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Socio-historical conflict and the Kabisawali movement in the Trobriand Islands
Micronationalist movements in Papua New Guinea • (1) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 249-290, 449-466
By: Leach, Jerry W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is based on sixteen months of fieldwork and five months of archival research between the years 1969-1974. The specific time focus of this work, however, is from January 1972, at the beginning of the Kabisawali movement activities, and ending in September 1974, with the termination of Leach's fieldwork in the area. The paper is divided into three major portions, the first part deals with a brief account of the socio-historical factors which form the basis of the present political divisions in the Trobriand Islands; the second describes the essential features of the Kabisawali Movement and its adherents and opponents in the islands; while the third and final part discusses the controversial problem of how to interpret the Movement's leadership (p. 249).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Information sources listed in other works
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Economic planning and development
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Community heads
- Territorial hierarchy
- Political movements
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Trobriands
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1974 [p. 249]
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Jan. 1972-Sep. 1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Jerry W. Leach
- Bibliography: p. 449-466
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- none
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders