Title: Guardians of Marovo Lagoon : practice, place, and politics in maritime Melanesia /
Authors: Hviding, Edvard.; University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Publisher: Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai'i ; University of Hawai'i Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Marovo (Solomon Islands people) Land tenure.; Marovo (Solomon Islands people) Fishing.; Marovo (Solomon Islands people) Social conditions.; Maritime anthropology Solomon Islands New Georgia.; Coral reef ecology Solomon Islands New Georgia.; New Georgia (Solomon Islands) Economic policy.; New Georgia (Solomon Islands) Social conditions.; New Georgia (Solomon Islands) Politics and government.
Contents: 1. Approaches to Maritime Melanesia -- 2. Between Reef and Rainforest: Journeys in Marovo Lagoon -- 3. History of a "Traditional System": Transformations, Relations, and Encounters across the Sea -- 4. Organizing Flow: Social Relations and Cultural Categories -- 5. On Seas and Reefs: Maritime Knowledge and Practice -- 6. Signs in the Seascape: Encounters with Maritime Histories -- 7. Laws of the Lagoon: Customary Marine Tenure on the Fishing Grounds -- 8. The Work of the Guardians: Confronting Global Systems -- 9. Foundations of Guardianship: The Sea as Cultural and Relational Focus -- Appendix 1: Demography -- Appendix 2: Flora and Fauna.