Waikīkī: Art and Labor Activism

This webinar examines Waikīkī as a critical site of capitalist and colonial struggle. Featuring two Kānaka ʻŌiwi, Brandy Nālani McDougall (scholar/2023-25 Hawaiʻi Poet Laureate) and Corey Asano (labor organizer with UNITE HERE Local 5), this webinar will share the critical work they have done to transform the unequal conditions of power in Waikīkī. Corey will discuss his participation in their union’s successful labor strike at the Hilton Hawaiian Village (the site of the AAAS conference) while Brandy will speak about her art/poetry installations that address empire and settler colonialism while reclaiming Waikīkī as a particularly Kanaka place.

 

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