{"id":187602,"date":"2023-11-27T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=187602"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:10:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:10:39","slug":"resurgence-hawaii-2023-word-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/27\/resurgence-hawaii-2023-word-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Resurgence’ is Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s 2023 Word of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The choice of resurgence<\/em> reflects the English department’s joy of seeing UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa return to in-person events and regain its “pre-pandemic vitality,” according to UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Department of English chair and professor John David Zuern.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A return to normalcy post pandemic and the resilience displayed by our Maui community following the devastating wildfires helped inspire the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Department of English<\/a> to select resurgence<\/em> as its 2023 Word of the Year for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“Our choice of ‘resurgence<\/em>’ reflects our joy at seeing our UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus regain its pre-pandemic vitality, with lots of exciting events and activities. In that sense, we\u2019re doubling down on our choice of ‘in-person<\/em>’ last year<\/a>,” said John David Zuern, UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Department of English chair and professor. “The wildfires on Maui were also on our minds, and we wanted to uphold the Maui community\u2019s resilience and its determination to come back strong, which should be inspiring for all of us as we face a future that will be shaped by the effects of climate change.”<\/p>\n

Zuern said that the department also considered the word “polarization<\/em>,” given the deep fault lines running through American public culture. On that note, Zuern said that “resurgence<\/em>” is not always a good thing.<\/p>\n

“For many years now, in the U.S. and around the world, we\u2019ve witnessed the resurgence of authoritarianism, anti-democratic nationalism, and state-supported racism, sexism, and homo- and transphobia,” Zuern said. “In some places, we\u2019re also seeing pushback against those malign trends, with an upsurge in activism and involvement in the political process, and that\u2019s heartening. As educators in the humanities, we aim to help our students develop skills in analysis, interpretation, and communication that will allow them to engage critically with all the ‘surges,’ destructive and constructive alike, that are transforming our world.”<\/p>\n

Merriam-Webster announced its 2023 Word of the Year as authentic<\/em> on November 27<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More about the Department of English<\/h2>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s English department offers a comprehensive curriculum in English studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students are able to pursue study in creative writing, composition and rhetoric, literary studies and cultural studies. Composition and rhetoric classes include place-based writing and Indigenous and digital rhetoric. Students can take creative writing classes in poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Literature and cultural studies courses offered range from Hawaiian and local literature to Shakespeare, American literature and Asian American film. For more about the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Department of English and its programs of study, visit its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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