Hiʻi Hobart

Hawaiian family in the diaspora hangs on to Oʻahu land they unknowingly inherited Hiʻilei Hobart spoke with The Conversation's Maddie Bender about her journey receiving a bill for kuleana land that she and her siblings unknowingly inherited.

On Hawai'i Public Radio: @hiokinai.bsky.social, author of "In Pieces," an essay published in Places as part of "An Unfinished Atlas," speaks with @maddiebender.bsky.social about the kuleana land her family inherited on O'ahu, and the frictions + fictions of land ownership and belonging in Hawai'i.

Thank you! Your brilliant work in Places continues to inspire me!

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In Pieces: A Family’s Kuleana Land in Hawai’i In Hawai’i, the systems that define property produce all kinds of frictions and fictions of ownership and belonging.

"The root of alienation is insanity," Hiʻilei Hobart writes.

Part family history, part history of land rights and land tenure in Hawai‘i, @hiokinai.bsky.social's essay, "In Pieces," applies pressure to our ideas of land value + private property.

A must read:

Your work was such an inspiration

So very grateful and excited to have this essay published in Places Journal. What a team, what a gift!

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