EP 62 Ethnic studies professor Ty Tengan on re-membering Hawaiian identity in place and cultural practice

12/09/2025 1h 20min Temporada 4 Episodio 62
EP 62 Ethnic studies professor Ty Tengan on re-membering Hawaiian identity in place and cultural practice

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Dr. Ty Tengan is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa whose work emphasizes ethnic studies in relation to Hawaiian identity and masculinity, sovereignty, land, and militarism. His activism and work extends to running oral history field schools, cultural workshops, water rights and burial site protection. In this conversation, Melissa and Clay talk about Tenganʻs work in native Hawaiian repatriation, and the profound significance of ʻiwi kupuna burial practices perpetuating indigenous worldview. We discuss the “forced amnesia” of colonization and the re-learning and re-membering Hawaiian traditions and practices, especially those around Hawaiian masculinity.

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