Political science 110

INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE

IN THE OCCUPIED HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

SUMMER II 2020 / KAHALA JOHNSON
 REQUIRED TEXTS
Punahele. The Menehune Giant. 2019:
Digital album

Digital Album: $10.00

Paniolo Prince, Queen Maile. Tip of the

Spear. 2018: Digital album

Digital Album: $10.00

Punahele. The Menehune Giant. 2019:

Digital album

Digital Album: $10.00

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 Political Science 110
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
What does it mean to study political science at an institution aspiring to
be an Aloha ʻĀina place of learning? Following Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask's
emphasis that the cultural be political and the political cultural, students
in this course will engage place-based approaches to the practice of
political science on lands belonging to Kanaka Maoli. Learners will be
introduced to the Hawaiian concept of mana or power, tracing the mana of
contemporary Hawaiian political science in four major turns: decolonization,
assimilation, deoccupation, and resurgence. We will ask ourselves the
following questions: 

• What are the ethical stakes of practicing political science in a colonized,

occupied, sovereign country?
• Why are aloha ʻāina, mana, and ea essential concepts for practicing a place-
based political science?
• How do Hawaiian movements to decolonize, deoccupy, assimilate, and resurge
create aloha ʻāina, mana, ea?
• Can mele pāleoleo inspire Hawaiian political theory from the ground down?

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 Political Science
Course objectives
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During the course, students will use mele pāleoleo or Hawaiian Hip-Hop to:

• Theorize Hawaiian political philosophy through contemporary oral traditions of

mele pāleoleo
• Contextualize Hawaiian decolonization, deoccupation, assimilation, and
resurgence movements in terms of contemporary oral traditions of mele pāleoleo
• Transition Hawaiian political science away from hegemonic white philosophy
towards visionary Philosophies of Color
• Understand our genealogical and ethical responsibility to empower Black Hip-
Hop, Black artists, Black politics, and Black communities
• Engage Hawaiian political science through their own experience of mele
pāleoleo

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A. ONLINE QUIZZES B. Reading Response C. Weekly Mele
Students will take a series of Each week students will write a Students will complete the course
online quizzes to test their response to readings and by creating their own Mele
knowledge of the readings and presentations posted on the Pāleoleo Album Cover Art and
p re s e n t at i o n s . Q u i z z e s w i l l blogsite. 500 word essay description.
include multiple choice, true-
false, and terminology options.
Assessments will constitute 20%
of the course grade.

Percentage: 20% Percentage: 40% Percentage: 40%

Format: Multiple Choice / True- Format: 4 Blogposts / 500 Words Format: 1 Paper / 1000 Words
False / Terminologies Citation: Chicago Citation: Chicago

20% 40% 40%

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COURSE CALENDAR: WEEK I
DAY 1: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
Reading Presentation Assignment
Political Science 110 Syllabus Political Science 110 Syllabus Hoolauna Blogpost

DAY 2: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
He Mele No Nā Kau a Kau Analyzing Mele Pāleoleo Pt. 1 None

DAY 3: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
He Mele No Nā Kau a Kau Analyzing Mele Pāleoleo Pt. 1 Reading Response

DAY 4: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
Sudden Rush: Na Mele Pāleoleo Analyzing Mele Pāleoleo Pt. 2 None

DAY 5: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
Sudden Rush: Nā Mele Pāleoleo Analyzing Mele Pāleoleo Pt. 2 Reading Response

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COURSE CALENDAR : WEEK II
DAY 1: INTRODUCTION TO DECOLONIZATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
Reading Presentation Assignment
From a Native Daughter Na Maka o ka Aina: Kahoolawe Reading Response

DAY 2: INTRODUCTION TO DECOLONIZATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Video Assignment
From a Native Daughter Hawaiian Decolonization Pt. 1 Online Quiz #1

DAY 3: INTRODUCTION TO DECOLONIZATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
From a Native Daughter Na Maka o ka Aina: Act of War Reading Response

DAY 4: INTRODUCTION TO DECOLONIZATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Video Assignment
From a Native Daughter Hawaiian Decolonization Pt. 2 Online Quiz #2

DAY 5: INTRODUCTION TO DECOLONIZATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Listening Music Assignment
Sudden Rush Album Sudden Rush Album Mele Pāleoleo Analysis #1

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COURSE CALENDAR : WEEK III
DAY 1: INTRODUCTION TO DEOCCUPATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
Reading Video Assignment
Ua Mau Ke Ea Workbook The Reel History of Hawaii Reading Response

