University of Hawaii CIFIC ISLANDS PROGRAM

for Asian and Pacific Studies

NEWSLETTER Moore Hall 215 Phone: 1890 East-West Road University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

948-6393 6394 8439

CONTENTS

Vol. XVII: 3 May/June 1985 Judith D. Hanmett, Editor

Federal Grant Renewed 1 University Affiliation Program 1 USP Exchange Program News 1

Kiribati Culture Book Published 1 Craig Severance Goes to Kiribati 1 USP Exchange Students Leaving 1

Outreach Report 2 Three of Brij Lal's Students Take History Prizes 2 Health Career Opportunities 3 Hokule'a Scheduled to Sail 3 Report on PTC '85 3 PRAHE 4 Bess Press: Can They Help You? 4 Attention Graduate Students 4

Registration During Final Semester 4 Transfer of Education Records 5

Upcoming Conferences 6 Hawaiian Studies in Education 6 The Pacific Islands Conference 6 PTC '86 9 PACON '86 10 Islands 186 10

Asia and Oceania by G. Raymond Nunn 11 New Book by David J. Kittelson 13 New Book by James G. Peoples 13 Development Studies Centre Publications 13 New Publications from IPS 14

FEDERAL GRANT RENEWED

Pacific Islands Studies is pleased to announce the renewal of its Title VI U.S. Department of Education grant for 1985-86, in the exact amount of $119,831. PISP has received federal funds annually since 1973. As in the past, grant funds this year will be expended in the areas of language instruction, the Pacific Collection at Hamilton Library, and outreach functions.

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION PROGRAM, UPNG/UH

The University Affiliation Program between the University of Papua New Guinea and the University of Hawaii, supported by funds from the U.S. Information Agency was announced in the Newsletter last fall. The purpose of our affiliation program is to provide courses of study, teaching or lecturing in the various fields of instruction and research conducted at the University of Hawaii for Papua New Guinea faculty and staff members is the general interests of international exchange.

The participant, Ms. FLORENCE GRIFFIN, University Librarian from UPNG arrived April 1, and will remain at UH until July 3, 1985. Her three month tour at UH includes consultation with the UH library system administration as well as the UH Pacific Collection.

USP /UH EXCHANGE PROGRAM NEWS

Kiribati Culture Book Published Since early 1982, the Newsletter has been following the progress of the Kiribati Culture Project, headed by Professor Emeritus LEONARD MASON. Dr. Mason has organized a group of Kiribati writers to contribute to a volume entitled Kiribati: A Changing Atoll Culture. The project has been supported by the Asia Foundation and by the University of the South Pacific. The book is now available from the Institute of Pacific Studies, USP, at a price of F$8.00. There is also a special price of F$6.00 offered to Pacific Island nationals. To obtain a copy, contact:

Ron Crocombe, Director Institute of Pacific Studies

University of the South Pacific P .0. Box 1168

Suva, Fiji

Craig Severance Goes to Kiribati With funds granted by the Asia Foundation for the USP/UH Program, Dr. CRAIG SEVERANCE will be travelling to Suva and Kiribati to conduct a writers' workshop series at the USP Centre in Kiribati. His time frame will be approximately the month of June, 1985. Dr. Severance, Professor of Anthropology at UH-Hilo, is a long-time collaborator and contributor to the Pacific Islands Studies Program.

USP Exchange Students Leaving Supported by a grant from the Asia Foundation, two undergraduate students from the University of the South Pacific are currently completing their semester

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here at UH. After exams, Ms. NETATUA PELESIKOTI of Tonga, and Mr. SATENDRA LAL of Fiji will both be making short visits to the west coast before returning home early in June.

OUTREACH REPORT

The Outreach Report was prepared as usual by Ms. KAREN KNUDSEN, PIP Outreach Coordinator:

The PACIFIC ISLANDS TEACHERS' WORKSHOP (March 27-29) received a very positive response from teachers statewide. Over eighty teachers registered for the conference which, unfortunately, had to be limited to sixty participates. The 3-day workshop provided teachers and Pacific scholars a chance to discuss current issues facing the Pacific, historical perspectives and teacher needs.

