Advancements in information technologies and systems will dramatically alter the future(s) of work, and the serving or under-serving of human interests. How people are engaged in the design of technologies greatly influences whether and how human interests are addressed. These circumstances call for meaningful and substantive participation by those affected by information systems. In this paper we draw from Andrew Feenberg’s critical philosophy of technology to challenge a tacit reliance on determinant judgments from the categories and structures of today’s participatory (...) methods and technologies. We argue that the development of reflective judgments from individuals’ previous and on-going experiences with technology opens technological design to a greater depth and breadth of human values and interests. To do so, greater lateral dialogue across people and stakeholders from experiences would make space for these reflective judgments, helping to generate technological designs that better serve human values and needs. (shrink)

This paper investigates whether AI can possess wisdom, a complex and deeply human capacity. We adopt an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on philosophy, 4E cognition, Material Engagement Theory, and engaged epistemology, to argue that wisdom is a dynamic force unfolding through meaningful life experiences and resonant interactions with the world. Central to our discussion is Rosa's concept of resonance, essential for fostering personal growth, emotional empathy, as well as existential and bodily connectedness to the world and its unfolding into an uncertain (...) future. Despite the advanced capabilities of AI/Large Language Models (LLMs), we demonstrate their inability to embody wisdom due to their lack of deep sense-making, embodied interaction, and meaningful engagement with the world and future potentials. We emphasize the need for cultivating human wisdom to ensure technological advancements enrich rather than diminish the human experience, advocating for a balanced and reflective human-technology relationship. (shrink)

The Qing dynasty scholar Wang Guowei 王國維 (1877–1927) has received little recognition in the English-speaking world, and even less in the philosophical community. Raised to be a Ruist (or Confucian) scholar official, he gave up this path to pursue the study of the “new learning” (xīnxué 新學) from the West and became enamored with German aesthetic philosophy, especially the works of Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. However, by the start of the modern Republic period in China, Wang had denounced all (...) his previous research interests and dedicated himself to “old learning” (jiùxué 舊學), fearing for the future of China’s traditions and cultures. Taking Wang Guowei as a case study, my dissertation functions as an exercise in decolonial philosophy, highlighting the impacts of coloniality on his thinking while attempting to revitalize his theories from the perspective of decoloniality. -/- The Introduction sets up this case study by clarifying the points laid out in the title: Who is Wang Guowei, what is coloniality, and why is this case study “philosophical?” To begin, it details the specifics of Wang’s life and explaining his approach to comparative thinking, which became a target of criticism for later Chinese thinkers, including Qian Zhongshu. Next, it offers an overview of the concept of coloniality, referring to thinkers such as Aníbal Quijano, Maria Lugones, Walter Mignolo and Nelson Maldonado-Torres. From this point, this chapter moves into the literature on colonialism in China, emphasizing Anne Reinhart’s understanding of China’s situation as one of “semi-colonialism.” To end, it briefly outlines the earliest and latest periods of Wang’s life, in order to bookend my own discussion, which focuses on the period after he became invested in new learning and before he abandoned it for old learning. -/- Part I centers on Wang’s philosophical essays, all of which were published in the journal Education World between 1903 and 1908. Chapter 1 focuses on Wang’s earliest writings on “philosophy” (zhéxué 哲學), wherein he aims to properly introduce this imported discipline to his peers and make them aware of its value. Chapter 2 concentrates on the earliest of Wang’s major philosophical influences: Kant and Schopenhauer. Although Wang was attracted to Kant’s demarcation of the limits of reason, he could not accept his reimagining of the demands of reason as regulative principles. And while he sympathized with Schopenhauer’s criticisms of Kantian philosophy, he eventually came to regard metaphysical pessimism and the will to life as flawed theories. Chapter 3 deals with the two thinkers who shaped Wang’s views the most in his later philosophical essays: Nietzsche and Schiller. After rejecting Schopenhauer’s metaphysics, Wang came under the influence of Nietzsche and adopted a psychophysiological worldview. However, even though he accepted Nietzsche’s conception of the will to power, he could not accept Nietzsche’s view of overcoming. For Wang, consolation is all we can hope for in this life, and the best means to attain it is through the creation and appreciation of art, which prompts him to look to Schiller and his doctrine of aesthetic education. -/- Part II revolves around Wang’s mature aesthetic writings, specifically his Remarks on Lyrics in the Human World (1908–1909), a work in the “remarks on lyrics” (cíhuà 詞話) genre of literary criticism, which he published just before the Qing dynasty fell in 1911. Under the influence of decoloniality, Chapter 4 examines this work through the lens of praxis, highlighting the specifics of the traditional “remarks on lyrics” genre. After discussing the unique praxical features of this work, Chapter 5 analyzes it through the lens of theory, discussing its most significant ideas, such as its reimagining of the beautiful and the sublime, and the concept of “poetic worlds” (jìngjiè 境界). -/- The Conclusion examines everything discussed in Chapters 1 through 5 from the perspective of coloniality. It begins by determining how, and to what extent, colonial modernity impacted Wang’s thinking, in terms of both theory and praxis. It then provides some ways in which Wang’s theories and practices can contribute to the development of intellectual “worlds otherwise.” Beyond this, it aims to demonstrate how investigating the scholarly endeavors of non-Western thinkers caught in confluence of tradition and modernity can give us glimpses of alternatives to our modern intellectual and ontological modalities, thereby furthering the movement of decoloniality. (shrink)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-363) and index.

