diamonds” both explore loss of identity amongst the children of...
Mālama ʻĀina and Ea in Shark Dialogues and The Watcher of Waipuna
Kiana Davenport and Gary Pak are contemporary literary voices of Hawaiʻi, diverse in background and style. Davenport’s novel Shark...
