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As a graduate student in Ann Arbor in the 1990s, I found myself often writing about Hawai‘i: its literature, the students, the place. As a Local, someone who was born and raised in Hawai‘i and who uses this designator of community identity, I wanted to keep alive the possibility that I might return there one day and work with the students, literature, and writers who I focused on for the many seminar papers, conference presentations, and eventually dissertation that I wrote. But beyond this longing to maintain a connection to Hawai‘i, I also began to see in its Local literature lessons about learning and teaching, theories about pedagogy, and stories about students and teachers. I saw in these writings a connection to Hawai‘i’s students, a connection between a Local teacher and Local students, and a possibility for a pedagogy that could move beyond initiating students into dominant American discourse and toward a more productive engagement with their community.
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Young, M. (2006). Beyond Rainbows: What Hawai‘i’s “Local” Poetry Has Taught Me about Pedagogy. In: Retallack, J., Spahr, J. (eds) Poetry & Pedagogy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11449-5_7
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