While conducting fieldwork in Pohnpei, Micronesia, in the 1980s and 1990s, Suzanne Falgout heard poignant accounts of the Islanders’ experiences during World War II. The stories and songs that she recorded reveal that for Pohnpeians the effects of the war were local and personal—a catastrophe visited on a landscape that they know in intimate terms. In this paper we discuss not only the content of these memories but also the broader role of memory in human culture. First, we critique common (...) understandings of memory. We highlight the ability of memory to transcend time, the diversity of forms that memory can take, and the active role of humans as agents in the process of remembering. Next, we examine the similarities and diff e rences between personal and cultural memory and the p rocesses of transformation from individual experience to collective identity. F i n a l l y, we discuss the nature of Pohnpeian experiences in World War II and what has made them such enduring and compelling cultural memories sixty years after the war. We relate these wartime memories to traditional Pohnpeian understandings of historical knowledge and to the genres, tropes, characters, concerns, and contexts used by Pohnpeians to remember and to articulate the past. We also examine the changing nature and use of war memories as a strategic resource in the context of contemporary Micronesia. (shrink)

As the Hawaiian political and cultural movement continues to gro w, issues of re presentation, power, and control are being critiqued—now by Hawaiian minds. In this essay I look at the fundamentals of Hawaiian epistemology and begin to link them with the educational re f o rm now underway in Hawai‘i. With the guidance of twenty mentors, I outline seven epistemological categories that begin to solidify a distinct way in which to view teaching, learning, intellect, and rigor. These categories, now (...) struggling to be useful in the Hawaiian Charter School movement, will inevitably also serve as a way to critique the current colonial system in Hawaiian language immersion, spotlight the oppression embedded in well-meant content and performance standards, and highlight the hidden curriculum of assimilation and the acultural assumptions in pedagogy that exist in Hawai‘i’s colonial schools. This outline of a Hawaiian philosophy of knowledge expands, invigorates, and redefines ideas of empiricism, intellectual rigor, and knowledge priorities—all through Hawaiian ontological lenses. Like any definition of culture put forth by indigenous practitioners and scholars, it pushes the envelope of what it means to think, exist, and struggle as a nonmainstream “other,” and as it details the liberation found in identity, it must also, inevitably, outline the systems that deter its full blossoming. (shrink)

Guidelines for different qualitative research genres have been proposed in information systems (IS). As these guidelines are outlined for conducting and evaluating good research, studies may be denied publication simply because they do not follow a prescribed methodology. This can result in “checkbox” compliance, where the guidelines become more important than the study. We argue that guidelines can only be used to evaluate what good research is if there is evidence that they lead to certain good research outcomes. Currently, the (...) guidelines do not present such evidence. Instead, when it is presented, the evidence is often an authority argument or evidence of popularity with usability examples. We further postulate that such evidence linking guidelines and outcomes cannot be presented. Therefore, it may be time for the IS research community to acknowledge that many research method principles we regard as authoritative may ultimately be based on speculation and opinion, and thus, they should be taken less seriously as absolute guidelines in the review process. (shrink)

