Fluid ontologies
Subtitle: myth, ritual, and philosophy in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
By: edited by L.R. Goldman and C. Ballard.
Contributors: Goldman, Laurence.; Ballard, C.
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Congresses.; Mythology -- Papua New Guinea -- Congresses.; Rites and ceremonies -- Papua New Guinea -- Congresses.; Papua New Guinea -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses.
Description: In developing regions of the world, understanding how indigenous populations manifest their worldviews is imperative before implementing new social policies. Building on three decades of studies of Melanesia by ethnologists, the authors argue that these societies' worldviews assume that the process of flow between events, rather than the nature of the events, is critical to a model of human sociality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Based on a conference held at the University of Queensland's Emmanuel College in Brisbane, in Sept. 1995.