#  Harvard Oceanic Collections Engagement Fellowship (HOCEF) 

 



##  HOCEF 

 

 

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### The Harvard Oceanic Collections Engagement Fellowship (HOCEF) 

 

HOCEF is a community-driven program for the peoples of Oceania to explore, engage with, and respond to the Peabody Museum’s vast collection of materials from the region.



 [ See the 2021–2022 projects and related collections arrow\_circle\_right ](/hocef-2021-fellows) 

 





 

 

 

##  Connecting Harvard's Collections to Today's Oceanic Communities 

 ![Dan Taulapapa wears a white lab coat and takes a photo of a siapo (bark tapa cloth).](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/peabody/files/dan_taulapapa_mcmullin_aug_2019.jpg)

 

*Dan Taulapapa photographing a siapo (bark tapa cloth) for inspiration in his own work. 2019.*  
You can follow us on Twitter [@PeabodyHOCEF](https://twitter.com/PeabodyHOCEF). For more information about the fellowship, please contact the Curator of Oceanic Collections at the Peabody Museum, Ingrid Ahlgren at <ingridahlgren@fas.harvard.edu>.



 

  [### The Collections

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   ![Wooden canoe ornament, lower portion rectangular while the top swirls outwards. It is carved with symmetrical designs on the left and right.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/peabody/files/hocef_canoe_ornament_600_x_400.jpg?itok=bJ1xp77J) 

 

 

 

  [### The Fellowship

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   ![Tapa cloth with overall geometric design in red and yellow outlined with black](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/peabody/files/hocef_tapa_cloth_600_x_400.jpg?itok=wF05wAdT) 

 

 

 

  [### Application Guidelines

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   ![A Hawaiian men's loincloth](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/peabody/files/hocef_kapa_malo_600_x_400.jpg?itok=cpNV_9Lo) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

##  Our Partners 

 This program is a collaborative partnership between the Peabody Museum of Archaeology &amp; Ethnology and the Harvard Alumni for Oceania, and in coordination with the University of Utah's [School for Cultural and Social Transformation](https://transform.utah.edu/), and with support from the [The Utah Museum of Fine Arts](https://umfa.utah.edu/). Co-leaders Moana Palelei HoChing and Ingrid Ahlgren are especially grateful to Kathryn Stockton, Gretchen Dietrich, Whitney Tassie, Jane Pickering, Diana Loren, Lehua Kono, Liz Tenrai, Steve Rothman, Kristin Oberiano, Leilai Doktor, and Atheena Arasoo for their trust and support in this endeavor. Thank you!