Te Kauhiva Tokelau: Composing and Choreographing Cultural Sustainability (Center for Pacific Islands Studies Occasional Papers Series)

By Candice Elanna Steiner

A snapshot in time with an eye to the past of a school named "the future," this book moves from Tokelau to the diaspora, the classroom, and then the stage in order to understand the role of Tokelauan pehe ma fatele (songs and dances) in the culture and language efforts of Te Lumanaki o Tokelau i Amelika, a Tokelau culture and language school based in Central O'ahu in Hawai'i. Through both Pacific Islands studies and ethnomusicological approaches, this book presents a rigorous yet sensitive analysis of Pacific Island ways of knowing and learning in the diasporic classroom. As increased migration continues in the Pacific Islands region and around the world, and as the negative effects of climate change intensify and raise questions of population displacement, research such as this documents and makes available existing models for cultural sustainability in the diaspora.Te Kauhiva Tokelau is part of a family of works documenting the school's history and activities, and readers are encouraged to experience them together. For a detailed history of the Tokelau community in Hawai'i, including the development of the school, see Betty Ickes's PhD dissertation "Expanding the Tokelau Archipelago: Tokelau's Decolonization and Olohega's Penu Tafea in the Hawai'i Diaspora" (2009). For a careful look at the community's linguistic practices and experiences, see Akiemi Glenn's PhD dissertation "Wayfinding in Pacific Linguascapes: Negotiating Tokelau Linguistic Identities in Hawai'i" (2012). Both works are available through the University of Hawai'i's Hamilton Library.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692442316
• ISBN13: 9780692442319
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Center for Pacific Islands Studies
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.4" x 7.0"