A participatory community-based climate change adaptation planning process was used to engage with communities on Rendova Island in Western Province, Solomon Islands to identify local adaptation priorities. The methodology recognized that local community members are the managers of the resources they use ...
National Identity. In the Solomon Islands, national culture developed from the convergence of a number of factors. One of the most important is the high level of tolerance and comity developed between different churches in the last century. Unlike the government, church missions have done a lot...
Spanish explorer Alvoro de Mendana was the first European to officially sight the islands and found signs of gold on Guadalcanal. He believed he had found the source of King Solomon’s wealth and named the islands ‘The Island of Solomon’. In 1595 and 1605, Spain sent several more expediti...
Home to the largest island in the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal Province hosts the national capital, Honiara. but also a smattering of cultural sites, well-preserved WWII relics, modest beaches, and a lost world to explore. With well-preserved WWII relics along the northern coast, beautiful beache...
Through the recent conflict in Solomon Islands and subsequent Australian-led military intervention, I ask how geographical discourse constitutes crises and leads... SL Dixon 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 Bulimaen and hard work indenture, identity and complexity in colonial North Queensland The following thes...
In October 2006, Salome Samou, from Santa Cruz Island, Solomon Islands, visited the British Museum, London, to see the collections from her home island. This paper presents her response to the tevau in the collection (frequently referred to as 'feather money'). Tevau are objects of ...
“Clearly the argument put forward in Engaging with Strangers has relevance well beyond Solomon Islands or even the Pacific Islands. While it is sure to take its place in the canon of must-read works for Solomon Islands studies it also deserves attention in the widest circles of anthropology ...
Solomon IslandsNational narrativeEncompassmentHistoryNation‐MakingPrimordialA paradox in the making of nation鈥恠tates is that the writing of history is often historically linked to claims of a primordial identity. Focusing on the Solomon Islands, this analysis examines the creation of a national ...
Solomon Islands - Melanesian, WWII, Colonization: This section focuses specifically on the history and development of the area and country now known as Solomon Islands. For a discussion of the history of Solomon Islands in its broader, regional context,