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New flows of population movements have called into question both conventional categories of “migration” and their assumptions, encouraged by concepts such as diaspora and transnationalism. Despite the incorporation of the new concepts diaspora and transnationalism in migration studies in Oceania, conceptual problems remain because traditional categories of migration, diaspora, and transna- tionalism continue to dominate mobility literature with notions of severing ties, uprootedness, and rupture as Pacific Islanders move from the periphery (villages) to the core (Pacific Rim countries). In this (...) article, I argue that indigenous concep- tions of migration and development provide a better understanding of people’s movements and the connection of migration to development for Island societies and economies. Through an ethnogeographic study of Salelologa, a Samoan vil- lage with members in Sämoa and overseas, I use Samoan concepts for migra- tion, malaga, and social connectedness, vä, to examine the processes, ideologies, and interactions that ‘äiga (kin group, family members) maintain and retain in the diaspora as they seek ways to improve households and human betterment. This discussion of a Samoan philosophy and epistemology of movement expands, invigorates, and redefines ideas of migration, development, transnationality, place, and identity through Samoan ontological lenses. Harnessing an awareness of indigenous concepts is not enough, however, unless indigeneity and its concepts are fully integrated into theoretical approaches to mobility research in Oceania. (shrink)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996.

The argument that rural development serving the needs of rural villagers in the third world should be based on indigenous knowedge is not new. In practice, however, development projects continue to be based on Anglo-European models. In this paper I examine what development anchored in indigenous knowledge and indigenous epistemology entails as seen from the perspective of an indigenous Pacific Islander. I show that the Kwara‘ae of Malaita, Solomon Islands, have a rich and complex conception, body of knowledge, and discourse (...) about development, much of which precedes western contact. (shrink)

M.A. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2018.

Like the ʻōpae ʻoehaʻa, some ʻŌiwi reside in brackish water. Kanakademics (ʻŌiwi Academics) swim in the muliwai, a turbid estuary filled with both English and ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Flicks of the tail disturb the surface of thought in this fertile place where ʻike from the island flow into what ocean currents bring from afar. ʻŌpae ʻoehaʻa benefit from applying the common reminder heard in mele interpretation, “pua does not always mean flower,” to all fields of study. This ʻōpae on the pae (...) of philosophy humbly seeks to mahiki i kahi mea ʻāpiki. Following the overthrow of the Aupuni Hawaiʻi, genocide thrives in educational institutions as Americanization facilitated through linguicide and epistemicide. As a result, many ʻŌiwi are seeking to (re)member themselves to a sovereign nation and not an aupuni noho kuokoa. This essay asks that we consider if pua does not always mean flower, then perhaps, nation does not always mean aupuni, and noho kuokoa may not mean sovereignty. (shrink)

We show in this article how modernization, disguised as “community development,” continues to fail rural villages in Solomon Islands despite the supposed movement toward a more people-centered, bottom-up philosophy in development education and practice. We focus on the case study of a Kwara‘ae (Malaita island) rural, locally owned and operated project aimed at giving unemployed male youth a stake in the community and preventing their off-island migration. Successful for a decade, the project was destroyed by the intervention of a retired (...) government official who, because of his education, training, and work with outside development agencies, imposed a modernization framework, including centralization of leadership and the valuing of Anglo-European knowledge over indigenous knowledge. While agreeing with the theoretical argument for indigenous knowledge in development, we argue that it is equally important that development be guided by people’s indigenous epistemology/ies and indigenous critical praxis for (re)constructing and applying knowledge. (shrink)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004.

"Composed exclusively of chapters selected from the proceedings volumes resulting from the four East-West Philosophers' Conferences held at the University of Hawaii in 1939, 1949, 1959, and 1964.".

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In the Samoan polity today, the indigenous institution of the matai (chiefs) continues to play a pivotal role in governance. In determining leadership, the fa‘asämoa (Samoan way) and the fa‘amatai (way of the chiefs) are the most influential factors. Yet this has not prevented Sämoa from experiencing governance problems found in other countries of the region, although perhaps on a lesser scale: misunderstanding, frustration, alienation, migration, discrimination, malpractice, patronage, and violence. Reasons for this may be (1) a lack of correspondence (...) between fa‘asämoa and liberal democracy; (2) a lack of general understanding and critical assessment of the principles of liberal democracy in Sämoa; (3) a combination of misuse, abuse, or misunderstanding of fa‘asämoa; and (4) a lack of publicity and critical assessment of the principles of fa‘asämoa. This paper examines aspects of these four characteristics of the Samoan polity and looks at ways of reassessing governance. It draws on literature that deals with some of the main features of Samoan political thought, as well as on discussions with Samoan scholars and thinkers. This introduction to a different approach to Samoan governance also briefly reviews some of the political forces and tensions at play in Sämoa to show how they impact current political conceptualization. (shrink)

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2012.

