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Historic Preservation Program HomepageThe annual Preservation Field Schools are intensive, four to six-week programs which provide students with hands-on experience in working with neighborhoods or buildings worthy of documentation and analysis. Enrollment is limited to 18 participants. The programs include actual work with the materials of a building or area, in addition to understanding its contents, environment and inhabitants. The six-credit graduate programs are co-sponsored by the Department of American Studies and the Outreach College, and focus on a different location each year. Past participants, both students and professionals, have been from Hawai`i, the Pacific, Asia, Europe and the U.S.
The first field school was held in 1991 at the I`ole Mission Station, a 19th-century complex of buildings of the missionary Bond family in North Kohala, Island of Hawai`i. The 1992 field school examined `Oahu's `Ewa Plantation, the most complete surviving sugar plantation complex in the State. In 1993 the program was on the Island of Hawai`i again, with Hilo and environs as the venue, including the historic downtown area and 1899 W.H. Shipman residence. The year 1994 featured Manoa Valley in Honolulu, an exceptionally well preserved late 19th and early 20th-century residential community. The 1995 Field School on Maui focused on Vernacular Architecture. Since 1996 there have been two field programs annually on documentation of vernacular or historic architecture. In 1996, one was held in Kaimuki, island of `Oahu, Hawai`i, and the second in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The year 1997 Hawai`i program studied Kalaupapa, Molokai, while the Asian Field School took place in Bangkok, Thailand. In 1998, the Hawai`i program studied Historic Chinatown in Honolulu, while the Asian Field School took place in Bangkok, Thailand. The most recent field schools have taken place in Kaimuki and Kapahulu, both historic Honolulu neighborhoods.
One of the goals of the field school, and the entire historic preservation program, is to expand the awareness of people in the community about the opportunities that exist for preservation within their neighborhoods. Many guest speakers are included in the annual month-long program and a number of the lectures are open to the public.
- In addition to Hawai`i resource people who provide a unique local perspective, those from outside the State of Hawai`i have included:
- Blaine Cliver, Chief, Preservation Assistance Division, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C.
- Peter James, Preservation Consultant, Canberra, Australia
- Stephen Spaulding, Supervisor of Building Conservation, Cultural Resources Center, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of Interior, Boston, Massachusetts
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Updated January 9, 2008