The workshop was co-sponsored by PIP, Pacific Islands Development Program, for teachers next year.

the College of F~ucation, and the EWC. We will offer a similar workshop

A PACIFIC ISLANDS BUSINESS SYMPOSTUM was the theme of the lOth Annual Pacific Islands Studies Conference on Saturday, April 20, 1985. The Symposium, which was held in collaboration with the College of Business Administration featured executives from local businesses as well as representatives from the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Customs Service, Pacific Basin Development Council, and government officials from American Samoa. Special conference guests included Lt. Governor Hunkin of American Samoa, and Lt. Governor Tenorio from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands who gave an informal presentation during the afternoon session on Business Incentives and Development in the American Flag Islands.

Four OCCASIONAL SEMINARS were held since late February, including one organized by a student in Southeast Asian Studies entitled "New Caledonia: The Roots of the Present Crisis", held on February 20. A panel consisting of DON TOPPING, MIKE HAMNETT, and RICHARD HERR made presentations and discussed the current situation in politically troubled New Caledonia.

Regular PIP Seminars were as follows:

Dr. MICHEAL HAMNETT, Deputy Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program, EWC, presented an update of PIDP's activities and programs on February 19th.

Dr. ROBERT WORTH, lJH School of Public Health discussed their leprosy project in Truk, Federated States of Micronesia on March 7.

Dr. DENNIS T.P. "TOM" KEENE gave an overview of his work on "Youthful Female Runaways in the Marshall Islands" at a May 2 seminar.

THREE OF BRIJ LAL' S STUDENTS TAKE HISTORY PRIZES

Three graduate students from Brij Lal' s Pacific History ucuu.a.::u (History 675) have won prizes for papers sub~itted for that course. Dr. Lal submitted the following report:

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DAVID RICHARDSON has won the Te Rangi Hiroa Fund Prize, administered by the History Department of the University of Papua New Guinea, for his paper "Kastom, Cargo and Culture: Origins and Implications of the Santo Rebellion in Vanuatu." The award is worth $200.00.

ROBERTA SPRAGUE has won the Pacific Islands Library Research Prize offered by the Pacific Collection of the Hamilton Library for her paper "The Last Pacific Explorers: The Accomplishments of Charles Wilkes and the US Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 in the South Central Pacific." The is worth $50.00 and Roberta's paper will be added to the Pacific Collection.

SARAH SOHMER shared with BRUCE REYNOLDS of the History Department, the Phi Alpha Theta Prize for her paper "The Antecedents of Melanesian Mission." Phi Alpha Theta, an honors society for history students, established its regional branch in Honolulu last year. Sarah has begun work on her doctoral dissertation.

HF.ALTH CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Hawaiians, Samoans, Micronesians, Asian-Americans, and other minority groups from the Pacific Basin who wish to pursue a career in medicine are invited to apply to the Imi Ho'ola Program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Imi Ho'ola, Hawaiian for "Those Who Seek to Heal", prepares selected men and women who for reasons beyond their control may not be sufficiently qualified academically to compete successfully for admission to medical school.

Students participate in an intensive one-year pre-professional training program which concentrates on the basic sciences, mathematics, and English. Supportive services include tutoring, study skills, counseling and assistance in locating financial support.

For further information, contact NANETTE JUDD at 948-6590 of 948-7412.

HOKULE'A SCHEDULED TO SAIL

The voyaging canoe Hokule'a is being made ready for its most ambitious trip so far. It will be leaving Hawaii during June or July to trace major routes of Polynesians who populated the Pacific. The two-year journey will take the Hokule'a through the Marquesas, Tahiti, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Fiji, and Samoa. Many of the original Hokule'a crew members will again be aboard, as citizens of the various ports of call prepare to welcome them.

The Pacific Islands Studies Program wishes the Hokule 1a good luck and Godspeed in its upcoming quest.

