2019 31(1) & 31(2)
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| Spring 31(1) Articles Indigenous Well-Being and Development: Connections to Large-Scale Mining and Tourism in the Pacific Emma Richardson, Emma Hughes, Sharon McLennan, and Litea Meo-Sewabu Indigenous Masculinities and the “Refined Politics” of Alcohol and Racialization in West Papua Jenny Munro Tannese Chiefs, State Structures, and Global Connections in Vanuatu Marc Tabani Epidemic Suicide in the Context of Modernizing Social Change in Oceania: A Critical Review and Assessment Edward D Lowe Resources Creating an Archive for Rotuma: A Personal Account Alan Howard Political Reviews Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 Michael Bevacqua, Isa Ua Ceallaigh Bowman, Zaldy Dandan, Monica C LaBriola, Tiara R Na’puti Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 Peter Clegg, Lorenz Gonschor, Margaret Mutu, Christina Newport, Salote Talagi, Forrest Wade Young Book and Media Reviews Project Banaba [exhibition] Reviewed by Mitiana Arbon Holo Moana: Generations of Voyaging [exhibition] Reviewed by Kelema Lee Moses Anote’s Ark [documentary] Reviewed by David Lipset Out of State [documentary] Reviewed by David Lipset Island Soldier [documentary] Reviewed by Emelihter Kihleng, Clement Yow Mulalap, Jacki Leota-Mua, and Vicente M Diaz Index To Volumes 21–30 Featured Artist: Kalisolaite ‘Uhila  Pigs in the Yard (2011), by Kalisolaite ‘Uhila After living in a shipping container with a pig for a week, inhabiting the streets of Auckland for three months for a project about homelessness, performing on the roof of a gallery to bemused spectators in adjacent high-rise buildings and the street below, and since “cooking” himself in an umu, ‘Uhila has attracted a loyal following, received numerous awards, and been in demand for regional and international exhibitions and residencies in New Zealand, Germany, Canada, Japan, Tonga, and the Cook Islands. In 2016, he completed his master’s of performance and media arts at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) with first-class honors. He is represented by Michael Lett Gallery in New Zealand (http://michaellett.com) and in 2019 is a featured artist in the second Honolulu Biennial (https://www.honolulubiennial.org). | Fall 31(2) Articles “More than a Music, It’s a Movement”: West Papua Decolonization Songs, Social Media, and the Remixing of Resistance Camellia Webb-Gannon and Michael Webb Unsettling SpongeBob and the Legacies of Violence on Bikini Bottom Holly M Barker Elemental Eating: Samoan Public Health and Valuation in Health Promotion Jessica Hardin and Christina Ting Kwauk Employment of the Weak: The Role of a Multinational Factory in the Life Trajectory of Early School Leavers in Sāmoa Masami Tsujita Levi Rearticulating Diplomatic Relationships: Contextualizing Tuvalu-Taiwan Relations Jess Marinaccio Dialogue Robert (Bob) C Kiste: Mentor and Friend of the Pacific Brij V Lal Political Reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2018 Nic Maclellan Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2018 Volker Boege, Mathias Chauchat, Joseph Daniel Foukona, Budi Hernawan, Michael Leach, James Stiefvater Book and Media Reviews I Hinanao-ta Nu I Manaotao Tåno’ I CHamoru Siha (The Journey of the CHamoru People) [exhibition] Reviewed by Teresita L Perez Decolonisation and the Pacific: Indigenous Globalisation and the Ends of Empire, by Tracey Banivanua Mar Reviewed by Trish Tupou Hope at Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature, by Teresa Shewry Reviewed by Erin Cheslow The Cultural Animation Film Festival Reviewed by Elizabeth Bennett Review of films by Jack Niedenthal Reviewed by Tom Brislin Crossing Spaces [documentary film] Reviewed by Myjolynne Marie Kim Tikopia Collected: Raymond Firth and the Creation of Solomon Island Cultural Heritage, by Elizabeth Bonshek Reviewed by David Lipset Textilia Linnaeana: Global 18th Century Textile Traditions & Trade, by Viveka Hansen Reviewed by Alexander Mawyer Ship of Fate: Memoir of a Vietnamese Repatriate, by Trân Ðình Tru Reviewed by Mary Therese Perez Hattori Uncovering Indigenous Models of Leadership: An Ethnographic Case Study of Samoa’s Talavou Clan, by Leiataua Robert Jon Peterson Reviewed by Luafata Simanu-Klutz Featured Artist: Natalie Robertson  Savages Hotpools, Onepu (2008), by Natalie Robertson Natalie Robertson (Ngāti Porou, Clann Dhònnchaidh) is an Aotearoa/New Zealand photographer, video artist, and senior lec- turer at Auckland University of Technology whose work has been exhibited at the Musée du Quai Branly (Paris), Museo Nacional de las Culturas (Mexico City), Musée de la Civilisation (Québec), and Cuba Casa de la Cultura de Tulum (Havana), as well as in Germany, China, Brazil, the United Kingdom, the United States, New Caledonia, Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Whether documenting the effects of modern agricultural practices on the natural environment, observing intimate rituals of care and communal responsibility, or tracing tribal pathways along rivers from aerial drone cameras, Robertson draws on both customary and contemporary ways of seeing and histories of storytelling that connect people to places and to one another. |