{"id":197960,"date":"2024-05-17T13:37:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T23:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=197960"},"modified":"2024-05-20T18:32:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T04:32:48","slug":"korean-art-and-history-across-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/17\/korean-art-and-history-across-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean art, history in Hawai\u02bbi enlightened through UH<\/abbr> Hilo partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From paintings to artifacts and ceramics, the second floor of the exhibition is filled with art.
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Researchers at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo collaborated to illuminate the forgotten history of Koreans on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island. Faculty from the English<\/a>, business<\/a>, language<\/a> and art<\/a> departments contributed to the new exhibition, “One Heart: Korean Art and History Across the Pacific,” which brings together art and new historical research at Wailoa Center in Hilo.<\/p>\n

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Seri Luangphinith traces a gravestone in Pahala.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the helm of UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s partnership is Seri Luangphinith, an English professor who has done extensive research into the history of Korean immigrants to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island. Among the displays, visitors will find gravestone rubbings she collected from field work on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island. Through Luangphinith\u2019s exemplary research, Korean families on island have been able to reconnect with long-lost generations of their ancestors.<\/p>\n

“We need to better understand and appreciate the Asian presence on this island,” said Luangphinith. “Koreans are a forgotten people here, and that’s unfortunate given their contributions to the local community and to Korea.”<\/p>\n

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The exhibition features four rubbings of gravestones Luangphinith discovered of Koreans who lived and died on Â鶹´«Ã½ Island.
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Finding history<\/h2>\n

Luangphinith\u2019s research spans from the arrival of the first Koreans to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island to the exploration of Korean cemeteries. <\/p>\n