REPORT ON PTC '85

PTC 185, the seventh aqnual conference of the Pacific Telecommunications Council, spent four days in January examining the coming digital world and its potential effects on the Pacific area. The major thrust this year's conference included the following points: technology should be a positive force in society, extending values, morals, and aesthetics to increase

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education and knowledge; new services should be cheap, simple, and needed. Standards are an important part of governing the proliferating technology. Standardization work must be done once, done right, and done internationally. Conferees were cautioned about advancing into the new technology without a solid educational base. According to Teleglobe Canada President Jean-Claude Delorme, "The human mind remains the most sophisticated computer, and we should therefore concern ourselves with the necessity to understand it adequately, through basic education, to perform the functions that are expected of it--if we do not want the computers to take over entirely."

PRAHE

In last July's Newsletter, the Pacific Rim Association for Higher Education was described as an organization that endeavors to improve understanding and to increase inter-institutional cooperation. PRAHE hosts an annual meeting and identifies opportunities for the exchange of administrators, faculty members and students among Pacific Rim nations.

Membership dues are as follows:

Institutional US $100.00 Administration or Faculty 5.00 Student 2.50

Send your name, affiliation, and appropriate membership dues to:

Philip E. Moir Centre for Continuing Education University of British Columbia

Vancouver, B.C. V6T lWS Canada

BESS PRESS: CAN THEY HELP YOU?

Bess Press, a Honolulu based publishing company has produced a substantial 1985 catalogue of its publications in history, language, culture, and educational materials, all with a distinct Hawaiian orientation.

Publisher BENJAMIN E. BESS has recently informed PISP that Bess Press wishes to extend it's geographical orientation to other areas in the Pacific Basin. If you have specific needs or interests in publishing materials about the Pacific, Mr. Bess would be happy to discuss how Bess Press might best be to serve you ••• or you may just wish to write for a catalogue:

ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Bess Press P .0. Box 22388

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Registration During Final Semester Memo from Leatrice T. Mirikitani, Assitant Dean, Graduate Division:

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At its November, 1984 meeting the Senate of the Graduate Division adopted a new policy which requires Master's non-thesis (Plan B) and examination (Plan C) students to be registered in the semester in which the degree is awarded. In order to provide a mechanism for registering students who have otherwise completed work on their degrees but have a final examination or an incomplete course or paper to make up, the establishment of a new course, Directed Studies 500, was authorized. Directed Studies 500 will put the Master's non-thesis (Plan B) and examination (Plan C) students on an equal footing with thesis (Plan A) and all doctoral students who have long been required to be registered during the term in which their degree is conferred.

The new 500 course will be offered as a one (1) credit course with a mandatory grading of Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) but will not carry credit toward meeting credit requirements for the degree. If the degree requirements are completed satisfactorily, a Satisfactory grade will be issued and the student will be awarded the degree. If the requirements still remain incomplete, a grade of Unsatisfactory will be issued and the student will be required to register again for Directed Studies 500 the following semester or until such time that the requirements are completed.

This new policy goes into effect this coming Fall semester (Fall 1985). We are writing you at this time to inform you of the new policy and to remind you that if you do not graduate at the end of the Fall semester (December, 1985), you will need to be registered for at least one credit of work (either in Directed Studies 500 or any other course) in the Spring semester 1986. In addition, if you were not enrolled in the Fall semester, 1985, you will need to file readmission forms so that your registration materials for Spring 1986 can be prepared for you. Please let the Graduate Records Office know by calling 948-7188 or 948-8500 by October 1, 1985, if you need to file readmission forms.

Please give this matter your careful attention as we will withhold graduation in May 1986 for any student who is not registered in the Spring semester. If you have any questions, the staff in the Graduate Records Office will be happy to assist you.

Transfer of Education Records Memo from the Graduate Division:

The Graduate Admissions and Record offices have been honoring requests from all graduate students (whether currently enrolled, graduated, or inactive) to transfer transcripts of student records to any other unit in the University of Hawaii System. This includes transcripts from other institutions in the files held by the Graduate Division. We will continue to offer this service. However, effective in the fall semester, 1985, the transfer of such transcripts will be limited to those which are maintained in out active files. Because of space/storage problems, we are instituting a program of achiving our records. Selected records will be put into on designated dates, after which such records will not be available for transfer to other UH units.

