I'm so excited to be at the #aaps2016 conference in Cairns (; pic.twitter.com/2qcseCxPAP
— Lelemia (@Lelemia) March 31, 2016
The conference was in Cairns, Australia. It took quite some time (~24 hrs of travel with connections) to get there from Honolulu International Airport (Well, actually from my home in Waianae). To travel there, it requires a passport and a visa to enter Australia.
Here are some quick tweet highlights of key talks and discussions:
Key Note Address by Professor Greg Fy on his new book "The New Pacific Diplomacy"
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Different Panel Discussions
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Ruth Faleolo speaking on her first year PhD research #aaps16 #pacificstudiescairns pic.twitter.com/AotEzqwI1g
— Lelemia (@Lelemia) April 1, 2016
This was my first time that I had an opportunity to present any of my PhD research work outside of Hawaii. I am very grateful to present and realize this is only the beginning of my journey as a Hawaiian scholar. I shared the story of "Island Sust-ʻāina-bility Case Study: Rainwater Harvesting Feasibility for Moku-o-Loʻe, Hawaiian Islands”. This venue allowed me a chance to model how my work intersects multiple disciplines of engineering, western and Hawaiian sciences, Pacific Studies, anthropology and history to answer the question how can Moku-o-Loe (Coconut Island) achieve water sustainability? Feedback was positive and helped me better constellate my work to other tropical and island regions.
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