Quo Vadis? Predictions on the Past in American Micronesia and French Polynesia

Conference paper for the 9th Annual Pacific Islands Studies Conference, "History of the U. S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands," UH-Manoa, 1984

Externalizing Behaviors and Family Influences on Filipino Urban Adolescents: A Social Learning Theory Approach

This study will look through Bandura’s Social Learning Theory perspective on how parental influence predicts Filipino adolescents\u27 externalizing behaviors. As children are impressionable, they observe their parents as role models; their behavior development from childhood to adolescence is dependent on parental influence. With this in mind, the study’s research objectives aim to understand how parental influences, such as abusive and antisocial behavior, affect the adolescent’s externalizing behavior and the level of externalizing behaviors among Filipino adolescents living in Metro Manila, Philippines. The researchers then surveyed 202 Filipino adolescents residing in Metro Manila, answering a questionnaire that measured family characteristics, perceived abusive and antisocial behavior of parents, and self-assessed level of externalizing behaviors. The data gathered was processed through descriptive and inferential statistics, and the results concluded that family influence does have significance in the adolescent\u27s externalizing behavior. In conclusion, through Social Learning Theory and the data collected, the adolescent\u27s externalizing behaviors were found to be due to family influence

Sodomy laws and gender variance in Tahiti and Hawai‘i

In both Hawaiian and Tahitian, the central meaning of mahu denotes gender-variant individuals, particularly male-bodied persons who have a significant investment in femininity. However, in Hawai‘i, unlike Tahiti, the word mahu is now more commonly used as an insult against gay or transgender people. The negative connotation of the term in Hawaiian indexes lower levels of social acceptability for mahu identity on O‘ahu (Hawai‘i’s most populous island) as compared to Tahiti. The article argues that these differences are partly due to a historical legacy of sexually repressive laws. The article traces the history of sodomy laws in these two Polynesian societies and argues that this history supports the hypothesis that sodomy laws (in conjunction with such social processes as urbanisation and Christianisation) are partially to blame for the diminished social status of mahu on O‘ahu. A different social and legal history in Tahiti accounts for the fact that the loss of social status experienced by Tahitian mahu has been lesser than that of their Hawaiian counterparts

Innovative Cases of Organic Agriculture in Asia

Under a 10-year cooperation agreement between Xichong County, PR China and IFOAM Asia, the “Xichong International Organic Innovation Summit” is to be held every two years while the Asia Organic Agriculture Technology, Research & Development Xichong Center is responsible for collection, dissemination and publication of innovations in organic agriculture. To this end, the Xichong Organic Innovation Committee has been formed consisting of 9 experts from different Asian countries or regions. After the efforts made by the experts of the committee as well as the assistance of the IFOAM Asia head office staff, the first collection of the innovation technologies and cases have been compiled for publication and dissemination

Gunson, Neil. Messengers of Grace; Evangelical Missionaries in the South Seas, 1797-1860

Tagupa William E. H. Gunson, Neil. Messengers of Grace; Evangelical Missionaries in the South Seas, 1797-1860. In: Journal de la Société des océanistes, n°61, tome 34, 1978. pp. 201-202

Hempenstall, Peter J. Pacific Islanders Under German Rule; A Study in the Meaning of Colonial Resistance

Tagupa William E. H. Hempenstall, Peter J. Pacific Islanders Under German Rule; A Study in the Meaning of Colonial Resistance. In: Journal de la Société des océanistes, n°64, tome 35, 1979. pp. 213-214

Oliver, Douglas L. Ancient Tahitian Society

Tagupa William E. H. Oliver, Douglas L. Ancient Tahitian Society. In: Journal de la Société des océanistes, n°41, tome 29, 1973. p. 380

Gunson, Neil. Messengers of Grace; Evangelical Missionaries in the South Seas, 1797-1860

Tagupa William E. H. Gunson, Neil. Messengers of Grace; Evangelical Missionaries in the South Seas, 1797-1860. In: Journal de la Société des océanistes, n°61, tome 34, 1978. pp. 201-202