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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0021.000 1998-2000 HAWAII COMMITTEE FOR THE HUMAN`-"'-S • FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK BUILDING • 3599 WAI'ALAE • ROOM 23 • HONOLULU, HAWAII 96816 NA MANA WAIF dE E HO'OLA ANA I KA'AINA • THE MANY SOORCES OF WATER ~ KE THE LAND LIVE J r December 4, 1998 The Honorable James Arakaki Council Chairman, County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Chairman Arakaki: The Hawaii Committee for the Humanities (HCH) recently awarded eight grants totaling $64,295 to non-profit organizations in support of humanities projects for the public. The HCH is a private, tax-exempt organization which receives funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and regrants these funds locally in support of public educational projects in the humanities. Attached is a three page summary of the projects supported under this grant review period. In addition to the regular HCH program that supports grants to conduct public humanities programs, grants were awarded for projects that preserve Hawai`i's historical and cultural heritage and that promote and encourage research in the humanities. Also, at its most recent meeting, the HCH elected officers for 1998-1999. Robert W. Franco, Chair of Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Kapi`olani Community College, was re-elected chairman. Mitch Yamasaki, Professor of History at Chaminade University of Honolulu, was elected vice-chairman. Todd H. Sammons, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of English at the University of Hawaii at Nranoa, was elected secretary- treasurer. Four new members were elected to serve on the Hawaii Committee for the Humanities: Gail Ainsworth, Librarian for Reference and Instruction at Maui Community College and librarian for the Maui Historical Society; historian Alfred Castle, Chief Executive Officer for the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation and author of several books on history and philosophy; and Karen Motosue, Vice-President and Founder of the Hawaii Heritage Center. Attorney Larry Myers, partner at Kobayashi, Sugita and Goda, whose specialty is tax law, trust law and non- profit organizations, was appointed to the HCH by the Governor. Leaving HCH after six years of outstanding service were literary scholar Susan Bendon, attorney Burt Lau, community representative Nanette Purnell, and historian Edward Shultz. Please feel free to contact me if you would like further information on any of these projects or on the HCH program in general. Sincerely, Annette M. Lew 0O°7°• Nw ~ I Executive Director FYIe Na. l l (7 $ef. 1bt TELEPHONE: (808) 732-5402 REt. Date ~ n R tQ~,,,••~ HAWAII COMMITTEE FOR THE HUMt "ES • FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK BUILDING • 3599 WAI'ALA' . • ROOM 23 • HONOLULU, HAWAII 96876 NA MANA WAI ~ OLE E HO'OLA ANA I KA'AINA • THE MANY SOURCES OF WATER MAKE THE LAND LIVE Hawaii Committee for the Humanities Announces Grant Awards The HCH recently awarded eight grants totaling $64,795 to non-profit organizations in support of humanities projects for the public. The HCH is a private, tax-exempt organization which receives funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and regrants these funds locally in support of public educational projects in the humanities. "Generations: Chinese Families in Hawaii, 1852-2000" A grant of $34,125 was awarded to the Hawaii Heritage Center and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to produce a traveling photo exhibit on the history of Chinese families in Hawaii, traditional Chinese ideals of family harmony, and changes in family life and family businesses associated with adaptation to multi-cultural Hawaii (total project budget, $70,875, includes $3,000 in third-party cash gifts). The exhibit will be displayed on 0`ahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii from January through September, 2000, accompanied by public forums and a printed humanities guide. The Honolulu opening of the exhibit and forum will be videotaped and televised on `Olelo community television. The principal humanities scholar is anthropologist Franklin Ng, who will be working with historian and exhibit curator Loretta Pang. For further information, contact the project director, Karen Motosue, at 521-2749. "Hawai'i's Plantation Village Orientation Video" A grant of $13,550 was awarded to Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park to produce aten-minute orientation video for Hawai`i's Plantation Village historical park that provides visitor and school classes with basic information on the historical context of Hawai`i's sugar industry and community-building in a plantation community (total project budget, $31,881, includes $865 in third-party cash gifts). The exhibit will focus on working and living conditions on the plantations, cultural adaptation and cross-cultural exchange. The project also includes the development of a handout for visitors and lesson plans for teachers using historical photographs, oral histories, documents, personal writings and other primary sources. The principal humanities scholar is historian Teresa Bill. For further information, contact project director, Bernie Watson, at 677-0110. I TELEPHONE (606) 732-5402 "Hans L'Orange Baseball Park: Hawai'i's Field of Dreams" A Preserving Hawai`i's Heritage grant of $3,820 was awarded to the Hans L'Orange Baseball Park Council, Hawai`i's Plantation Village, Leeward Community College and the University of Hawaii Center for Oral History to examine the