New Guinea

at the New School for Social Research, New York, where he served also as a professor for 20 years until 2007. Now he is a sociology professor at Georgetown University and head of the Berkley Center’s…

The book Cheap Meat by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington is an analysis of culture in pacific islands, specifically Papua New Guinea. Flaps are a cut of meat from sheep that are especially fatty. This meat is undesirable to the white community and is often fed to their dogs. .For many within the lower socioeconomic status bracket, the only meat that is affordable is flaps. As a research paper or an informational book Cheap Meat does a decent job at presenting information in a concise and…

The Trobriand Islands, located on the coast of Eastern New Guinea, is one of anthropology’s most “scared places”(Weiner 1). Malinowski and Weiner both did fieldwork research there that later became significant ethnographic work about the matrilineal society. Gender plays an important role in Trobriand Islands. Women and men have different duties in the economy and with children. Additionally, for the people of Trobriand Islands, food is not only something they eat, but something with…

Interviewer- Welcome to ‘Rear Vision’. I’m your host, Kellie. Today we're here to discuss the battle fought by our brave Australian soldiers in 1942 on the Kokoda Track. It is important to remember this event as many people gave their lives for us to be free. I have Ken Ferguson with me today, a veteran from Kokoda. We’re glad to have you here on the show. You were from the 2nd 31st battalion of the Australian Imperial Force, correct? Can you tell us more about that? Interviewee- Glad to be…

according to continents in an East-West dichotomy, but with the addition of new exhibitions, one particular exhibit space caught my attention. On the map, the gallery is titled Africa, the Americas & Asia-Pacific (hereafter known as the AAA gallery). The gallery was dedicated to telling the story of the indigenous cultures of the world, such as those in Africa, the Philippines, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, and Papua New Guinea. Because the gallery featured indigenous peoples of other regions, I…

resources, which allowed them to innovate. When comparing the two regions of Papua New Guinea and the Middle East, the main difference between the two civilization is the amount of resources each place had. In the Middle East, there was great amounts of wheat and barley. This crop was very essential for a food source because it contained lots of protein and nutrients. While in the civilization of Papua New Guinea, they were extremely limited on what resources they had on the island. What they…

Geographic Luck Why are some countries so wealthy and modern, while others are left in misfortune and poverty? This is a question Jared Diamond and many others ask themselves almost everyday. After a visit to New Guinea, and many years of research Diamond formed the theory of “Geographic Luck.” His theory divulges on how it doesn’t matter the brilliance or dexterity of the native people, but the raw materials they are given. According to Jared Diamond the modern world is so unequal because of…

foreign influences, such as those brought on by the missionaries. Hawai 'i and Papa New Guinea are two of the many islands located in the Pacific Ocean, who was affected by colonization. Colonization of these islands affected these native people tremendously, which in time lead up to the loss of their cultures, traditions and religions. In my essay, I will compare and contrast the colonization of Hawai 'i and Papa New Guinea, in context of their traditions and religions. The Hawaiian Islands…

indigenous cultures through objective lenses and started appreciating their way of life instead of seeking to change it. Although there are no remaining indigenous groups that have not interacted with modern society today, the Fore people of Papua New Guinea remained isolated from the outside world until the 1930s when gold miners accidentally came across their territory. Even then, minimal interaction occurred; it was not until the 1950s that scientists revisited the group because an…

when they are introduced into a new religion, society structure and laws. We see the world through our understanding of nature and beliefs. The creation of beliefs are the most powerful force. Natives of the islands of New Guinea had a different view of the world before the western missionary movements arrived. Europeans have introduced new beliefs for the natives so they see the world from a new lense and understand the nature of human existence and culture in a new way. However, are the…