The Poʻe Aloha ‘Āina : Kauaʻi women leaders on land, food sovereignty, & the next generation
department or school: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Lebrun, Heather
issued: 2021-01-12T15:18:36Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This study utilized an Indigenous Determinants of Health framework to tell the story of a group of Kānaka Maoli women leaders on Kaua'i, referred to here as the Poʻe Aloha ʻĀina. Several Hawaiian women leaders from both the kūpuna (elder/grandparent) and mākua (parent) generation engaged in talk-story sessions--a form of open-ended, qualitative interviews that allowed the participants to direct the session. The women began with their own stories, and ended with their vision for the next generation, for their communities, and for their occupied Nation. Their data was subsequently coded using a Modified Grounded Theory. Early stages of this research explored Hawaiian Food Sovereignty and Hawaiian health disparities through these sessions. After coding the data, the research evolved into a larger project about disrupted access to Hawaiian land and usurped Hawaiian governance. The dissertation includes an exploration of the history of how Hawaiians have such restricted access to land within their own homeland; furthermore, it explores the interlocking issues that the next generation of Hawaiians are facing on Kauaʻi in hopes to address some of the simultaneous crises of housing and suicide. A small portion of this research was a collaborative dance with a Hawaiian women-led nonprofit, Kūkulu Kumuhana O Anahola (KKOA), working in the Hawaiian Homelands community of Anahola. The research, and the work of KKOA, culminated by the end of this dissertation in the first stages of establishing an agricultural training & youth center in Anahola.
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note: The Poʻe Aloha ‘Āina: Kauaʻi Women leaders on Land, Food Sovereignty, & the Next Generation by Heather Lebrun M.A., Ben Gurion University, 2013 Teaching Diploma, University of Hawaiʻi, 2005 B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1995 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Doctor of Philosophy in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) December 2020 © Heather Lebrun, 2020 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: The Poʻe Aloha ‘Āina: Kauaʻi Women leaders on Land, Food Sovereignty, & the Next Generation submitted b Heather Lebrun in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies Examining Committee: Dr. Dory Nason, Assoc. Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia Co-supervisor Dr. Alma Trinidad, Assoc. Professor, Social Work, Portland State University Co-supervisor Dr. Sarah Hunt, Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Political Ecology, University of Victoria Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Daniel Heath Justice, Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Literature, University of British Columbia Dr. Charles Grant, Associate Professor, Social Work, University of British Columbia University Examiners Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Dr. Steven Taubeneck, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract This study utilized an Indigenous Determinants of Health framework to tell the story of a group of Kānaka Maoli women leaders on Kaua'i, referred to here as the Poʻe Aloha ʻĀina. Several Hawaiian women leaders from both the kūpuna (elder/grandparent) and mākua (parent) generation engaged in talk-story sessions--a form of open-ended, qualitative interviews that allowed the participants t…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0395557
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/77054