Because they live on an island that is constantly shifting acquiring sand on one end and losing it at another and because islanders must relate to constantly changing natural phenomena on land and ...sea, they display a distinct lack of interest in the dichotomy between mobility and rootedness. The particular vitality of island life, characterized by the distinctiveness of a land in motion and an identity that is not land-related, is best presented in chapters about fishing as a key quality of island sociality (pp. 2550) and resistance to governmental claims to revive local culture that implies a formalization of power relations (pp. 14685). Pororan sociality is incompatible with assumptions of bounded and territorialized versions of traditional leadership. book reviews 259 Schneider not only demonstrates how the freedom to create relations anytime and anywhere on land, at sea, and in the connections to places beyond is crucial to the localised sociality of a Melanesian island, but also provides an important theoretical contribution to broaden our understanding of the spatiality of small islands.
Research methods for children Lulle, Aija
International Journal of Social Research Methodology,
11/2014, Letnik:
17, Številka:
6
Book Review, Journal Article
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