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Kanak identity: new citizenship building and reconciliation

Journal de la Société des Océanistes125Published In 2007 • Pages: 271-282

By: Leblic, Isabelle.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is about a 2004 reconciliation ceremony between two families involved in the revenge killing of two nationalist leaders in 1989, an incident that set back the Kanak independence movement. The reconciliation ceremony helped to rewrite local history and restore Kanak customs, identity, and nationalism.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Traditional history
History
Cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
Norms
Cultural identity and pride
Political parties
Political movements
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Kanak
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
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.
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
Ian Skoggard; 2018
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1985-2004
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1988-2005
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
New Caledonia
NotesAdditional notes
by Isabelle Leblic
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-282)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
49025345
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Kanaka (New Caledonian people)