DAY 2: INTRODUCTION TO DEOCCUPATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
Ua Mau Ke Ea Workbook Hawaiian Deoccupation Pt. 1 Online Quiz #3

DAY 3: INTRODUCTION TO DEOCCUPATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Video Assignment
Ua Mau Ke Ea Workbook Speaking Truth to Power Reading Response

DAY 4: INTRODUCTION TO DEOCCUPATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
Ua Mau Ke Ea Workbook Hawaiian Deoccupation Pt. 2 Online Quiz #4

DAY 5: INTRODUCTION TO DEOCCUPATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Listening Music Assignment
Tip of the Spear Album Tip of the Spear Album Mele Pāleoleo Analysis #2

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COURSE CALENDAR : WEEK IV
DAY 1: INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-ASSIMILATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
Reading Video Assignment
Precarious Positions Naiaupuni Stops Election Reading Response

DAY 2: INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-ASSIMILATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
Precarious Positions Hawaiian Anti-Assimilation Pt. 1 Online Quiz #5

DAY 3: INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-ASSIMILATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Video Assignment
Rebuilding a Native Hawaiian Nation Keanu Sai on Naiaupuni Reading Response

DAY 4: INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-ASSIMILATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
Rebuilding a Native Hawaiian Nation Hawaiian Anti-Assimilation Pt. 2 Online Quiz #6

DAY 5: INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-ASSIMILATION IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Listening Music Assignment
I Am Not American I Am Not American Music Video Mele Pāleoleo Analysis #3

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COURSE CALENDAR : WEEK V
DAY 1: INTRODUCTION TO RESURGENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM
Reading Video Assignment
A Nation Rising Rise: Hawaiian Sovereignty Reading Response

DAY 2: INTRODUCTION TO RESURGENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
A Nation Rising Hawaiian Resurgence Pt. 1 Online Quiz #7

DAY 3: INTRODUCTION TO RESURGENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Video Assignment
A Nation Rising Like a Mighty Wave Reading Response

DAY 4: INTRODUCTION TO RESURGENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Presentation Assignment
A Nation Rising Hawaiian Resurgence Pt. 2 Online Quiz #8

DAY 5: INTRODUCTION TO RESURGENCE IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM

Reading Music Assignment
The Menehune Giant The Menehune Giant Mele Pāleoleo Analysis #4

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COURSE CALENDAR :FINALS
DAY 1: MELE PALEOLEO FINAL PROJECTS
Final Project Workshop Final Project Workshop Final Project Workshop
Cover Art: Decolonization Hawaiian Decolonization Review Reading Response

DAY 2: MELE PALEOLEO FINAL PROJECTS

Final Project Workshop Final Project Workshop Final Project Workshop
Cover Art: Deoccupation Hawaiian Deoccupation Review Online Quiz #9

DAY 3: MELE PALEOLEO FINAL PROJECTS

Final Project Workshop Final Project Workshop Final Project Workshop
Cover Art: Anti-Assimilation Hawaiian Anti-Assimilation Review Reading Response

DAY 4: MELE PALEOLEO FINAL PROJECTS

Final Project Workshop Final Project Workshop Final Project Workshop
Cover Art: Resurgence Hawaiian Resurgence Review Online Quiz #10

DAY 5: MELE PALEOLEO FINAL PROJECTS

Final Project Presentation Final Project Presentation Final Project Presentation

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ATTENDANCE POLICY
Quizzes will substitute for physical attendance. Students will be given
an entire week to complete all quizzes in a unit to count for their
attendance percentage.

Complete quizzes each week to earn attendance credit

LATE WORK POLICY

Students will be given an entire week to complete the quizzes and
blogposts belonging to each unit of study. Late work will not be
accepted.

Quizzes and blogposts must be completed each week

DISABILITY POLICY
Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the
impact of a disability is invited to contact me privately. I would be
happy to work with you, and the KOKUA Program (Office for Students
with Disabilities) to ensure reasonable accommodations in my course.
KOKUA can be reached at (808) 956-7511 or (808) 956-7612 (voice/
text) in room 013 of the Queen Liliʻuokalani Center for Student
Services.

