1. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
1
De
Anza
College
Fall
2014
Intercultural
Studies
(ICS
21)
Introduction
to
Pacific
Islander
History
and
Culture
&
Hybrid
EWRT
1A
Composition
&
Reading
Instructors:
Anthony
(Tony)
Santa
Ana
(ICS
21)
Karen
Chow
(EWRT
1A)
Office:
Tony:
Multicultural
Center
Karen:
F11-­‐K
(408)
864-­‐5763
Office
Hours:
Karen
&
Tony:
Thursdays
1:00-­‐2:00
in
MCC
and
by
appointment
Karen:
Mondays
&
Wednesdays
12:30-­‐1:30
F11-­‐K
Contact:
santaanaanthony@fhda.edu
&
chowkaren@fhda.edu
(9
units/satisfies
GE/ICS
requirements);
Class
meets
M-­Th
10:30
AM-­12:20
PM
in
Room
L25
and
1
hour
online
required
(for
Hybrid
EWRT
1A)
REQUIRED
TEXTS/READINGS:
1)
Borja-­‐Navarro,
Keri
Ann,
Richard
Benigno
Cantora,
Andrew
Fatilua
Tunai
Tuala,
and
David
Gaoupu
Palaita.
Matamai2:
Intersecting
Knowledge
across
the
Diaspora
(Volume
2).
CreateSpace
Independent
Publishing
Platform,
2012
2)
(Additional
Articles/Readings
will
be
uploaded
via
Course
Studio)

2. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
2
Course
Description:
An
interdisciplinary
introduction
to
and
survey
of
the
Pacific
Islander/American
in
the
United
States.
Emphasis
will
be
placed
on
history
and
contemporary
issues
in
Pacific
Islander/American
communities.
An
examination
of
intergroup
(e.g.
Native
Hawaiian,
Samoan
American,
Tongan,
Filipina/o
American,
Native
American,
Chamorro,
Fijian,
Maori,
Tahitian,
Melanesia,
Micronesia,
Polynesian,
etc.)
and
intra-­‐group
challenges
within
today's
ethnic
communities.
We
will
practice
and
refine
reading,
writing,
viewing
and
critical
thinking
skills,
cooperative
group
work
and
presentation
skills
while
deepening
our
understanding
of
the
Pacific
Islander
experience.
Student
Learning
Outcomes:
SLO
(1):
Analyze
and
compare
the
patterns
of
social
culture
and
values
that
have
framed
the
experiences
of
Pacific
Islanders
in
the
U.S.
and
broader
diaspora.
SLO
(2):
Analyze
and
compare
the
impact
of
European
and
U.S.
colonialism
on
Pacific
Islander
communities
and
identities.
SLO
(3):
Analyze,
compare,
and
apply
the
Oral
Storytelling
Tradition
to
Pacific
Islander
lives
in
the
U.S.
Requirements:
Attendance
&
Class
Participation
(both)
20%
Both
Oral
His/Herstory
Presentation
(both)
20%
Both
Journal
Responses/Reflection
(both)
20%
Both
In-­‐class
Essay
(EWRT
1A)
10%
EWRT
1A
Out
of
class
Essay
(one;
EWRT
1A)
10%
EWRT
1A
Guided
Research
Paper
(both)
20%
Both
Final
(ICS
21)
20%
ICS
21
Grading:
90%
or
above=A
80-­‐89%
=B
70-­‐79%
=C
60-­‐69%
=D
Below
60%
=F
Class
Policies:
It
is
the
instructors’
expectation
that
you
are
interested
in
the
material
and
have
a
desire
to
engage
in
the
material.
Please
know
that
this
class
is
a
discussion
based
and
reading
intensive
class.
Therefore,
we
anticipate
you
will
take
responsibility
for
your
education.

3. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
3
This
means
you
are
to
attend
class
regularly
and
on
time,
respect
the
topic,
instructors,
and
fellow
students,
keep
up
with
the
readings,
participate
in
the
discussions,
and
come
to
us
with
concerns
before
they
become
big
problems.
It
also
means
that
you
are
responsible
for
the
following
things:
checking
your
syllabus/Course
Studio
for
readings
assignment
due
dates;
regularly
to
make
sure
you
have
not
missed
important
announcements;
letting
me
know
as
soon
as
possible
if
you
have
an
emergency
situation;
making
sure
you
sign
the
attendance
sheet
each
day;
obtaining
notes
from
another
student
when
and
if
you
miss
class;
keeping
track
of
your
own
attendance;
and
saving
all
of
your
assignments
in
the
event
of
a
grade
discrepancy.
Add/Drop
It
is
the
student’s
responsibility
to
pay
close
attention
to
the
college’s
add/drop
deadlines.
Sunday,
October
5:
Last
day
to
drop
for
a
full
refund
or
credit
Sunday,
October
5:
Last
day
to
drop
a
class
with
no
record
or
grade.
Friday,
October
17:
Last
day
to
request
pass/no
pass.
Friday,
November
14:
Last
day
to
drop
with
a
“W”.
Late
Papers:
Late
papers
will
not
be
accepted
5
days
after
its
due
date
and
5%
will
be
deducted
from
the
original
grade,
unless
consulted
and
made
arrangements
with
the
instructor.
Academic
Integrity:
Policies
on
Cheating
and
Plagiarism:
Anyone
found
cheating
on
an
exam
or
plagiarizing
(copying
material
without
reference
or
credit)
will
be
given
an
“F”
on
that
assignment
or
exam.
Students
with
Special
Needs
Students
with
special
needs
who
require
reasonable
accommodations
are
encourage
to
contact
the
instructor.
The
Disability
Programs
and
Resource
Center
(http://www.deanza.edu/dsps/)
is
available
to
facilitate
the
reasonable
accommodation
process.
DSS Location: SCS 41
Phone: 408.864.8753
TTY: 408.864.8748
Extra Help
Students
are
highly
encouraged
to
seek
help
from
the
instructor.
We
highly
encourage
you
to
stop
by
our
office
hours
or
email
me
if
you
have
any
questions.
Our
Peer
Mentors
will
be
available
in
class
and
out
of
class
to
help
you.
Tutoring
and
writing
assistance
is
found
at
the
Student
Success
Center.
http://www.deanza.edu/studentsuccess/
STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER
Building: ATC 3rd Floor and S43
CONTACTS

4. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
4
Diana Alves De Lima
Phone: 408.864.8485
Melissa Aguilar
Phone: 408.864.5422
Electronic
Use:
Laptops
and
tablets
may
be
used
for
class-­‐related
purposes
only.
Please
refrain
from
using
your
smart
phones
unless
we
intentionally
use
them
for
class-­‐related
purposes.
If
there
is
an
abuse
of
our
tolerance
(e.g.
incessant
texting
Attendance
&
Class
Participation:
Help
to
build
a
supportive
classroom
community
by
attending
regularly,
being
on
time,
preparing
for
class,
sharing
thoughtfully
and
respecting
classmates’
opinions.
After
four
absences,
one
letter
grade
may
be
deducted
(e.g.
from
B
to
a
C)
from
the
course
grade
or
you
may
be
dropped
from
the
course.
Two
lates,
&/or
leaving
more
than
10
minutes
early,
will
equal
one
absence.
Email
professors
Karen,
Tony,
or
Peer
Mentors
if
you
need
to
be
absent
and
it
is
your
responsibility
to
consult
with
your
classmates
for
missed
class
material/information.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Oral
His/Herstory
Presentation
(both):
Each
student
will
document
and
present
information
about
their
family’s
migration
story
to
the
United
States.
A
brief
5
minute
(maximum)
presentation
about
your
research
to
the
class
is
necessary.
(Video,
Skit,
Poem,
Song,
Multimedia,
Pictures,
etc…)
Weekly
Journal
Responses/Reflection
(both):
Each
student
will
submit
response
journals
of
the
weekly
readings.
You
will
write
your
journal
on
EITHER "Thinking
questions"
OR
"QHQ".
1)
Compose
your
Journal/Homework
on
Microsoft
Word
document
FIRST,
and
then
Copy
and
Paste
it
to
the
"Comment"
Section
of
the
Class
WordPress
blog.
Post
your
first
Journal/Homework
each
week
before
each
Monday's
class.
Your
first
Journal/Homework
should
be
about
250-­‐400
words
long.
2)
Your
Homework
also
includes
your
READING
other
students'
posts
and
posting
a
reply
to
at
least
THREE
students
before
each
Thursday's
class.
Each
reply
should
be
about
150-­‐
300
words
long.
In-­Class
&
Out-­of-­Class
Essay
(EWRT
1A):
You
will
write
one
in-­‐class
essay
and
one
out-­‐of-­‐class
essay
that
counts
toward
EWRT
1A
credit.
Each
essay
will
be
4
pages
long
and
guidelines
and
topics
will
be
provided
soon.

5. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
5
Guided
Research
Paper
(both):
Each
student
will
submit
a
6-­‐8
page
paper
researching
information
relevant
to
the
class
about
a
topic
that
was
not
fully
covered
in
the
course
extensively
or
even
something
that
was
not
covered
at
all.
The
paper
should
be
enlightened
about
the
topic,
to
arouse
some
critical
and
meaningful
relationship
to
the
topic,
and
to
find
out
why
the
topic
is
important.
A
group
presentation
of
your
research
paper
is
mandatory
at
the
end
of
the
quarter.
This
assignment
will
be
broken
down
into
3
parts
with
individual
due
dates
for
each
part:
1)
Annotated
Bibliography;
2)
2-­‐page
Proposal
of
Topic;
3)
Final
Research
Paper
(Please
confirm
your
topic
with
the
Instructor)
• Queen
Lili'uokalani,
last
monarch
&
sovereignty
activist
(Hawai'i)
• Princess
Ka’iulani,
sovereignty
activist
(Hawai’i)
• Kumu
Hina,
teacher
&
transgender
activist(Hawai’i)
• Carlos
Bulosan,
writer
&
labor
organizer
(Philippines)
• Sia
Figel,
writer,
poet
(American
Samoa)
• Ben
Teo,
teacher
&
community
organizer(American
Samoa)
• Dr.
Vena
Sele,
transgender
activist
(Samoa)
• Albert
Wendt,
writer
&
professor
(Samoa)
• E.
Zekiel,
political
graffiti
artist(Tonga)
• Epeli
Hau'ofa,
writer
&
professor,
(Tonga)
• Andres
Bonafacio,
revolutionary
leader
(Philippines)
• Tereisa
Teaiwa,
professor
&
poet
(Tahiti)
• Keith
Camacho,
professor
(Guam)
• Joseph
Certeza,
educator,
artist,
community
activist
&
De
Anza
alum
(Guam)
• Linda
Tuhiwai
Smith,
professor
&
community
activist(Aotearoa/NZ)
• Shamima Ali, political activist and women's rights campaigner (Fiji)
• Sharon Baghwan-Rolls, political activist and women's rights campaigner (Fiji)
• Angie Heffernan, political activist (Fiji)
• Jiko Luveni, dentist and AIDS campaigner (Fiji)
• Anirudh Singh, opposed the imposition of the 1990 constitution (Fiji)
• Suliana Siwatibau, political activist (Fiji)
Final
(for
ICS
21
credit):
Part
1:
Each
student
will
fill
out
in-­‐class
self-­‐evaluation
of
their
performance.
Part
2:
Each
student
will
take
an
in-­‐class
examination
(open-­‐ended
questions)
that
pertain
to
the
course
information
and
material.
Field
Trip/Community
Service/
Extra
Credit:
We
will
announce
these
opportunities
for
out-­‐of-­‐class
activities,
TBD.
Students
can
propose
an
idea
and
must
get
approval
from
the
instructors
in
order
to
get
extra
credit.
To
get
the
credit,
each
student
must
submit
a
2-­‐page
summary
response
and
a
picture
taken
at
the
event.

6. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
6
Tentative
Course
Schedule:
(subject
to
change
at
instructors’
discretion;
it
is
important
for
you
to
be
present
every
class
to
be
updated
on
any
changes)
HW:
means
Homework
that
is
DUE
the
next
day
unless
otherwise
noted
RDG:
means
Reading
that
you
need
to
FINISH
before
next
day’s
class
unless
otherwise
noted.
ALL
readings
are
posted
onto
our
Wordpress
course
site:
http://chowewrt1aics21.wordpress.com/
unless
otherwise
noted
(e.g.
readings
from
Matamai2
book)
Monday (Karen &
Tony)
Tuesday (Tony) Wednesday
(Karen)
Thursday (Tony &
Karen)
Week 1
9/22-9/25
Introduction
to
Pacific
Islander
Studies
Oceania
and
Pasefika
Writing Lab
(AT307)
RDG: Hauʻofa,
Epeli, “Our Sea of
Islands” (CS)
In-class writing
diagnostic
Week 2
9/29-10/2
Pacific Islander
Family/Oral
His/Herstories
Student Oral
His/Herstories
Presentations
Writing Lab
(AT307 only to 12)
Student Oral
His/Herstories
Presentations
Student Oral
His/Herstories
Presentations
Jean Meleseine,
Guest Speaker
Week 3
10/6-10/9
Contemporary Issues
RDG: 1) Hanauni-
Trask, Kay. “Lovely
Hula Hands: Corporate
Tourism and the
Prostitution of
Hawaiian Culture”
(online link)
RDG:2) Teiwa,
“Bikinis and Other
S/pacific N/oceans”
Rowena Tomaneng
Guest Speaker??
T)
Writing Lab
(AT307)
Week 4
10/13-10/16
Contemporary Issues
pt. 2
RDG:Pennycook,
Writing Lab
(AT307)
Lorenz Dumuk,
Guest Speaker

7. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
7
“global noise global
englishes”
Kumu Hina film??
Delano Manong
Screening 10:30-
12:20
Week 5
10/20-10/23
Militarization/
Nuclear Testing
RDG:Alexander.
“Militarization and
Identity on
Guahan/Guam:Explori
ng Intersections of
indigeneity, gender and
security”
Video on Guam Self-
Determination:
http://vimeo.com/103
691616
Writing Lab
(AT307)
SKYPE with Joey
Certeza , Guam
community
activist & former
DA student
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Week 6
10/27-10/30
Missionaries/
Christianity
RDG: Yengoyan,
“Christianity in the
Pacific”
In-class Essay? Writing Lab
(AT305)
Week 7
11/3-11/6
Spanish American
War
RDG: Pinguel,
“Reframing the
Spanish-American War
in the History
Curriculum”
Guest Speaker:
Melissa Nievera
Writing Lab
(AT307)
Week 8
11/10-11/13
Veteran's Day
Holiday—no class
Writing Lab
(AT305)
Colonialism/Imperiali
sm
RDG:
Smith & Jones, “The
Cultural Landscapes
of the Pacific
Islands” ICOMOS
2007 (CS)
&
Reclaiming/Reinventi
ng
Cultural/Indigenous
Food (guest speakers
Gigi Miranda,
Kitchen Kwento
http://www.kitchenk
wento.com/2013/02/o
No Worries w/
Chef Jay-Ar
Pugao,
http://www.filipino
veganfood.com/

8. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
8
n-being-āinatarian-a-conversation-
with-gigi-
miranda.html
&
http://wholeplantbase
dcooking.com/
Week 9
11/17-11/20
Resistance
Movements/
Sovereignty
RDG: Screening of
“Tongues Of
Heaven” followed by
discussion w/
filmmaker Anita
Chang
Writing Lab
(AT305)
Week 10
11/24-11/27
Decolonization/Indige
nous Research
RDG: Smith,
“Decolonizing
Methodologies”
Laneui, “Process of
Decolonization”
Thaman,
“Decolonizing Pacific
Studies: Indigenous
Perspectives,
Knowledge, and
Wisdom in Higher
Education”
Jonathan Relucio,
guest speaker
Thanksgiving
Holiday—no class
Week 11
12/1-12/4
Solidarity
RDG: United Nations
Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous
Peoples
Presentations: Guided
Research Paper
(Prezi/PPT: Highlights
of what you learned
from researching &
writing the Research
Paper)
Week 12
12/8
Final portfolios
due today

9. Chow/Santa
Ana
ICS
21/EWRT
1A
LinC
Fall
2014
“We
should
not
be
defined
by
the
smallness
of
our
islands,
but
by
the
greatness
of
our
oceans.
We
are
the
sea,
we
are
the
ocean,
Oceania
is
us.”
~Epeli
Hau’ofa
9