Source
<p>Borofsky, Robert (2000): An Invitation. In: Borofsky, Robert (Hg.): Remembrance of Pacific Pasts. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press</p><div><br><br></div>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'GT America Standard', Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.3199999928474426px; background-color: #ffffff;">Abstract: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GT America Standard', Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.3199999928474426px; background-color: #ffffff;">How does one make sense of the Pacific’s varied pasts? Materials abound for the project: There are writings, memories, chants, artifacts, and landscapes waiting to be discovered (and rediscovered). Yet a major complication exists: how to organize and prioritize what one reads, what one hears, what one discovers? The past—in our ambiguous knowing of it—does not proclaim its meanings in a single voice. There are multiple voices. Which ones deserve primary attention—in what ways, for which contexts? How does one weave a coherent narrative out of the many materials without denying their differences, ambiguities, and complexities?</span></p>