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Australia and Papua New Guinea share a number of important social, cultural, and historical features, making a sustained comparison between the two especially productive. This work situates the ethnography of the two areas in a comparative framework.
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Celebrates the life and work of one of Australia's foremost anthropologists who sought to bring the study of Aboriginal societies to the academic world and the public.
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Provides an insight into the effects of mining and other forms of resource extraction upon the indigenous peoples of Australia and Papua New Guinea. The text offers a focus on indigenous cosmologies and their articulation or disjunction with the forces of development , based on ...
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Gives a vital and unique insight into the effects of mining and other forms of resource extraction upon the indigenous peoples of Australa and Papua New Guinea. Based on extensive fieldwork with the peoples concerned, it offers a comparative focus on indigenous cosmologies and th ...
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This book was published as a result of the 1997 conference entitled "From myth to minerals: Place and transfomation in Papua new Guinea and Aboriginal Australia". One of the central concerns was the effect of mining and other forms of extraction upon the indigenous peoples and cu ...
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The genres of sung tales that are the subject of this volume are one of the most striking aspects of the cultural scene in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Composed and performed by specialist bards, they are a highly valued art form. From a comparative viewpoint they are remarkab ...
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