Local history as ‘indigenous knowledge’: Aeroplanes, conservation and development in haia and maimafu, papua new guinea

Investigating Local Knowledge: New Directions, New Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 105-127

  Ellis, David ^a   West, Paige ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429199387-5     Document Type: Chapter

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