Unsettlement and Mana Unuhi: Kaona, Refusal, and Disappearing Hawaiians

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In The Mana of Translation: Translational Flow in Hawaiian History from the Baibala to the Mauna, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada makes visible the often unseen workings of translation in Hawaiʻi from the advent of Hawaiian alphabetic literacy to contemporary struggles over language and land. Translation has had a massive impact on Hawaiian history, both as it unfolded and how it came to be understood, yet it remains understudied in Hawaiian and Indigenous scholarship. This particular talk will focus on the refusal to translate and how it shapes understandings of kānaka through the analytics of mana unuhi and unsettlement.

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Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

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Keoni Rodriguez, 8582753177, brownbag@hawaii.edu

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