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OverviewOn March 11, 2011, a tsunami warning was issued for Tonga in Polynesia. On the low and small island of Kotu, people were unperturbed in the face of impending catastrophe. The book starts out from the puzzle of peoples’ responses and reactions to this warning as well as their attitudes to a gradual rise of sea level and questions why people seemed so unconcerned about this and the accompanying loss of land. The book is an ethnography of the relationship between people and their environment based on fieldwork over three decades. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Arne Aleksej PerminowPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781805397151ISBN 10: 180539715 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 01 September 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: An Environmental Puzzle Chapter 1. Moving to the Beat of a Marine Environment Chapter 2. Daily Motions of Merging and Separation Chapter 3. Lunar Motions of Growth and Regeneration Chapter 4. Creating Tableaux of Moving Beauty Chapter 5. Nurturing Flows Between Hands That Let Go Conclusion: Calamity, Sacrifice and Blessing in a Changing World Appendix: Words of a World in Motion Glossary References IndexReviews“The book is well-argued, clearly written, and a timely contribution to an important theme (socio-cultural aspects of environmental change, including climate change, in the Pacific). I have yet to see a monograph approach the theme with the same ethnographic depth as this book.” • Tom Bratrud, University of South-Eastern Norway Author InformationArne Aleksej Perminow is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology and keeper of the Oceania Collection at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. He has curated several exhibitions including Startpaths across the Pacific: Narratives of Origin in Oceania and the Pacific part of Collapse: Human Being in an Unpredictable World (Museum of Cultural History, 2006 and 2018). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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