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Vitrina CERO. Dineros del mundo: Melanesia [PDF]
Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, 2020 El Museo Arqueológico Nacional (MAN) conserva una destacada colección de dineros tradicionales, objetos utilizados como medida de valor, instrumento de pago y acopio de riqueza en diversas áreas del mundo, formada en su mayoría en los últimos veinticinco
Paloma Otero Morán
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New Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 64, Issue 1, March 2026.Recent field work in Niue has recognized the terrestrial orchids Calanthe amboinensis (Blume) M.W.Chase, Christenh. & Schuit. and Liparis barbata Lindl. and the epiphytic Aeridostachya robusta (Blume) Brieger as new indigenous records. Liparis L.C.Rich. and Aeridostachya (Hook.f.) Brieger are new genera for the flora of Niue, while Calanthe R.Br.
Peter B. Heenan +2 more
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Horizontal and vertical relations: Interrogating "in/dividualism" among Christian Bidayuhs [PDF]
, 2015 This article addresses aspects of the dividual/individualist debate by thinking through an analogous set of ideas and practices among the Bidayuh, an indigenous group of Malaysian Borneo.
Chua, L
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Discussion of Marai: Melanesian Consensus: Questions?
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2007 Leo Marai's article proposes to study the central role of consensus in conflict resolution in Melanesia and to describe its particular psycho-cultural characteristics.
Martin Kesselman
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Drivers of fishing at the household scale in Fiji
Ecology and Society, 2018 Coral reefs sustain millions of people worldwide, yet in recent years, social, environmental, and climate change have caused major declines in coral reef fisheries.
Rachel Dacks +3 more
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Pacific journalism solidarity in the face of overwhelming forces
Pacific Journalism Review, 2020 Commentary: The Melanesian Media Freedom Forum (MMFF) notes democracy is in retreat and journalists like Victor Mambor (West Papua), Scott Waide (Papua New Guinea) and Dan McGarry (Vanuatu) are carrying the baton for media freedom.
Fred Wesley
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 159-166, March 2026.Abstract Towards the end of their Introduction, the editors of this special issue suggest that a principal challenge in ethnographic description is ‘how to measure the measures of others’. It is their own measure of persons, say, or of transactions, on which anthropologists frequently draw in adjudicating social phenomena, not least when characterizing
Marilyn Strathern
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 7-27, March 2026.Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron +2 more
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The children of Melanesia. [PDF]
, 2001 The article presents several heart-warming stories of the children of Melanesia. It tells the story of Mosmeli whose mother died before she turned eight and spent most of her time with a church member who brought her to Sunday school where she met Miss ...
Karibule, Salome
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Pacific Journalism Review, 1995 Last year we promised the content would be more regional for this second issue. Once again it is heavily concentrated on Melanesia, particular Papua New Guinea. We make no apologies for this.
David Robie
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