Ka ﾊｻﾄina, ke Kapu a me ke Kanaka: The Social-Natural Metabolism in the ﾊｻﾅ景

April 29, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Sakamaki Hall C-308

Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series for Indigenous Philosophy Speaker: Kaipulaumakaniolono Keala Abstract: Kﾄ］aka Maoli are disproportionately affected by attacks on ﾊｻﾄ（na in that it directly affects our means of production (especially of subsistence and housing), the onslaught on ﾊｻﾄ（na is inevitably an attack on Kﾄ］aka Maoli. With this identification of kﾄ］aka and ﾊｻﾄ（na, Kanaka Maoli responses to these issues are largely founded on a language of identity. Is this identification, however, consistent with ﾊｻﾅ景wi thought? In this presentation I will argue categorically "no." I will demonstrate that ﾊｻﾅ景wi thought is founded on non-identity: the emergence of kﾄ］aka from nature is conceived primarily as a constitutional estrangement and alienation in the ﾊｻﾅ景wi mind.


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Philosophy, Mānoa Campus

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Department of Philosophy, 8089569649, philo@hawaii.edu, SEVA Colloquium (PDF)

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