1. Telling the story/ies of place through traditional and/or contemporary moolelo that you have identified through research and/or through interview/s.
2. Identifying how you apply the moolelo you have found (through research and interview/s) to better know a place (geographically, culturally, historically, ecologically, etc.); for example, a moolelo might explain the geographical features of a place, or it might explain the significance of the place ecologically/in terms of environmental stewardship (for example, a place might support the replenishing of the water table), or the history of a place.
4. We will be visiting the library for a workshop and tour Oct. 2 during class. Please be there; it will support your research process.
For moolelo, you may use traditional and/or contemporary stories of place, including hula, mele, and oli. You should also explore the meaning of indigenous place names, and consider how these stories have changed and/or remained the same over time (for example, you might think about how Carlos Andrade or Jonathan Osorio discuss the changing of names of places, and/or a places significance to people).
For interviews, you must identify at least one person who is deeply connected to or who knows a lot (historically, culturally, geographically, ecologically, etc.) about the place you have chosen to write about. This might be a kumu hula and/or other cultural practitioner, your geography or forestry teacher, a community leader/elder, a community organizer/activist, or someone who works with a nonprofit working to support this place. You may interview someone in your family or a family friend if they match these criteria. We will cover what is required for an interview. After selecting your interviewee/s, you will design your own questions, plan the interview, and record and transcribe the interview for use in your paper.
Visual text:
You should be thinking about a visual accompaniment to your text as you read and analyze and apply moolelo and as you talk with your interviewees. For your first essay, you submitted a photograph. For this essay, you will overlay a photograph with a second layer that represents your new knowledge of place (it could be a map, or a story, or markings with pen/s, thread, or other images by collage). Be creative. Include a title for your image, and a caption explaining how the image illustrates the deepening of your understanding or relationship to place through moolelo.
Tips for a good research paper:
1. Choose a place that is already important to you.
2. Research moolelo about this place (use our library tour and talk to the Hawaiian
librarians for help selecting sources).
3. Identify someone to interview early in your process.
4. Begin with a research question. For this paper, for example, a potential thesis question
might be:
a. What do moolelo of place reveal about its significance
(geographically/socially/spiritually/ecologically/culturally, etc.)?
b. How do moolelo of place transform me/my relationship to place?
5. Use your research question to help you draft a thesis statement.
6. Write an outline/map your essay using the draft thesis statement.
Writing Process & Formatting Requirements
Make an appointment to meet with me to discuss your paper.
Your paper should be a minimum of 5 pages, double-spaced, using 12-point font and 1-
inch margins. Please make sure your paper has your name at the top of the page, ENG 100 Fall 2018, my name, Essay 1, and your essay title. Please paginate. For peer review on Oct. 11, you must bring at least 2-3 hard copies of your draft for feedback. Email me your essay & your letter via google docs.
You are required to use MLA format to cite all sources (including interview and all moolelo sources) within the text and in your bibliography/reference page.
Write me a 1-page letter describing your process (how you worked on drafting, revising, responding to peer feedback and my feedback); 3 things you are proud to have accomplished in this paper; 2 things you would do if you had more time; and 1 thing you commit to doing with your next paper. Since this is your second essay, please address whether you have made the improvements or met the commitments you made when you submitted the first essay.
Submit any free writes, reflection & summary papers, rhetorics and outline worksheets, first draft with peer review comments in class.
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