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The Papuan Orokaiva vs Mt. Lamington: cultural shock and its aftermath
Human organization : journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology • 11 (1) • Published In 1952 • Pages: 16-22
By: Keesing, Felix Maxwell.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a study in cultural dynamics, illustrating what happens when people are subjected to a sudden unexpected shock which dislocates not only their own individual lives but the cultural continuity of the entire community as well. The case in point is the eruption on January 21, 1951 of Mt. Lamington in northern Papua, forcing wide-scale cultural disruptions and the resettlement of about nine thousand Orokaiva. Their reaction to this shock, their resettlement by the Australian government, and their slow readjustment to the situation constitutes the subject of the bulk of this work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Disasters
- Topography and geology
- Public welfare
- Missions
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Orokaiva
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mount Lamington area; Popondetta Sub-District of the Northern District of Papua; Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Felix M. Keesing
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47033317
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)