Familiar Space in Social Memory

Bibliographic Data

ID2641384
AuthorsGiovanni Bennardo (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume3
Issue2
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStructure and Dynamics eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1554-3374 • E-ISSN: 1554-3374
PublisherCalifornia Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5070/sd932003297
OpenAlexW3846690
LanguageEN
References cited17

In this article, I present an analysis of the results of a memory task (free listing) about social relationships administered to Tongans of Polynesia. Contrary to claims by Weller and Romney (1988) and Ross (2004), the free listing activity did not yield the expected results, i.e., salient social individuals occupying positions at the top of the list. The strategy used to report the village population was prominently spatial. Besides, the analysis of accurate geographical renditions of the memory lists (memory routes), revealed spatial strategies in line with the preferences already documented about spatial relationships (Bennardo, 2000a, 2002b). A discussion of the implications of such findings for an hypothesized Tongan foundational cultural model closes the article

Archaeology · Cognitive science · Economics · Genealogy · Geography · Linguistics · Listing (finance · Population · Salient · Social memory · Sociology · Task (project management · Demography · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Multilingual Education and Policy · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy · Psychology

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