Waters of Destruction: Mythical Creatures, Boiling Pots and Tourist Encounters at Wailuku River in Hilo, Hawai‘i

Torgersen, Eilin Holtan

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“…Mo'o thus exemplify some of the character of the relationships between nature's materiality and the role of culture in sensitively shaping environmental behavior, in this case through an ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) lens which brings into focus the potency of elemental deities physically manifested in the environment (Goldberg-Hiller and Silva 2011; Kanahele 2021; Kanakaʻole Kanahele and Wise 1989). Notable among the ontological and metaphysical plurality is the likelihood that the unaware may never perceive the culturally grounded presence of entities such as mo'o even as their presence may be actively bearing on and frequently threatening passers-bys' wellbeing (Brown 2022:45-46;Torgersen 2018). Beyond the shores of Hawai'i, social anthropologist Veronica Strang positions such water beings as "provid[ing] symbolic support for the alternate beliefs and values that locate humankind in more egalitarian and reciprocal position in relation to the non-human world, and which might therefore encourage more sustainable modes of engagement" (Strang 2021:19).…”

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Cultivating the Unseen: Paʻakai and the Role of Practice in Coastal Care

McGuire

Mawyer

2023

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This piece centers itself in paʻakai (seasalt) practices as providing a critical lens for an ethnoecology of the rural Puna coastline on the island of Hawaiʻi. Grounded by ethnographic engagement with ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) tradition, interweaving moʻolelo (stories) from kūpuna (ancestors, elders) alongside contemporary praxis in Puna, Hawaiʻi Island, we explore the role of paʻakai gathering, limu (seaweed) provisioning, and offshore spring water collection in what we are calling coastal care—the reciprocal relationship of care between communities and coasts. Hawaiian cultural practices around paʻakai are a striking home for biocultural linkages including practitioners’ understandings of human and other-than-human wellbeing that exemplify the diversity of cultural dimensions tangibly present in coastal places. Highlighting the plurality of roles culture plays in the sustainable stewardship and wellbeing of coastal places and communities, this work contributes to ongoing discourses around the role of human dimensions in coastal conservation and management. Here we use water, pa‘akai, and limu to make visible what we call the “unseen realm” within contemporary conservation—the persistent blind spots around Indigenous and local culture(s) within conservation policy, planning, and enactment. Encouraging conservation and island sustainability scientists and practitioners to better engage with their blind spots, we identify the need for collaborative coastal management inclusive of ʻŌiwi practices and understandings of coastal care with implications for coastal studies in Hawai‘i and in other Indigenous contexts across Oceania.

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Cultivating the Unseen: Paʻakai and the Role of Practice in Coastal Care

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Mawyer

2023

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“…The finding is in line with [54] who reported that several places of rituals importance are located on the Tapi river banks of India. [55], also found that saltwater was used by residents of Hilo in Hawaii for cleansing and purifying their spirituals and physical contamination; and also freshwater for rites to bring water/rainfall when the land is dry. [54] recommended that rivers should not be considered only as materialistic object but also as a symbol of entire life that is tied with strong beliefs.…”

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Traditional Utilization of Aquatic Resources in Eastern Arc Catchments of Tanzania

Kapinga¹,

Sangodoyin²,

Ogunkoya³

2019

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Aquatic resources are vital for human well-being particularly to rural communities that largely depend on them for livelihood. Currently, it appears that pressure from human activities related to utilization has impacted negatively on catchment management, particularly of the aquatic resources. This study focuses on the aquatic resources found in the Eastern Arc Catchments of Tanzania which include Upper Zigi and Lower Mngeta. The study employs catchment community participatory mapping approach so as to elucidate how man interacts with and modifies the aquatic environment, the impacts of their behavior, and the responses to changes which occur. The aim of the research is to realize a more comprehensive understanding of water resource management from a cultural, social, economic, political, and biological perspective and facilitate sustainable socio-hydrological interaction model. The study found that there are some similarities and differences in aquatic resources management and utilization among communities. Also, it established that there are more aquatic resources in Lower Mngeta catchment than in Upper Zigi catchment. The study found out that the manner of utilization of aquatic resources depends on their availability, levels of skills, knowledge, and beliefs among members of the communities of the catchments. It was also found that the traditional cultural structures that regulated aquatic resource utilization are weakening at an alarming rate due to factors such as modernization and the establishment of the formal institution. Weak traditional structures contribute in many ways to mismanagement and destruction of aquatic resources. The study recommends that ecological database should not only focus on the resources stock, but also on the dynamics of resources utilization. This would lead identification of appropriate local actors with knowledge and skills and cultural advantage who can be involved in planning How to cite this paper: Kapinga, A.G., Sangodoyin, A. and Ogunkoya, O.O. (2019) Traditional Utilization of Aquatic Resources in Eastern Arc Catchments of Tanzania. Natural Resources, 10, 153-178.

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Waters of Destruction: Mythical Creatures, Boiling Pots and Tourist Encounters at Wailuku River in Hilo, Hawai‘i

Cited by 2 publications

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Cultivating the Unseen: Paʻakai and the Role of Practice in Coastal Care

Cultivating the Unseen: Paʻakai and the Role of Practice in Coastal Care

Traditional Utilization of Aquatic Resources in Eastern Arc Catchments of Tanzania

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