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HWST 280 - Ho'okele: Hawaiian Navigation and Voyaging

Course Description

This course introduces students to traditional knowledge of Hawaiian voyaging and navigation and to the modern revival of voyaging arts in Hawaii and the Pacific. The course places Hawaiian navigation and voyaging in the context of Polynesian and Pacific cultures and the discovery and settlement of the Pacific islands. May be taken on a CR/N basis.