The End of the Beginning? Mining, sacred geographies, memory and performance in Lihir

This article explores the critical ways in which the relationship between landscape and memory is mediated by performance—through song, dance, ritual and the movements of the living and the dead. In the Lihir group of islands, in Papua New Guinea, these acts of memorialisation are rehearsed on a rem...

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Authors: Bainton, Nicholas A. (Author) ; Ballard, Chris (Author) ; Gillespie, Kirsty (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 2012, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-49
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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