Cruising the kula network
First results of an extraordinary expedition - a seminar by Associate Professor Susanne Kuehling
| Start | 18 December 2017, 1:00pm |
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| End | 18 December 2017, 2:00pm |
Cruising the kula network: First results of an extraordinary expedition
Associate Professor Susanne Kuehling | Dept. of Anthropology | University of Regina | Canada
One hundred years after Malinowski's seminal fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands, kula - gift-giving of shell valuables - is still practiced in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea. The practice continues in spite of the changes brought about by the cash economy and new technologies in the island world. Recently, a team of kula masters and anthropologists conducted a multi-sited examination of the current kula system. This exercise empowered the islanders and supported their interest in maintaining kula as a cultural practice. The talk will explain kula dynamics and discuss contemporary challenges facing this complex exchange system.
Monday 18 December 2017 | 1:00-2:00 pm | Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre D3.054 | All welcome