2013 25(1) &25(2)
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| Spring 25(1) Articles How Can Traditional Knowledge Best Be Regulated? Comparing a Proprietary Rights Approach with a Regulatory Toolbox Approach Miranda Forsyth Looking Good: The Cultural Politics of the Island Dress for Young Women in Vanuatu Maggie Cummings “I Guess They Didn’t Want Us Asking Too Many Questions”: Reading American Empire in Guam Valerie Solar Woodward Resources Pacific Research Protocols from the University of Otago Compiled and Edited by Judy Bennett, Mark Brunton, Jenny Bryant-Tokalau, Faafetai Sopoaga, and Gary Witte, with an Introduction by Stuart Dawrs Political Reviews Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 David W Kupferman, Kelly G Marsh, Donald R Shuster, Tyrone J Taitano Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 Lorenz Gonschor, Hapakuke Pierre Leleivai, Margaret Mutu, Forrest Young Book and Media Reviews Cultures of Commemoration: The Politics of War, Memory, and History in the Mariana Islands, by Keith L Camacho Reviewed by Craig Santos Perez The Testimony Project: Papua, edited by Charles E Farhadian Reviewed by Eben Kirksey Changing Contexts, Shifting Meanings: Transformations of Cultural Traditions in Oceania, edited by Elfriede Hermann Reviewed by Matthew Tomlinson From Modern Production to Imagined Primitive: The Social World of Coffee from Papua New Guinea, by Paige West Reviewed by Larry Lake Sun Come Up, directed by Jennifer Redfern [documentary] Reviewed by David Lipset Trading Nature: Tahitians, Europeans, and Ecological Exchange, by Jennifer Newell Reviewed by Zakea Boeger Le paradis autour de Paul Gaugin, by Viviane Fayaud Reviewed by Tate LeFevre Second Skins: Painted Barkcloth from New Guinea and Central Africa [exhibition] Reviewed by Dan Talapapa McMullin Once Were Pacific: Māori Connections to Oceania, by Alice Te Punga Somerville Reviewed by Erin Suzuki Ua Mau Ke Ea, Sovereignty Endures: An Overview of the Political Legal History of the Hawaiian Islands, by David Keanu Sai Reviewed by Kuhio Vogeler Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World, edited by Terry L Jones, Alice A Storey, Elizabeth A Matisoo-Smith, and José-Miguel Ramírez-Aliaga Reviewed by Carlos Mondragón Featured Artists: The Jaki-ed Collective Jaki-ed (fine mat) (2012), by Susan Jieta Since 2006, the University of the South Pacific (USP)–Marshall Islands Campus and traditional leader Maria Kabua-Fowler, with the patronage of Iroij Michael Kabua and the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, have been collaborating on projects and activities to ensure the revival and contemporization of jaki-ed. Basing designs on their own creative vision, weavers now use traditional patterns as inspiration for modern expressions. The USP Jaki-Ed Program enables weavers to learn and share the cultural knowledge and customs associated with the fine mats while also building an exciting and sustainable creative industry. Although jaki-ed are no longer worn as clothing, the mats are now being collected as outstanding examples of cultural creativity. | Fall 25(2) Articles After Cannibal Tours: Cargoism and Marginality in a Post-touristic Sepik River Society Eric K Silverman Mai te hau Roma ra te huru: The Illusion of “Autonomy” and the Ongoing Struggle for Decolonization in French Polynesia Lorenz Gonschor Dialogue An Interview with Oscar Temaru Terence Wesley-Smith, Gerard A Finin, and Tarcisius Kabutaulaka The Corporate Food Regime and Food Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands Jagjit Kaur Plahe, Shona Hawkes, and Sunil Ponnamperuma Resources Pacific Anglicanism: Online Bibliographical Resources Terry M Brown Political Reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2012 Nic Maclellan Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2011 David Chappell, Jon Fraenkel, Solomon Kantha, Muridan S Widjojo Book and Media Reviews Freedom in Entangled Worlds: West Papua and the Architecture of Global Power, by Eben Kirksey Laughing at Leviathan: Sovereignty and Audience in West Papua, by Danilyn Rutherford Reviewed by Jenny Munro Music in Pacific Island Cultures: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture, by Brian Diettrich, Jane Freeman Moulin, and Michael Webb Reviewed by Raymond Ammann Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai‘i [documentary film] Reviewed by Cynthia Franklin Etton an Raan Kein: Marshall Islands History, by Julianne M Walsh with Hilda Heine, Carmen Milne Bigler, and Mark Stege Reviewed by Nancy J Pollock Tahiti Beyond the Postcard: Power, Place, and Everyday Life, by Miriam Kahn Reviewed by Kathleen C Riley Featured Artists: From the 2012 Festival of Pacific Arts Tropic Bird Dance (2012), by Tracey Yager The 11th Festival of Pacific Arts, “Culture in Harmony with Nature,” was hosted by Solomon Islands in July 2012. For two weeks, the purpose-built festival village, exhibition spaces, performance venues, and four satellite villages were filled with song, dance, and celebration. Solomon Islanders from throughout the archipelago traveled to Honiara to participate and witness the breadth of arts from across the region. The hosts showed exceptional hospitality while also enjoying each moment of the festivities. |