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Note from the
editor
This issue is devoted to methodology. In the first
article Mark Calamia, a doctoral candidate in Anthopology at the
University of Colorado, describes a general methodology for
documenting indigenous knowledge of Pacific Island coral reef
biogeography, and for developing a conceptual framework on how to
adapt this information to a Geographic Information System (GIS) database.
In the second, Professor R.T Greene, a management
specialist with many years of both corporate and university
experience, and now at Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, describes
‘Community Quality Cabarets’. This is a tool that
allows communities to recover parts of their own tradition while
inventing new culture components for dealing with present challenges.
Its use in a traditional fishing community culture on Majuro is
reported, and how it can be applied to build bridges among
stakeholders in conflict within communities described.
Finally, we draw your attention to two important
new items of literature published in 1998. These are:
•‘Introduction to the special issue on a
modern role for traditional coastal-marine resource management
systems in the Pacific Islands.’ In: Ocean &
Coastal Management vol. 40, nos. 2—3, pp. 99—270,(1998).
Edited by Kenneth Ruddle, and
•‘Customary Marine Tenure in
Australia.’ In: Oceania Monograph 48. Sydney: University
of Sydney, 1998 (price not indicated). Edited by Nicolas Peterson and
Bruce Rigsby.
This is the second issue of this Information
Bulletin available on-line. As resources permit, all earlier issues
will gradually be made available that way. Stay on-line!
Kenneth Ruddle (
ii3k-rddl@asahi-net.or.jp)
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