"Degrees awarded" files - archived five years after graduation date;

"Inactive student" files - archived 7 years after last semester enrolled.

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After the above archival dates, students will need to request non-UHM transcripts from the institution where the originals are maintained. A UHM transcript may be requested from the Office of Admissions and Records, Sakamaki Hall D200, at any time.

UPCOMING CONFERENCFS:

HAWAIIAN STUDIFS IN EDUCATION Institute of Culture and Communication, Fast-West Center's Dr. JOHN CHARim provided the following:

A conference on Hawaiian Studies in Education will be held June 19, 1985, at the Princess Ruth Ke'elikolani Performing Arts Center, Schools, Honolulu. The conference is sponsored jointly by educational institutions and organizations. It's purpose is:

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1) To enable workers in different areas of Hawaiian Studies to get to know each other personally and professionally. 2) To provide a survey of the present situation and problems in the different areas of Hawaiian Studies. 3) To propose practical solutions for those problems. 4) To form a committee to present the conference proposals to the appropriate persons and organizations. 5) To establish regular means of communication, cooperation and mutual support among workers in the different areas of Hawaiian Studies. 6) To discuss the foundation of a Council on Hawaiian Studies to provide coordination and support for the advancement of the field.

For further information, contact:

The Reverend David Ka'upu Conference on Hawaiian Studies in Education

Chaplain's Office The Kamehameha Schools

Kapalama Heights Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

USA

THE PACIFIC ISLANDS CONFERENCE

Background information and conference notice for the Pacific Islands Conference to he held in Rarotonga in August, 1985 was supplied by MICHAEL P. HAMNETT, Deputy Director, Pacific Islands Development Program.

In 1980, the East-West Center hosted the first meeting of the Pacific Islands Conference, which brought together heads of government and high-level representatives from eighteen island countries and territories and six metropolitan governments. The Conference, since its establishment in 1980, is intended to provide:

a unique opportunity for island leaders from the North and South Pacific, regardless of political status, to meet as equals in an informal setting to discuss development goals and problems, and to

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exchange ideas and experiences;

a forum for leaders to review the paths that island countries are pursuing in their endeavors to keep pace with the modern world;

a forum for the leaders to identify priority areas where community, governmental, regional, or international action will be required to meet both immediate and long-term goals;

a chance for leaders to act together in the search for and the development of ideals that are in keeping with the island people's identity and self-respect;

a forum for widening dialogue leading to a better understanding, not only among island countries and peoples but also among island countries and metropolitan countries, organizations, agencies and educational institutions; and

an opportunity to identify priorities in areas where the leaders believe research should be mounted and to establish a research program and seek support from institutions and agencies to carry out the research program.

The conceptual framework for the first meeting of the Conference was "Development the Pacific Way." Underlying the various meanings of "Pacific Way" is the belief that Pacific islands peoples, although very much a part of the global community, nevertheless want to direct their own futures in their own special ways in a spirit of goodwill and cooperation. The basic assumption underlying the search for development strategies is that these strategies should be based on what exists in each country's spiritual, social, and physical heritage. This does not mean a return to the old ways, for that would be both impossible and impractical. What it does mean is a conscious process of adjustment, of modification, of combining the old and the new--of revitalizing the old where it is relevant and feasible and reshaping the new to suit the requirements and aspirations of the island peoples.

In 1980, the Pacific Islands Conference resolved that high priority be given to research and evaluation of alternative development strategies. The leaders who attended the conference recognized that policy research is essential; unfortunately, the island countries cannot pursue such concerns because of demands on limited resources. At best, research programs can only be partially funded by the island countries. For this reason the Conference urged metropolitan countries and national, regional, and international organizations and agencies to assist in providing of funds for the research program determined by the conference as a matter of priority.

