The Islands Have Memory

Reflections on Two Collaborative Projects in Contemporary Oceania

Bibliographic Data

ID5845308
AuthorsGuido Carlo Pigliasco (0000-0002-7607-3981), Thorolf Lipp
Year2011
Volume23
Issue2
Pages371-410
Publication date2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Contemporary Pacific/ The contemporary Pacific (Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1043-898X • E-ISSN: 1527-9464
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/cp.2011.0045
OpenAlexW2141171148
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited35

More than two decades ago, Marshall Sahlins reminded us that Oceania's Islands have a history. They also have a memory. Anthropologists and other social researchers often deal with the problem how to actively turn orally transmitted memories into written or audiovisual representations. But in fact, researchers are much more involved than that: they become part of the Islands' cultural memory due to their actions-what they do and do not do. European anthropologists Guido Carlo Pigliasco and Thorolf Lipp re-propose a series of reflections on opportunities and challenges of "doing culture" in collaboration with indigenous counterparts

Collective memory · Social memory · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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