Naming, Mnemonics, and the Poetics of Knowing in V ula'a Oral Traditions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7212911 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Van Heekeren (0000-0001-8620-5290, Macquarie University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-184 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ocea.5050 |
| OpenAlex | W1601325053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
For the V ula'a people of south‐eastern P apua N ew G uinea names are a way of knowing that is intimately linked to a particular mode of being. The ethnography of V ula'a naming practices presented here, and an analysis of their stories – traditionally known as rikwana – suggests that names are essential in the Heideggerian sense that they bring the past, present, and future into proximity and thus may be understood as a form of historicity. In certain contexts names are also powerful because they are implicated in the kinds of transformations commonly described by anthropologists as magical. Magical names link knowing and speaking with a vital aspect of V ula'a cosmo‐ontology known as iavu (heat
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Ethnography · Historicity (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Mnemonic · Mode (computer interface · Ontology · Poetics · Poetry · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |