Claiming Culture: New definitions and ownership of cultural practices in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
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In the past in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, specialised practices, such as the construction of canoes or traditional slit-drums (garamuts), were the property of patrilineal descent groups. Today, processes of objectification of traditions have generated new cultural identifications and redefined the ways skills are perceived as resources and can be claimed as property. The present article traces contemporary developments of notions of tradition and culture in Manus and discusses these in...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2009 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/50278 |
Source: | Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, The |
DOI: | 10.1080/14442210802706889 |
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