Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.
indigenous peoples
Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth: Products of the Nineteenth-Century Pacific Sperm-Whaling Industry
Nancy Shoemaker considers the four main products harvested in the nineteenth-century sperm whale trade.
New Histories of Pacific Whaling – Revised Edition
About this issue
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
Content
La Muxatena: A Sacred Rock Formation at the Heart of an Indigenous Social Movement for Environmental Rights
"Scarcity, Alterity and Value: Decline of the Pangolin, the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal"
The paper analyzes pangolin trafficking among South and Southeast Asian countries, shedding light on the commodity chain linking the hunters and consumers of pangolin across South, Southeast and East Asia.
"‘Tigers are Our Brothers’: Understanding Human-Nature Relations in the Mishmi Hills, Northeast India"
The author explores the relationship between humans and tigers in the Sino-India border and their opposition to plans to institute a wildlife sanctuary in the region.
"Failure by Design? Revisiting Tanzania’s Flagship Wildlife Management Area Burunge"
The authors explore the on-the-ground reality of Burunge Wildlife Management Area (WMA), stressing the misrepresentation of conservation policies in WMAs at the expense of local communities.
"Environmental Leaders and Indigenous Engagement in Australia: A Cosmopolitan Endeavour?"
Drawing on interviews with 25 Australian environmental leaders, the authors ask how international instruments with cosmopolitan ambitions influence the discourse and practice of national and subnational environmentalists attempting to find common ground with Indigenous groups.
Water Flows and Topographic Networks of Power: Social Struggles for Water in the Copiapó Valley in the Eighteenth Century
"Environmental Leaders and Indigenous Engagement in Australia: A Cosmopolitan Endeavour?"
Based on 25 interviews with Australian environmental leaders, the authors assess the value and benefit of the World Heritage Convention and the UNDRIP in relation to Indigenous communities and cosmopolitanism.