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Cultural heritage and social movements in the P acific

Cultural heritage and social movements in the P acific Cultural heritage and social movements in the P acific Edvard Hviding and Knut M. Rio (eds.) ( 2011 ) Made in Oceania. Social Movements, Cultural Heritage and the State in the Pacific . Wantage : Sean Kingston Publishing , 353 pp., no price given, hbk, ISBN: 9781907774065 As an Aotearoa/New Zealand ethno‐geographer who chose to retreat from Pacific Studies more than 40 years ago, I turned to this collection of research articles to bring me up to date with current thinking. The experience has been profoundly rewarding. I did not go into absolute retreat, I stepped down my reading. In the intervening years, I have worked as a development aid consultant in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Such work rarely provides the privilege of reflection and because I have long admired the way the Norwegian Edvard Hviding has sustained his interest, promoted dialogue and secured funding to progress both his work and that of others, Made in Oceania presented an ideal opportunity to catch up. Apart from the name Lamont Lindstrom, an accomplished intellectual, most of the names of the listed authors were new to me. Of the 16 contributors, nine are Europeans; while they do not constitute http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Pacific Viewpoint Wiley

Cultural heritage and social movements in the P acific

McKinnon, John
Asia Pacific Viewpoint , Volume 54 (2) – Aug 1, 2013
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Copyright © 2013 Victoria University of Wellington
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Cultural heritage and social movements in the P acific Edvard Hviding and Knut M. Rio (eds.) ( 2011 ) Made in Oceania. Social Movements, Cultural Heritage and the State in the Pacific . Wantage : Sean Kingston Publishing , 353 pp., no price given, hbk, ISBN: 9781907774065 As an Aotearoa/New Zealand ethno‐geographer who chose to retreat from Pacific Studies more than 40 years ago, I turned to this collection of research articles to bring me up to date with current thinking. The experience has been profoundly rewarding. I did not go into absolute retreat, I stepped down my reading. In the intervening years, I have worked as a development aid consultant in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Such work rarely provides the privilege of reflection and because I have long admired the way the Norwegian Edvard Hviding has sustained his interest, promoted dialogue and secured funding to progress both his work and that of others, Made in Oceania presented an ideal opportunity to catch up. Apart from the name Lamont Lindstrom, an accomplished intellectual, most of the names of the listed authors were new to me. Of the 16 contributors, nine are Europeans; while they do not constitute

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