Tuvalu
The World Factbook: Background: :: In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period. :: ...read more [Source: The World Factbook ] Wikipedia: Tuvalu (i/tuːˈvɑːluː/ too-VAH-loo or /ˈtuːvəluː/ TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands,[2] is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line.[3] Tuvalu's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an oceanic area of approximately 900,000 km2.[4] Its nearest...read more [Source: Wikipedia ]
Expertise (alphabetical order)
Niko BESNIER Professor, Anthropology at Universiteit van Amsterdam, NetherlandsKeywords: Gender , Sexuality , Globalization , Body Theory , Food and Nutrition , Sport , Morality , Christianity , Conflict , Economic Anthropology
Sue FARRAN Professor, Law at Newcastle University, United KingdomKeywords: Customary Law , Gender , Land Tenure , Neo-Colonialism , Post-Colonialism , Sustainability , Development , Children , Legal Pluralism
Michael GOLDSMITH Associate Professor, Anthropology Programme at University of Waikato, New ZealandKeywords: Christianisation , Christianity , Citizenship , Colonial Discourse , Democracy , Ethnographic Filmmaking , Governance , Intellectual Property Rights , Media And National Identity , Mission History
Sargam GOUNDAR PhD Student, School of Geography at University of Otago, New ZealandKeywords: Climate Change Migration , Pacific Studies , Sustainable Development , Perceptions , Geography , Livelihoods , Mobilities And Immobilities , Displacement , Planned Relocation
Lea Lani KINIKINI Independent researcher, Pacific Community at EU PacTVET project, TongaKeywords: Resilience , Indigenous Knowledge , Forced Migration , Subaltern Bodies , Māui Genealogies , Body Theory , Coconut Oil , Race , Settlerhood
Payal Nandini MAHARAJ PhD Student, Social Sciences at The University of Queensland, AustraliaKeywords: Colonialism , Cosmology , Gender , Global Health , Indigenous Knowledge , Medical Anthropology , Pacific Studies , Pacific Relational Hermeneutics , Transdisciplinarity , Governance And Policy
John Joseph MCCAFFERY Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland at Uniservices Consultancy Ltd, New ZealandKeywords: Education , Education Policy , Language Policy , Language Shift , Language-Culture-Cognition , Polynesian Languages , Pacific Studies , Language , Literacy , Bilingual/Immersion Education
Károly Sándor PALLAI Research Fellow, Department of French and Francophone Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, HungaryKeywords: Contemporary Literatures , Francophone Literatures , Identity , Postcolonial Literatures , French Overseas Territories , Post-Colonialism , Narratives , Literature , Cultural Studies , Colonial Imagination
Roy SMITH Senior Lecturer, Dept of International Studies at Nottingham Trent University, United KingdomKeywords: Citizenship , Climate Change , Conflict , Diasporas , Disaster , Environment , Food and Nutrition , Globalization , Migration , Nuclear Issues
Margaretha WEWERINKE-SINGH Lecturer, School of Law at University of the South Pacific, VanuatuKeywords: Climate Change , Human Right To A Healthy Environment , Human Rights , Human Rights And Environmental Studies , Climate Change Migration , Climate Policy , Intergenerational Equity , International Relationships , Statehood , Sustainable Development
Official Websites Government of Tuvalu... Tuvalu Met Service... Delegation of the European Union for the P...
Libraries and Archives Tuvalu Campus Library of the University of...
Museum Collections American Museum of Natural History... Australian Museum... British Museum...
Health and Health Research Commonwealth Health Online... Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS... Ministry of Health Governement of Tuvalu...
Languages
List of languages More on Glottolog More on Ethnologue
Administrative Areas Funafuti (Town Council) Nanumanga (Island Council) Nanumea (Island Council) Niutao (Island Council) Nui (Island Council) Nukufetau (Island Council) Nukulaelae (Island Council) Vaitupu (Island Council)