...Weather, Climate, Culture [2003] or Cruikshank, Do Glaciers Listen? [2005]).... across the globe (found in Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Botswana, Australia...
... is confident and comfortable with the culture of the Anglican Church of Canada and he feels he c... together," says Johnson, who was born in Papua New Guinea, where his parents were Lutheran missio...
A trip to Papua New Guinea is a fantastic adventure for even the most seasoned traveller. And if its sheer physical beauty isn't enough, it's one of the world's most culturally diverse regions with more than 750 distinct languages and dialects. For outright exotica, there's nowhere else quite like it, lending credence to the country's tourism logo, "It's every place you've never been. We then set out by jeep and, after an hour's drive on a pothole laden, rocky road, we arrived at the Ambua Lodge, nestled on a hillside at an elevation of more than 2,100 metres. With spectacular views, comfortable thatched roof chalets and an attractive communal lounge, it's the kind of top-notch tourist facility that simply didn't exist during my first trip.
... colourful and proud people with a vibrant culture, they continue to live much as their ancestors did...
The recipients were selected by an independent jury chaired by board member Dr. Robert Belton, dean of creative and critical studies at UBC Okanagan. The jury was composed of Candice Hopkins, Carcross Tagish Nation, Sobey Curatorial Resident, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada and past director/curator Western Front Exhibitions; Barbara Marchand, Okanagan Nation, artist and past recipient of a BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art; Bill McLennan, curator, Pacific Northwest, UBC Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver; and Marianne Nicolson, Dzawada'enuxw, artist and past recipient of a BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art. [John Marston] of Ladysmith is a Salish artist who, over the past 15 years, has become one of B.C.'s most important new First Nations artis...
... that are influenced by his Kwa-gulth culture and tradition. His work in totems, drums, masks, p... experiences has taken him on travels to Papua, New Guinea and Japan. At home, John is establishi...
... emerged in the Indonesian part of New Guinea. Organisasi Papua Merdeka, an indigenous-peoples i... north and south, with very different cultures. The North is Islamic and Arabic-speaking and the ...
Long before [Al Gore]'s movie, or his recent Nobel Prize, or last week's decision by a British judge to allow the broadcasting of his film in England's schools -- along with a nine-point critique of the film -- a small but growing numbers of scientists, geographers, philosophers and novelists had been raising similar issues. Like Gore, they found themselves at the centre of controversy. Back to Gore's film, though. While the debate about climate change rages on -- in some circles, anyway -- many are arguing that the judge's decision to critique Gore's film does little to invalidate its main points. KEY QUOTE: The "control of nature" is a phrase conceived in arrogance... Practical advice should be "Spray as little as you possibly can," rather than "Spray to the limit of your capacity.
..., but her ideas had seeped into popular culture via the "disaster movie" of the 1970s -- the featu... 2005, the people of the Carteret atoll in Papua New Guinea announced their imminent evacuation. 2....
... eruptions among some populations living in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, for example (D.... --. 2002. Nature and culture in the field: Two centuries of stories from Lituya...
The volume has a few minor weaknesses. Because several of its authors take issue with Charles Lindholm, who argues that romantic love exists only in certain kinds of cultures, I would have liked a paper by Lindholm to be included.
... about Himalayan India, the highlands of Papua New Guinea, and southeastern Nigeria respectively,...
... of Bougainville, one of the islands of Papua New Guinea, visiting a friend working there with C... a village like Buin, with a strong oral culture, local people could remember where soldiers had di...
...: Local legends and volcanic reality in Papua New Guinea. Seattle: University of Washington Pres...
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