- Guam and Hawaii at a Crossroads
- JKA'S Regular Column in Right of Way Magazine
- Climate Change and the Language of Geographic Place
- JKA Team completes sweeping social assessment of Eastern Washington State for BLM
- Public Policy as Empowerment
- JKA Featured in American Planning Association Journal
- Jim Kent's blog
- JKA e-newsletter
Guam and Hawaii at a Crossroads
Jim Kent, Eric Casiño and others have been writing, speaking and lobbying on behalf of the people of Guam regarding the impending move of the U.S. Marine Corps from Okinawa to Guam. Without an impact management strategy, the impacts will be more severe than the island can bear. With intentional management attention, Guam could reap many positive benefits. Similarly, several trends are converging in Hawaii that could position the state for many positive benefits, but so far, these opportunities are being missed. Read on:
- Hawaii, Guam raise profiles in Pacific
Islands grow in importance as U.S. shifts military, political and economic strategies - Hawaii and Guam: Strategic Convergence Zones for the United States Forward Defense Strategy in the Pacific Rim
- People of Guam, Hawaii must take charge
- The University of Guam hosted the first annual "Conference on Island Sustainability"
People of Guam, Hawaii must take charge
Hawaii and Guam are riding an important wave to become new strategic convergence zones -- leading centers of innovations in global trade, communications and ecological synergies for the Pacific Basin.
For the full paper, click here
Island Sustainability Conference
Hafa Adai!
The University of Guam hosted the first annual “Conference on Island Sustainability” for Guam and Micronesia on September 2-3, 2010 at the Guam Marriott. This will mark the first formal event sponsored by the new Center for Island Sustainability.
The two-day conference goals were to:
- Provide a forum for discussion on key issues pertaining to environmental, economic and social sustainability
- Focus specifically on renewable and alternative energy sources as a major key to island sustainability in the 21st century.
- Provide the opportunity for exchanging ideas, techniques and concerns with a focus on implementable solutions that contribute simultaneously to environmental and economic sustainability.
JKA was invited to present at this conference on the topic.
Dr. Eric Casino, presented to a large audience on the five step process for moving From Stabilization to Sustainability: A Collaborative Approach to Manage the Social, Cultural, Environmental and Economic Change Created by the Marine Corps' Move to Guam.
Dr. Casino is a social anthropologist with more than 30 years of experience in applied research, consulting with governments and corporations, and university lecturing. His area of expertise is in the field of education, cultural based management and trainings, language learning programs, project evaluation, and social impact assessments. Dr. Casino's area Studies specialization is the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
Dr. Casino currently lives in Honolulu, Hawaii and Liyangs Heights Cagayan De Oro City
Philippines. He can be reached at casinoe@wwdb.org or at 1-808-778-6362.
Climate Change and the Language of Geographic Place
Jim Kent and Kevin Preister have just published a paper on climate change that will be included in a major book on the subject put out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It makes the case that global policy initiatives designed to address climate change must account for local action and knowledge and build up from the neighborhood and community level. For the full paper, click here.
Public Policy as Empowerment
For those interested in the science of community, and the application of learning principles in facilitating change initiatives, the following article was published in the newsletter of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) in May, 2010. Kevin makes the case that applied anthropology should be focused on the facilitation of beneficial change by working within and through existing cultural systems - everyday people in their survival and caretaking settings, in which social research is a needed component but not the end product. read full paper
JKA's Regular Column in Right of Way Magazine
Jim Kent is a columnist for the Right of Way Magazine for the International Right of Way Association. What does it say when a 75-year old, well-established engineering magazine, dedicated to the technical aspects of energy site and corridor development, invited a regular column from Jim on Social Ecology, the Science of Community? Jim shares cutting edge insights, learning experiences and solutions. Read more»»
- IRWA #13 May/June, 2011 "Relocating the Marine Corps"
- IRWA #11 Jan/Feb. 2011 "Streamline Your Next Project: The Case for Goodwill"
- IRWA #10 Nov/Dec, 2010 "Human Geographic Mapping: A New Approach"
- IRWA #9 Sept/Oct, 2010 "The BP Disaster and Lessons Learned"
- IRWA #8 July/Aug, 2010 "Collaboration under the NEPA Umbrella"
- IRWA #7 May/June, 2010 "When Ignorance is not Bliss"
- IRWA #6 March/April, 2010 "Overcoming Community Roadblocks"
- IRWA #5 Jan/Feb, 2010 "Inside the Invisible Community"
- IRWA #4 Nov/Dec, 2009 "Perception of the Local Language"
- IRWA #3 Sept/Oct, 2009 "Leveraging the Science of Community"
- IRWA #2 July/Aug, 2009 "The Holy Cross Energy Experience"
- IRWA #1 May/June, 2009 "Wind Energy Development and Public Perception"
JKA Team completes sweeping social assessment of Eastern Washington State for BLM
Kevin Preister and Trish Malone headed up a JKA team which conducted a social assessment for the Bureau of Land Management's Spokane District Office. Their team engaged in the Discovery Process from the Cascade Mountains east to the Idaho border and included the San Juan Islands. Part of the assignment was to develop a human geographic map of the area that depicts how people actually relate to and use their landscapes. The Human Resource Units identified through this work have become the units for the BLM planning effort. The team identified a widespread trend of citizen-based stewardship in which residents throughout the region are involved in restoration activities on public and private lands. In addition, they discovered a pervasive focus on outdoor recreation development that is coupled with conservation and ecological education, showing in vivid terms that public land uses are an intricate part of the quality of life in these communities. The work revealed ample opportunities for BLM to engage in citizen-based collaboration during development and implementation of the plan.
"Heart and Soul of Communities in Eastern Washington" by Kevin Preister
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