Information and in-depth understanding of development problems are essential for decision makers. The only rational scenario was the establishment of a research program focusing on issues considered necessary and critical by island leaders and peoples. A major objective of the research program conceived by the Conference is to provide quality in-depth analytical studies on specific priority issues identified by the Pacific island leaders and peoples. The aim is not only to provide leaders with detailed information but also to identify and evaluate alternative strategies and policy issues. Based on such information each island country will be better able to ma~e its own

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decisions on national goals and objectives.

The 1980 conference encouraged the willingness of participants to work cooperatively. It also encouraged the readiness of various organizations, agencies, and educational institutions to coordinate activities to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort.

The Organizational Structure The Pacific Islands Conference, as established in 1980, is a meeting of leaders of Pacific island governments together with leaders of metropolitan governments with special interests in Pacific Island countries. The member countries are: American Samoa, Palau, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, State of Hawaii, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Australia, Canada, France, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

The purpose of the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) is to help meet the special development needs of the Pacific islands region through cooperative research, education, and training. It achieves this purpose by acting as the research arm of and secretariat to the Pacific Islands Conference and the Standing Committee.

PIDP's research, education, and training activities are developed as a direct response to requests from the Standing Committee. PIDP's projects are planned in close cooperation with the Committee to ensure that the focus and the orl~artlz.a~JLon of each project address the needs identified by the heads of government on the Committee; this process is unique within the East-West Center and among other research and educational organizations serving the Pacific.

PIDP's research projects are planned and organized to ensure that the results can be translated into policy advice and training. In addition, each project attempts to build the research and training capabilities of people from the Pacific region through the recruitment of research and training staff fran the countries and territories of the Pacific.

Since 1980, PIDP has been mandated to conduct research in eight project areas: energy, disaster preparedness, aquaculture, government and administrative systems, potential beneficial roles of multinational corporations, problems of indigenous business development, regional cooperation, and nuclear waste disposal and dumping.

PIDP draws together academic resources from the East-West Center, regional and international organizations, and Pacific governments to plan and conduct projects requested by the Standing Committee. The program also has close institutional ties with the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation, the South Pacific Commission, the University of the South Pacific, the University of Papua New Guinea, the University of Guam, the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, the University of Hawaii, and other regional and international organizations.

Funding PIDP is partially supported by the East-West Center. Additional support is

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provided by grants from several Pacific island governments and some metropolitan countries. Since the 1980 Conference, the following countries have given financial assistance to PIDP: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, State of Truk, Tonga, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.

Funding and in-kind support has also been provided for specific projects by the US Agency for International Development, the US Information Agency, the US Federal Fmergency Management Agency, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the UN Development Advisory Team, the UN Disaster Relief Office, the UN Center for Human Settlements, the UN Development Programme, the Government of Chile, the Solomon Islands Government, and the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Administration.

The Second Conference The Standing Committee identified "Development and Change" as the theme for the Second Pacific Islands Conference. With the assistance of a Conference planning committee consisting of officials from governments in the region, the Standing Committee identified five issue areas for discussion at the second meeting of the Conference. The issue areas under which "Development and Change" will be discussed are as follows: The Pacific Islands in the 21st Century, Urban and Rural Life, Health and Nutrition, Youth, The Role of the Private Sector in Development.

Following the opening ceremonies, PIDP staff will make brief presentations on the results of the policy research conducted since 1980. Summaries of research findings and major reports will also be distributed.

Discussions of the issue areas will be led by panels of leaders. The secretariat will distribute background papers for each of the sessions to assist leaders in identifying major policy considerations, and, where appropriate, alternatives for follow-up.

Like the 1980 conference, the discussions as the 1985 meeting will provide the Standing Committee with guidance in the formulation of future research and training projects.

Conference attendance and participation is by invitation only, but if you want further information, contact:

PTC '86

Michael P. Hamnett Pacific Islands Development Program

East-West Center Honolulu, Hawaii 96848

PTC'86, the annual conference of the Pacific Telecommunications Council, will again be held in Honolulu, January 12-15, 1986. The theme is a continuation of this year's discussion of telecommunications and Pacific development. (See report on PTC '85, this issue.) Papers and exhibits are invited for PTC '86.

