Sudseeoasen Leben und uberleben im WestPazifik, Edited by Ingrid Heerman

Sudseeoasen Leben und uberleben im WestPazifik
Edited by Ingrid Heerman

Many atoll-islands are endangered by the climate change. There have always been climate threats and consequently strategies with which to face them: networks connected the Islands over hundreds of kilometers, navigators sailed the ocean with knowledge of the stars, ocean streams and winds. People accepted the challenge of the environment: weather, house- and boatbuilding were overseen with the help of ghosts and gods; the often meager earth and fish filled reefs were sustained over time. Objects from the Linden-Museum collection illustrate traditions on land and in the ocean that are as endangered today as the habitat in which they originate.

Available only in German
Linden Museum, Stuttgart, 2009