In this article, I chart my experience of learning and teaching in the awe-inspiring waters of the Pacific and of Pacific studies. I begin by articulating the philosophy that underpins my approach as a teacher. One of the bedrocks of my philosophy is that a teacher must continue to be a learner in order to be of any lasting benefit to themselves or their students. I have used both the canoe and the ocean as metaphors to articulate my deliberate pursuit (...) of a cooperative learning model for Pacific studies and my desire to encourage deep rather than surface learning about the Pacific. I focus now on two other tenets of my teaching and learning philosophy: one deals with the diversity of students’ learning positionalities, and the other anticipates the students’ potential learning trajectories. I present some illustrations of my practice, including narrations about some innovations in teaching and learning in Pacific studies; student evaluations of my teaching and rates of course completion in Pacific studies and graduate successes; my pursuit of professional development and attainment of further qualifications in higher education learning and teaching; and responses from students in the form of reflections and testimonials. I conclude by reflecting on the broader context of higher education in New Zealand in which Pacific studies is situated and some of its ongoing challenges. (shrink)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index.

A new research perspective is emerging in Oceania, one based on combining practices drawn from both Pacific Islander and continental cultures. This emerging perspective, here labeled “cultural studies for Oceania,” differs from most Pacific Studies research as well as from continental cultural studies. This new practice is characterized by combinations of the following: an emphasis on personal identities and on specifying distinct research roles for Pacific Islanders and non-Natives; efforts to forge a unifying regional identity; research focused on processes more (...) than on final products; reciprocity between researchers and those they study; prominent use of Oceania epistemologies; unconventional researchreporting genres; reliance on oral practices and traditions; dependence on Pacific Islander models, concepts, and theories. Research programs that embrace these features offer a promising alternative to the dominant research practices in the region, which continue to perpetuate earlier colonizations. (shrink)

We examine Kwara‘ae (Solomon Islands) indigenous epistemology and indigenous critical praxis, including sources of knowledge and strategies for validating and critiquing evidence and knowledge construction. To illustrate indigenous epistemology in action, we focus on the Kwara‘ae Genealogy Project, a research effort by rural villagers aimed at creating an indigenous written account of Kwara‘ ae culture. In recording, (re)constructing, and writing Kwara‘ae culture, project members are not only doing indigenous epistemology, but also reflecting on and critiquing their own indigenous strategies for (...) knowledge creation. We hope that the work illustrated here will inspire other Native Pacific Islander scholars to carry out research on their native or indigenous epistemologies. (shrink)

Native Hawaiian youth and young adults face an array of issues that limit their understanding of their social context and sense of agency. Additionally, American schooling limits their understanding of their cultural roots. Despite the sociopolitical climate, Native Hawaiian communities are taking an active role in indigenizing their work. In this article, I propose a conceptual framework, Critical Indigenous Pedagogy of Place (CIPP), and argue how it promotes a sense of agency and critical understanding of the social context through the (...) use of Indigenous epistemology and values. I suggest that CIPP is an effective process and method in indigenizing a community food movement. Macro social work research and practice implications are discussed. (shrink)

