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+ | Presented to the anthropology department seminar at Australian National University | ||
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+ | Seminar Room A/B, Australian Centre for China in the World | ||
2 September 2015 | 2 September 2015 | ||
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- | ## Let' | + | ## Let' |
In Auhelawa, a society on the south coast of Normanby Island (PNG), tapwalolo refers to Christianity as institution, | In Auhelawa, a society on the south coast of Normanby Island (PNG), tapwalolo refers to Christianity as institution, | ||
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Our house was literally swarming with natives who had gathered to ' | Our house was literally swarming with natives who had gathered to ' | ||
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+ | The Gospel, or taparoro as they call it, was something they could not understand. (Field 1892, 6) | ||
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+ | [T]hey would have ' | ||
The Sunday services on the whole are well attended, the novelty of ' | The Sunday services on the whole are well attended, the novelty of ' | ||
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+ | Last Monday a question was put to them, “What is taparoro? | ||
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+ | ## "i.e. the Christian religion": | ||
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+ | A child died the other day, and the friends were quite angry because the witches had not heeded the words of the lotu, i.e. the Christian religion Taparoro, and given up smiting the little ones. "These are times of peace," | ||
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+ | At the close I asked the people if they were willing to give up these evil practices and observe the Sabbath, etc.; they answered that now the missionaries had come to Dobu, they were going to adhere to ' | ||
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## Translating with taparoro: New words ## | ## Translating with taparoro: New words ## | ||
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## Translating with taparoro: Parallels ## | ## Translating with taparoro: Parallels ## | ||
- | * English, | + | {{ : |
- | * Christian, To tapwaroro, | + | |
- | * Church | + | (Bromilow 1904) |
- | * Church (membership), | + | |
- | * Congregation, | + | |
- | * Creed (Apostles), | + | |
- | * Religion (Christian), | + | |
## Stanley Iatara: The Panaeati jubilee, 1941 ## | ## Stanley Iatara: The Panaeati jubilee, 1941 ## | ||
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## References ## | ## References ## | ||
- | Bromilow, William E. 1891a. “New Guinea: Extracts from My Journal.” The Australian Methodist Missionary Review (Sydney), October. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. | ||
- | ———. 1891b. “Three Weeks in the ‘Dove.’” The Australian Methodist Missionary Review (Sydney), December. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. | + | Bromilow, William E. 1891. “Three Weeks in the ‘Dove.’” The Australian Methodist Missionary Review (Sydney), December. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. |
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+ | ———. 1893. “Letter from Mr. Bromilow.” Australasian Methodist Missionary Review, January 6. | ||
———. 1904. Vocabulary of English Words, With Equivalents. Geelong, Vic.: H. Thacker, Printer. | ———. 1904. Vocabulary of English Words, With Equivalents. Geelong, Vic.: H. Thacker, Printer. | ||
———. 1929. Twenty Years Among Primitive Papuans. London: Epworth Press. | ———. 1929. Twenty Years Among Primitive Papuans. London: Epworth Press. | ||
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+ | ———. 1910. Melanesians and Polynesians: | ||
Field, J. T. 1891. “Report from Dobu.” The Australian Methodist Missionary Review (Sydney), December. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. | Field, J. T. 1891. “Report from Dobu.” The Australian Methodist Missionary Review (Sydney), December. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. | ||
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+ | ———. 1892. “Extracts from My Journal.” Australasian Methodist Missionary Review, April 4. | ||
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+ | ———. 1893. “Extracts from Letter from Rev. J. T. Field, Tubetube.” Australasian Methodist Missionary Review, February 4. | ||
Hanks, William F. 2014. “The Space of Translation.” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 4 (2): 17–39. doi: | Hanks, William F. 2014. “The Space of Translation.” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 4 (2): 17–39. doi: | ||
- | Griffin, Helga M. 2013. “Young, Florence Selina Harriet (1856–1940).” In Australian Dictionary | + | King, Copland. 1899. A History |
Stone-Wigg, M. J. 1907. “The Papuans, a People of the South Pacific.” In Mankind and the Church Being an Attempt to Estimate the Contribution of Great Races To the Fulness of the Church of God, edited by H. H. Montgomery, 51–69. London: Longmans, Green and Co. http:// | Stone-Wigg, M. J. 1907. “The Papuans, a People of the South Pacific.” In Mankind and the Church Being an Attempt to Estimate the Contribution of Great Races To the Fulness of the Church of God, edited by H. H. Montgomery, 51–69. London: Longmans, Green and Co. http:// |
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