Essays on New Guinea

According to the World Health Organisation, Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that affects humans. The disease is spread through direct contact with an infected individual, coughing or sneezing, and direct contact with infectious body fluids (World Health Organization, 2016). Between 2013 and 2015, there was a measles outbreak in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu. In Solomon Islands, the disease was first reported in July 2014, after a return traveler from Papua New Guinea was discovered to be suffering from the disease. According to the World Health Organization, the measles outbreak started in Papua New Guinea ...

Ok Tedi Copper Mine

The Ok Tedi Copper Mine is located in Papua New Guinea. It is an open-pit gold and copper mine, named as such because it is near the Ok Tedi River. Mining gold and copper out of the pit have caused widespread social and environmental harm to the atmosphere around the Ok Tedi Copper Mine. Located near a river, the discharge and runoff of the mine have negatively impacted the lives of tens of thousands of residents in over one-hundred villages living downstream from the mine. The people are now suffering because of the placement of the mine, but also ...

Faith and the belief systems play a vital role in driving the human experience. In their articles, Street (2010), Keane (2008), and Lewis (2002) make interesting discussions about the concept of belief in the universal world. This essay utilizes their influence to argue that belief is not in opposition to doubt. Also, however, there appears to be a clear universal distinction between irrational and rational beliefs. The following is a further discussion on this issue. Belief systems, however, have different ways of explaining forces that operate within the contemporary world. Christianity, for instance, as suggested by Alice Street (2010) ...

Oil Search Limited, established in 1929 in Papua New Guinea has its focus on oil and gas exploration and development . During the course of this long standing relationship with the Government of Papua New Guinea and its people, the company has shown immense commitment in ensuring the welfare of the country and its people through various societal benefit programs. This report focuses on Oil Search Limited; various corporate responsibility programs initiated and implemented the company, and the company’s risk management framework and infrastructure.

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the traditional institution of trade and economics among the Trobriand Islanders. The primary focus is on the symbolic interpretation of the acts involved in the kula ring and in yam production, display and distribution. The first section of the paper explains the kula ring and how it operated in Trobriand society at the time of the first ethnographic description of the Trobrianders by Malinowski in 1914. The second section examines how social hierarchy is expressed in trade within the kula ring. The third section looks at the difference between symbolic gift ...

Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26th, 1880 in Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas. His desire to enroll in the army was not a surprise to anyone, as he was following the example of his father and the military career Douglas Jr. saw unravel before him. His mother played an important role in the military career of her son. She helped him to achieve the next milestone in his career and get an invitation to study at the most prestigious military institution in the United States – West Point Academy. The future general graduated the academy in 1903 with ...

In what ways can we say that cannibalism exists in a normative cultural framework?

Cannibalism is the act of eating human flesh. It is also known as anthropophagy in which a person is not bound to eat human flesh but his/her different organs as well. The act was first identified in the tribe of West Indies. The origin of the term ‘Canibales’ is quite controversial as many narratives said that Christopher Columbus mistakenly called them ‘Canibales’ instead of Caribs. Cannibalism was common in different parts of the world. If its say that the concept was more related to the cultural norm or practice, then it is not wrong. In the past, the act ...

Cannibalism was quite common among the early man. The suggested reasons for cannibalism may be to survive starvation especially during the winter seasons or rituals performed by the early man when one of them died. This paper will shed light on prehistoric cannibalism and the disease, which can spread from one person to another because of cannibalism. Evidence that cannibalism prevailed in early man exists in the modern literature. According to the article written by John Roach, modern man contains genetic markers, which are an indicator that early humans were cannibals. Scientist attributes their discovery of genes protecting against ...

The battles of the two coalitions during World War II deployed on the space of the four basis theaters of war: the Pacific, the Mediterranean, the West European and the Eastern ones, with the Pacific playing the role of the primary battleground that witnessed the great sea battles between the Japanese and Allies. Apart from Nazi Germany, Military Japan also had expansionist plans in its strategy during WWII. As long as in 1931 it made an attempt to occupy Manchuria and North China, as well as the invasion into the depth of China in 1937 (Japanese Conquest). The expansion ...

Already in 1937, the US government was dissatisfied with the actions of the Japanese in Manchuria, as well as with the policy of Germany and Italy. Being a major supplier of oil and steel to Japan, the United States warned the Japanese government about the possibility of termination of the supply in case the Japanese army will not leave China In order to exclude the possibility of military aggression by Japan, Roosevelt throws part of the American fleet in the Hawaiian Islands located on a military base - Pearl Harbor, which is now the headquarters of the US Pacific ...

Trobriand islanders are the inhabitants of Trobriand Island. This is a unique community of people, who despite the civilization and European colonization were able to maintain their authentic traditions and way of life. These people still live by primitive style of living, but some of the impacts of globalization they have taken into their lives. Many anthropologists explored Trobriand culture, but two of them succeeded the most. Let`s have a more deliberate look at this unusual islanders who were able to save their primitive identity among the world of civilization. Trobriand consists of the four main islands which ...