Tides of innovation in Oceania value, materiality and place

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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Otros Autores: Gnecchi-Ruscone, Elisabetta (Editor), Gnecchi Ruscone, Elisabetta, editor (editor), Paini, Anna, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, Australia : ANU Press 2017
2017.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Alterity and autochthony: Austronesian cosmographies of the marvellous / Marshall Sahlins
  • Moving objects: reflections on Oceanic collections / Margaret Jolly
  • Kanak engraved bamboos: stories of the past, stories of the present / Roberta Colombo Dougoud
  • Re-dressing materiality: robes mission from 'colonial' to 'cultural' object, and entrepreneurship of Kanak women in Lifou / Anna Paini
  • Kanak women on the move in contemporary New Caledonia / Marie-Claire Beboko-Beccalossi
  • A fat sow named Skulfi: 'expensive' words in Dobu Island society / Susanne Kuehling
  • Development, tourism and commodification of cultures in Vanuatu / Marc Tabani
  • Diversification of foods and their values: Pacific foodscapes / Nancy J. Pollock
  • The innovation of tradition: reflections on the ebb and flow of heritage regims in Fiji / Guido Carlo Pigliasco.