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,…
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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…
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…