{"id":31599,"date":"2015-02-13T11:26:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T21:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=31599"},"modified":"2021-10-06T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T19:55:43","slug":"pacific-islander-culture-transgender-identity-focus-of-uh-west-o%ca%bbahu-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/13\/pacific-islander-culture-transgender-identity-focus-of-uh-west-o%ca%bbahu-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Islander culture, transgender identity focus of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> series"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kumu-hina-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kumu-hina-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kumu-hina-poster.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kumu-hina-poster-173x260.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhwo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> welcomes distinguished visiting scholar and Kanaka Maoli teacher, cultural practitioner and community leader Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> for a film screening and a series of presentations this February. Wong-Kalu is a founding member and outreach specialist for Kulia Na Mamo, a community organization with a mission to improve the quality of life for m&#257;h&#363; wahine (transgender women) and cultural director for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halaulokahi.com\/\">H&#257;lau L&#333;kahi<\/a> public charter school.<\/p>\n<p>All events are free and open to the public, and sponsored by the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program.<\/p>\n<p>The program brings seasoned scholars and practitioners in the humanities, social sciences, and indigenous arts, traditions and cultures to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> for the benefit of students, faculty, staff and the community.<\/p>\n<h2>Event information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kumuhina.com\/\"><em>Kumu Hina<\/em><\/a> reception, film screening and discussion<\/strong><br \/>\nMonday, February 23, 4&#8211;7 p.m.<br \/>\n<abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, Campus Center Multi-purpose Room, C208<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> will host a film screening of the documentary <em>Kumu Hina<\/em> followed by a discussion with Wong-Kalu and <em>Kuma Hina<\/em> Director\/Producers Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer. <em>Kumu Hina<\/em> is told through the lens of Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, an extraordinary Native Hawaiian who is both a proud and confident m&#257;h&#363; (transgender woman) and an honored and respected kumu (teacher) and community leader. The documentary focuses on her struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture in the midst of a modern day <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> influenced by Western values.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kumu-hina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kumu-hina.jpg\" alt=\"Kumu Hina\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kumu-hina.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kumu-hina-260x166.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><strong>&ldquo;M&#257;h&#363;-Beyond the Binary&rdquo; class presentation and discussion<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday, February 24, 2&#8211;3:20 p.m.<br \/>\n<abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, Classroom Building D253<\/p>\n<p>Wong-Kalu will discuss transgender identity with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> students taking a sociology of sexuality class. There will be a 30 minute presentation followed by a question and answer session.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panel discussion with Wong-Kalu<\/strong><br \/>\nWednesday, Feb. 25, 5-6:20 p.m.<br \/>\n<abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, Classroom Building D141<\/p>\n<p>Wong-Kalu and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> students taking gender and sexuality in literature and film English class will discuss Western and Pacific Islander constructions of gender identities in a panel presentation format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Julie Funasaki Yuen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/kumuhina.com\/player\/\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> welcomes distinguished scholar Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu as part of Distinguished Visiting Scholar program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[342,646,690,261,59],"class_list":["post-31599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-english","tag-film","tag-lgbtq","tag-sociology","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31599"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149254,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31599\/revisions\/149254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}