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Papua New Guinea is ... in the remote highlands. An Indigenous man, he said he also “aligns” with traditional spirituality and cautions against abandoning Indigenous culture.
A new analysis of the ancient DNA of 42 people from Papua New Guinea reveals that some cultures were remarkably isolated for ...
In the rugged landscapes of Papua New Guinea—where more than 800 languages echo across valleys and coasts—a remarkable ...
At one end is what might be called extravagant tradition. To see that, the photographer Sandro, who’s based in Chicago, went to the Eastern Highlands ... trip across Papua New Guinea, making ...
A tribal clash in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands in which more than 20 ... and which landowners deserved compensation. Other traditional triggers for tribal conflict include accusations ...
But so much of Papua New Guinea sort of remained unexplored from outsiders until about, say, 100 years ago or so. So tribal fighting was fought with very traditional, customary weapons.
In this article I argue that paying attention to the emotional aspects of economic transactions can be a means of understanding how value is produced. I use a case study of a mortuary payment between ...
its streets full of bearded men from the Papua New Guinea highlands chewing and spitting betel nut, overlaid with the noise and fumes of revving minibuses, trucks and four-wheel drives.
At one end is what might be called extravagant tradition. To see that, the photographer Sandro, who’s based in Chicago, went to the Eastern Highlands ... trip across Papua New Guinea, making ...