Blick ins Buch

The Accounts of Jong

A Discussion of Time, Space, and Person in Kayan, Papua New Guinea

Alexis Themo von Poser (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVI, 292 Seiten

2014
Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg
978-3-8253-6290-4 (ISBN)

Lese- und Medienproben

Inhaltsverzeichnis (PDF)

Keine Verlagsinformationen verfügbar

Artikel merken

The author of this book investigates a system of indigenous thought that pervades the life in Kayan, a village at the North-Coast of Papua New Guinea in a multitude of ways. The material is framed from the perspective of the former village elder Blasius Jong. With its roots in pre-missionary time, this system links different spheres of life and constitutes the basis for the organization of religious as well as of daily activities. Emanating from myths and a traditional calendar, the conceptions of person, time and space are discussed and the impact on social structure and religious life is highlighted. Together with historical and astronomical material, the author combines elements of the Anthropology of Person, of the Anthropology of Time and of the Anthropology of Space in novel ways, to reconstruct a fascinating system of thought that still has many consequences for today's life in Kayan.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.4.2014
Reihe/Serie	Heidelberg Studies in Pacific Anthropology ; 2
Zusatzinfo	55 Abbildungen
Verlagsort	Heidelberg
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 210 mm
Gewicht	366 g
Einbandart	kartoniert
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
Schlagworte	Ethnologie • Kalendertraditionen • Kayan (Ethnie) • Kayan, Papua Neu Guinea • Kognitionswissenschaft • Kognitionswissenschaften • Kulturanthropologie • Ozeanien • Papua-Neuguinea • Papua Neu Guinea /Ethnologie • Papua-Neuguinea; Völkerkunde • Pazifik /Ethnologie • Pazifik /Kulturanthropologie • Pazifikraum • Personkonzepte • Raumkonzepte • Theory of Mind • Zeitkonzepte
ISBN-10	3-8253-6290-6 / 3825362906
ISBN-13	978-3-8253-6290-4 / 9783825362904
Zustand	Neuware