I was assigned to read through Volume 10 of the patrol reports. After reading through almost 174 pages (I must admit, some pages were illegible due to the natural wear-and-tear of history), I was able to construct the Aboutness statement below: “This volume contains 8 patrol reports, with patrols conducted throughout the Pangia sub-district in…
Author: SHEFALI GOEL
Words and Representation, Pangia subdistrict
The keywords that I chose to use for my assigned patrol reports are: political education, economic development, cattle project, election, roadwork, self-government, and agriculture, census, tax collection. I chose these words due to the amount of times they were mentioned throughout my volume of patrol reports. A majority of my reports centered around the importance of…
Aboutness Statement: Volume 10, Pangia sub-district, July 1970-July 1971
This volume contains 8 patrol reports, with patrols conducted throughout the Pangia sub-district in the Southern Highlands. Topics that were covered on these patrols revolved around tax collection, general elections, heavy emphasis on political education and empowerment of women, construction of the Tealands road, with work being done on Wiru Loop in particular. The economic…
Cultural Context, Pangia District
My assigned patrol report was stationed at Pangia, in the district of the Southern Highlands, during the years of 1970-1971. My assigned patrol report was volume number 10, consisting of 8 reports. The area(s) patrolled within Pangia were: Pangia Sub-district, Wiru, Eastern Part Pangia Sub-District, all major villages within the Pangia sub-district, Wiru C.D., and…
About Shefali
Hello everyone! My name is Shefali. I am 25 years old and I am going to be a senior in the fall. I am a transfer student from Los Angeles. I was born in India, and adopted by Indian parents at 4 months old. My ancestry has always been a mystery to me, and recently…