Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Baram, Uzi
Keywords
Waiahole-Waikane Valley, Ethnography, Oahu, Hawaii, Historical Narrative, Ethics
Area of Concentration
Anthropology
Abstract
From December 2013 through January 2014 I conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the Waiahole-Waikane Valley of Oahu in the State of Hawaii. This ethnography traces anthropological ethics in fieldwork, the problems of historical narrative, compartmentalized views of space and place, and daily aspects of resistance(s) within a local context. I explore the openings of a heterogeneous theory and approach to my writing and fieldwork – as well as the film portion of this thesis. The film compiles three separate events that I attended: A family Christmas Party, The Honolulu City Lights, and A first Baby Luau. These two portions combine to reveal the blank spaces between my ethnography and my visual anthropology in order to facilitate more nuanced understandings of place and space.
Recommended Citation
Carillo, James, "THE GROUND SHAKES EVEN IN PARADISE: IDENTITY, RESISTANCE, AND IMAGE IN WAIAHOLE-WAIKANE VALLEY, HAWAII" (2015). Theses & ETDs. 4996.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4996