Book

Cultural consequences of a volcanic eruption experienced by the Mount Lamington Orokaiva

Dept. of Anthropology, University of Oregon (9) • Published In 1969 • Pages: vii, 228, [26], 8

By: Schwimmer, Eric G..

Abstract
This source examines the effect of collective evacuation and resettlement upon an Orokaiva community, Sivepe, following the 1951 eruption of the Mount Lamington volcano. The author explores the various socio-cultural consequences of the eruption and its aftermath on Sivepe, and contrasts the situation there with that of Inonda, a second Orokaiva community unaffected by the disaster. This study forms part of a comparative study of ten displaced communities in the Pacific, which has as its goal the investigation of the hypothesis that displacement leads to accelerated cultural change.
Subjects
Disasters
Topography and geology
Public welfare
Community councils
Settlement patterns
Acculturation and culture contact
Missions
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Internal migration
External migration
culture
Orokaiva
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
David Sherwood ; 1984
Field Date
1966-1967
Coverage Date
1951-1967
Coverage Place
villages of Inonda and Sivepe; Mount Lamington area; Popondetta Sub-District; Northern Papua; Papua New Guinea
Notes
by Eric G. Schwimmer
At head of title: A comparative study of cultural change and stability in displaced communities in the Pacific
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204)
LCCN
72630929
LCSH
Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)