Inhalt: | Tides of Innovation in Oceania is directly inspired by Epeli Hau'ofa's vision of the Pacific as a 'Sea of Islands'; the image of tides recalls the cyclical movement of waves, with its unpredictable consequences. The authors propose tides of innovation as a fluid concept, unbound and open to many directions. This perspective is explored through ethnographic case studies centred on deeply elaborated analyses of locally inflected agencies involved in different transforming contexts. Three interwoven themes - value, materiality and place - provide a common thread Alterity and autochthony: Austronesian cosmographies of the marvellous / Marshall Sahlins -- Moving objects: reflections on Oceanic collections / Margaret Jolly -- Kanak engraved bamboos: stories of the past, stories of the present / Roberta Colombo Dougoud -- Re-dressing materiality: robes mission from 'colonial' to 'cultural' object, and entrepreneurship of Kanak women in Lifou / Anna Paini -- Kanak women on the move in contemporary New Caledonia / Marie-Claire Beboko-Beccalossi -- A fat sow named Skulfi: 'expensive' words in Dobu Island society / Susanne Kuehling -- Development, tourism and commodification of cultures in Vanuatu / Marc Tabani -- Diversification of foods and their values: Pacific foodscapes / Nancy J. Pollock -- The innovation of tradition: reflections on the ebb and flow of heritage regims in Fiji / Guido Carlo Pigliasco |
