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The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities Announces Funding Projects  PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2008 Contact: Alita Charron, Director of Communications & Development Hawai'i Council for the Humanities 808-732-5402 ------------------------ The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities is pleased to announce that the following organizations have been awarded funding for their humanities projects: $10,000 to Maiden Voyage Productions, for Timeless Craft: Building "Mauloa." Support is for the production of a documentary film that will examine the cultural and historical traditions involved in building a coastal sailing outrigger canoe. By documenting the tools, methods, materials, rituals and chants associated with traditional canoe construction, the film will help preserve the technological and artistic accomplishments of Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders embedded in canoe construction. Vicky Holt Takamine, Dr. Davianna McGregor, and Dr. Ben Finney are the primary humanities scholars and resource personnel working on this project. Gail Evenari of Maiden Voyage Productions is the project director. $2,500 to Hawai'i Pacific University for The Common Book Project at HPU. With this support, Ruth Ozeki, author of My Year of Meats (1998) and All Over Creation (2003) will deliver the keynote lecture of HPU's 2008 Common Book Project. Her topic is "Hybrid Vigor: Mixing Science and Fiction." She will address this and other key themes involved in the book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan, selected as HPU's Common Book for 2008. All of HPU's Common Book discussions are free and open to the public. Dr. Phyllis Frus is the humanities scholar for this project, with Laurie Leach serving as project director. $2,500 to the University of Hawai'i for The Common Book Project at Windward Community College, Fall 2008. The purpose of WCC's Common Book Project is to extend to the local community the benefits of reading a particular book and discussing it from various perspectives. All discussions are free and open to the public. The 2008 book is Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Sarah Hadmack is the humanities scholar for this project. Brian Richardson is the project director. $1,500 to Dr. Virginia Metaxas for A Social History of Disease, Death, Medicine, and Missionaries in Nineteenth Century Hawai'i. This grant supports independent archival research focused primarily on the newly opened collection of Judd Family Papers, held at the Bishop Museum's archives. Dr. Metaxas will host a free public program to discuss her research, time and place TBD. The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities is a non-profit organization that encourages and supports  historical, philosophical and cultural programs for the general public throughout Hawai'i. Each year HCH funds about $125,000 in six grant areas. It also conducts its own educational programs, including History Day, Literature & Medicine, and Motheread/Fatheread. For further information, please contact Kim Schauman, HCH Director of Grants and Special Projects, at Back | Current News | FYI |
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