The Coral Gardens are Losing their Magic: The Social Impact of Climate Change 
and Overpopulation for the Trobriand Islanders [Invited Talk]

Senft, Gunter

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The Coral Gardens are Losing their Magic: The Social Impact of Climate Change and Overpopulation for the Trobriand Islanders [Invited Talk]

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Senft, Gunter
Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Senft, G. (2014). The Coral Gardens are Losing their Magic: The Social Impact of Climate Change and Overpopulation for the Trobriand Islanders [Invited Talk]. Talk presented at The social Impacts of Climate Change - An interactive problem-based workshop hosted by the European Consortium for Pacific Studies (ECOPAS) at the Center for Pacific and Asian Studies, Radboud University. Nijmegen. 2014-04-09 - 2014-04-10.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0018-E7A7-9

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This talk deals with the dramatic environmental and social changes on the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea which I experienced during 16 long- and short-term field-trips from 1982 to 2012. I first report about the climate change I experienced there over the years, then I provide a survey about the demographic changes on the Trobriands - highlighting the situation in Tauwema, my village of residence on Kaile'una Island, and finally I report on the social impact these dramatic changes have for the Trobraind Islanders and their culture.