This study investigated ethnobotanical knowledge variation in Hawai’i and Vanuatu, two regions in opposite ends of the Oceanic archipelago known for its distinctive yet interrelated cosmologies that have shaped kava culture and epistemology. The theory of perceptual salience suggests that the more exposure one has to a certain environment, the more one will know about that environment. In this study, this theory was applied in both Hawai’i and Vanuatu to understand the drivers of kava consumption and how exposure to an (...) environment where diverse varieties of kava are grown influences knowledge of kava and selection of varieties for consumption. Data were obtained by free-listing of kava cultivars and through semi-structured surveys. Perceptual salience was determined by location, frequency of cultivars cited, tudey cultivars, and rate of consumption. This study also explored how the dynamics of gender and age affect how much a person knows about kava. The results show that there is no significant relationship between varietal diversity and varietal knowledge. This lack of significant influence of exposure on individual knowledge is due to the high variation in varietal knowledge in Hawai’i. However, there was a significant relationship between the predictors of knowledge, age and region. Specifically, varietal knowledge has more to do with exposure over time, rather than how much exposure one has had to varieties of kava. This study provides insight into how varietal diversity alone is not enough to influence people’s knowledge. It also shows how the length of exposure to a given environment better defines how environmental structures affect people's knowledge. This study provides further insight into future pathways as kava enters the global market, which varieties require more attention to ensure their survival, and how exposure to kava varieties over time influences consumption patterns. (shrink)

AI-enabled digital technology appears to be transgressing the ontological boundaries associated with technology as known to humanity over the history of its existence. Today’s digital technology is active and autonomous; it interacts with humans and other AI-enabled technology and achieves its objectives mostly independent of human intervention. It shapes human experience and is shaped by it. Hence, we need to revisit our assumptions about AI-enabled technologies and reconsider individual and organizational roles and responsibilities toward such technologies. This theoretical paper questions (...) the well-established logic that is used to protect technology makers against the users’ misuse of their technology and offers possible solutions within the context of digital social networking and media platforms. (shrink)

Scientific networks are often investigated by means of citation analyses. Yet, interpretation of such networks in terms of semantic (and often disciplinary) content heavily depends on supplementary knowledge, notably about author research specialties. Similar situations arise more generally in many types of social networks whose semantic interpretation relies on supplementary information. Here, author community net-works are inferred from a topic model which provides direct insights into the semantic specificity of the identified “hidden communities of interest” (HCoI). Using a philosophy of (...) science corpus of full-text articles (N=16,917), we investigate its underlying communities by measuring topic profile correlations be-tween authors. A diachronic perspective is built by modeling the research networks over different time-periods and mapping genealogical relationships be-tween communities. The results show a marked in-crease in philosophy of science communities over time and trace the progressive appearance of the specialization areas that structure the field today. (shrink)

This dissertation examines experiences of mixed race, specifically Black and Filipina, using autoethnography and interviews. To examine the multiple and complex figurations of “mixedness” a multi-disciplinary, multi-theoretic qualitative research approach is utilized. Drawing on the academic fields of educational foundations, ethnic studies, feminist studies, and theories of intersectionality, Pinayism, and critical race theory, the study suggests Blacknpinays exhibit an awareness of how the experience of being mixed counters the predominance of monoracialism thereby opening up a more complex world of living (...) multiplicity and multiraciality. This awareness has implications for rethinking and reworking educational theories, pedagogies, curriculum and research on the nexus of race and education. The study demonstrates that supportive and nurturing communities are helping to “raise” blacknpinays to flourish despite societal ideologies that continue to uphold monoracialism or assume postracialism. These supportive communities not only serve as a critical conduit for cultivating positive identities and relationships to self, others, and institutions but offer rich implications for education. (shrink)

This paper argues that the ubiquitous digital networks in which we are increasingly becoming immersed present a threat to our ability to exercise free will. Using process philosophy, and expanding upon understandings of causal autonomy, the paper outlines a thematic analysis of diary studies and interviews gathered in a project exploring the nature of digital experience. It concludes that without mindfulness in both the use and design of digital devices and services we run the risk of allowing such services to (...) direct our daily lives in ways over which we are increasingly losing control. (shrink)

The philosophy of mechanisms has developed rapidly during the last 30 years. As mechanisms-based explanations (MBEs) are often seen as an alternative to nomological, law-based explanations, MBEs could be relevant in IS. We begin by offering a short history of mechanistic philosophy and set out to clarify the contemporary landscape. We then suggest that mechanistic models provide an alternative to variance and process models in IS. Finally, we highlight how MBEs typically contain deliberate misrepresentations. Although MBEs have recently been advocated (...) as critical realist (CR) accounts in IS, idealizations (deliberate misrepresentations) seem to violate some fundamental tenets of CR and research method principles for CR. Idealizations in MBEs, therefore, may risk being regarded as flawed in IS. If it turns out that CR cannot account for idealizations, naturalism can, and it does so without extra-philosophical baggage. (shrink)

