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The book explores the challenges faced by atoll communities, including droughts, rough seas, and rising sea levels that jeopardize their existence. It emphasizes the importance of kinship as the cornerstone of both traditional and modern atoll societies. Through a multidisciplinary approach, it offers a retrospective analysis of a Pacific Atoll People dispersed across various countries, united by their shared notions of kinship, highlighting their resilience and interconnectedness amidst environmental threats.
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Acclimatising to higher ground, Keith Dixon
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Acclimatising to higher ground
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Keith Dixon
- Publisher
- Sidestone Press
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN13
- 9789464260304
- Series
- Tags
- Ethnography
- Description
- The book explores the challenges faced by atoll communities, including droughts, rough seas, and rising sea levels that jeopardize their existence. It emphasizes the importance of kinship as the cornerstone of both traditional and modern atoll societies. Through a multidisciplinary approach, it offers a retrospective analysis of a Pacific Atoll People dispersed across various countries, united by their shared notions of kinship, highlighting their resilience and interconnectedness amidst environmental threats.