Dr. Georganne Nordstrom, Department of English, UH-Mānoa Title: “Pidgin as Rhetorical Sovereignty” In this talk, I look at Pidgin use through a rhetorical lens—an analysis that accounts for the social, ideological, cultural contexts of language use—to illustrate the implications of understanding Pidgin as a Kanaka Maoli linguistic resource versus as a “local” language. I discuss..

Kalikoaloha Martin, Instructor of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, UH-Mānoa Title: “Ho, I Neva No Dat Waz ʻŌlelo”: Re-membering and Re-claiming Pidgin: Pidgin identity in the Classroom  As a result of indoctrination and cultural genocide, Pidgin speakers have been oppressed by colonial discourse, erasing the rich Pidgin culture and replacing it with “American” language to culturally assimilate to..

Ali Rozet, Instructor of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, UH-Mānoa Title: “Yuzing Pidgin foh teech Hawaiian to mainland an loco needs alike” If you “get” da kine frazes laik “nice yoa slippahs”, “watchu ste doing”, owa da sddotees between “haaaaah?!” an “foh reelz!” owa between “dat gai” an “dat frikin gai” – den bahleeve it owa naht you..

Haʻalilio Solomon, Ph.D. student, Department of Linguistics, and instructor of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, UH-Mānoa Title: Ke Kūlana o ka ʻŌlelo: Attitudes and Ideologies Surrounding Hawaiian Language and Pidgin  This portion of the summit intends to critically examine the attitudes and ideologies that surround both Hawaiian language and Pidgin English here in Hawaiʻi. The motivations of this..

Dr. Laiana Wong and Dr. Kekeha Solis, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, UH-Mānoa  Bio: Dr. K. Laiana Wong’s focus area of teaching is Hawaiian worldview. He is interested in investigating Hawaiian as it existed during a time when there were more speakers. In order to revitalize the language, it is necessary to know its past..

Dr. Jason (Iota) Cabral, Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, UH-Hilo E Ola ka ʻŌlelo Paʻiʻai This presentation reflects on my personal experiences in the DOE’s attempt to extinguish the use of Hawaiian Creole or “Pidgin” in public schools while growing up in the 1980s and how that attempt has led me..

PART 1: Introduction and Keynote Speech Dr. Jason Cabral, Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, UH-Hilo E Ola ka ʻŌlelo Paʻiʻai This presentation reflects on my personal experiences in the DOE’s attempt to extinguish the use of Hawaiian Creole or “Pidgin” in public schools while growing up in the 1980s and how..