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o|ynes|an 1ypes: 1he Sc|ence of Mak|ng
Wh|teness Ind|genous to the ac|f|c
Ma||e Arv|n, h.D.
Un|vers|ty of Ca||forn|a res|dent's ostdoctora| Ie||ow
n|story of Art and V|sua| Cu|ture, UC Santa Cruz
lrlday !anuary 24
Lh
, 2:30-4:00pm
PlsLory ueparLmenL Llbrary
2330 uole SLreeL, Sakamakl Pall A201

Where do olyneslans come from? WhaL does a
olyneslan look llke? uo real olyneslans sLlll exlsL?
1hls Lalk examlnes Lhe hlsLory and conLemporary
sallence of Lhe olyneslan Lype, a genre of popular
and sclenLlflc speculaLlon lnLenL on reveallng Lhe
raclal orlglns and consLlLuLlon of lndlgenous aclflc
lslanders. llrsL formulaLed ln nlneLeenLh-cenLury
soclal sclences lncludlng eLhnology and llngulsLlcs,
drawlngs, phoLographs, sculpLures and maps of
olyneslan Lypes seek Lo answer Lhe so-called
olyneslan roblem" across a wlde range of
dlsclpllnes, from physlcal anLhropology and soclology
Lo geneLlcs and genomlcs. 1hroughouL Lhe olyneslan
Lype genre, Lhe olyneslan race ls represenLed as
(blologlcally and culLurally) almosL whlLe, ln sLark
conLrasL Lo oLher peoples of Lhe aclflc, especlally
black" Melaneslans. 1he loglc of Lhe olyneslan Lype
genre Lherefore promoLes vlewlng whlLeness ln Lhe
aclflc as naLural, benevolenL, and even geneLlc-and
Lhus, lndlgenous. 1hls Lalk analyzes Lhls hlsLory of Lhe olyneslan Lype ln order Lo
undersLand Lhe ways decolonlzaLlon musL undo such raclal loglcs.