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Beschreibung:
Prologue : Where is anthropology located in the task of putting people first? -- Introduction : tides of innovation in Oceania -- Part One. Mapping materiality in time and place -- Alterity and autochthony : Austronesian cosmographies of the marvellous -- Moving objects : reflections on Oceanic collections -- Kanak engraved bamboos : stories of the past, stories of the present -- Re-dressing materiality: robes mission from 'colonial' to 'cultural' object, and entrepreneurship of Kanak women in Lifou -- Part Two. Value and agency : local experiences in expanded Narratives -- Kanak women on the move in contemporary New Caledonia -- A fat sow Named Skulfi: 'expensive' words in Dobu Island society -- Development, tourism and commodification of cultures in Vanuatu -- Diversification of foods and their values : Pacific foodscapes -- The innovation of tradition : reflections on the ebb and flow of heritage regimes in Fiji -- Epilogue