Check with KOKUA Services for more info: https://hawaii.edu/kokua/

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ACADEMIC POLICIES
UH Manoa, like all state universities, embraces those aspects of
academic freedom that guarantee the freedom to teach and the
freedom to learn. Free inquiry and free expression for both students
and faculty are indispensable and inseparable. Students, whether from
the U.S. or from foreign countries, as members of the academic
community are encouraged to develop a capacity for critical judgment
and to engage in a sustained and independent search for truth. For its
part, UH Manoa guarantees all students the freedom of silence. No
student is required to engage in research on any topic or to make
statements of any kind, unless it is the student's wish to do so

Student Conduct

It is a privilege to be a member of the UH Manoa community. This

privilege provides the student with the opportunity to learn and
participate in the many programs that are offered on campus. Along
with that privilege, the individual is expected to be responsible in
relationships with others and to respect the special interests of the
institution. These special interests are fully set forth in the UH System's
Student Conduct Code. Information, advice, or a copy of the code may
be obtained from the Office of Judicial Affairs, Queen Lili'uokalani
Center for Student Services 207 or explore
www.studentaffairs.manoa.hawaii.edu/policies/ conduct_code/.
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Cheating

Cheating includes, but is not limited to, giving unauthorized help

during an examination, obtaining unauthorized information about an
examination before it is administered, using inappropriate sources of
information during an examination, altering the record of any grade,
altering an answer after an examination has been submitted, falsifying
any official UH Manoa record, and misrepresenting the facts in order to
obtain exemptions from course requirements.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, submitting, to satisfy an

academic requirement, any document that has been copied in whole
or in part from another individual's work without identifying that
individual; neglecting to identify as a quotation a documented idea
that has not been assimilated into the student's language and style;
paraphrasing a passage so closely that the reader is misled as to the
source; submitting the same written or oral material in more than one
course without obtaining authorization from the instructors involved;
and "dry-labbing," which includes obtaining and using experimental
data from other students without the express consent of the instructor,
utilizing experimental data and laboratory write-ups from other
sections of the course or from previous terms, and fabricating data to
fit the expected results.
ACADEMIC POLICY
Disciplinary Action

The faculty member must notify the student of the alleged academic
misconduct and discuss the incident in question. The faculty member
may take academic action against the student as the faculty member
deems appropriate. These actions may be appealed through the
Academic Grievance Procedure, available in the Office of Judicial
Affairs. In instances in which the faculty member believes that
additional action (i.e., disciplinary sanctions and a UH Manoa record)
should be established, the case should be forwarded to the Office of
Judicial Affairs.

Academic Grievance

A student who believes that a faculty member has failed to meet

specific responsibilities outlined in "Responsibilities of Faculty and
Students and Academic Grievance Procedures for Students, UH
Manoa" may register a grievance. Students and faculty are encouraged
to resolve their differences through consultation and mediation. Where
these efforts are ineffective, the policy sets forth the process that is
available to the student grievant. The decisions of the Academic
Grievance Committee are final within UH Manoa. Information, advice,
or a copy of the relevant policies and procedures may be obtained
from the Office of Judicial Affairs, Queen Lili'uokalani Center for
Student Services Center 207 or explore
www.studentaffairs.manoa.hawaii.edu/ policies/academic_grievance/.
ACADEMIC POLICY
Hate Speech

The University of Hawai‘i is committed to the free and open exchange

of ideas and affirms the rights of members of the university community
to engage in speech and other expressive activity guaranteed by the
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and by Article I, Section 4 of
the Constitution of the State of Hawai‘i. These activities may be
conducted at such times and places and in such a manner to assure the
orderly conduct and least interference with the University
responsibilities as a public institution for higher education and
scholarly inquiry.

* We discuss well-reasoned arguments and facts in class.

Communication that endorses the systemic structures and
interpersonal effects of racism, classism, sexism, settler colonialism,
ableism, ageism, cisheteropatriarchy, anti-blackness, anti-semitism,
anti-immigration, Islamophobia, etc. will not be tolerated as this does
not conform to the rigorous standards of academic discourse *
ACADEMIC POLICY
COVID Care Culture

The University of Hawai‘i is committed to the free and open exchange

of ideas and affirms the rights of members of the university community
to engage in speech and other expressive activity guaranteed by the
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and by Article I, Section 4 of
the Constitution of the State of Hawai‘i. These activities may be
conducted at such times and places and in such a manner to assure the
orderly conduct and least interference with the University
responsibilities as a public institution for higher education and
scholarly inquiry.

* We discuss well-reasoned arguments and facts in class.

Communication that endorses the systemic structures and
interpersonal effects of racism, classism, sexism, settler colonialism,
ableism, ageism, cisheteropatriarchy, anti-blackness, anti-semitism,
anti-immigration, Islamophobia, etc. will not be tolerated as this does
not conform to the rigorous standards of academic discourse *
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Department of Political Science

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