This thesis research analyzes how Hawaiian birthing practices have changed through time by looking through accounts in the Hawaiian Language Repository. It tracks our understanding of birthing practices to stories of Pua Kanikawī and Kanikawā, commonly referenced throughout our tradition as symbolic medicinal flowers created by the deity Haumea to aid in childbirth process. Through the analysis of twelve mo‘olelo from the Hawaiian language newspapers, this research demonstrates how Kanikawī and Kanikawā are tied to phenomenon in the natural environment produced (...) by the gods, the sound, synergy, and rhythm of musical instruments, and the intimacy between lovers. While these cultural connotations are seemingly different, they are all interconnected and associated with the need for partners to be in sync with the environment, community, and with each other leading up to childbirth, which is viewed as a spiritual process. This research demonstrates how important lessons from our traditional stories can help shape the resurgence of Hawaiian cultural practices today looking at the application of these traditional concepts in a program called Ka Lāhui of Ka Pō a community-based program of Ho‘oulu ‘Āina in located in Kalihilihilauomiha, a place associated with the goddess Haumea the patron of childbirth. (shrink)

This dissertation contributes to ecocritical scholarship by examining the representation of natural beauty in the environmental imaginations and advocacies of John Muir, Gary Snyder, and Terry Tempest Williams. The emphasis placed on natural beauty in their works suggests beauty’s profound role in activating concern for and creative thinking about the health and future of the planet. Drawing upon the work of Elaine Scarry, this project asserts that beauty engenders a profound defamiliarization and sense of selflessness that contributes to the anti-anthropocentric (...) thrust of ecocriticism. At the same time, in the encounter with beauty, the individual is urged to care for and protect what is perceived as beautiful. Bringing together historic, scientific, and aesthetic perspectives on beauty, this project locates depictions and conceptualizations of beauty in the works of the target authors at a moment when in critical discourses beauty has been marginalized if not ignored. It contends that in the works of Muir, Snyder, and Williams, the experience of beauty converges with notions of interconnection, ecology, and hope in productive ways that expose the vital place that aesthetic appreciation of nature has in environmental advocacy. (shrink)

Ph.D. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2018.

Ph.D. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2018.

Ph.D. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2017.

M.S. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2017.

Guidelines for different qualitative research genres have been proposed in information systems. As these guidelines are outlined for conducting and evaluating good research, studies may be denied publication simply because they do not follow a prescribed methodology. This can result in “checkbox” compliance, where the guidelines become more important than the study. We argue that guidelines can only be used to evaluate what good research is if there is evidence that they lead to certain good research outcomes. Currently, the guidelines (...) do not present such evidence. Instead, when it is presented, the evidence is often an authority argument or evidence of popularity with usability examples. We further postulate that such evidence linking guidelines and outcomes cannot be presented. Therefore, it may be time for the IS research community to acknowledge that many research method principles we regard as authoritative may ultimately be based on speculation and opinion, and thus, they should be taken less seriously as absolute guidelines in the review process. (shrink)

Numerous articles in top IS journals note as a limitation and lack of generalizability that their findings are specific to a certain type of technology, culture, and so on. We argue that this generalizability concern is about limited scope. The IS literature notes this preference for generalizability as a characteristic of good science and it is sometimes confused with statistical generalizability. We argue that such generalizability can be in conflict with explanation or prediction accuracy. An increase in scope can decrease (...) explanation or prediction accuracy. Thus, in sciences such as cancer research, where explanation and prediction accuracy are highly valued, the cancer accounts have become increasingly narrower. IS thinking has not yet benefitted from these considerations. Whether generalizability is valued should be linked with the research aims. If the aim is practical applicability through explanation or prediction accuracy, then “limited” generalizability could be a strength rather than a weakness. (shrink)

Do you ever have a great idea, but can't get buy in from your boss? Find yourself starting projects only to have them derailed or go into unplanned directions? Creating best practice and projects, requires us to be able to articulate value and be organized in our approach for programs and services that will benefit our communities. Join us for this interactive session where you'll learn strategies to get energy around your idea and then a simple method for creating a (...) plan for success. (shrink)

Authors: Dianne Pothier and Richard Devlin Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, 2006 Reviewer: Carrie Griffin Basas Cloth, ISBN: 9780774812030, 352 pages Paperback, ISBN: 9780774812047, 352 pages Cost: Cloth, $85.00 USD; Paperback, $32.95 USD.

