My short thoughts and reflections on the events of #ISAS2017 #medievaltwitterhttps://mfafinski.github.io/ISAS_moment/
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Replying to @Calthalas @cmthomas
And really, how many in-depth papers were there about decoloniality especially cognizant of Hawaii's particularly settler colonial status?
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @cmthomas
Thank you Dorothy for your great thoughts! Quite some, actually: Catherine Karkov engaged directly with the militarised status of Hawai'i
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(quoting and referencing Adam). The Public Medievalism session engaged with the problem on different levels. Courtney Barajas also ref to it
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Matin's concluding paper was centred around the colonization of Hawai'i, the mythologization of colonizers and the problems connected w/ it
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Ofc Uluwehi Hopkins spoke about it at length, pointing the misconceptions giving very tangible examples of the very problem (inc personal)
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Numerous other papers tried to include the perspective and acknowledge the difficulty; of course there could and should have been many more!
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Replying to @Calthalas @cmthomas
But other than Hopkins who is not a medievalist, none of these speakers are Native Hawaiian. That was the point of Adam's post.
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @cmthomas
Yes! That's why there is so much work to do before the next ISAS! that's why there needs to be a broad support for the letter and elections
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go away. Critique actually should continue, it makes us always reassess, reflect, and work on our praxis. Support is not monolithic.
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