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Entire Ethnography, Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
This is the entire ethnography of Sikaiana. Separate chapters are also listed at this location.
A related website is www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Preface, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
This preface describes the process of writing and developing this ethnography about Sikaiana. It explains why I am publishing in this format. It also contextualized this ethnography in terms of how anthropology has changed over the past 40 years and also a brief discussion of how the Sikaiana people have changed since my research from 1980-1993.
A related website can be found at www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 1, Another Perspective, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
This chapter serves as an introduction to cultural anthropology as an enterprise and this ethnography of the Sikaiana people. It discusses why learning about other cultures is important to for understanding human diversity across the globe and also provided another perspective for examining and understanding my own culture.
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Chapter 2, Getting There in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
This chapter describes how I got to do ethnographic research on Sikaiana, how I decided to go there and the logistics of setting up my research including funding, traveling and my initial meetings of Sikaiana people.
A related website is at www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 3, Daily Life in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
This chapter is a discussion of daily life on Sikaiana in the Solomon Islands , 980-1993. It describes daily routines, work and events.
A related website can be found at www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 4, My Life, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
A description of my life living with and learning from the Sikaiana people of the Solomon Islands, 1980-1993. The discussion includes how I established relationships and adjusted to life, and how I conducted ethnographic research.
A related website in www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 5, History, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
This chapter is a discussion of the legendary and the more recent recorded history of the Sikaiana people from the Solomon Islands.
A related website can be found at www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 6, Family, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
A discussion of the importance of kinship, descent, marriage and family among the Sikaiana people of the Solomon Islands, 1980-1993.
A related website is www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 7, Gender, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
An ethnographic description of gender roles on Sikaiana, Solomon Islands from 1980-1993.
A related website can be found at www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 8, Individuals, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
The lives of 5 different Sikaiana individuals. I give a brief description of their lives and also my different relationships with them.
A related website is at www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 9 Interaction, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
Concepts of person and expectations for interaction among the Sikaiana people of the Solomon Islands from 1980-1993.
Related material at www.Sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 10, Life in Town in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
A description of emigration to towns, mainly Honiara, among the Sikaiana people of the Solomon Islands from 1980 to 1993. The migrants maintained and developed many ways to express their solidarity and community.
A related website can be found here,
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Chapter 11, Songs in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
A chapter on song composition and performance in the Sikaiana ethnography. Songs were an important part of Sikaiana life in 1980-1993. There were two major song types: songs composed in a traditional Polynesian style, and songs composed for the more recently introduced guitar.
A related website is www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Chapter 12: Drinking, in Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner
The role or alcohol consumption among the Sikaiana, Solomon Islands. This is an account from 1980 to 1993 and the Sikaiana do not drink as heavily at present (2020). The chapter discusses the manner in which alcohol was integrated into Sikaiana life from 1980-1993.
A related site can be found at www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Conclusion, Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner PhD
Conclusion to Sikaiana ethnography. Discusses how the Sikaiana people maintained a tight-knit community with intense interpersonal relationships in the 20th Century..
Related material at www.sikaianaarchives.com
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Appendices
William Donner PhD
Appendices that include demographic and glossary for the ethnography of Sikaiana
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Bibliography for Intimacy and Community in a Changing World: Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
William Donner PhD
Bibliography for Ethnographic Description of Sikaiana Life 1980-1993
This is an ethnographic account of of life among the Sikaiana people of the Solomon Islands. It is based on research from 1980-1993. There have been many changes among the Sikaiana since then and readers are advised that this account is time bound to the period between 1980 and 1993.. Readers may view a related website at www.sikaianaarchives.com. This website includes the entire ethnography and also the different chapters.
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