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VIDEO: Free �鶹��ýconference celebrates Indigenous artists, scholars

Panels, workshops, and film screenings are among featured events at the conference.

The two day event will showcase artists and scholars.

Link to video (details below):

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The ʻAhahui Noiʻi Noʻeau ʻŌiwi – Research Institute of Indigenous Performance (ANNO) will host its second biennial conference at at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa from February 5–6.

Titled , the free conference celebrates the power of passing knowledge from generation to generation within Indigenous and Hawaiian cultures. The two-day event will host scholars and artists from �鶹��ýMānoa and Ko Hawai‘i Pae ‘Āina. Through panels, workshops, film screenings, and networking sessions, ANNO’26 stimulates conversations about Indigenous performance and the importance of intergenerational transference of knowledge, language and artistic practices.

Interested attendees are encouraged to .

The work of ANNO embodies three strands or maʻawe to achieve its goals: Maʻawe Mua (Scholarship and Publication), Ma‘awe ‘Elua (Curriculum and Archive) and Ma‘awe ‘Ekolu (Outreach and Recruitment). The three ma‘awe work in concert to position ANNO as the leading research institute of Hawaiian and Indigenous Performance, thus elevating the university on a global scale. ANNO, led by Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker, J. Lorenzo Perillo, and Associate Professor Maile Speetjens, is an initiative stimulating scholarship in Hawai‘i and the global Indigenous community that highlights the artistic practices of aboriginal peoples. 

ANNO was established through �鶹��ýMānoa Provost’s Strategic Investment Initiative, a campus-wide competition designed to increase cross-unit and cross-disciplinary collaboration, in fall of 2022.

As part of its efforts to spark conversations about Indigenous performance, the organization has also launched , the first critical anthology of its kind, illuminating the expansive field of Hawaiian and Indigenous performance studies, its theory and its practice. 

Follow ANNO on Instagram @anno.institute or .

Link to video (details below):

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File of past conference 

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�鶹��ýMānoa is inviting the public to explore Hawaiian and Indigenous culture and performance.

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A free conference called ANNO ’26: Bridging Generations will bring together Indigenous artists and scholars. Attendees can take part in panels, workshops and film screenings. The focus is on how knowledge, language, and artistic practices are passed from one generation to the next. The two-day event runs next week Thursday and Friday at Kennedy Theatre, home to �鶹��ýMānoa’s award-winning Hawaiian Theatre program. For more information, head to (news station website).