THE TREASURED THINGS OF TOKELAU HUNTSMAN, JUDITH
Journal of the Polynesian Society,
09/2017, Letnik:
126, Številka:
3
Journal Article
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Odprti dostop
Drawing upon multiple lines of research in and about Tokelau—ethnography as participant-observation and conversation/discussion, documentary research in all available published sources (few) and ...unpublished materials in offices and archives, Tokelau narratives and texts, conversations with other scholars of Tokelau, and relevant anthropological literature—the late Antony Hooper and I have aimed to create a narrative of Tokelau over time and in places that speaks to both differences and continuities in Tokelau lifeways—their activities and beliefs, ideas and relationships. This essay is a contribution to and illustration of our endeavours, focusing on those particular things that Tokelau people treasure: their emblematic resources and the valued things they make from them, and their supreme valued treasures—pearl-shells (tifa), and the lures (pā) and pendants (kahoa) fashioned from them.
ANTONY BRAMSTON HOOPER (1932–2016) Huntsman, Judith
Journal of the Polynesian Society,
06/2017, Letnik:
126, Številka:
2
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Obituary. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand ...Licence.
Two Tokelau women, both born in 1924, were pioneers in the provision of social services (health and education) in the atolls from the early 1950s. Their stories of their lives, supplemented by ...accounts of their patients, students and colleagues, form the material from which my brief biographies are constructed. They were celebrated in Tokelau, but never fully recognised in the same way by those New Zealand officials who employed and paid them.
The treasured things of tokelau Judith Huntsman
Journal of the Polynesian Society,
10/2017, Letnik:
126, Številka:
3
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Drawing upon multiple lines of research in and about Tokelau - ethnography as participant-observation and conversation/discussion, documentary research in all available published sources (few) and ...unpublished materials in offices and archives, Tokelau narratives and texts, conversations with other scholars of Tokelau, and relevant anthropological literature - the late Antony Hooper and I have aimed to create a narrative of Tokelau over time and in places that speaks to both differences and continuities in Tokelau lifeways - their activities and beliefs, ideas and relationships. This essay is a contribution to and illustration of our endeavours, focusing on those particular things that Tokelau people treasure: their emblematic resources and the valued things they make from them, and their supreme valued treasures - pearl-shells ('tifa'), and the lures ('pa') and pendants ('kahoa') fashioned from them.
Explores the social life and customs of Tokelauans, in particular the reasons why the tifa (pearl-shells), pā (lures), and kahoa (pendants) are considered Tokelau's most treasured things. Observes ...the customs held in marriage celebrations and the role brothers and sisters of the parents hold in gifting singular particular treasures to the bride and groom. Looks at a Tokelauan text by the late Peato Tutu Perez in regards to the way of making marriages work and transferring pā as kahoa (fakakahoa). Gives a Tokelau narrative from the English version of the Matangi Tokelau, of the story of the original mother-of-pearl-shell (lure or pendant). Explains the pā (skipjack lure) and the properties surrounding their transformation and transfer. Mentions other emblematic resources marked by Tokelauans such as kie pandanus (P. freycinetia) in Nukunonu, the kanava tree in Atafu, and fresh water in Fakaofo. Notes the significance of these treasures and valuables in Tokelau's history noting how they were demanded as tribute or 'gifted' as offerings, and their place in present day Tokelau. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Two Tokelau women, both born in 1924, were pioneers in the provision of social services (health and education) in the atolls from the early 1950s. Their stories of their lives, supplemented by ...accounts of their patients, students and colleagues, form the material from which my brief biographies are constructed. They were celebrated in Tokelau, but never fully recognised in the same way by those New Zealand officials who employed and paid them.
Tokelau 1852 Exodus Huntsman, Judith
The Journal of Pacific history,
06/2004, Letnik:
39, Številka:
1
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Recenzirano
Five-hundred people were forcibly removed from the Tokelau atoll of Fakaofo in February 1852 and shipped to Uvea at the instigation of the Bishop for Central Oceania. How did this come about? ...Accounts of the event, from a Marist Father's first-hand journal entries to recent Tokelau narratives, tell different stories. Together, they reveal a history of intrigue, a glimpse of what really happened and why, and an intriguing history of a story in which the 'real' event came to be elided. The virtual loss of this episode of Tokelau history - in both Marist and Tokelau accounts - can be partially traced and the reasons for its loss explained by considering later histories and changed attitudes and intentions.
Raymond Firth (1901-2002) Huntsman, Judith
American anthropologist,
June 2003, Letnik:
105, Številka:
2
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Huntsman presents an obituary of professor Sir Raymond Firth who died in London on Feb 22, 2002, just a month short of his 101st birthday. Firth has done extensive Polynesian studies, and his ...theoretical works mark significant advances in social and economic anthropology.
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