Illustrated ethnographic tour de force documenting the architecture and construction techniques of the Wola of Papua New Guinea, exploring the role of tacit understandings and know-how in both skilled work and everyday dwelling. Companion volume to Made in Niugini: technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (expanded, revised 2nd edition).
Illustrated ethnographic tour de force documenting the architecture and construction techniques of the Wola of Papua New Guinea, exploring the role of...
Roy Ellen's The Nuaulu World of Plants is the culmination of anthropological fieldwork on the eastern Indonesian island of Seram, and of comparative enquiries into the bases of human classificatory activity through the study of ethnobiological knowledge over a fifty year period. This rich account of the ways plants feature in the worldview and lifeways of the Nuaulu, recognizes that plant knowledge is embedded in plural local and historical contexts: in swiddens, garden crops, managed fallow, village spaces and pathways; in the trees, and the ecological, conceptual and experiential...
Roy Ellen's The Nuaulu World of Plants is the culmination of anthropological fieldwork on the eastern Indonesian island of Seram, and of comparative e...
Evans-Pritchard's work in Africa has formed a central foundation to anthropological thought since the 1930s and yet, a rounded understanding of the man in his time has proved elusive. His portrait is here composed from letters, memories of his students, friends and family as well as writings of African scholars who continues to debate his legacy.
Evans-Pritchard's work in Africa has formed a central foundation to anthropological thought since the 1930s and yet, a rounded understanding of the ma...
