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In the Absence of the Gift
New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community
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Artikel-Nr:
9781789208061
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.09.2020
Seiten:
210
Autor:
Anders Emil Rasmussen
Gewicht:
312 g
Format:
229x152x12 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Anders Emil Rasmussen is curator of ethnographic exhibitions at Moesgaard Museum, Denmark. His publications include Materialities of Passing (co-ed., Ashgate, 2016).
By adopting ideas like "development," members of a Papua New Guinean community find themselves continuously negotiating what can be expected of a relative or a community member. Nearly half the people born on the remote Mbuke Islands become teachers, businessmen, or bureaucrats in urban centers, while those who stay at home ask migrant relatives "What about me?" This detailed ethnography sheds light on remittance motivations and documents how terms like "community" can be useful in places otherwise permeated by kinship. As the state withdraws, Mbuke people explore what social ends might be reached through involvement with the cash economy.
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