Janet E Gregory
Biographic Data
| ID | 1939578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet E Gregory |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet E |
| FAMILY NAME | Gregory |
| SIGNATURE | GREGORY J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massey University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Myth and Social Control
Humans array themselves into a wide variety of social and other organizations based on power. One means of creating such hierarchical arrays is through crystallizing the substance or content of values and belief systems into myth, commandments, parables, constitutions, charters, or other statements, in which some are fluent and some are not. Those who are skilled and knowledgeable use the myths or statements to judge and thereby rank others who a…
Breaking Equilibrium
Education and socialization are influenced by the larger surround provided by historical forces and social structures. Cultures and societies exist in a relative state of coherence within an environment, unless and until internal or external changes occur and break that equilibrium. Field work in Tanna, Vanuatu revealed that education and socialization depended upon and were significantly influenced by social structure and a historical split in t…
Structural Determinants of Student Behavior on Tanna, Vanuatu
Following Merton’s theoretical orientation on roles, a study was conducted to examine the modes of adaptive behavior of students in schools in a non-western culture. Questionnaires were used to explore the factors operating within the role set and how they influenced behavioral modes of students. The research was conducted on Tanna, Vanuatu, a setting in which cults and social opposition to government and other authorities was frequent. The conce…
The widsom of children-in-context
Children-in-families-in-communities are embedded in social realities that provide the matrix in which they grow, learn and develop and against which they test their identity. To view children-in-context it is necessary to shift from a dualist perspective that sees children and context as two separate entities to a view that sees the two as one at the interface of an ongoing transformational relationship. Childhood viewed in specific contexts, cul…
The Custom School and Gender Equality
Ethical dilemmas are frequent in cross-cultural work, as anthropologists and other may have values quite divergent from those held by the peoples visited. The “Kastom” people of Tanna, in Vanuatu, be lieved that their customs and tradition would be better maintained if female children did not attend a school in which English, arithmetic, and customary lore were taught. Alternatives suggested by outsiders were rejected, following discussions. Unan…
The Trick, the Cult and the Religion
Those who observe or study cults often focus solely on the leadership and followers of leaders, andthe effects both on the minds of followers and the larger society. A more productive way to view cults is to study and analyze the context and ecological arrangements that precede, accompany, or follow the appearance ofcults. Tanna, Vanuatu with the John Frum cargo cult provides a case example
A Remembered Elder
An opportunity during fieldwork in a remote location (Tanna, New Hebrides, now Vanuatu) in Melanesia led to a case study of an elderly man. Luwah (Pseudonym) was over 100 years old, and his memories of life as a young man were insightful in to the history of people on this island
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A Remembered Elder
An opportunity during fieldwork in a remote location (Tanna, New Hebrides, now Vanuatu) in Melanesia led to a case study of an elderly man. Luwah (Pseudonym) was over 100 years old, and his memories of life as a young man were insightful in to the history of people on this island
The Custom School and Gender Equality
Ethical dilemmas are frequent in cross-cultural work, as anthropologists and other may have values quite divergent from those held by the peoples visited. The “Kastom” people of Tanna, in Vanuatu, be lieved that their customs and tradition would be better maintained if female children did not attend a school in which English, arithmetic, and customary lore were taught. Alternatives suggested by outsiders were rejected, following discussions. Unan…
The Trick, the Cult and the Religion
Those who observe or study cults often focus solely on the leadership and followers of leaders, andthe effects both on the minds of followers and the larger society. A more productive way to view cults is to study and analyze the context and ecological arrangements that precede, accompany, or follow the appearance ofcults. Tanna, Vanuatu with the John Frum cargo cult provides a case example
Structural Determinants of Student Behavior on Tanna, Vanuatu
Following Merton’s theoretical orientation on roles, a study was conducted to examine the modes of adaptive behavior of students in schools in a non-western culture. Questionnaires were used to explore the factors operating within the role set and how they influenced behavioral modes of students. The research was conducted on Tanna, Vanuatu, a setting in which cults and social opposition to government and other authorities was frequent. The conce…
The widsom of children-in-context
Children-in-families-in-communities are embedded in social realities that provide the matrix in which they grow, learn and develop and against which they test their identity. To view children-in-context it is necessary to shift from a dualist perspective that sees children and context as two separate entities to a view that sees the two as one at the interface of an ongoing transformational relationship. Childhood viewed in specific contexts, cul…
Breaking Equilibrium
Education and socialization are influenced by the larger surround provided by historical forces and social structures. Cultures and societies exist in a relative state of coherence within an environment, unless and until internal or external changes occur and break that equilibrium. Field work in Tanna, Vanuatu revealed that education and socialization depended upon and were significantly influenced by social structure and a historical split in t…
Myth and Social Control
Humans array themselves into a wide variety of social and other organizations based on power. One means of creating such hierarchical arrays is through crystallizing the substance or content of values and belief systems into myth, commandments, parables, constitutions, charters, or other statements, in which some are fluent and some are not. Those who are skilled and knowledgeable use the myths or statements to judge and thereby rank others who a…
Sociology (6 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)