essay
Natural disaster and political crisis in a Polynesian society: an exploration of operational research
Human relations • 10 • Published In 1957 • Pages: 1-27
By: Spillius, James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper Spillius discusses the social and psychological reactions of the Tikopians to a famine which came as a result of a devastating typhoon. Much of the paper is a discussion of Spillius' experience with 'operational research' when he was forced into a role of political and administrative leadership as a result of the socio-political crisis on Tikopia after the typhoon.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Disasters
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tikopia
- 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
- Polynesia
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert J. Theodoratus
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] James Spillius
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)