Phase II
Cosmovisions Phase II will be a 2.5-day event that will take place February 2-4, 2025 at the Kahaluʻu ma Kai in Kona, Hawaii. Kahaluʻu ma Kai is a cultural and educational space that is also the home of several Heiau, or temples/spiritual sites. These sites include Hāpaialiʻi, a timekeeping and celestial observation heiau; Makoleʻā a women’s heiau and meeting space; Keʻekū, a heiau of high ceremony; and Kapuanoni, a heiau dedicated to farming and fishing abundance. It is the grounds that trained many Hawaiian chiefs and leaders, and is a place that has been rededicated to learning through cultural practices and ancestral connection. The location has been selected based on three criteria: proximity to Indigenous communities, program and geographic location synergies and cost effectiveness for participants.
We are excited to open registrations for our Phase II meeting. Please read the registration form, program and meeting location carefully. The closest hotel to the meeting location is the OUTRIGGER Kona Resort & Spa. Please hold off on making hotel reservations at this time. A discount code is coming soon. Questions may be sent to ycatricheo@aui.edu.
Sponsorship
If you can not attend the meeting but would like to support our work, please consider our Sponsorship Package.
Questions? Please email Yasmin Catricheo at ycatricheo@aui.edu.
Agenda
Sunday, February 2, 2025
4:30 – 5 p.m.: People Arrive and Get their Name Tags (check in)
5 – 6 p.m.
• Opening Ceremony: Land acknowledgement – Hawaiian chant
• Offerings: Indigenous and Non-Indigenous
6 – 7 p.m.: Welcome and Introductions: presentation strategic objectives for work proposed, go over the program.
7 – 8:30 p.m.: Dinner/Relationship building
Monday, February 3, 2025
8 – 9 a.m.: Breakfast at the hotel and travel to the meeting location
9 – 9:30 a.m.: Welcome and Opening Ceremony from a different culture. Honor the different tribes and the relationships.
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.:
• Introductions and Relationship Building – Formal/Protocol (TBD)
• What do relationships mean to you?
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.: Panel: Report on Cosmovisions Phase I
1:30 – 2 p.m.:
• What do we mean by Cosmovisions?
• What do we mean by Collaboration with Integrity?
• Overview of what we hope to accomplish during the day
2 – 4 p.m.: Breakout Session: Presented Scenario # 1: Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches
Example Scenario from Cosmovisions Phase I – The bright star Betelguese in Orion (Western culture) begins to show signs that it is within weeks of going supernovae providing researchers with the once in a lifetime opportunity to collect rare data about the built-up to the Supernovae event. However, this event is happening during a period of time when some Indigenous cultures may not be permitted to tell stories related to this group of stars. One of the premier instruments for this supernovae research is on the land of these Indigenous people. Break out into Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups for discussion (How should this research opportunity be approached? What are your concerns? Other?)
4 – 5 p.m.: Participant Presentations and Relationship Building
5 – 6 p.m.: Open – Time on your own
6 – 7:30 p.m.: Group Dinner and Relationship Building/Network Building
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
8 – 9 a.m.: Breakfast at the hotel and travel to the meeting location
9 – 9:15 a.m.: Opening Ceremony
9:15 – 9:30 a.m.: Reflection the day before
9:30 – 10:15 a.m.: Participant Presentations
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.: Break
10:30 – 12:30 p.m.: Breakout Session: Presented Scenario # 2: Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.: Breakout Session: Presented Scenario # 3: Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: Group Reflections and Next Steps
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.: Closing ceremony
Agenda is subject to change. More detailed information will be provided to participants prior the meeting.
Additional Information
Cosmovisions Phase I was grounded in Collaboration with Integrity as developed by the Indigenous Education Institute. Through this process of authentic collaboration, the Cosmovisions Relational Accountability Framework (CRAF) emerged (See Cosmovisions of the Pacific Phase I report). This framework builds on the foundation of Collaboration with Integrity. Gathering organizers will use CRAF in the design and implementation of the Phase II program.
Sessions that include only Indigenous persons will be moderated by an Indigenous co-lead, and those that include only non-Indigenous persons will be moderated by a non-Indigenous co-lead. Those sessions that include both Indigenous and non-Indigenous will include co-moderators, one who is Indigenous, and another who is non-Indigenous. In open discussions, the moderator(s) will begin with an explanation of the task and what we hope to accomplish through the activity. This will be followed by an opportunity for participants to share their thoughts and feelings. Through an iterative process the moderator will facilitate the discussion in a way that key ideas emerge, are collected and shared as appropriate with others.
After the gathering, the leadership team will work on the production of the report and outcomes. The outcomes report will be shared to everyone who attended the Cosmovision Phase II meeting, and each participant will be listed as a contributor. After the in-person meeting takes place, the leadership team will conduct a monthly meeting with attendees to inform them about the production of the report, share resources, get input for the Cosmovisions Network and to keep the group connected. The resources will also help the leadership team to secure funding from other agencies to continue the work and build the Cosmovisions Network that is expected to launch at an event in August 2024 in Washington, D.C. Everyone who attended the phase I (Cosmovision in Seattle) and phase II meetings will be invited to the event. This event will also help to enhance their relationship and connections.
We are hopeful that these efforts will lead to the establishment of a Cosmovisions Network of individuals and institutions that are committed to working together to build bridges across cultures that enable the emergence of authentic collaboration. In order to formally establish and sustain the Cosmovisions Network, we realize additional resources will be necessary. The work we are doing today is laying the groundwork for a better tomorrow; one that recognizes the value and realizes the benefits of “seeing” the universe through different cosmovisions. We thank you for your willingness to collaborate on this important initiative.
Cosmovisions of the Pacific Phase II is possible thanks to the support of:
NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team, part of the NASA Science Activation portfolio
Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
