Join us for the panel, Uluwehi ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai (Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai is a place that thrives in growth), moderated by Makahiapo Cashman, Director, Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai. This panel will feature a talk story session with past and present students of Kānewai.

The panel is free to the public, and seating is first-come, first-served. Visitor parking is managed by UH Mānoa and is usually free and ample on Sundays.

This panel is part of the exhibition, Ho'okahe Wai, Ho'oulu 'Āina: Kalo and Community, on view at the EWC Gallery through September 15, 2024. Ho‘okahe Wai, Ho‘oulu ‘Āina: Kalo and Community presents the foundational principles and history of kalo farming as practiced at Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. This pu‘uhonua (place of refuge) is the lo‘i (kalo field) adjacent to Kamakakūokalani: Center for Hawaiian Studies. Using laulima (cooperation, many hands), Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai staff and volunteers initiate a collective effort to perpetuate the practice of Hawaiian cultural land management systems. This has been the vision since its inception in the 1980s by the founding group of students called Ho‘okahe Wai, Ho‘oulu ‘Āina (let the water flow, let the land flourish). These students were led with the guidance of Harry Kūnihi Mitchell, a kūpuna of Ke‘anae, Maui. Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai continues to propagate kalo practices and build community through ‘Ike Hawai‘i and ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, Hawaiian knowledge and language.

This exhibition shares mo‘olelo and artistry from both the ‘ohana and community that have been touched by Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kānewai through works of art, video and sound installation, and photographs.