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“Ethnic Geography of Hawaii” GEOG 383.92/705.92

Professor Ines M. Miyares 

This is a tentative syllabus and schedule since we are still arranging field trips. We will do everything on this syllabus. Dates are still to be confirmed. 

Lectures labeled EWC run from 9-12 at the East West Center of the University of Hawaii at Manoa unless otherwise announced. 

Field trips meet in the hotel lobby at 8:00 unless otherwise announced. 

Travel will be by city bus unless otherwise announced. 

Attendance and participation in all activities is required. 

Afternoons without a scheduled activity are free. However, allow at least one hour for travel back to Waikiki if pre-arranging an afternoon activity. The bus takes only 20 minutes but comes every 20 minutes, and it takes 10 minutes to walk from the EWC at the back of the campus to the bus stop at the front of the campus (the campus is quite large). 

      Course requirements 383.92:

  1. Completion of online CITI human subjects research course and submission of certificate of completion by December 6. If you have completed it in another class, you must submit a copy of the certificate of completion to Prof. Miyares by December 6. If you are having any problems completing this requirement on time, please contact Prof. Miyares at imiyares@hunter.cuny.edu .
  2. Field journals with daily entries. Link field observations and readings as discussed in pre-trip orientation and arrival orientation. (40%)
  3. Attendance and active participation in all lectures and field exercises (10%).
  4. Take-as-you-go exam (50%)
 

      Course requirements 705.92:

  1. Completion of online CITI human subjects research course and submission of certificate of completion by December 6. If you have completed it in another class, you must submit a copy of the certificate of completion to Prof. Miyares by December 6. If you are having any problems completing this requirement on time, please contact Prof. Miyares at imiyares@hunter.cuny.edu .
  2. Field journals with daily entries. Link field observations and readings as discussed in pre-trip orientation and arrival orientation. (20%)
  3. Attendance and active participation in all lectures and field exercises (10%).
  4. Take-as-you-go exam (30%)
  5. Independent project with presentation—topic approved in advance (40%)
 
 
 

Instructions on completing the CITI training:

  1. Go to my website and link to “Computer-Based-Training”: http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/~imiyares
  2. Your affiliated institution is City University of New York
  3. You have 2 options—the regular course or the refresher. Unless you have already taken the course, IGNORE THE SECOND QUESTION ABOUT THE REFRESHER COURSE!!
 

Tentative Schedule/Syllabus for “Ethnic Geography of Hawaii” GEOG 383.92/705.92 

December 28: Fly to Honolulu. Check into Ocean Resort Hotel.

December 29: Meet in lobby.Orientation meeting. Review of how to keep a field journal.

          Review of expectations. Brief tour of essential locations

December 30: What is ethnicity? Expressions of ethnicity on the landscape. Origin and

      diffusion of culture Readings #1 Lecture – East West Center (EWC) University of Hawaii, Manoa

      December 31: Native Hawaiians. Readings #2

January 1: Free

      January 2: Arizona Memorial in a.m. Optional trip to Aloha Stadium Swap Meet in p.m.

      January 3: Free

January 4: Bishop Museum: Native Hawaiian cultural landscapes. Readings #3 (all

          day activity)

January 5:  Lecture – at UH Manoa’s East West Center (EWC) Historical immigration

          geography of Hawaii. Evolution of “local” culture. Legacy of plantation

      cultures. Readings #4

January 6: Hawaii Plantation Village (ethnic landscapes museum in Waipahu). (half-

          day but long travel time) Readings #5

      January 7: Paniolos and Puerto Ricans (EWC) Readings #6

      January 8: Ethnic landscapes of historical and contemporary Chinatown Honolulu. Readings #7

      January 9: Free

      January 10: Free

      January 11: Identity and land—Crown lands, Hawaiian homelands (EWC) Readings #8

      January 12: Ecotour (with optional boogie-board lessons) all day activity

      January 13: Observations of contemporary ethnic landscapes and landscapes of tourism in Waikiki. Readings #9

      January 14: Impacts of World War II. Lecture-EWC Readings #10 then US Army Museum (morning lecture and video, then to museum)

      January 15: Polynesian Cultural Center. (all day activity—returning around 11 pm)

      January 16: Free

      January 17: Free

      January 18: EWC: Oral presentation of graduate projects. Wrap up discussion of readings, observations, experiences. Group luncheon.

      January 19: Final projects and exams, field journals due

      January 20: Return to NYC 

      Required Readings:

      Readings on Blackboard 

      Take-as-you-go exam on Blackboard