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Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them1.47 MB
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Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them
The Conversation, Vol.13 March 2024
2024
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
One afternoon last year, we sat in a village hall in Fiji chatting to residents about traditional ways of forecasting tropical cyclones. One man mentioned a black-winged storm bird known as “manumanunicagi” that glides above the land only when a cyclone is forming out to sea. As the conversation continued, residents named at least 11 bird species, the odd behaviour of which signalled imminent changes in the weather.
Details
- Title
- Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them
- Authors
- Patrick Nunn - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyRoselyn Kumar - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.13 March 2024
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.t37j6v57j
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991008298702621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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