BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250806T121431EDT-1171vH0ZnV@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250806T161431Z DESCRIPTION:The committee for the Decolonization and the Study of Religion Workshop Series is thrilled to announce the upcoming workshop\, Decolonizi ng Research Methods: The archive embodied and as text\, facilitated by Pro fessor Noelani Arista (Ƭ֦Ƶ). Any graduate student or faculty member with a research or personal interest in the study of religion is e xtremely welcome to attend\, whether or not you have been able to join us for previous sessions.\n\nDATE & TIME: Wednesday\, March 29th\, 4-6pm ET\n \nPLACE: Ƭ֦Ƶ\, Birks Building\, Room 100 (accessible by publ ic elevator)\n\nREGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/oQ4yi3E8SDMEiShS8\n\nProfe ssor Noelani Arista is an Indigenous historian of Hawai’i and the U.S. She is ʻŌiwi (Hawaiian)\, born in Honolulu\, O’ahu. This workshop focuses on Indigenous textualities: we will engage with the abundance of form and gen re in the Hawaiian-language archives\, in particular as texts designed to be performed. Along with a primary source chant\, we will be reading:\n\n \n Arista\, Noelani. “Ka Waihona Palapala Mānaleo: Research in a time of pl enty. Colonialism and the Hawaiian-language archives\,” in Indigenous text ual cultures: Reading and writing in the age of global empire\, edited by Angela Wanhalla et al. Duke University Press\, 2020. 31-59.\n Arista\, Noel ani. “Navigating uncharted oceans of meaning: Kaona as historical and inte rpretive method.” PMLA 125\, no. 3 (May 2010): 663-669.\n\n\nRegistration is required and limited: please sign up to secure your spot! \n\nLight foo d and refreshments will be served. Please share any dietary restrictions o n the registration page\; we will do our best to accommodate your needs.\n \nFacilitator Bio\n Noelani Arista (Kanaka Maoli) is Director of the Indige nous Studies Program at Ƭ֦Ƶ and Associate Professor in Histo ry and Classical Studies. Her research focuses on Hawaiian governance and law\; Indigenous language archives and traditional knowledge organization systems. Her current project seeks to support indigenous communities in cr eating ethically engineered AI and Machine Learning projects and methods t hat can be applied in multiple indigenous contexts. Her next book project focuses on the first Hawaiian constitutional period 1839-1845. She is a co -author of the award-winning essay\, Making Kin with the Machines\, and co -organizer of the Indigenous AI workshops.\n\nAny other questions and conc erns can be directed to either Lucie Robathan or Jordan Molot\, DSRW Co-Ch airs: lucie.robathan [at] mail.mcgill.ca and jordan.molot [at] concordia.c a\n\nThis event series is sponsored by McGill School of Religious Studies\ ; Concordia Department of Religions and Cultures\; Concordia Institute for Jewish Studies\; and McGill Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.\n DTSTART:20230329T200000Z DTEND:20230329T220000Z LOCATION:Senior Common Room (Room 100). \, Birks Building\, CA\, QC\, Montr eal\, H3A 2A7\, 3520 rue University SUMMARY:Decolonization and the Study of Religion Workshop 4: Research Metho ds with Professor Noelani Arista URL:/religiousstudies/channels/event/decolonization-an d-study-religion-workshop-4-research-methods-professor-noelani-arista-3469 06 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR