From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities

by Jenny Munro and Martin Slama

There are probably no other people on earth to whom the image of the 'stone-age' is so persistently attached than the inhabitants of the island of New Guinea, which is divided into independent Papua New Guinea and the western part of the island, known today as Papua and West Papua. From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time' examines the forms of agency, frictions and anxieties the current moment generates in West Papua, where the persistent 'stone-age' image...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925022420
• ISBN13: 9781925022421
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.8"