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Posted: November 14, 2025

Two Public Talks on Land, Inheritance, and ʻĀina – November 19

The Asian American and Pacific Islander Environmental Humanities and Environmental Justice (AAPI EHEJ) initiative will co-host two public talks on Wednesday, November 19, bringing together perspectives on inheritance, land, and collaborative conservation in Hawaiʻi and beyond.

Talk 1 – A Theory of Inheritance

  • Title: A Theory of Inheritance: Plantations, Forests, Small Farms, and the Empirical Problem of Shared Land
  • Speaker: Micah R. Fisher, Assistant Professor, Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  • Time: 12:00–1:30 PM (HST)
  • Location: Moore Hall 258
  • Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/yNm

Drawing on more than a decade of work in the middle hills of Sulawesi, this talk examines plantations, forests, and small farms through questions of inheritance, access, and responsibility, and considers how shared land connects legacy, improvement, and possibility.

Talk 2 – Convening and Collaborating in Service to ʻĀina

  • Title: Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance – Convening & Collaborating in Service to ʻĀina
  • Speaker: Ulu Ching, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance
  • Time: 3:00–4:00 PM (HST)
  • Location: ITC 105A/105B (2520 Correa Rd)
  • Zoom:https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/89872549699
    • Meeting ID: 898 7254 9699
    • Passcode: 639955

This session introduces the work of the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance, a cooperative network of government, education, and nonprofit partners dedicated to protecting Hawaiʻi’s biocultural resources. The talk will highlight current conservation challenges and collaborative approaches to caring for ʻāina in times of rapid environmental change.

Both events are free and open to the public.