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Author Lawrence, David (David Russell)

Title Gunnar Landtman in Papua : 1910 to 1912 / David Lawrence with assistance from Pirjo Varjola.

Imprint Canberra : ANU E Press, 2010.

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Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (ANU, viewed March 21, 2014).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preliminary Pages; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Papua: the 'unknown'; Chapter 2: Impressions and reflections; Chapter 3: Imaging the Kiwai; Chapter 4: Collecting and documenting the Kiwai; Conclusion: A witness to change; Bibliography of writings on the Kiwai by Gunnar Landtman; References; Index.
Language English.
Summary Despite poverty and neglect the coastal Kiwai of the northern Torres Strait and Fly estuary are a strong and vibrant people with a long tradition of work in the marine industries of the Torres Strait. Regrettably their current social, economic and political problems are marginal to both Papua New Guinea and Australia. Gunnar Landtman's research, undertaken between 1910 and 1912, is still a foundation stone for understanding the position of the Kiwai today. In those two years in Papua, Landtman managed to record a large collection of valuable legends and stories, many of which are still told today. He travelled widely throughout the Torres Strait, the southwest coast of Papua and the Fly estuary and even to the Gulf District. He made a comprehensive collection of Kiwai material culture now housed in the Museum of Cultures in Helsinki and a second, duplicate set for the Cambridge Museum. He also collected some of the earliest examples of Gogodala material culture available for research. In 1913, he published, Nya Guinea färden [New Guinea expedition], a detailed travelogue of his work and life among the Kiwai and, while he wrote a substantial corpus of work on the Kiwai in English, Swedish and Finnish over the next twenty years, this personal account in Swedish has not been translated into English before. It forms a crucial link between Landtman's serious academic works and his intimate personal journey of discovery. The aim of this book is to bring the personal face of the serious anthropologist to greater attention. David Lawrence began studying the Gunnar Landtman collections held by the National Museum of Finland when he was researching customary exchange across the Torres Strait for his doctorate at James Cook University. He was also fortunate to be able to spend two years of fieldwork in the Fly estuary region and visited nearly all the communities described by Landtman. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Resource Management in Asia/Pacific program of The Australian National University and has published works on Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Subject Landtman, Gunnar, 1878-1940 -- Travel -- Papua New Guinea -- Fly River Region.
Landtman, Gunnar, 1878-1940 -- Travel -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Landtman, Gunnar, 1878-1940 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy8p8p8G7G9MxXRCVdG73
Kiwai (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs.
Kiwai (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) -- Mœurs et coutumes.
Anthropology.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Travel
Queensland -- Torres Strait Islands https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqqCxVfkRHkFQMRTWKDbd
Indexed Term Anthropology
Customs
Journeys
Papua new guinea
Social life
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Varjola, Pirjo.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access. JSTOR
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks). OAPEN
Other Form: Print version: Lawrence, David (David Russell). Gunnar Landtman in Papua. Canberra : ANU E Press, 2010 (DLC) 2010533020
ISBN 9781921666131 (electronic bk.)
1921666137 (electronic bk.)
9781921666124
1921666129
Standard No. 10.26530/OAPEN_459258 doi
AU@ 000045156803
AU@ 000051582925
AU@ 000058146345
AU@ 000059903872
GBVCP 1008653268
GBVCP 865744645

 
    
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