9.4 Questions About Controversy.

I will participate in the project one topic regarding the thirty meter telescope site controversy

• Write 5 questions in which you identify things you still need to learn about about WHO is involved in the controversy.

1. How is Paul Coleman, Astrophysicist, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii-Manoa involved?
2. How is Richard Ha, Hawaii Island Farmer and Businessman involved?
3. How is Jon Osorio, Board President, KAHEA, a Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance involved?
4. How is Kealoha Pisciotta, President, Mauna Kea Anaina Hou involved?
5. Who is the leader of the protests?

• Write 5 questions in which you identify things you still need to learn about about WHAT is up for debate in this controversy.

1. What new deals are being made?
2. Are the people's needs being met?
3. Will there be new laws set in motion?
4. What steps is the governor of Hawaii taking?
5. What is the plan of action for the protesters in the long term?

• Write 5 questions in which you identify things you still need to learn about WHEN this controversy has unfolded (and the larger contextual details of that time period that may be relevant).

1. When did development start in Hawaii?
2. When was the first protest for the desecration of sacred land?
3. When will the natives feel that their voices are heard?
4. When did the native decide to stand up against the tmt site?
5. When did the native decide to stand up against the dkist site?

• Write 5 questions in which you identify things you still need to learn about WHERE this controversy has unfolded - and I mean both physical spaces and cultural spaces.

1. Where would the new site be if this site is abandoned?
2. Where will the decommissioned telescopes send their research?
3. Where is the government representation of the native people?
4. Where are meetings being held to peacefully resolve the controversy?
5. Where are the supreme court cases being held?

• Write 5 questions in which you identify things you still need to learn about HOW this controversy has unfolded in the media (including general popular media, scholarly media and social media).

1. How is the government planning to resolve the issue?
2. How is the the government reacting to the protests?
3. How is the scientific community going to handle future research in Hawaii?
4. How will funding change if construction doesn't begin?
5. How will protesters keep on stopping traffic to the site with more and more rules?