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Geography of the Pacific (Geog 365)
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Note: All readings should be read by the date on which they're listed. Our text, The Pacific Islands: Environment & Society (Rapaport 1999), is cited abbreviated as PIES.
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Week 1: Introduction: the region, the study |
| 6 July |
Class overview and introduction to the subject |
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Sign up: |
Pacific Islands Report
email digest |
| 7 July |
Orientation & epistomologies |
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Read: |
Hau‘ofa (1993) Our Sea of Islands |
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Bring: |
a map to analyze |
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(Note: |
Free admission day at the Honolulu Academy of Arts) |
| 8 July |
Oceania & the Academy; Resources for Pacific Studies |
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Read: |
Herman (1999) Race Identity and Representation. PIES ch 13:156-164 |
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Visit: |
Pacific Collection at Hamilton library |
Week 2: The physical environment: energy and form |
| 12 July |
Map quiz. Intro to Physical Environment |
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See: |
PIES section 1, chapters 1-6 |
| 13 July |
Geomorphology |
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Read: |
Fryer & Fryer (1999) Geology. PIES ch 3 : 33-42 |
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Nunn (1999) Geomorphology. PIES ch 4 : 43-55 |
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Visit: |
Island models in St. John lobby |
| 14 July |
Climate and Oceanography |
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Read: |
Sturman & McGowan (1999) Climate. PIES ch 1 : 3-18 |
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Talley et al (1999) Oceanography. PIES ch 2 : 19-32 |
| 15 July |
Water and Nutrient Cycles |
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Read: |
Depledge (1999) Water. PIES ch 6 : 66-74 |
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Morrison (1999) Soil. PIES ch 5 : 56-65 |
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Note: |
Lāhaina Noon is Friday, 12:37 pm |
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Prince Lot Hula Festival is Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Week 3: Life in the Pacific |
| 19 July |
Introduction to evolutionary and island biogeography |
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Read: |
Kay (1999) Biogeography. PIES ch 7 : 76-92 |
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Due: |
Presentation topics and book to review |
| 20 July |
Pacific ecosystems |
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Read: |
Manner et al (1999) Terrestrial ecosystems. PIES ch 8 : 93-108 |
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Nelson (1999) Aquatic ecosystems. PIES ch 9 : 109-119 |
| 21 July |
Marine ecosystems and traditional fishing |
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Meet |
at Waikīkī Aquarium |
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Read: |
Johannes (2002) The renaissance of traditional marine community-based marine resource management in Oceania. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:317-340 |
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Greenberg, P (2010) Tuna's End. New York Times Magazine 27 June 2010 |
| 22 July |
Impacts of settlement and synthetic reorganization of landscapes |
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Read: |
Thaman, RR (2002) Threats to Pacific Island biodiversity and biodiversity conservation in the Pacific Islands. Development Bulletin 58:23-27 |
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Hunt, T (2007) Rethinking Easter Island's ecological catastrophe. Journal of Archaeological Science 34:485-502 |
Week 4: Cultural diversity in the Pacific |
| 26 July |
Representations of Pacific cultures |
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Read: |
Terrell et al (1997) The Dimensions of Social Life in the Pacific: Human Diversity and the Myth of the Primitive Isolate. Current Anthropology 38(2):155-195 |
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Due: |
Draft bibliography for presentation (10 refs) |
| 27 July |
Stories of origins and interactions |
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Read: |
Thomas (1999) The Precontact Period. PIES ch 10 : 121-133)
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Hurles et al (2003) Untangling Oceanic settlement: the edge of the knowable. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18(10):531-540 |
| 28 July |
Culture groups and linguistic diversity |
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Read: |
Pawley (1999) Language. PIES ch 15 : 181-194 |
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Lindstrom (1999) Social Relations. PIES ch 16 : 195-207 |
| 29 July |
Landscapes and social organization |
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Meet |
at Ka Papa Lo‘i O Kanewai |
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Read: |
Crocombe (1999) Tenure. PIES ch 17 : 208-220)
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Watch: |
McClatchey (2006) Transported Landscapes |
Week 5: Political economies in the cosmopolitan era |
| 2 Aug |
Globalizing economies since the 18th century |
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Read: |
Chappell (1999) The Postcontact Period. PIES ch 11 : 134-143 |
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Due: |
Draft presentation outline |
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Due: |
1st book or film review |
| 3 Aug |
Contesting empires, 19th & 20th centuries |
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Read: |
Wesley-Smith (1999) Changing Patterns of Power. PIES ch 12 : 144-155 |
| 4 Aug |
Circulations of value: religion, tourism, economy |
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Read: |
Teaiwa (1994) Bikinis and other s/pacific n/oceans. The Contemporary Pacific 6(1):87-109 |
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Fagence (1999) Tourism. PIES ch 32 : 394-404 |
| 5 Aug |
Resource use and extraction |
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Read: |
Bertram (1999) Economy. PIES ch 28 : 337-352 |
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Outline: |
Clarke et al (1999) Agriculture and Forestry. PIES ch 29 : 353-365; or |
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Adams et al (1999) Ocean Resources. PIES ch 30 : 366-381; or |
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Banks & McShane (1999) Mining. PIES ch 31 : 382-394 |
Week 6: Spatial organization and distributions |
| 9 Aug |
Human mobility in the contemporary Pacific |
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Read: |
Lilomaiava-Doktor (2009) Beyond "Migration": Samoan Population Movement (Malaga) and the Geography of Social Space (Vā). The Contemporary Pacific 21(1):1-32 |
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Rallu & Ahlburg (1999) Demography. PIES ch 21 : 258-269 |
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Rapaport (1999) Mobility. PIES ch 22 : 270-281 |
| 10 Aug |
Student presentations: Nick on Tahiti |
| 11 Aug |
Student presentations: Ala on Fiji; Maui on Palau |
| 12 Aug |
Course review: change and continuity in Pacific environments |
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Due: |
2nd review |
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