Anthropology Lecture Series: Dr. Paige West on Coastal Resilience Planning in Papua New Guinea: Indigenous Self-Determination and the Anthropology of Letting Go

On Lavongai Island in Papua New Guinea, Indigenous Elders have worked with Indigenous scientists and American anthropologists to revitalize traditional “fish traps” or stone weirs. This locally designed and enacted project is an Indigenous form of coastal planning which refuses both state-planning and conservation organization planning. Based on a traditional design, the Lavongai Island stone […]

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