Christy Mello
Biographic Data
| ID | 3635268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christy Mello |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christy |
| FAMILY NAME | Mello |
| SIGNATURE | MELLO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaii–West Oahu |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-2959-2454 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Adapting to Crisis and Reimagining Pedagogy Through Visual Depictions of Changing Landscapes: Honouliuli 'Āina Ho'ohuli
Honouliuli 'Āina Ho'ohuli is an online exhibit that allows visitors the opportunity to interact and dive deeper into the history of Honouliuli as an ahupua'a (one of Hawai'i's land and water divisions). Guided by Indigenous epistemological understandings of place, University of Hawai'i West O'ahu students co-created this exhibit with their professor, community, and other consulting experts to visually illustrate the land and water use changes tha…
Gardening at the Margins: Convivial Labor, Community, and Resistance
Spatial and Relational Representations of Economic Well-being and the Kahumana Farm Hub, Wai’anae, Hawai’i
Seeking to identify solutions for improving growers' economic well-being by supporting ʻāina (land)-based practices, ethnographic research explored economic opportunity possibilities through Kahumana Organic Farms' Farm Hub (KFH), located in Waiʻanae on Hawaiʻi's island of Oʻahu. Major described findings include identified assets on ideas for improving economic well-being (e.g., a gift economy), barriers faced by growers, policy considerations fo…
Engagement as scholarship: Food justice in practice
The following discussion summarizes Our Kitchen Table's (OKT) food justice project and how I used research methodology to support their community capacity building efforts toward systems change. I also compared and contrasted the work of OKT with that of other food security initiatives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Time spent doing fieldwork with OKT led me to the conclusion that research should prioritize supporting the implementation of community-…
Aloha ‘Āina: Homelessness, Learning Communities, and Social Justice
Members, living in Hawaii's largest houseless community, are depending on traditional subsistence strategies for sustaining their village, Pu‘uhonua ‘O Wai‘anae. Leaders have established partnerships in order to build their capacity in establishing a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, obtaining funding, meeting the basic needs of community members, and establishing sovereignty for preventing police removal. I serve as one such partner. The follow…
Engagement as scholarship: Food justice in practice
The following discussion summarizes Our Kitchen Table's (OKT) food justice project and how I used research methodology to support their community capacity building efforts toward systems change. I also compared and contrasted the work of OKT with that of other food security initiatives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Time spent doing fieldwork with OKT led me to the conclusion that research should prioritize supporting the implementation of community-…
Aloha ‘Āina: Homelessness, Learning Communities, and Social Justice
Members, living in Hawaii's largest houseless community, are depending on traditional subsistence strategies for sustaining their village, Pu‘uhonua ‘O Wai‘anae. Leaders have established partnerships in order to build their capacity in establishing a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, obtaining funding, meeting the basic needs of community members, and establishing sovereignty for preventing police removal. I serve as one such partner. The follow…
Engagement as scholarship: Food justice in practice
The following discussion summarizes Our Kitchen Table's (OKT) food justice project and how I used research methodology to support their community capacity building efforts toward systems change. I also compared and contrasted the work of OKT with that of other food security initiatives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Time spent doing fieldwork with OKT led me to the conclusion that research should prioritize supporting the implementation of community-…
Spatial and Relational Representations of Economic Well-being and the Kahumana Farm Hub, Wai’anae, Hawai’i
Seeking to identify solutions for improving growers' economic well-being by supporting ʻāina (land)-based practices, ethnographic research explored economic opportunity possibilities through Kahumana Organic Farms' Farm Hub (KFH), located in Waiʻanae on Hawaiʻi's island of Oʻahu. Major described findings include identified assets on ideas for improving economic well-being (e.g., a gift economy), barriers faced by growers, policy considerations fo…
Gardening at the Margins: Convivial Labor, Community, and Resistance
Adapting to Crisis and Reimagining Pedagogy Through Visual Depictions of Changing Landscapes: Honouliuli 'Āina Ho'ohuli
Honouliuli 'Āina Ho'ohuli is an online exhibit that allows visitors the opportunity to interact and dive deeper into the history of Honouliuli as an ahupua'a (one of Hawai'i's land and water divisions). Guided by Indigenous epistemological understandings of place, University of Hawai'i West O'ahu students co-created this exhibit with their professor, community, and other consulting experts to visually illustrate the land and water use changes tha…
Geography (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Food security (2 works) · Law (2 works)