We postulate that a disconnect between stakeholders and designers, often rooted in an understandable preoccupation with technical rationality, limits how design research is conceptualized in the design science research community. We posit co-creation as a way to overcome this limitation that engages reflective design practice fostering a shared understanding of value among the designers/developers, users, analysts and others. Thus, co-creation is an essential ingredient for design satisfaction in many design endeavors. We proffer a theoretical foundation for envisioning design success as (...) an artefact that realizes co-created conceptual metaphors compositing the objective and subjective qualities shaping the stakeholders’ appreciative systems. This paper positions and advocates for a critical perspective on designer transcendence where design choices and actions are centered on a shared, but evolving, composite understanding of value and quality - satisfaction. Successful co-creative design emancipates users from concern for unnecessary technically rational aspects of artefact design. Further we propose a framework, grounded in semiotics, to hone and revitalize designer transcendence with a design emphasis on efficient and ideally frictionless interfaces - conceptual metaphors - to reduce asymmetry among stakeholder concerns. (shrink)

The use of the term -˜fake news’ has recently become widespread; however, research on fake news is limited. This research intends to increase understanding of how users of social networking sites determine if they should confirm the validity of news content. Grounded in research on the epistemology of testimony, we develop and test a research model based on perceptions related to news authors, news sharers, and users to test verification behaviors of users. The findings indicate that social tie variety, perceived (...) cognitive homogeneity, trust in network, fake news awareness, perceived media credibility and intention to share influence an individual’s news verification behavior. We discuss the implications of our findings for SNS designers as well as users. We also integrate the theoretical perspectives of trust and testimony and demonstrate their value for explicating verification behaviors. (shrink)

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2016.

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2015.

This essay reflects on developments in the field since the 1995 publication of “Rethinking Pacific Islands Studies” first explored a number of intellectual or academic foundations of such programs. It suggests that the pragmatic rationale for Pacific studies, which often has more to do with influence than understanding, and the laboratory rationale, which values Pacific Islanders primarily as objects of study, are both alive and well twenty years on, albeit with more attention among practitioners to issues of positionality, research ethics, (...) and the politics of knowledge. The essay discusses the challenges of realizing the empowerment rationale advocated in the original article but argues that there has been some progress in giving primacy to indigenous perspectives, interests, and epistemologies in Pacific studies scholarship. The essay concludes with a discussion of how the empowerment rationale has informed curriculum and program development at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i–Mānoa over the past two decades. (shrink)

Based on a critical account of the dominant concept of theory, the paper presents an alterna-tive, wider notion of theory. It is motivated by the need to cope with a contingent research subject and the assumption that IS should provide an orientation for managing the digital transfor-mation. Unlike neo-positivistic notions of theory, the proposed conception is not restricted to de-scriptions of the factual, but may be aimed at de-signing possible future worlds. Conceiving of possible future worlds requires overcoming the barriers (...) created by language that constitutes our idea of the present world. The paper discusses the resulting methodological challenges and outlines how they might be addressed. (shrink)

In peer-to-peer lending, soft information, such as borrowers’ facial features, textual descriptions of loan applications and so on, are regarded as potential signals to screen borrowers. In this study, we examine the signaling effect of a new category of soft information- social media information. Leveraging a unique dataset that combines loan data from a large P2P lending company with social media presence data from a popular social media site, and two natural experiments, we find two forms of social media information (...) that act as signals of borrowers’ creditworthiness. First, borrowers’ choice to self-disclose their social media account is a predictor of their default probability. Second, borrowers’ social media presence, such as their social network and social media engagement, are also predictors of default probability. This study proffers new insights for the screening process in P2P lending and novel usage of social media information. (shrink)

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2010.

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Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2013.

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2013.

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2013.

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2013.

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2012.

This item includes a segment of an an instructor interview in a Writing Intensive course in a sophomore honors seminar at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The interview was conducted in 2015 and in this clip the interviewee is responding with thoughts on the connections between digital media, student activism, and the environment.

This item includes a segment of an a student interview in a Writing Intensive course in Geology & Geophysics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The interview was conducted in 2014 and in this clip the interviewee is reflecting on how writing styles shift between disciplines.

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