{"id":211564,"date":"2025-02-28T15:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T01:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=211564"},"modified":"2025-02-28T15:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T01:08:24","slug":"kauai-cc-archivist-aha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/28\/kauai-cc-archivist-aha\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaua\u02bbi CC<\/abbr> archivist to lead Hawai\u02bbi association"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College Kikuchi Center Archivist Jason Ford was voted president-elect of the Association of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Archivists (AHA<\/abbr>) in February. He will serve one year in this role before assuming the presidency.<\/p>\n

“I am very grateful to be nominated. I aim to support collections managers and the community to have the skills to utilize, protect and preserve the unique island heritage of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” Ford said.<\/p>\n

He also hopes AHA<\/abbr> can foster partnerships with cultural heritage organizations to strengthen collective efforts in preserving Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

One of Ford\u2019s first initiatives is collaborating with the AHA<\/abbr> board to address the recent dismissal of the U.S. Archivist. He said the mission of the association is to advocate for archives that preserve the historical record in a way that is supposed to be unbiased and apolitical.<\/p>\n

He is also working to establish a statewide consortium of repositories to facilitate the return of Native Hawaiian cultural artifacts to their original islands.<\/p>\n

“Native Hawaiians have specifically expressed that it is their preference that Native Hawaiian cultural items be returned to the original island location,” he said. “By having a consortium of repositories working collectively, we may be able to achieve that.”<\/p>\n

Ford holds a degree in Hawaiian language and a graduate degree from the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Library and Information Science program. With a background in ethnography and Hawaiian language translation, he has served as Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Kikuchi Archivist for more than two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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