Mele on the Mauna: Perpetuating Genealogies of Hawaiian Musical Activism on Maunakea
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Mele on the Mauna: Perpetuating Genealogies of Hawaiian Musical Activism on Maunakea
In the summer of 2019, a group of kia'i, or protectors, made up of kānaka 'ōiwi (Native Hawaiians) and their allies came together to prevent the construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) on the dormant volcano Maunakea.
In Mele on the Mauna, Joseph Keola Donaghy explores how music, and especially haku mele, or Hawaiian language composers, played a crucial role in this defense. Musicians...
Joseph Keola Donaghy is Associate Professor of Music and faculty coordinator of Music Studies and the Institute of Hawaiian Music at the University of Hawai'i Maui College. He is a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning composer, performer, and producer of Hawaiian music.
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