Our Place in the Kumulipo

This course will introduce students to the early Hawaiian world views and religion to better understand modern-day issues and ethical approaches to these problems. It focuses on several foundational schools of science such as Geography, Ecology, Anthropology, Hawaiian Studies, and Policy making to better inform students on their assigned area of research throughout the course. Questions such as "What is a native Hawaiian?", "Who should be in charge managing Hawaii?", and "Can the islands of Hawaii be restored back to its original state ethically?" are all questions students will be asked while simultaneously filtering out what is myth, research bias, and fact. By the end of the course students will be able to better recognize research biases in historical accounts, understand the importance of historical background in research, and create proposals in research and field studies ethically and unbiased. Cross-listed with BIO 402.