Bishop Museum Podcasts

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  1. Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe

    07/17/2020

    Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe

    Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe. with Nāʻālehu Anthony of ʻŌiwi TV Recorded Thursday, October 17, 2019 in Atherton Hālau Moananuiākea is a documentary film telling the story of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage of legendary canoe Hōkūleʻa. The three-year voyage connected countless individuals and communities from around the globe. It was also the fulfillment of the vision of pwo navigator Nainoa Thompson and his contemporaries, to pass the mantle of celestial navigation to the next generation of kānaka maoli who will retain the skills of their ancestors and perpetuate this tradition for generations to come. The film is presented by the Polynesian Voyaging Society and ʻŌiwi TV and produced by Nāʻālehu Anthony, Bryson Hoe, and Maui Tauotaha, all of whom served as crew members on Hōkūleʻa. Traditions of the Pacific is coordinated by the Bishop Museum Association Council, the supporting council for Bishop Museum members, to celebrate the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

    48 min
  2. Nerd Nite Honolulu Presents Bishop Museum Takeover!

    03/04/2020

    Nerd Nite Honolulu Presents Bishop Museum Takeover!

    Nerd Nite Honolulu Presents Bishop Museum Takeover! Recorded Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Anna O’Brien’s Nerd Nite HNL and Bishop Museum join forces for a special evening. Going Back to the Future with Bishop Museum’s Archaeology Collections with Jillian A. Swift, Bishop Museum Archaeologist Bishop Museum Collections Trivia – Vertebrate or Invertebrate? with Molly Hagemann and Holly Bolick, Bishop Museum Vertebrate and Invertebrate collections managers Weird and Wonderful: Highlights of the Personal Collection of a Hawai’i Historian with DeSoto Brown, Bishop Museum Historian

    56 min
  3. Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai

    02/21/2020

    Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai

    Traditions of the Pacific Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai With friends of Rell Sunn: Dalani Tanahy, Kapa Hawaiʻi, Westside Wahine surfer; Jeannie Chesser, pro-surfer and artist; Sonya Evenson, surf report DJ and champion windsurfer; Laura Blears, pro-surfer; Laola Lake Aeʻa, one of the founding organizers of Women's Pro Surfing Association, and water safety instructor; Brooke Holt-Pennel, surfer; and Toni Hambaro, surfer. Panel of speakers' discussion recorded on Thursday, February 20, 2020 after film showing in Atherton Hālau. Heart of the Sea is a documentary film about surf legend and “Queen of Mākaha,” Rell Kapoliokaʻehukai Sunn. Sunn was a founding member of the Women’s Professional Surfing Association and a beloved breast cancer activist. With exhilarating water scenes and captivating archival footage of surf culture, Heart of the Sea is an important look at Hawaiʻi’s integral part in America’s rich cultural heritage, and a stirring portrait of a courageous legend. Traditions of the Pacific is coordinated by the Bishop Museum Association Council, the supporting council for Bishop Museum members, to celebrate the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Watch Heart of the Sea online https://vimeo.com/ondemand/rellsunndoc

    35 min
  4. The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupō, Maui

    10/04/2019

    The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupō, Maui

    The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupō, Maui with Dr. Patrick V. Kirch Thursday, October 3, 2019 in the Atherton Halau The book Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani, meaning “Temples, Land, and Sky,” is a collaborative study by Dr. Patrick V. Kirch and Clive Ruggles, using an approach that combines archaeology and archaeoastronomy. The remarkably well-preserved archaeological landscape of Kahikinui and Kaupō in southeastern Maui includes some 78 heiau, or temple sites, ranging from small coastal fishing shrines, through agricultural fertility temples, to the imposing war temples of Loʻaloʻa and Pōpōiwi, where Maui’s King Kekaulike offered up human sacrifices. Building on detailed mapping and study of these temple foundations, Kirch and Ruggles generated new insights into how heiau served not only as places of sacrifice and prayer, but also as locations where kāhuna observed the heavens. Observing the rising of the Pleiades (Makaliʻi), and probably also the solstices, allowed the kāhuna to calibrate the Hawaiian lunar calendar, keeping it in sync with the solar year.

