Tides of innovation in Oceania : value, materiality, place /

Tides of innovation in Oceania : value, materiality, place / Elisabetta Gnecchi-Ruscone, Anna Paini, editors. - 1 online resource. - Monographs in anthropology. .

List of Figures and Tables; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 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 and Entrepreneurship of Kanak Women in Lifou from 'Colonial' to 'Cultural' Object. Part Two. Value and Agency: Local Experiences in Expanded NarrativesKanak 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; Contributors.

9781760460938 (electronic bk.) 1760460931 (electronic bk.)

22573/ctt1rczhwd JSTOR


Hauʻofa, Epeli--Influence.


Ethnology--Oceania.


Oceania--Social conditions.
Oceania--Economic conditions.

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