The pacific-studies.net Experts Database

Dara KELLY
Postdoctoral Fellow at Peter B Gustavson School of Business, Canada

Administrative areas: New Zealand
Keywords: Indigenous Economic Freedom, Indigenous Capabilities, Indigenous Economies

Apo APOROSA
Research Fellow, Anthropology Department/School of Psychology at The University of Waikato, New Zealand

Administrative areas: Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, New Zealand
Places: Melanesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Development Studies, Education, Kava/Yaqona, Cognition, Health, Applied Anthropology, Community Development, Cultural Studies, Customary Law, Decolonisation

Dan TAULAPAPA MCMULLIN

Administrative areas: American Samoa, Samoa
Places: Polynesia, American Samoa, Samoa, US possession
Keywords: Symbolism, Spirituality, Postcolonial Literatures, Myth, Intellectual Property Rights, Indigenous Inquiry, Colonial Literature, Art, Queer Sexuality And Genders, Indigenous Polytheisms

Guido Carlo PIGLIASCO
Adjunct Professor, Anthropology at University of Hawai'i-Manoa, United States

Administrative areas: Fiji
Places: Fiji Islands, Beqa Island, Manihiki, Atiu, Tahaa, O'ahu, Savai'i, New Ireland province, Karawari/Arafundi
Keywords: Cultural Heritage, Law and Culture, Narratives, Tourism, Intellectual Property Rights, Digital Resources, Art, Audiovisual and Media, Christianity, Ritual

Barbara Anne ANDERSEN
Lecturer, School of People, Environment and Planning at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand

Administrative areas: Papua New Guinea, New Zealand
Places: Melanesia, Eastern Highlands, Chimbu, Papua New Guinea
Keywords: Development, Education, Gender, Health, Post-Colonialism, Social Change, Youth, Class, Biomedicine, Health Workers

Laura ZIMMER-TAMAKOSHI
Independent researcher, United States

Administrative areas: Papua New Guinea
Places: Melanesia
Keywords: Age and Aging, Anthropological Fieldwork, Big-manship, Gambling, Gender Violence, Inequality, Mining, Nationalism, Social Impact Analysis, Politics Of Culture