Pacific Islanders convened this month to celebrate traditions and resist colonialism, nuclearism and climate change.
Despite having numerous corporate and military sponsors, this year’s Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC) – a giant quadrennial festival showcasing Indigenous arts and culture – was a site often claimed by participants as a politically alive space for anti-colonial critique and discussion of the climate crisis. The festival, which took place primarily at Honolulu’s Hawaii Convention Center...
