Robert F Maher
Biographic Data
| ID | 87854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert F Maher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert F |
| FAMILY NAME | Maher |
| SIGNATURE | MAHER R F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Purari River Delta Societies, Papua New Guinea, after the Tom Kabu Movement
Le mouvement dirige par Tom Kabu au sein des tribus du district du Golfe dans les annees 1950-1960 (chez les Koriki, I'ai, Maipua, Kaimari, Pawaia, Baroi), tentait de promouvoir une modernisation economique et culturelle qui aurait permis a ces societes de s'adapter a l'ordre colonial. Les Australiens avaient en effet supprime guerres intertribales et cannibalisme rendant obsoletes les anciennes traditions sociales et religieuses
Indigenous Anthropology in Papua New Guinea [and Comments and Reply]
This paper describes the extent to which at this time anthropology in Papua New Guinea, defined as studies of traditional cultures and societies and of changing social structures, is beginning to be conducted by Papua New Guineans. From a growing literature the writer selects the work of 12 Papua New Guineans for detailed discussion. They are selected because their approach is more analytical than that of many other writers and because in various…
Ethnology: The Mound Builders: Agricultural Practices, Environment, and Society in the Central Highlands of New Guinea. Eric Waddell
Koriki Chieftainship: Hereditary Status and Mana in Papua
Socio-Ecological Change Among the Fore of New Guinea [and Comments and Replies]
Historical reconstruction based on contemporary evidence shows that adoption of the sweet potato by the Fore approximately a century ago set in motion a series of events that transformed their institutions and natural surroundings. As the consequences of this act unraveled, the Fore moved to virgin lands, their population increased, the character of the living space they occupied was altered, and they were confronted with new kinds of social and …
Continuity and Emergence in Indian Poverty Culture [and Comments and Reply]
A relatively conservative cultural model of the Ojibwa, deriving from studies of Canadian peoples, has tended to dominate anthropological analysis of reservation Ojibwa both in the United States and Canada. Ethnopsychological approaches to Ojibwa history have focused professional attention on the persistence of relatively unimportant surviving remnants of Ojibwa culture and distracted it from more important contemporary sociological factors that …
Ethnography and Ethnology: The Melanesian Cargo Cult: Millenarianism as a Factor in Cultural Change. Palle Christiansen
From Cannibal Raid to Copra Kompani: Changing Patterns of Koriki Politics
New Men of Papua. A Study in Culture Change
New Men of Papua: A Study in Culture Change
Varieties of Change in Koriki Culture
New Men of Papua
Social Structure and Cultural Change in Papua
Tommy Kabu Movement of the Purari Delta1
Socio-Ecological Change Among the Fore of New Guinea [and Comments and Replies]
Historical reconstruction based on contemporary evidence shows that adoption of the sweet potato by the Fore approximately a century ago set in motion a series of events that transformed their institutions and natural surroundings. As the consequences of this act unraveled, the Fore moved to virgin lands, their population increased, the character of the living space they occupied was altered, and they were confronted with new kinds of social and …
New Men of Papua: A Study in Culture Change
From Cannibal Raid to Copra Kompani: Changing Patterns of Koriki Politics
The Purari River Delta Societies, Papua New Guinea, after the Tom Kabu Movement
Le mouvement dirige par Tom Kabu au sein des tribus du district du Golfe dans les annees 1950-1960 (chez les Koriki, I'ai, Maipua, Kaimari, Pawaia, Baroi), tentait de promouvoir une modernisation economique et culturelle qui aurait permis a ces societes de s'adapter a l'ordre colonial. Les Australiens avaient en effet supprime guerres intertribales et cannibalisme rendant obsoletes les anciennes traditions sociales et religieuses
Indigenous Anthropology in Papua New Guinea [and Comments and Reply]
This paper describes the extent to which at this time anthropology in Papua New Guinea, defined as studies of traditional cultures and societies and of changing social structures, is beginning to be conducted by Papua New Guineans. From a growing literature the writer selects the work of 12 Papua New Guineans for detailed discussion. They are selected because their approach is more analytical than that of many other writers and because in various…
Continuity and Emergence in Indian Poverty Culture [and Comments and Reply]
A relatively conservative cultural model of the Ojibwa, deriving from studies of Canadian peoples, has tended to dominate anthropological analysis of reservation Ojibwa both in the United States and Canada. Ethnopsychological approaches to Ojibwa history have focused professional attention on the persistence of relatively unimportant surviving remnants of Ojibwa culture and distracted it from more important contemporary sociological factors that …
Social Structure and Cultural Change in Papua
Varieties of Change in Koriki Culture
Koriki Chieftainship: Hereditary Status and Mana in Papua
Tommy Kabu Movement of the Purari Delta1
New Men of Papua
Social Structure and Cultural Change in Papua
New Men of Papua: A Study in Culture Change
Varieties of Change in Koriki Culture
New Men of Papua. A Study in Culture Change
From Cannibal Raid to Copra Kompani: Changing Patterns of Koriki Politics
Continuity and Emergence in Indian Poverty Culture [and Comments and Reply]
A relatively conservative cultural model of the Ojibwa, deriving from studies of Canadian peoples, has tended to dominate anthropological analysis of reservation Ojibwa both in the United States and Canada. Ethnopsychological approaches to Ojibwa history have focused professional attention on the persistence of relatively unimportant surviving remnants of Ojibwa culture and distracted it from more important contemporary sociological factors that …
Ethnography and Ethnology: The Melanesian Cargo Cult: Millenarianism as a Factor in Cultural Change. Palle Christiansen
Socio-Ecological Change Among the Fore of New Guinea [and Comments and Replies]
Historical reconstruction based on contemporary evidence shows that adoption of the sweet potato by the Fore approximately a century ago set in motion a series of events that transformed their institutions and natural surroundings. As the consequences of this act unraveled, the Fore moved to virgin lands, their population increased, the character of the living space they occupied was altered, and they were confronted with new kinds of social and …
Koriki Chieftainship: Hereditary Status and Mana in Papua
Ethnology: The Mound Builders: Agricultural Practices, Environment, and Society in the Central Highlands of New Guinea. Eric Waddell
Indigenous Anthropology in Papua New Guinea [and Comments and Reply]
This paper describes the extent to which at this time anthropology in Papua New Guinea, defined as studies of traditional cultures and societies and of changing social structures, is beginning to be conducted by Papua New Guineans. From a growing literature the writer selects the work of 12 Papua New Guineans for detailed discussion. They are selected because their approach is more analytical than that of many other writers and because in various…
The Purari River Delta Societies, Papua New Guinea, after the Tom Kabu Movement
Le mouvement dirige par Tom Kabu au sein des tribus du district du Golfe dans les annees 1950-1960 (chez les Koriki, I'ai, Maipua, Kaimari, Pawaia, Baroi), tentait de promouvoir une modernisation economique et culturelle qui aurait permis a ces societes de s'adapter a l'ordre colonial. Les Australiens avaient en effet supprime guerres intertribales et cannibalisme rendant obsoletes les anciennes traditions sociales et religieuses
Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · History (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Ethnology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works)