Cultural practitioners are individuals dedicated to preserving, sharing, and perpetuating the traditions, knowledge, and practices of their communities. Through art, storytelling, language, music, ceremony, and other forms of expression, they serve as bridges between generations, ensuring that cultural heritage remains vibrant and relevant. In Hawaiʻi, cultural practitioners play a vital role in maintaining the rich traditions of Native Hawaiian and other island cultures, often passing down ancestral wisdom through oral history. This page highlights Hawaiʻi-based oral history projects that celebrate and document the voices of those committed to keeping cultural legacies alive.
Limu Practitioners
In this oral history collection, five members of the Limu Hui describe the different types of limu they gather and eat on their respective islands and how they became involved in limu restoration. They also discuss the importance of limu, its traditional uses, and impacts from climate change and development. These interviews were conducted in 2018 by Dr. Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor at Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo in Kahaluʻu, Oʻahu, and at the Limu Hui gathering in Kalaemanō, Hawaiʻi Island.
Browse full transcripts and documents on ScholarSpace, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.