UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement (fwd link)

[phil cash cash]

Hi Scott, good question and one to consider carefully.

One immediate thought this moment is that such a program would be  
wholly oriented as a community-based education model rather than as a  
professional education model.  In a community-based model, one's  
program would responsive to community needs and knowledge.  It would  
require building a cooperative and mutally supportive relationship(s)  
with a local community.  Teaching, curriculum, and learning (to the  
extent possible) would be grounded to reflect community culture and  
values.  In other words, the student would be required to engage both  
the content and means to knowledge thru others.  Much like linguistic  
or ethnographic "fieldwork," right?  Professional models most often  
do not require such engagement, in fact, it is often discouraged due  
to philosophical or other reasons.  But the critical situation with  
endangerment is changing everybodies mind on matters of language  
research and it is refreshing to read Dr. Simons new proposal for  
this kind of language work.  This kind of responsiveness is critical,  
especially if you have only a handful of elders who speak the  
language and maybe a handful more who can practice the culture.

Phil Cash Cash (Cayuse/Nez Perce)

On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Scott DeLancey wrote:

> Phil (and others) -- Help me imagine what a program like that
> might look like.
>
> Scott DeLancey
> Department of Linguistics 1290 University of Oregon
> Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA
>
> delancey at uoregon.edu
> http://www.uoregon.edu/~delancey/prohp.html
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, phil cash cash wrote:
>
>> Wouldn't it be swell if we all could establish a doctoral program
>> supporting our
>> language(s)?  A feel good thought for today...
>> Phil
>> UofA
>> Quoting Rolland Nadjiwon :
>>
>>>  Thanks Phil...that is really great news to receive. I have been
>>>  watching what the Hawaiian and Maori peoples have been doing for  
>>> some
>>>  time.
>>>  -------
>>>  wahjeh
>>>  rolland nadjiwon
>>>
>>>    ----- Original Message -----
>>>    From: phil cash cash
>>>    To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>>>    Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:51 AM
>>>    Subject: [ILAT] UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall
>>>  commencement (fwd link)
>>>
>>>    UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement
>>>
>>>    University of Hawaii at Hilo
>>>    Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
>>>    Director Media Relations
>>>    Posted: December 16, 2008
>>>
>>>    A Maori educator from New Zealand will become the first recipient
>>>  of a doctoral
>>>    degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
>>>
>>>    Katarina Edmonds will receive the Ph.D. in Hawaiian and  
>>> Indigenous
>>>  Language and
>>>    Culture Revitalization awarded by Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani  
>>> College of
>>>    Hawaiian Language. Edmonds will receive her degree in absentia  
>>> during
>>>    fall
>>>    commencement, scheduled for Saturday, December 20, beginning at
>>>  9:00 a.m. in
>>>    the UH Hilo New Gym.
>>>
>>>    A member of the Te Whanau a Apanui and Rutaia tribes, Edmonds has
>>>  an extensive
>>>    background in language and cultural education dating back to  
>>> 1980.
>>>  She earned
>>>    her undergraduate degrees in education and Maori and a  
>>> masterÂ’s in
>>>    applied
>>>    linguistics from the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New  
>>> Zealand.
>>>    After
>>>    eight years of teaching in mainstream, English medium schools,
>>>  Edmonds became
>>>    involved in Maori immersion education and discovered the value of
>>>    teaching
>>>    through the Maori language. Subsequently, Edmonds returned to
>>>  Waikato to earn a
>>>    graduate degree in bilingual education and to train Maori  
>>> immersion
>>>  teachers in
>>>    the UniversityÂ’s teacher education program.
>>>
>>>    Access full article below:
>>>    http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052
>>
>>