Get to know us

  The Critical Pacific Islands Studies Collective (CPISC) at UC Berkeley is a growing network of Pacific Islanders and allies committed to creating educational and professional development opportunities, accessible research materials, and scholarly work based on the critical and equitable study of the Pacific. 
​  CPISC conducts interdisciplinary research that bridges spaces within and external to academia and seeks to understand relationships between territorial political status, militarization, environmental justice, Indigenous cultural preservation, colonialism, climate change, and further complex problems.
​    Our vision is ​to generate deeper, more holistic research conducted of, with, and for the people of the Pacific. 
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Our activities 

Planting Oceania

Working with Planting Oceania creators, Loa and Fui Niumeitolu, CPISC gets their hands dirty planting taro and promoting diasporic connections to the land they occupy as stewards at the Gill Tract Farm.

The Oceanic podcast

​The Oceanic Podcast highlights issues facing the Pacific region by sharing visions and lived experiences from a growing collective of Pacific Islander researchers, activists, artists, and allies.

Learning community

Through a diverse range of media- including academic articles, books, documentaries, art, music, guest speakers, and more - we aim to create an inclusive space for learning, discussion, and advocacy around the Pacific region’s most vital concerns. 

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