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Forty‐Five Years of Pacific Island Studies: some reflections
Author(s) -
Meleisea Malama,
Schoeffel Penelope
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1834-4461
pISSN - 0029-8077
DOI - 10.1002/ocea.5166
Subject(s) - american samoa , pacific studies , geography , history , samoan , new hebrides , pacific ocean , ethnology , oceanography , anthropology , archaeology , geology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy
Looking back on our own times, we have seen a rise and fall of interest in Pacific Island studies. Our careers, which have led us currently to the Centre for Samoa Studies at the National University of Samoa, retrospectively illustrate transformations in Pacific Studies over the past half century.