Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous Australia (Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific)

183 Pages·2009·1.895 MB·English

by  Myrna Tonkinson, Victoria Burbank, Katie Glaskin (editor)

ColleCtive Creativity
anthropology and Cultural History
in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
Series editors:
Pamela J. Stewart and andrew Strathern
University of Pittsburgh, USa
This series offers a fresh perspective on Asian and Indo-Pacific Anthropology.
Acknowledging the increasing impact of transnational flows of ideas and practices
across borders, the series widens the established geographical remit of asian studies
to consider the entire Indo-Pacific region. In addition to focussed ethnographic
studies, the series incorporates thematic work on issues of cross-regional impact,
including globalization, the spread of terrorism, and alternative medical practices.
the series further aims to be innovative in its disciplinary breadth, linking
anthropological theory with studies in cultural history and religious studies, thus
reflecting the current creative interactions between anthropology and historical
scholarship that are enriching the study of Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. While
the series covers classic themes within the anthropology of the region such as
ritual, political and economic issues will also be tackled. Studies of adaptation,
change and conflict in small-scale situations enmeshed in wider currents of change
will have a significant place in this range of foci.
We publish scholarly texts, both single-authored and collaborative as well
as collections of thematically organized essays. the series aims to reach a core
audience of anthropologists and asian Studies specialists, but also to be accessible
to a broader multidisciplinary readership.
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Collective Creativity
Art and Society in the South Pacific
katHeriNe GiUffre
Colorado College, USA
© katherine Giuffre 2009
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1988, to be identified as the author of this work.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Giuffre, katherine anne
Collective creativity : art and society in the South
Pacific. - (Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and
the Indo-Pacific)
1. art and society - Cook islands - rarotonga 2. Creation
(Literary, artistic, etc.) 3. Artists - Cook Islands -
rarotonga
i. title
306.4'7'099623
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Giuffre, katherine anne.
Collective creativity : art and society in the South Pacific / by Katherine Giuffre.
p. cm. -- (Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7546-7664-5 -- ISBN 978-0-7546-7665-2 (ebook) 1. Social networks--
oceania. 2. artists--oceania. i. title.
HM741.G58 2009
306.4'70995--dc22
2008051706
ISBN 978 0 7546 7664 5 (Hardback)
eISBN 978 0 7546 7665 2 (eBook)
Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Series Editors’ Preface
Art: Performance, Identity, and Ownership
Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart xi
Acknowledgements xvii
1 Networks and Creativity 1
2 Te Enua Ou Tumu Te Varovaro: “The Misty Land Whence
Comes the thunder” 15
3 Developing an Art Market at Home and Abroad 49
4 the artists i: local, foreign, and foreign locals 77
5 the artists ii: Social Networks and Making art 105
6 Re-evaluating Creativity in a Changing World 125
Appendix A Basic Network Concepts 131
Appendix B Glossary 147
Bibliography 151
Index 159
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list of figures
2.1 Map of the Cook islands 15
2.2 Double k tattoo Motif 26
2.3 1966 Index of Inequality of Living Space 37
2.4 1976 Gini Index of Inequality of Living Space 38
2.5 2001 Gini Index of Inequality of Living Space 38
5.1 Sociogram of the esteem Blockmodel 106
A.1 Esteem Sociogram 132
A.2 Example Sociogram 134
A.3 Centrality 137
A.4 Geodesic 137
A.5 Sociogram of Structurally Equivalent Nodes 138
A.6 Collapsed Sociogram 139
a.7 Balanced triad 140
a.8 Balance resolutions 1 141
A.9 Balance Solutions 2 and 3 142
a.10 Balanced triads 142
A.11 Clique Building 143
A.12 Small Worlds 144
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list of tables
2.1 Number of Visitors and Number of Hotel Rooms 34
2.2 Dates of Colonization and independence across Polynesia 45
5.1 Densities Within and Between Blocks, Esteem Matrix 113
A.1 Example Matrix 135
A.2 Matrix Translation of Figure A.1 135
A.3 Matrix of Structurally Equivalent Nodes 139