My reflection of the study of the volume 3 patrol reports in Central District, Port Moresby, 1944-1946 indicates that there are several factors which could easily influence the outcome of the research in Papua New Guinea. Whether an analysis is considered objective really depends on the answer to the question: to what extent an researcher…
Tag: 1940s
Words and Representations, Port Moresby 1946-48
My approach for the key terms on the volume level was to select terminology that was in common for most of the reports and then a couple of terms that may be of particular interest for the time period such as “Native Compensation for War Damage.” Following is the terms that I used at the…
Words and Representation-Central District, Port Moresby 1944-1946 Jia Li Week 4
For my aboutness statement, I first perused the primary sources, the assigned patrol reports for Central District, Port Moresby, 1944-1946. During this process, I took two types of notes respectively: a comprehensive summary of observations, key terms, key events (“key” means showing up most frequently and consistently) and aboutness statement mostly in my own words,…
Aboutness Statement (Port Moresby, Central District, 1944-1946), Jia Li, Week 3
Key notes on patrol reports with timeline 1944 6/27-7/7 objects: Revise census Compile census Inspect GAILE village Gardens. Norm routine matters 6/30: high death rate in 1943-1944, 48 deaths, 9 births 7/2: inspection continues, settle complaint about distribution of food 7/3: census 7/4: census, inspection young men married to widows who were much older Complaint…
Aboutness Statement for Port Moresby 1946 – 1948
This volume is about general maintenance of established westernization of the villages located just outside of the city of Port Moresby but within the geographical area of Port Moresby. Maintenance includes routine census, health and hygiene checkups, road evaluations, agriculture, and native villager observations. Some reports include inquiries, requests and payments of Native Compensation for…
Cultural Context Port Moresby 1946 – 1948
Port Moresby is currently the capital of Papua New Guinea. Before the European settlement, the area was inhabited by the Motu and Koitabu people. The port was named after the Adm. Sir Fairfax Moresby, father of the explorer, Capt. John Moresby, to whom the harbor is credited. (Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2018) In present day, the…
Cultural Context: Central District, Port Moresby by Jia Li
Port Moresby in the Central District of Papua, is the administrative capital and the biggest town in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the most economically developed and most populous cities in Papua New Guinea according to the data provided by Worldatlas and many other pertinent articles. Port Moresby today has an international airport…