Tides of Innovation in Oceania : Value, materiality and place /

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Tides of Innovation in Oceania is directly inspired by Epeli Hau'ofa's vision of the Pacific as a 'Sea of Islands'; the image of tides recalls the cyclical movement of waves, with its unpredictable consequences. The authors propose tides of innovation as a fluid concept, unbound...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gnecchi-Ruscone, Elisabetta (Editor ), Paini, Anna (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, Australia Australian National University, [2017]
Colección:Monographs in Anthropology
Temas:
Hauʻofa, Epeli > Influence.
Hauʻofa, Epeli
Ethnology > Oceania.
Ethnologie > Océanie.
Anthropology.
Australasia, Oceania and other land areas.
Oceania.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Economic history.
Ethnology.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Social conditions.
Oceania > Social conditions.
Oceania > Economic conditions.
Océanie > Conditions sociales.
Océanie > Conditions économiques.
Australian
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : Where is anthropology located in the task of putting people first?
  • Introduction : tides of innovation in Oceania
  • Part One. Mapping materiality in time and place
  • Alterity and autochthony : Austronesian cosmographies of the marvellous
  • Moving objects : reflections on Oceanic collections
  • Kanak engraved bamboos : stories of the past, stories of the present
  • Re-dressing materiality: robes mission from 'colonial' to 'cultural' object, and entrepreneurship of Kanak women in Lifou
  • Part Two. Value and agency : local experiences in expanded Narratives
  • Kanak women on the move in contemporary New Caledonia
  • A fat sow Named Skulfi: 'expensive' words in Dobu Island society
  • Development, tourism and commodification of cultures in Vanuatu
  • Diversification of foods and their values : Pacific foodscapes
  • The innovation of tradition : reflections on the ebb and flow of heritage regimes in Fiji
  • Epilogue.

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