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Anthropological knowledge, secrecy, and Bolivip, Papua New Guinea

by Tony Crook

EthnologySocial life and customsTheory of KnowledgeEthnology, papua new guineaKnowledge, theory ofPapua new guinea, social life and customsAnthropologyPhilosophy

This study of one of the most enigmatic cultures in the world looks at the nature of knowledge in the Min area of Papua New Guinea (where sharing knowledge is believed to be like exchanging skin), and uses these understandings to consider our own anthropoligical notions of knowledge.

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