Anthropologist Ad Borsboom devoted his academic career from 1972 onwards to the transmission of cultural knowledge. Borsboom handed the insights he acquired during many years of fieldwork among Australian Aborigines on to other academics, students, and the general public. This collection of essays by his colleagues, specialiing in cultures from across the globe, focuses on knowledge transmission. The contributions deal with local forms of education or pedagogy, the learning experiences of fieldwork, and the nexus of status and education. Whereas some essays are reflexive, others are personal...

This compelling book is an extended case study of the social and legal ramifications of a homicide in a Tiwi community. The author gives a detailed account of the life of the victim and the events surrounding his murder, and describes the cycle of mortuary and seasonal rituals with their elaborate songs and dances. He also looks at the dramatic changes in Tiwi society over the last 100 years, and examines how the Tiwi have responded to the intervention of Western culture. In many areas, he finds, they have adapted and retained their own value system. Venbrux's account of the investigation and...