Assignment: Critical Response Prompts
Critical Response 1:
Write on ONE of the following questions:
Using your course materials, explain how the worldviews of Pacific Islanders are shaped by their environment, and in particular the ocean. Why is the ocean central to the lives of Pacific Islanders?
Provide two examples from your course materials that demonstrate how the worldview of Pacific Islanders shapes their cultural productions. How is their culture a product of their environment?
Critical Response 2:
Write on ONE of the following questions:
Explain the impact of colonialism on the lives and culture of Pacific Islanders? Provide at least two examples.
Using examples from your course materials, how have Pacific Islanders used their culture to resist colonialism? Why is this important?
Critical Response 3:
Write on ONE of the following questions:
How do tattoos embody and perpetuate the culture of Pacific Island peoples? What do these designs and symbols mean for those wearing them? Explain.
How do Pacific Islanders use music, literature and/or poetry as methods of cultural resistance? Explain using at least two examples from your course materials.
Critical Response 4:
Write on ONE of the following questions:
Why is important to know the difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation? How can culture be appropriated by non-Pacific Island peoples and why is this problematic?
How has corporate tourism and corporate media such as Disney been responsible for what Haunani-Kay Trask calls the Prostitution of Hawaiian (and other Pacific Islander) culture? What is our responsibility as consumers of culture?
All Critical responses must be written in TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT, 12 pt., double- spaced with one-inch margins all around. Your name must be at the top of the page. You will be required to write TWO full pages for full credit. If you go over two pages, that's fine. You must also provide a minimum of TWO examples from your course materials and cite those you use in answering the critical response. Cite your sources correctly. DO NOT CITE OUTSIDE SOURCES.