Trees, Knots and Outriggers (Kaynen Muyuw) is the culmination of twenty-five years of work by Frederick H. Damon and his attention to cultural adaptations to the environment in Melanesia.
Trees, Knots and Outriggers (Kaynen Muyuw) is the culmination of twenty-five years of work by Frederick H. Damon and his attention to cultural adaptations to the environment in Melanesia.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Frederick H. Damon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia.
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List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: AMONG THE SCIENTISTS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE MASSIM Chapter 1. Return to the Garden: Gwed, locating intentions and interpretive puzzles PART II: TOWARDS AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF TREES Chapter 2. The Trees: Classificatory forms, landscape beacons and basic categories Chapter 3. The Forests and the Fire: Tasim, Inverted Landscapes, and Tree Meanings Chapter 4. A Story of Calophyllum. From Ecological to Social Facts PART III: SYNTHESIZING MODELS Chapter 5. Vatul: A Life Form and a Form for Life Chapter 6. Geometries of Motion: Trees and the Boats of the Eastern Kula Ring References
List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: AMONG THE SCIENTISTS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE MASSIM Chapter 1. Return to the Garden: Gwed, locating intentions and interpretive puzzles PART II: TOWARDS AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF TREES Chapter 2. The Trees: Classificatory forms, landscape beacons and basic categories Chapter 3. The Forests and the Fire: Tasim, Inverted Landscapes, and Tree Meanings Chapter 4. A Story of Calophyllum. From Ecological to Social Facts PART III: SYNTHESIZING MODELS Chapter 5. Vatul: A Life Form and a Form for Life Chapter 6. Geometries of Motion: Trees and the Boats of the Eastern Kula Ring References
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