HO?OL?L? ULU, growing indigenous hawaiian knowledge access [hula preservation society proposes to create the first indigenous-centered controlled vocabulary (ICV) for contents of the HPS oral…

The Hula Preservation Society was awarded $299,517 under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program by the National Endowment for the Humanities to create indigenous-centered finding aids for its oral history video library and disseminate the results. Specifically, Hula Preservation Society will develop the first Indigenous-Controlled Vocabulary for the contents of its oral history library and prepare 60 sets of finding aids integrated with the new taxonomy. These finding aids and controlled vocabulary will be made available online through the University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Public Library, Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Papakilo database, and Hula Preservation Society's own Digital 'Umeke repository of learning. Project results and lessons learned will be shared through a national conference presentation, local public program, and online stories. The grant period is from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026.

HO?OL?L? ULU, growing indigenous hawaiian knowledge access [hula preservation society proposes to create the first indigenous-centered controlled vocabulary (ICV) for contents of the HPS oral history library, a video-based resource built over the last 20 years in collaboration with esteemed native hawaiians elders. HPS will also prepare 60 sets of ICV-integrated finding aids (FAS) for the aforementioned library. The new ICV and FAS will be made available online for research, scholarship, and download through the university of hawai?I, the hawai?I state public library, papakilo database of the office of hawaiian affairs, and HPS?S own online repository of learning, digital ?umeke. HPS will disseminate project results, lessons learned, and content highlights through a national conference presentation, local public program, and a series of online stories. HO?olala ULU contributes to the ongoing challenges that exist in representation of indigenous worldviews in traditional knowledge classification and organization systems.]