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As ambassadors of aloha, Hawaiian women have been susceptible to the eroticization of their bodies and the insistent commodification of their aloha.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
“A community is a living organism. It’s either declining or improving; there’s no steady-state in a community.”
Kai Elmer Sotto • Get Together: How to build a community with your people


clever people sought to measure, in data bits, the amount of information produced in
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
A project was said to “ask questions about” or “draw attention to” a topic, without any obligation to formulate conclusions or provide an easily digestible message.
With hindsight, we can see that the nonlinearity of digital hypertext and poststructuralism cut two ways: On the one hand, it helped to dismantle master narratives; on the other, it prod
... See moreHawaiians' authenticity as an autochthonous people was and is often tied to their relationship to land and ocean.