Lia O’Neill Keawe was raised on Hawai'i Island in
Hilo. She is an assistant professor at Kamakakūokalani Center for
Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. A long time
admirer of all things ulana lau hala, Keawe has now become a
practitioner of this traditional and customary art form.
C. Kurt Dewhurst, Ph.D. is director emeritus &
curator of folk life and cultural heritage at the Michigan State
University Museum, USA and professor of English at Michigan State
University, USA. His research interests include folk arts, material
culture, ethnicity, occupational folk culture, and cultural
economic development, and cultural heritage policy.
Marsha L. MacDowell is professor of art and art
history, Michigan State University, USA; curator, Michigan State
University Museum, USA; core faculty member MSU museum studies
program; and coordinator, Michigan Traditional Arts Program (a
state wide partnership of the MSU Museum and the Michigan Council
for the Arts and Cultural Affairs). Her research is focused on the
documentation and analysis of the production, meaning, and use of
traditional material culture; the development of educational
resources and public arts policies related to traditional arts; the
development of curriculum materials related to community-based
knowledge; and the creation of innovative ways, including digital
repositories, to increase access to and use of traditional arts
materials.
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