Reading time: 3minutes C. Fred Blake’s simplified Chinese character edition of Burning Money: The Material Spirit of the Chinese Lifeworld has inspired widespread academic discussion.
Reading time: 2minutes According to the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, UH Mānoa’s geography and archaeology are in the top 40 among U.S. universities and colleges.
Reading time: 3minutes UH Mānoa students are preserving the history of the North Shore communities of Waialua and Haleʻiwa by interviewing kūpuna (grandparents, elders) from those areas.
Reading time: 2minutes University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo undergraduate Alexis Cabrera won third prize out of 90 student submissions for her presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology.
Reading time: 2minutes UH Mānoa alumna Karen Kelsky, a prominent figure in the national #MeToo movement, has been speaking out on issues of sexual assault in academia, with a focus on empowering victims and training people in leadership.
Reading time: 3minutes The UH Mānoa North Shore Field School guided students in the recording of oral history to preserve the experiences of kūpuna in Waialua.
Reading time: < 1minute Khiara M. Bridges, a Boston University law and anthropology professor, discusses her new book, The Poverty of Privacy Rights, in a public lecture on March 8
Reading time: 2minutes A new study calls for a re-evaluation of our understanding of when and how humans left Africa and what happened once they arrived in Asia.
Reading time: 2minutes Researchers saw disparities in wealth mount with the rise of agriculture, specifically the domestication of plants and large animals, and increased social organization.
Reading time: 2minutes UH Hilo Professors Peter Mills' work helped define the role of the Maunakea adze quarry in ancient Hawaiian economies, inter-island voyaging and trade.