Federated States of Micronesia
The World Factbook: Background: :: The Federated States of Micronesia, a UN Trust Territory under US administration, adopted a constitution in 1979. Independence came in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association with the US, which was amended and renewed in 2004. Present concerns include large-scale unemployment, overfishing, and overdependence on US aid. :: ...read more [Source: The World Factbook ] Wikipedia: The Federated States of Micronesia i/ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/ (FSM) is an independent sovereign island nation consisting of four states – from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae – that are spread across the Western Pacific Ocean. Together, the states comprise around 607 islands (a combined land area of approximately 702 km2 or 271 sq mi) that cover a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,678 mi) just north of the equator. They lie northeast o...read more [Source: Wikipedia ]
Expertise (alphabetical order)
Ingrid AHLGREN Curator, Oceania at Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard University, United StatesKeywords: Cosmology , Cultural Heritage , Engaged Anthropology , Environment , First Contacts , Globalization , Historical Imagination , History , Intellectual Property Rights , Land Management
Paul D'ARCY Associate Professor, Department of Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific at Australian National University, AustraliaKeywords: Climate Change , Agency , Anthropology , Conflict Resolution , Coral Reefs , Cultural Geography , Development Studies , Fisheries , Food History , History
Brian DIETTRICH Lecturer, New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Greg DVORAK Associate Professor, Graduate School of Culture and Communication Studies at Waseda University, JapanKeywords: Post-Colonialism , Self-Determination , World War II , Art , Climate Change , Cultural Studies , Critical History , Commemoration , Gender , Sexuality
Sue FARRAN Professor, Law at Northumbria University, United KingdomKeywords: Customary Law , Gender , Land Tenure , Neo-Colonialism , Post-Colonialism , Sustainability , Development , Children , Legal Pluralism
Jacqueline HAZEN PhD Student, Anthropology at New York University, United StatesKeywords: Cultural Production , Mediation , Language Ideology , Diasporas , Materiality , Cultural Heritage , Performance , Ethnographic Filmmaking , Indigenous Knowledge , Intellectual Property Rights
Patrick NUNN Professor, Sustainability Research Centre at University of the Sunshine Coast, AustraliaKeywords: Climate Change , Coastal Erosion , Cultural Change , Human Ecology , Indigenous Knowledge , Kava , Landscape , Myth , Religion And The Environment , Sustainable Development
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
Gonzaga PUAS Research Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs at Australian National University, Australia
Donald RUBINSTEIN Professor, Micronesian Area Research Center at University of Guam, Guam
Foale SIMON Senior Lecturer, College of Arts, Society and Education at James Cook University, AustraliaKeywords: Political Ecology , Political Economy , Small-scale Fisheries , Social Impact Analysis , Marine Biodiversity , Logging , Land Tenure , Epistemology , Environment , Ethnobotany
Nagaoka TAKUYA Independent researcher, NGO Pasifika Renaissance, Japan
Suzanna TIAPULA Research Fellow, Ho'omaluhia, Hawai'i, International and Indigenous Division at Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, United StatesKeywords: Customary Law , Diasporas , Gender Violence , Health , Human Rights , Identity , Justice , Law and Culture , Mining , Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Michael WALSH , Center for Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Studies at Georgetown University, United States
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 the Federated States of Micr... US Department of the Interior - Office of ... Legal Information System of the Federated ... Research Centres Cooperative Research & Extension - College...
Libraries and Archives College of Micronesia Library... Congress of Micronesia Library... MicSem Library...
Museum Collections American Museum of Natural History... Australian Museum... Berndt Museum of Anthropology...
Health and Health Research Department of Health & Social Affairs - Go... Department of Health Services Pohnpei Stat... Institut of Health Metrics and Evaluation...
Languages
List of languages More on Glottolog More on Ethnologue Recordings at Paradisec
Administrative Areas Chuuk (State) Kosrae (State) Pohnpei (State) Yap (State)
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Note that positions may be inaccurate or approximate.