SUSTAINING AND EXPANDING PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS AT TWO OF HAWAII?S ROYAL PALACES: ON-SITE, DIGITAL AND HYBRID [THE D...

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SUSTAINING AND EXPANDING PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS AT TWO OF HAWAII?S ROYAL PALACES: ON-SITE, DIGITAL AND HYBRID [THE DAUGHTERS OF HAWAII?S HUMANITIES MISSION IS TO SERVE AS AN AUTHENTIC LENS FOR LEARNING ABOUT AND IMMERSION IN THE CULTURES OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII. OUR PROJECT ADVANCES CRITICAL INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS AT TWO OF HAWAII?S ROYAL PALACES USING TODAY?S TECHNOLOGY. PALACE TOURS AND EXHIBITS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE STRENGTHS, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND UNTOLD STORIES OF HAWAII?S POWERFUL QUEENS AND PRINCESSES, WHO EMBRACED WESTERN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND DIPLOMACY, TO TRANSFORM SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION CONDITIONS FOR THEIR PEOPLE, UNHEARD OF IN THE 1850S. OUR FOCUS RECOGNIZES THEIR VISIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT LIVE ON IN PRESENT-DAY HAWAII. OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE INTERACTIVE CLASSES, ANNUAL COMMUNITY FESTIVALS, PUBLIC FORUMS, AND INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS WITH CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS AND SCHOLARS. IN-PERSON, VIRTUAL AND HYBRID ACTIVITIES WILL OFFER PARTICIPANTS DIRECT EXPERIENCES IN THE HERITAGE, ARTS AND CULTURE OF HAWAII, ITS PAST, AND ITS DIVERSITY.] [PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO DEVELOP AN INTERPRETIVE TOUR AND SPECIAL EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTING HAWAII?S QUEENS AND PRINCESSES AT TWO ROYAL PALACES IN THE DAUGHTERS OF HAWAII?S STEWARDSHIP. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE DAUGHTERS WILL REINTERPRET TOURS AND EXHIBITS TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNTOLD STORIES OF HAWAII?S QUEENS AND PRINCESSES. THE DAUGHTERS WILL ALSO RECRUIT GUEST LECTURERS AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS TO CONDUCT INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS AND TALK STORY SESSIONS. LASTLY, THE DAUGHTERS WILL COORDINATE HYBRID COMMUNITY CULTURAL FESTIVALS. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE EXHIBIT AND PROGRAMMING WILL HELP PRESERVE AND INTERPRET INDIGENOUS HAWAIIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE NEW QUEENS EXHIBIT WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY WOMEN?S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII. THE DAUGHTERS WILL RETAIN THREE STAFF MEMBERS TO CONDUCT THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE EXHIBIT. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: GENERAL AUDIENCES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, TOURISTS, AND SCHOLARS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE QUEENS EXHIBIT. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]