    1h 19m
  5. Science through Art: Birds of a Feather Working Together

    09/20/2019

    Science through Art: Birds of a Feather Working Together

    Science through Art: Birds of a Feather Working Together with Molly Hagemann, Invertebrate Zoology collections manager and Laurie Sumiye, artist Recorded on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Atherton Halau The Natural History collections at #BishopMuseum are an invaluable resource for artists who interpret scientific specimens differently than scientists do. Hear from the Museum’s Molly Hagemann and artist Laurie Sumiye about how a mutual love of birds developed into a friendship and a professional collaboration involving the Museum’s Avian Collection. Laurie created molds from the albatross eggs in the Museum collections and then fashioned resin eggs filled with marine debris to illustrate the impact of plastic on North Pacific albatross populations. This art installation, Laysan 1902, is now on display in the Science Adventure Center. The next collaborative project is a documentary film on the palila, a critically endangered honeycreeper. These stories increase public awareness and help preserve Hawaiʻi’s dwindling biodiversity. This program is coordinated by the Bishop Museum Education Department to celebrate the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

    1h 11m
  6. The Archive of Te Rangihiroa

    09/12/2019

    The Archive of Te Rangihiroa

    The Archive of Te Rangihiroa with Wānanga | Wānana Research Residency recipients: Ngahina Hohaia (Taranaki, Ngāti Moeahu, Ngāti Haupoto) Visual artist; and Julian Arahanga (Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi), Film and television writer, director, producer, and researcher Recorded on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Atherton Halau Hear the findings and insights of the two Wānanga | Wānana Research Residency recipients on their explorations into the archival materials of Taranaki-born Māori scholar Te Rangihiroa from Ngāti Mutunga—also known as Sir Peter Buck (ca. 1880–1951). Buck was a physician, statesman, and scholar, and the first indigenous director of Bishop Museum, from 1936 until his passing in 1951. He documented the rich cultures of Polynesia and brought worldwide awareness of their skills and accomplishments. One of the world’s leading Polynesian scholars, Buck’s work and leadership continue to have a lasting impact on the Pacific and on the relationship between Māori and Kānaka Maoli. The Wānanga | Wānana Research Residency is a partnership between Creative New Zealand and Bishop Museum Library & Archives.

    1h 46m
  7. Fire in the Sea: Learning from the 2018 Kīlauea Eruption

    08/16/2019

    Fire in the Sea: Learning from the 2018 Kīlauea Eruption

    Traditions of the Pacific Presents Fire in the Sea: Learning from the 2018 Kīlauea Eruption with Dr. Scott Rowland, volcanologist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Recorded on Thursday, August 15, 2019 in the Atherton Hālau The spring-summer 2018 Kīlauea eruption was unprecedented in post-contact times, in terms of the nature and scale of the activity and the destruction of homes and infrastructure. Was this eruption associated with the fiery forces of Pele or could it signify an older deity, ʻAilāʻau, the Forest Eater? This scientific talk by Dr. Scott Rowland, a specialist in Volcanology in Hawaiʻi, will highlight some of the unusual aspects of the 2018 eruption, its effects, and what is yet to be learned and even un-learned from of this once-in-a-lifetime event. Traditions of the Pacific is coordinated by the Bishop Museum Association Council, the supporting council for Bishop Museum members, to celebrate the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Links: Strange Tides After the 6.9 Earthquake in Hawaii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSqGC6jDfB0 USGS Kilauea Videos https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/multimedia_videos.html Overview of Kīlauea Volcano’s 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/file_mngr/file-224/OVERVIEW_Kil2018_LERZ-Summit_June%202019.pdf

    1h 27m
  8. Recreating the Lost Worlds of the Past: From the Mauritius Dodo to the Blind Duck of Hawaiʿi

    06/26/2019

    Recreating the Lost Worlds of the Past: From the Mauritius Dodo to the Blind Duck of Hawaiʿi

    With Dr. Julian Hume, paleontologist at the Natural History Museum, London Recorded on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in the Atherton Hālau. Island birds have been subject to spectacular evolutionary events and it is only now that science is beginning to understand the processes involved. The importance of paleontology and ancient DNA have been paramount in research, which has resulted in some extraordinary discoveries. Julian Hume is a self-taught artist specializing in reconstructing extinct species, who completed an undergraduate degree in paleontology at the University of Portsmouth, followed by a PhD on the extinct birds of the Mascarenes at the Natural History Museum (NHM), London. Using a combination of art and science, Dr. Hume presents some of his works on island bird evolution, and the recreation of some of the lost worlds of the past. This program is coordinated by the Bishop Museum Natural Sciences Department to celebrate the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

    55 min
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    Bishop Museum
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2020
  • Episodes
    55
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