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East Is a Big Bird : Navigation and Logic on Puluwat Atoll / Thomas GLADWIN.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1970Description: 1 online resource (259 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674037625
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 623.89/23/09966 22
LOC classification:
  • GN440 .G55 1970eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674037625

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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