[MPWG] Papua New Guinea Ethnobotany: Reite Plants, by Porer Nombo and James Leach

[Emanuela Appetiti]

Please do explore _Reite Plants, _by Porer Nombo and James Leach on the
link below. This is precisely the kind of thing that e-publishing can do so
well, but that print-only publishers would likely shy away from. Of course,
you can download the PDF version of the entire book for free or order a
printed version online.  

Congratulations to Porer and James for their extraordinary efforts
celebrating traditional knowledge, and to ANU E Press for once again
leading the way in academic publications!  

http://epress.anu.edu.au/reite_plants_citation.html [1] 

Thanks and Best, 

Emanuela Appetiti    
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 http://epress.anu.edu.au/reite_plants_citation.html [2]  

REITE PLANTS: AN ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY IN TOK PISIN AND ENGLISH

 Porer Nombo and James Leach 
Reite Plants is a documentation and discussion of the uses of plants by
speakers of the Nekgini language, a people who reside in the hinterland of
the Rai Coast in northern Papua New Guinea. High quality images
and
detailed information about traditional customary practices using plants
provide a unique entry into understanding Nekgini social and cultural life.
The book contains a discussion of the ownership of plant knowledge in the
context of both local and contemporary global trends. As a dual language,
co-authored text, the book is a unique contribution to the ethnobotany and
anthropology of Melanesia. Reite Plants represents the product of a long
term collaborative work between the authors.
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_This book makes an important contribution ... Nombo and Leach provide an
exciting example of how much a deeper exploration of cultural context adds
to the field of ethnobotany. It will make very good company with the
classic ethnobiological collaborative work of Saem Majnep and Ralph Bulmer
on the birds and animals of the Madang highlands._
Robin Hide, The Australian National University
ISBN 978 19216 66001 (Print version) $49.95 (GST inclusive)
ISBN 978 19216 66018 (Online)
Published January
2010
Asia-Pacific Environment Monograph 4

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