Introduction
Navigating Spatial Relationships in Oceania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2641433 |
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| Authors | R Feinberg (0000-0001-6588-3957, Kent State University), Cathleen Conboy Pyrek (Kent State University), Alex Mawyer (Kent State University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Structure and Dynamics eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1554-3374 • E-ISSN: 1554-3374 |
| Publisher | California Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5070/sd991031745 |
| OpenAlex | W2509050411 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Recent decades have seen a revival of interest in traditional voyaging equipment and techniques among Pacific Islanders. At key points, the Oceanic voyaging revival came together with anthropological interests in cognition. This special issue explores that intersection as it is expressed in cognitive models of space, both at sea and on land. These include techniques for “wave piloting” in the Marshall Islands, wind compasses and their utilization as part of an inclusive navigational tool kit in the Vaeakau-Taumako region of the Solomon Islands; notions of ‘front’ and ‘back’ on Taumako and in Samoa, ideas of ‘above’ and ‘below’ in the Bougainville region of Papua New Guinea, spaces associated with the living and the dead in the Trobriand Islands, and the understanding of navigation in terms of neuroscience and physics
Cartography · Cognition · Ethnology · Geography · Intersection (aeronautics · New guinea · Computer Science · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Neuroscience · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Psychology
Culture and personality.
East Is a Big Bird
Polynesian Seafaring and Navigation
The Interpretation of Cultures
The Perception of the Environment
Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-Island Socioeconomic Ties
American Kinship
Cognitive Anthropology
Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-Island Socioeconomic Ties
Limitations of Language for Conveying Navigational Knowledge
| Highly cited | No |
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