Hi'ilei Hobart: Ambient sovereignty and the question of temperature control
Artwork for Kamea Chayne’s Green Dreamer, a podcast “exploring our paths to collective healing, biocultural revitalization, and true abundance and wellness for all.”
The episode featured a conversation with Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart (Kanaka Maoli), Assistant Professor of Native and Indigenous Studies at Yale University. When I read about her project exploring the role of ice in Hawai'i, I immediately thought of Humuhumunukunukuapua'a, or the reef trigger fish, who in Hawaiian mythology is closely associated with the deity Kamapua'a.
Instead of swimming freely, the fish is stuck in a block of ice, showing how the Western cold chain has trapped and damaged Native Hawaiians' ways of living and eating.
The episode featured a conversation with Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart (Kanaka Maoli), Assistant Professor of Native and Indigenous Studies at Yale University. When I read about her project exploring the role of ice in Hawai'i, I immediately thought of Humuhumunukunukuapua'a, or the reef trigger fish, who in Hawaiian mythology is closely associated with the deity Kamapua'a.
Instead of swimming freely, the fish is stuck in a block of ice, showing how the Western cold chain has trapped and damaged Native Hawaiians' ways of living and eating.
