From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities a…

There are probably no other people on earth to whom the image of the ‘stone-age’ is so persistently attached than the inhabitants of the island of New Guinea, which is divided into independent Papua New Guinea and the western part of the island, known today as Papua and West Papua. From ‘Stone-Age’ to ‘Real-Time’ examines the forms of agency, frictions and anxieties the current mome…

Culture and development in a globalizing world : geographies, actors, and par…

Using recent research on development projects around the world, this book argues that culture has become an explicit tool and framework for development discourse and practice. Providing a theoretical and empirically informed critique, this informative book includes conceptual overviews and case studies on topics such as: development for indigenous people natural resource management …

Cultural heritage in a changing world

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9783319295442

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XVII, 322 p.

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363.69 JAN j

Cosmopolitan archaeologies

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Deconstructing martial arts

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Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalisms need for cheap, disposable labour. The famous coolie trade – mainly Asian labourers transferred to French and British islands in the Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, as well as to Portuguese colonies in Africa – was one of the largest migrati…

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Imagining the global : transnational media and popular culture beyond East an…

A focused multisited cultural analysis that reflects on the symbiotic relationship between the local, the national, and the global