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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Polynesia"”.
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A study of the roles of Tahitian, French, and English in the educational system of French Polynesia
… study of the educational system of French Polynesia, how the different languages which are used there are taught, the role they play in the educational system, and the effect they may have on the lives of the Polynesians both current and future. Of particular interest is the teaching of and …
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A Compilation of Songs of Polynesia for Use in the Teaching of Music to Elementary School Students
… the vital part that music has played in the Polynesian cultures of Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, and New Zealand, (2) to present in written form heretofore unpublished children's songs and dances from the five principal cultures of Polynesia, and (3) to provide explanatory material on the use …
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No hea te kiore : MtDNA variation in Rattus exulans : a model for human colonisation and contact in prehistoric Polynesia
… of human settlement and population mobility in Polynesia, focusing on an animal that was transported through the Pacific by the ancestral Polynesians. I argue that analyses of genetic variation of the Polynesian rat (Ratus exulans) are appropriate for a phylogenetic model of human colonisation …
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The Commodification of Polynesian Tattooing: Perrsistence, Change and Reinvention of a Cultural Tradition.
ABSTRACT Micro-Polynesia is the cultural center of the art form of tattooing. Although there was a period of almost complete absence of this art (colonialism until the mid-1900s), this is being revived in the contemporary era. An exception to this decline is found in New Zealand where the practice …
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Social and cultural dynamics in early Marquesan history
… history of the Marquesas Islands in eastern Polynesia. This history is seen in part as a cultural process, and as one which cannot be dissociated from a wider Polynesian context of development and transformation. The first part reconstructs indigenous Marquesan social relations, drawing …
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Social and cultural dynamics in early Marquesan history
… history of the Marquesas Islands in eastern Polynesia. This history is seen in part as a cultural process, and as one which cannot be dissociated from a wider Polynesian context of development and transformation. The first part reconstructs indigenous Marquesan social relations, drawing …
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Characterisation and detection of viruses (Cucumovirus, Potyvirus) infecting vanilla in Réunion Island and Polynesian Islands
… vanilla plants. Vanilla CMV isolates from French Polynesia (Pacific Ocean) and Réunion Island (Indian Ocean) were classified in CMV subgroup IB, adding to the short list of subgroup IB isolates detected outside of Asia. Two isolates were putatively classified in subgroup IA, suggesting that CMV in …
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Pae ora, policy and Māori leadership
… and kaupapa Māori theories: Māori cosmogony, Polynesian and Māori pūrakau and te reo Māori specific to the indigenous people of Aotearoa, and Eastern and Western Polynesia.
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Hieroglyphic, Oral, and Performative: (Re)Evaluating Resistance to Colonialism in the Works of Melville
… texts of Melville for their unique depictions of Polynesian and African cultures. In this paper I focus on the depictions of oral and performative literacy by those African and Polynesia cultures in three key texts by Melville—Typee (1846), Moby-Dick (1851), and “Benito Cereno” (1855). By focusing …
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Passive mobile robot localization within a fixed beacon field
… Research Station on the island of Moorea, French Polynesia.
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Post-Lapita Fiji: cultural transformation in the mid-sequence
… this interval the relatively homogeneous proto Polynesian Lapita culture of Fiji developed a complex pattern of human variation which differentiated It from West Polynesia and linked Fiji with the greater cultural diversity found in Melanesia. This thesis charts, through in-depth analysis of …
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Post-Lapita Fiji: cultural transformation in the mid-sequence
… this interval the relatively homogeneous proto Polynesian Lapita culture of Fiji developed a complex pattern of human variation which differentiated It from West Polynesia and linked Fiji with the greater cultural diversity found in Melanesia. This thesis charts, through in-depth analysis of …
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Dynamics of Agricultural Development in Prehistoric Samoa: The Case of Ofu Island
… are these relationships more clear than on Polynesian islands. Many sequences of agricultural change have now been documented in the region, and their relationships with the environment and cultural change assessed. Most, if not all, of these identified sequences have been described as …
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The function, design and distribution of New Zealand adzes
… of New Zealand adzes, aspects little studied in Polynesia as a whole. Methodology involved functional and manufacturing replication experiments and comparisons of these results with statistics derived from the analysis of almost 12,000 archaeological adzes. Methodology was guided by technological …
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Agriculture in Tongan Prehistory: An Archaeobotanical Perspective
… batatas) by 600 BP, transported via East Polynesia through the extensive trade networks of the developing Tongan state. Modelling past production systems linked decreased system nutritional efficiency over time to horticultural specialisation in primary crops and increasingly centralised …
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Agriculture in Tongan Prehistory: An Archaeobotanical Perspective
… batatas) by 600 BP, transported via East Polynesia through the extensive trade networks of the developing Tongan state. Modelling past production systems linked decreased system nutritional efficiency over time to horticultural specialisation in primary crops and increasingly centralised …
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Cryptobenthic Coral Reef Fishes: Resolving Critical Gaps in Species Delimitation, Sampling Techniques, and Phylogenetic relationships
… from the Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia, and is known to comprise numerous cryptic species. In Chapter 2, I focused on the Eviota sigillata complex which is represented by two nominal species described by morphological characters, yet preliminary genetic data suggest the …
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Broodstock management and egg quality of the pearl oysters Pinctada margaritifera and Pinctada fucata
… pearl producing nations are Australia and French Polynesia and, although reliable methods for hatchery culture of pearl oysters were developed in the 1980’s and 1990’s, pearl production in these countries still relies primarily on oysters collected from the wild. Generally, the cultured pearl …
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Sacred Power and Chiefly Headdresses in Sāmoa, Tonga, and Fiji
This research is invested in recovering and recuperating the indigenous knowledge and visually encoded meanings associated with chiefly headdresses in the Pacific, using a form of analysis that is centred on themes of personhood, lineage, and materiality. These themes are woven in throughout the …
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Modelling global, regional and national prevalence of asthma: projections from 2018 to 2040
… the year 2040 was forecasted to be highest in Polynesia (11.5%; 95% CI: 9.3 to 13.7); followed by Australasia (10.5%; 95% CI: 10.2-10.8), Micronesia (9.0%; 95% CI: 6.8-11.2) and Northern Europe (7.6%; 95% CI: 7.4-7.8); and lowest in Southern Africa region (1.6%; 95% CI: 1.5-1.7). Among 22 …
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