Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartographies in Hawai'i

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In Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future, Candace Fujikane contends that the practice of mapping abundance is a radical act in the face of settler capital's fear of an abundance that feeds. Cartographies of capital enable the seizure of abundant lands by enclosing "wastelands" claimed to be underdeveloped. By contrast, Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) cartographies map the continuities of abundant worlds. Vital to restoration movements is the art of kilo, intergenerational observation of elemental forms encoded in storied histories, chants, and songs. As a participant in these movements, Fujikane maps the ecological lessons of these elemental forms: reptilian deities who protect the waterways, sharks who swim into the mountains, the navigator Māui who fishes up the islands, the deities of snow and mists on Mauna Kea. The laws of these elements are now being violated by toxic waste dumping, leaking military jet fuel tanks, and astronomical-industrial complexes. As Kānaka Maoli and their allies stand as land and water protectors, Fujikane calls for a profound attunement to the elemental forms in order to transform climate events into renewed possibilities for planetary abundance. Dedication Contents Note on the text Acknowledgments Introduction: Abundant Cartographies for a Planetary Future 1 Moʻoʻāina as Cartographic Method: Recovering the Birthplace of Māui in Waiʻanae 2 Maps in Motion: Mapping Wonderin Waiʻanae on Huakaʻi Aloha ʻĀina 3 Moʻoinanea’s Waterways on Mauna a Wākea: Beyond Settler Colonial Thresholds in the Wao Akua 4 Kūpuna Pōhaku on Mauna a Wākea: Spiraling Back to the Piko 5 Vertical Maps of Subterranean Watersin Kalihi: The Laws of Haumea and Kānemilohae 6 Moʻoʻāina Cascades in Waiāhole and Heʻeia: A Cartography of Hau(mea) Conclusion: ʻIwakilomoku: Foreseeing a Future beyond Capital Notes Bibliography Index