The overall aim of the patrol was to complete a census of Nami-Uri and Nami-Hoi area of lake Kutubu sub-district by M.B Allwood. But there were two small natives’ groups which they couldn’t contact. The aim of the patrol was to see the work that was previously done by other patrols and gain information about…
Author: Cristela Garcia-Spitz
Cristela Garcia-Spitz recently became the Curator of the Tuzin Archive for Melanesian Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Library. In her former role as Project Manager in the Digital Library Development Program at UCSD, she worked on several digital projects within the Oceania Collection. She has a background in archives at Princeton University before coming to the UC San Diego Library. She earned her Masters in Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
Cristela’s perspective
Gude! Nem bilong mi emi Cristela Garcia-Spitz. My pronouns are: she, her, hers. I’m originally from Mercedes, Texas, which is just along the southern border of Texas and Mexico where the Rio Grande River runs into the Gulf of Mexico. I’m Mexican-American, coming from recent immigrants from Mexico on my father’s side and Midwestern/German roots…