Engaging Environments in Tonga Cultivating Beauty and Nurturing Relations in a Changing World
On March 11, 2011, a tsunami warning was issued for Tonga in Polynesia. On the low and small island of Kotu, people were unperturbed in the face of impending catastrophe. The book starts out from the puzzle of peoples' responses and reactions to this warning as well as their attitudes to a grad...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Berghahn Books
2023
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | On March 11, 2011, a tsunami warning was issued for Tonga in Polynesia. On the low and small island of Kotu, people were unperturbed in the face of impending catastrophe. The book starts out from the puzzle of peoples' responses and reactions to this warning as well as their attitudes to a gradual rise of sea level and questions why people seemed so unconcerned about this and the accompanying loss of land. The book is an ethnography of the relationship between people and their environment based on fieldwork over three decades. |
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| ISBN: | 9781800734548 9781805390657 |
| Access: | Open Access |