Abstract
This poster presentation analyzes and interprets East Sepik storyboards, which the authors regard as a form of cultural continuity and instruments of cultural memory in the post-colonial period. The study draws on field research conducted by the authors in the village of Kambot in East Sepik. The authors divide the storyboards into two groups based on content. The first includes storyboards describing daily life in the community, while the other links the daily life to pre-Christian religious beliefs and views. The aim of the study is to analyze one of the forms of contemporary material culture in East Sepik in the context of cultural changes triggered by Christianization, colonial administration in the former Territory of New Guinea and global tourism. The poster presentation includes the discussion on modernization and the consequences of the global spread of Christianity. It shows the transformation of the original religious tradition under the influence of Christianization, globalization, and tourism.
Presenters
Dušan Lužnýprofessor, Department of Sociology, Andragogy and Cultural Anthropology, Palacký University, Olomoucký kraj, Czech Republic Martin Soukup
Researcher, Department of Asia Studies, Palacky Univerzity, Czech Republic
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Presentation Type
Theme
Religious Commonalities and Differences
KEYWORDS
Christianization, Tradition, Modernization, Papua New Guineia, Cultural Change, Cultural Memory
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