role of sports and recreation in amulti-ethnic community (total project budget $7,720). Preservation activities include conducting interviews of former athletes and community members with connections to sports in Waipahu during the plantation period, collecting photographs of events held at the Hans L'Orange Baseball Park, transcribing the taped oral histories, and creating an index to the materials preserved. Materials will be housed at Leeward Community Co?lege Library, with copies of oral history material given to the Center for Oral History and reference information provided to Hawai`i's Plantation Village. The principal humanities scholar is Henry Chapin professor of literary studies at the University of Hawaii at West 0`ahu. For more information, contact the project director, Judith Kappenberg at 956-7678 or jkappenb@hawaii.edu. "Preserving the Otokichi Collection" A Preserving Hawai`i's Heritage grant of $5,000 was awarded to the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii to catalogue and preserve the personal papers and photographs of Otokichi Ozaki, offer a unique record of one family's experiences of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II (total project budget $15,249). Prior to his internment, Mr. Ozaki worked for the Hawaii Mainichi newspaper from 1920-1923 and taught at Hilo Kokuritsu Japanese school from 1923-1941. Included in the collection are 365 of his tanka poems, which will be translated from the Japanese. A finding aid and abstract will be distributed to university, public and school libraries. The principal humanities scholar is Marie (Dolly) Strazar, whose background in American Studies focused on Japanese-American history. For more information, contact the JCCH office at 945-7633 or project director Jane Kurahara at jmklib@adl.com. "Teachers' Workshop on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust" A grant of $2,500 was awarded to the Chaminade University of Honolulu and the Hawaii Council for History Education to hold after-school workshops on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii on the history of Nazi Germany, the persecution of Jews and other "undesirables" under the regime, and on the moral and ethical questions arising from the Holocaust (total project budget $7,822). Scholars in history and religious studies will give presentations, prepare essays, and work with teacher Kevin Chaitin, from Moanalua High School, to develop lesson plans, including references to leading philosophical and literary works on the Holocaust, such as Daniel Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners, Helen Fein's Accounting for Genocide and Elie Wiessel's Night. The principal humanities scholar is historian Herbert Ziegler from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the project director is Frank Bailey, who teaches history at Chaminade University. 2 "Representation of the Body in Western Art" People have immediate responses to images of the body that are often shaped by their ethical beliefs. A grant of $2,500 was awarded to the University of Hawaii Art Department, The Contemporary Museum and the YWCA to hold a public lecture featuring art historian Linda Nochlin on how the body is represented in Western art and popular culture and may be marked by gender, class and racial biases (total project budget $6,646). The lecture will be held at the UHM Art Department auditorium on March 11, 1999. An illustrated booklet, bibliography and lesson plan for teachers will be developed. For more information, contact principal humanities scholar, art historian Andrea Feeler, at 956-5259 or feeler@hawaii.edu, or project director, Gaye Chan, at 956-5249 or gchan@hawaii.edu, at the University of Hawaii at Ma noa Art Department. "Filipino American Historical and Cultural Legacy in Hawaii: A Community Dialogue" A grant of $2,500 was awarded to Friends of Operation Manong, University of Hawaii Center for Philippine Studies, and the Philippine Centennial Coordinating Committee to hold six forums from December 1998 through February 1999 focused on Filipino immigration to Hawaii and the adaptation and transformation of Filipino culture and identity in the Islands (total project budget $5,825). Topics include the Filipino plantation legacy, literature and languages, experiences during World War II and Filipino organizations. Forums will be held at Bishop Museum in conjunction with an exhibit on "Filipino Americans of Hawai`i." For more information, contact principal humanities scholar, Dean Alegado, at the University of Hawaii at Ma noa Ethnic Studies Department, at 956-6915 or alegado@hawaii.edu, or project director, Clem Bautista, at Operation Manong at 956-7348 or Bautista@hawaii.edu. "Planning a Kauai Living History Performance" A Planning Grant of $800 was awarded to the Kauai Historical Society to plan a living-history performance project that will engage local Kauai audiences in examining their community and social history (total project budget $1,700). One story will be that of Koolau the Leper and his wife Pi'ilani, a story brought to the world by American author Jack London. Playwright Victoria Kneubuhl will assist in writing the script. The principal humanities consultant for the project is historian Andy Bushnell from Kauai Community College. For more information contact project coordinator Carolyn Larson, KHS executive director, at 245-3373 or khs@hawaiian.net . For more information on any of these grants or their public activities, please contact the HCH office at 732-5402 (phone/fax) or 1-800-424-1301 (phone/fax from Neighbor Islands) or by email at hch@aloha.net. 3