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Canoe travel in the Truk area: technology and its psychological correlates

American anthropologist60 • Published In 1958 • Pages: 893-899

By: Gladwin, Thomas.

Abstract
This article discusses the various factors involved in the extensive canoe trips of the Chuukese, which often covered over two hundred miles in length and occupied weeks and sometimes months in time. The factors that Gladwin believes are very important in such lengthy travels are the individual's psychological adaptation to long periods of loneliness at sea, the special design of the canoes for open sea voyaging, the individual's skill in navigating his boat, and finally the factor of social organization which allowed a Chuukese to have 'brothers,' real, classificatory or artificial, on many distant islands, offering him hospitality at the end of a long sea voyage.
Subjects
Adjustment processes
Travel
Boats
Navigation
culture
Chuuk
HRAF PubDate
1999
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Micronesia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1964
Field Date
1947-1951
Coverage Date
1947-1951
Coverage Place
Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
Notes
Thomas Gladwin
Includes bibliographical references (p. 898-899)
LCCN
17015424
LCSH
Trukese (Micronesian people)