In this Issue
The Contemporary Pacific: An Interdisciplinary Journal covers a wide range of disciplines with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. It features refereed, readable articles that examine social, economic, political, ecological, and cultural topics, along with political reviews, book and media reviews, resource reviews, and a dialogue section with interviews and short essays. Each issue highlights the work of a Pacific Islander artist.
Sponsor: Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
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Volume 31, Number 2, 2019Editorial Board
Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai'i
Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
Editorial Board
Editor
Alexander Mawyer, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Political Reviews Editors
Lorenz Gonschor, ‘Atenisi University, Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Book and Media Reviews Editor
James Perez Viernes, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Arts Editor
Moana Nepia, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Resources Editor
Stuart Dawrs, Pacific Collection, Hamilton Library, University of Hawai‘i
Managing Editor
Candice Elanna Steiner, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Members
David Hanlon, Department of History, University of Hawai‘i
Mary Hattori, Center for Teaching and Learning, Chaminade University
Vilsoni Hereniko, Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawai‘i
Scott Kroeker, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
Monica C LaBriola, Division of Humanities, University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu
Davianna McGregor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Craig Santos Perez, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i
Lola Quan Bautista, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Noenoe Silva, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i
Julianne Walsh, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Terence Wesley-Smith, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Correspondents
Keith Camacho, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
Vicente M Diaz, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, United States
Gerard Finin, Cornell University, United States
Stewart Firth, The Australian National University
Hilda Heine, President, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Edvard Hviding, University of Bergen, Norway
Brij V Lal, The Australian National University
Nic Maclellan, Independent Researcher, Brunswick, Australia
Cluny Macpherson, Massey University at Albany, New Zealand
Selina Tusitala Marsh, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Mac Marshall, University of Iowa, United States
Mālama Meleiseā, National University of Samoa
Margaret Mutu, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Margaret Critchlow Rodman, University of York, Canada
Donald H Rubinstein, Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam
Jacob Simet, National Cultural Commission, Papua New Guinea
Katerina Teaiwa, The Australian National University
Konai Helu Thaman, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Eric Waddell, Université Laval, Québec, Canada