allthingsguam

A Guam History Resource: An Educational Tool


Some Site Highlights

 

Guam (artistic island/urban-scape video)          Memorias Guam        

 

Guam confronts Americanisation              Lost [WWII] Evidence: "Guam"     

Suggestions

Suggestions are welcome. Discretion to implement them depend on site-development time available and whether the suggestions fit within the site's missions. Send suggestions to kg_marsh@yahoo.com

Hafa Adai yan Maila! Greetings and Welcome!

This website provide access to Guåhan history materials for I Manamoru (Chamorros) and interested others around the world who are teaching or learning about Guåhan.

This site
  • takes advantage of the large amount of information that is on the web, placing it into Guåhan history chronological/issue-oriented order
  • will further develop guidelines for understanding how to analyze and use the information available on the web
  • hopes to encourage Guåhan historians and others to write chapters for an even more developed 'virtual textbook'
  • hopes to encourage Guåhan instructors and others to provide other sites, written work, student exercises and more so that people around the world can work with, be inspired by, and access them

Site Author

In case you're like me and like to know who is behind the scenes, gua-hu si Kelly G. Marsh. Mapoksai yu' gini Guåhan yan ma'estra yu' hestorian Guåhan gi i Unibetsidåt Guåhan (my name is Kelly G. Marsh. I grew up on Guam [since 1967] and teach Guam history at the island's university). I earned B.A.s in Anthropology and History and a Master of Art's degree in Micronesian Studies from UOG. I was a Board Member of the Guam Historic Review Board and the Guam Preservation Trust Board for 7 years. I am currently a Cultural Heritage Management post-graduate student at Charles Sturt University. My dissertation will examine historic preservation issues in Micronesia.

As a history instructor and through my thesis work, I noticed gaps in what has been developed and what is easily accessible regarding Guam history. I also attended a Guam/Chamorro conference in San Diego (Spring 2006) which brought together many Chamorros and other Guam people who are working and studying on-island and stateside. Attending the conference (which was a great exercise in community affirmation and empowerment) inspired me to look at the internet as a way to solve many issues starting immediately--bridging the divide that separates many of Guam's people and making Guam history material more accessible to all.

Si Yu'us ma'
åse' for visiting the site!

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