Conversations
Mahalo to those who have invited me to talk about Hawaiian librarianship, Indigenous librarianship, and the many ways we can center Hawaiʻi in information work.
2022 Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium (November 2, 2022)
Opening Keynote: Indigenous Perspectives in Librarianship
Presenters: Nicola Andrews, University of San Francisco; Naomi Bishop, University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix; Keahiahi Long, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Librarianship often excludes Native voices. Join us as we explore what we need to build, sustain, and nurture our connections -- with our land, informationscapes, and communities. We imagine a practice of librarianship that highlights relationality, multiple perspectives, well-being, and accountability. In this conversation, we share stories and lessons from our experiences as Native women in the library and higher education professions. |
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2022 Hoʻokele Naʻauao: A Hawaiian Librarianship Symposium (June 15, 2022)
Ka Wai Hāpai Co-Creation Process and Practice
Speakers: Kumu Hula Maelia Loebenstein Carter, Keahiahi Long, Annemarie Paikai In this session, Ka Wai Hāpai Magic Spinner Keahiahi Long is joined by her kumu, cousin, and Ka Wai Hāpai Consultant, Maelia Loebenstein Carter. Ka Wai Hāpai Project Lead (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) Annemarie Paikai will moderate this discussion. Ka Wai Hāpai works in consultation with six loea (cultural practice masters), including Maelia. Since November 2021, Ka Wai Hāpai Project Administrators Shavonn Matsuda, Annemarie Paikai, and Keahiahi Long have met monthly with each consultant, discussing ontologies, relationships, protocols, and language. Maelia was also a consultant for our previous project, Lau Ā Lau Ka ʻIke: Knowledge Overflowing, where we investigated the co-creation of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi controlled vocabularies. Together, Keahiahi, Maelia, and Annemarie will reflect on the first year of project consultation meetings, considering challenges, successes, outcomes, and next steps. |
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2022 Hawaiʻi Library Association Spring Meeting (June 4, 2022)
Ke Kumu Wai: Sources of Knowledge
Speakers: Kawena Komeiji and Keahiahi Long Wai, or water, is the source of life. And we know that waiwai is a purposeful duplication of wai, signifying a healthy, thriving, flourishing state. Together these words help us envision a future for Hawaiʻi and how our practice can support and heal our communities of the past, present, and future. In our talk, we present a (k)new model for the practice of librarianship that forefronts the kuanaʻike Hawaiʻi and our relationship to wai and ʻāina. The result is a description of Hawaiian librarianship, grounded in Hawaiian values and practices with the goal of best serving Hawaiian communities. Hoʻoulu lāhui: a healthy nation is a knowledgeable one. |
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2020 Hoʻokele Naʻauao: A Hawaiian Librarianship Symposium (November 9, 2020)
Nā Hawaiʻi ʻImi Loa, "Conversations on Hawaiian Librarianship"
Presenters: Keahiahi Long, Michiko Joseph, Erica Dias, Shavonn Matsuda This session will feature conversations with a spectrum of practitioners of Hawaiian librarianship: Keahiahi Long (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Michiko Joseph (University of Hawaiʻi - West Oʻahu), Erica Dias (Kapiʻolani Community College), and Shavonn Matsuda (University of Hawaiʻi at Maui College). Presenters will share about their work advancing Hawaiian librarianship, developing Hawaiian cultural competency curriculum, and creating a Hawaiian knowledge organization system. |
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