{"product_id":"kaiaulu-gathering-tides-paperback","title":"Kaiaulu: Gathering Tides - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMehana Blaich Vaughan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tide is rising ahead of the early morning sun on the northeast coast of the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. Waves rush singing onto the outer reef where two throw net fishermen stalk the surge. An elderly woman with her silver hair in a kerchief makes her way toward shore, two octopuses tucked in her mesh bag. Within hours, two hundred tourists will snorkel, sunbathe, and teeter on the coral, few ever knowing that people fish here or that their catch sustains an entire \u003ci\u003ekaiāulu \u003c\/i\u003e(community) connected to this stretch of reef. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This coast is known as a playground for tourists and backdrop for Hollywood movies, but catch from small local reefs, and the sharing of this abundance, has sustained area families for centuries, helping them to thrive through tidal waves, hurricanes, an influx of new residents, and economic recessions. Yet fishing families are increasingly invisible and many have moved away, threatened by global commodification and loss of access to coastal lands that are now private retreats for star entertainers, investors, and dot-com millionaires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Building on two decades of interviews with more than sixty Hawaiian elders, leaders, and fishermen and women, \u003ci\u003eKaiāulu\u003c\/i\u003e shares their stories of enduring community efforts to perpetuate \u003ci\u003ekuleana, \u003c\/i\u003e often translated to mean \"rights and responsibilities.\" Community actions extend \u003ci\u003ekuleana\u003c\/i\u003e to include nurturing respectful relationships with resources, guarding and cultivating fishing spots, perpetuating collective harvests and sharing, maintaining connection to family lands, reasserting local governance rooted in ancestral values, and preparing future generations to carry on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An important contribution to scholarship in the fields of natural resource management, geography, Indigenous Studies, and Hawaiian Studies, \u003ci\u003eKaiāulu\u003c\/i\u003e is also a skillfully written and deeply personal tribute to a community based not on ownership, but reciprocity, responsibility, and caring for the places that shape and sustain us all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMehana Blaich Vaughan\u003c\/b\u003egrew up where the districts of Halele'a and Ko'olau meet on the island of Kaua'i. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, and the Sea Grant College Program and Hui 'Āina Momona at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Mehana's research and teaching focus on community relationships with natural resources, particularly in indigenous settings, as well as place-based education. Her home is on Kaua'i with her husband, mother, and three children. \u003ci\u003eKaiāulu \u003c\/i\u003eis her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758111621408,"sku":"9780870719226","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d97063a29e6f25c2b27a0425accea4a0.webp?v=1780118333","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/kaiaulu-gathering-tides-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}