TY  - BOOK
AU  - GLADWIN,Thomas
TI  - East Is a Big Bird: Navigation and Logic on Puluwat Atoll 
SN  - 9780674037625
AV  - GN440 .G55 1970eb
U1  - 623.89/23/09966 22
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Cognitive styles
KW  - Puluwat Atoll
KW  - Navigation
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Maps and Diagrams --; Preface --; 1. A Sail in the Sun --; 2. The Way of the Voyager --; 3. Canoes --; 4. The Navigators --; 5. Navigation under the Big Bird --; 6. Perspectives on Thinking --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Puluwat Atoll in Micronesia, with a population of only a few hundred proud seafaring people, can fulfill anyone's romantic daydream of the South Seas. Thomas Gladwin has written a beautiful and perceptive book which describes the complex navigational systems of the Puluwat natives, yet has done so principally to provide new insights into the effects of poverty in Western cultures. The cognitive system which enables the Puluwatans to sail their canoes without instruments over trackless expanses of the Pacific Ocean is sophisticated and complex, yet the Puluwat native would score low on a standardized intelligence test. The author relates this discrepancy between performance and measured abilities to the educational problems of disadvantaged children. He presents his arguments simply and clearly, with sensitive and detailed descriptions and many excellent illustrations. His book will appeal to anthropologists, psychologists, and sailing enthusiasts alike
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037625?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674037625
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674037625/original
ER  -