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Informal Session: Sisters and Brothers: New Perspectives on Contemporary Siblingship in the Pacific Our group continued as an informal session for the second year in a row due to smaller numbers of confirmed participants. Five participants presented their research, including Dr. Unaisi Nabobo-Baba, one of the 2012 Pacific Island Scholars Fund recipients. After listening to confirmed participants’ presentations and answering specific questions about each project, we opened the discussion to talk about possible connections between our research and possible future directions. Our session builds on the foundation of the original work done on siblingship in Oceania in the 1970s and 1980s. Significant new directions taken include explorations into the effects of transnational movement and rural-urban migrations on sibling ties. We had significant research contributions from the Polynesian and Melanesian regions, but hope to attract a few more contributions from Micronesia. We have decided to move to a working session for the 2012 meetings based on tentative commitments from additional participants, and we are currently exploring possibilities of submitting material for a special journal issue or an edited volume in the future. Mary K. Good, PhD Candidate, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1009 E. South Campus Dr, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030 USA; tel. (520) 975-6197; mkgood@email.arizona.edu Simonne Pauwels, CREDO, Maison Asie Pacifique, 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13003 Marseille, FRANCE; tel. 00 33 4 13 55 07 32; simonne@pacific-credo.fr |
