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Oct 31, 2013 · David Akin draws on extensive archival and field research to present a practice-based analysis of colonial officers’ interactions with Malaitans in the years leading...
ISBN 978-0-8248-3814-0. Since 1979, David Akin has spent about five years working and researching in the Solomon Islands, at first as a Peace Corps volunteer when he and Kate Gillogly, then his wife, helped Kwaio set up the Kwaio Cultural Centre, in central Malaita.
David W. Akin's 3 research works with 79 citations and 165 reads, including: Kastom as hegemony? A response to Babadzan.
Review: David W. Akin: Colonialism, Maasina Rule and the Origin of Malaitan Kastom. In: Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2018, S. 190-192.
- English
- Published-5 May 2019
- 190-192
- Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies
David W Akin. primary name: primary name: Akin, David W. Details. individual; academic/intellectual; American (USA); Male. Other dates. 1979-ongoing (active in research in Kwaio, Malaita) Biography.
David Akin draws on extensive archival and field research to present a practice-based analysis of colonial officers’ interactions with Malaitans in the years leading up to and during Maasina Rule. A primary focus is the place of knowledge in the colonial administration.
- David W. Akin
David Akin draws on extensive archival and field research to present a practice-based analysis of colonial officers’ interactions with Malaitans in the years leading up to and during Maasina Rule. A primary focus is the place of knowledge in the colonial administration.