To be kept informed of plans for PTC '86, send your name, title, affiliation and address to:

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PfC '86 Pacific Telecommunications Council

1110 University Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96826

USA

PACON '86: CONFERENCE ON MARINE TECHNOIJ.X;Y

From March 24 through March 28, 1986 the Marine Technology Society will be hosting the second bi-annual Pacific Congress on Marine Technology at the Princess Kaiulani Hotel in Honolulu. This major Congress brings together interested parties from all areas of the Pacific to discuss new marine technologies. The Pacific Congress on Marine Technology (PACON) is a forum to recognize that the role of marine technology is becoming increasingly important in the economic development of the Pacific Basin. The Congress addresses technological trends and opportunities from a multi-disciplinary perspective. This makes the Congress of major interest to planners, policy makers and administrators as well as scientists and engineers. PACON provides an invigorating setting for the consideration of the major impact that new marine technologies will have on the quality of life in the Pacific, both for the developing island nations and the highly advanced Pacific Rim nations.

The Conference will be divided into two tnajor areas: 1) Ocean Sciences and Technology to discuss new technological developments, and 2) Marine Resources Management to discuss the intricacies of wisely developing the great variety of resources available in the Pacific. A total of 36 technical sessions will be held over the five-day Congress. In the Ocean Sciences and Technology section the topics under consideration will include: undersea vehicles and ocean robotics, remote sensing and oceanographic satellites, CPS-positioning and navigation, ocean acustics, Pacific hydrography, offshore engineering, oceanographic instrumentation, tsunami research, ocean optics, and results from the Deep Underwater Muon and Netrino Detector (DUMAND), Hawaiian Ocean Experiment (HOE), and Seafloor Hydrovents Projects. In the Marine Resources Management section, topics to be considered will include: aquaculture fisheries technologies, ocean energy, ocean mlnlng, artificial reefs, marine transportation, marine education, marine recreation, floating cities, marine economics marine project financing, and Pacific Exclusive Economic Zones. In addition to this variety of presentations, there will be a large number of exhibits of marine technology sponsored by manufacturers and dealers interested in expanding their Pacific markets.

For further information, Jack Harmon may be contacted at (808) 261-5213, Dr. Saxena at (408) 646-3268 (until August 15, 1986), and Dr. John Wiltshire of the Hawaii Department of Planning and Economic Development at (808) 548-6262.

Authors interested in presenting papers should submit abstracts of approximately 400 words by August 30, 1985. Abstracts, registration and requests for other technical and exhibit information should be sent to:

PACON '86 c/o Sea Grant College Program

University of Hawaii 1000 Pope Road

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

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ISLANDS '86

Islands '86, Conference of the Islands of the World, will be held May 8, 9, and 10, 1986 at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia.

The conference will be a major international activity focusing on issues of island life and island development in general, and how they relate to the future of Vancouver Island specifically. Representatives from major islands of the world have been invited to discuss their goals and concerns.

The conference is being sponsored by the University of Victoria, Centre for Pacific and Oriental Studies and the Islands '86 Society, and will feature presentations by nine internationally known Pacific experts, including four from Hawaii:

TE'O FAIRBAIRN, Project Leader for the Indigenous Business Ventures Project and Research Associate in the Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center, will be a main speaker on the second day of the conference. Day three will be fairly monopolized by "Hawaiians" as the three speakers slated that day are MICHAEL P. HAMNEIT, Deputy Director and Research Coordinator, Pacific Islands Development Program; ROBERT C. KISTE, Director, Pacific Islands Studies Program; and FILIPE OOLE, Director, Pacific Islands Development Program.

For further information on Islands '86, contact:

Tom Lietaer University Extension Conference Office

University of Victoria P .0. Box 1700

Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2 Canada

ASIA AND OCEAJUA BY G. RAYMOND NUNN

History Professor and CAPS Faculty member G. RAYMOND NUNN has just published a five-volume set of materials entitled Asia and Oceania, a Guide to Archival and Manuscript Sources in the United States. It is the product of six years' research and lifetime of travel, study and teaching related to Asia. Dr. Nunn has submitted the following description specifically for the Newsletter, detailing the Pacific aspects of the Guide.

An inventory of all unpublished records on Asia and the Pacific Although mostly concerned with Asia, it contains descriptions of all unpublished materials related to Asia and Oceania. A substantial proportion of the guide is concerned with the Pacific, contained military and naval records particularly for World War II, missionary correspondence for all denominations, consular correspondence, personal letters. diaries, lognotes, and linguistic materials. The earliest records date back to the seventeenth century. Materials in English, French, German, Spanish are among the records surveyed. Major references include Fiji, Guam, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tahiti, the collections of the Bishop Museum Library, the holdings of the Pacific Collection of the University of Hawaii Library, the Pacific-related collections of East Coast and New England libraries, the National Archives, Mormon records from libraries in Utah, and the American Samoan archives at the San Bruno Federal Archives and Records Center.

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Sources for the Guide Thousands of published sources were consulted and from these nearly three hundred were selected. These published descriptions were supplemented by in-house descriptions, card catalogs, and in many cases by on-site descriptions of collections. To complete the research necessary, cumulatively over two years were spend on the mainland of the United States in field visits to collections of archives and manuscripts.

Organization of the Guide Over 30,000 collections of Asia- and Oceania-related manuscripts and archives have been arranged by state, then by location, and finally by repository. Each collection has been indexed in depth, by place, subject and date, providing a systematic and comprehensive study. There are over 150,000 entries in the index volume.

Up-to-Dateness of the Guide The draft manuscript was sent out in the summer of 1984 to all institutions to be included. Corrections and additions were accepted to the end of November, 1984. Through the use of a word-processing program called SCRIPT developed at the University of Waterloo in Canada, it was possible to put together a camera-ready manuscript and to review the index in December. The completed proof-read manuscript was sent by airfreight to the publisher at the beginning of January, and the finished book reached the publisher's warehouse in London at the end of March, 1985. It is planned to keep the work up to date by the issue of supplements possibly at five-year intervals. Repositories in the United States are invited to send additions for the guide to the author for inclusion in these supplements.

A watershed book leading to a revolution in research procedures So far studies of Asia and the Pacific have relied on printed sources, in books, periodicals, newspapers and government publications. Where unpublished sources were used there was no national guide. Scholars might well be aware of some of these records but could never be sure that they had surveyed all of the materials in their field of study. The publication of Asia and Oceania makes this ignorance inexcusable, and it should have a major impact on all future scholarly work using documents, and review of much of the already existing published scholarly writing.

The UNESCO connection The author, G. Raymond Nunn, is a professor of History and Asian Studies at University of Hawaii. He was invited by the late Morris Rieger, deputy Secretary-General of the International Council of Archives to undertake the research and writing of the guide. Although not formally a part of UNESCO's Sources of the History of Nations it is in fact an integral part of that series. It was funded and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Hawaii.

Publisher The complete work is the equivalent in size of 10,000 single spaced typewritten pages. It has been published by Mansell Publishing Limited, London, in five large volumes. The publisher's address is:

Sales Office, Mansell 6 All Saints Street

London Nl 9RL England

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NEW B<X>K BY DAVID KI'ITEI.SON

The Hawaiians: An Annotated Bibliography

This brand new bibliography by UH Archivist and PIP Faculty member DAVID J. KITTELSON has over 2,700 entries. The selection includes item of historical and social scientific interest and span two centuries. The annotations are descriptive rather than critical, and are based on the author's examination of each text. Ten years' research has gone into the preparation of this bibliography; a boon to students of culture, history, and Hawaiian Studies.

Published by the Social Science Research Institute, UH, The Hawaiians is being distributed by UH Press at US$24.00. Please inquire:

Order Department University of Hawaii Press

2840 Kolowalu Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

USA

NEW B<X>K BY JAMES G. PEOPLES

Island in Trust: Culture Change and Dependence in a Micronesian Economy, by James G. Peoples

From: Westview Press 5500 Central Avenue Boulder, Colorado 80301

Price: US$22.00

Many gnall-scale economies depend on or are significantly affected by subsidies granted by foreign powers. An especially interesting example of this type of financial dependence is Micronesia, a Pacific archipelago that has been a trust territory of the US since 1947. Professor Peoples describes the effects of externally funded public sector employment on the economy of Micronesia in general, and of one island - Kosrae - in particular, showing how government employment affects the agricultural sector, consumption patterns, investment decisions by private businesses, allocations of labor, and household economies. He also analyzes how the islands' cultural practices interact with the US policy to influence the pattern of economic change. DEVELOPMENT STUDIES CENTRE PUBLICATIONS

Women in Development in the South Pacific: Barriers and Opportunities. Papers presented at a conference held in Vanuatu from 11 to 14 August, 1984. 222 X pp. A$8.00

From: Development Studies Centre Australian National University GPO Box 4 Canberra 2601 Australia

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In the slowly modernizing countries of the Pacific there is a growing awareness that, unless resources are used more efficiently and growth accelerated, 1 primitive affluence' could become modern poverty. In the maintenance of living standards in the Pacific, and in the development process, women have a disproportionately onerous role, and receive but a small share of the benefits. In the law, the field of education, in the traditional economy, in business and in politics, women have low status -- reflecting both their traditional cultures and the roles thrust on them by Western influence.

Small countries cannot afford to ignore the resources of any section of the community, let alone half the population. The contributors to this set of conference papers review aspects of the current situation in the Pacific island nations and provide some policy guidelines for the future.

Economic Policy Issues and Options in Papua New Guinea. Working Paper No. 41. Papers from a seminar held by the Department of Extension Studies and the Department of Economics at the University of Papua New Guinea, 5-7 September 1983. Editors: Desh Gupta and Samson Polume. Free of charge.

From: Development Studies Centre Australian National University GPO Box 4 Canberra 2601 Australia

Over the last few years Papua New Guinea, like the rest of the world, has been going through an economic crisis. Commodity prices and rural incomes have slumped, and national income and wage employment have fallen. The resulting situation has led to a reappraisal of the economic policies and objectives which were formulated during the period of self-government and early independence years, and which substantially remain up to the present.

The papers in this volume come from academics, public servants and employees in private companies. They review and occasionally make recommendations about the areas of exchange rate and policy; monetary and fiscal policy; minerals exploration and mining; small scale and plantation agriculture, and coastal fisheries development; wages policy; manufacturing industry and input controls; international economic relations, national and provincial fiscal relations.

The broad conclusion seems to be that the macro-economic framework is a sound one, and flexible enough to adjust to changes, but that micro policies are too fragmented; the planning process dispenses resources too thinly amongst a set of contradictory objectives. At the same time the improvement in quality of the labor force remains slow, and must be an unfortunate constraint on economic growth.

NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM IPS

For copies of any of the following Institute of Pacific Studies publications, please contact:

Ron Crocombe, Director Institute of Pacific Studies

University of the South Pacific P .0. Box 1168

Suva, Fiji

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Land Registration and Rural Productivity in the Pacific Islands This book, of 218 pages, contains writings by various leading Pacific land administrators as well as by academics. Edited by Ben Acquaye and Ron Crocombe, it is available from IPS at F$5.00.

Atiu Nui Maruarua This book of legends, in both English and Atiu dialect, completes the series of three books on Atiu which began as one but grew too large for a single volume. Of 68 pages, it can be obtained for F$2.00.

Workshop on Land Tenure and Rural Development FAO asked IPS to arrange the research and preparation of Institute of Rural Development to host the workshop. meeting is available for those interested.

Protest and Dissent in the Colonial Pacific

papers, and the report of the

This study of resistance movements in the South Pacific provides new analytical insights. Written by Noel Rutherford and Peter Hempenstall it is 200 pages and sells for F$6.00.

Education, Enjoyment and Integrity in Tourism A brief article by Ron Crocombe which was requested by and published in the journal Contours vol. 1, no. 8, which specializes in Third World tourism.

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