Adha gar tidi : cultural sensitivity in western Torres Strait / Rod and Judy Kennedy, with the people of the western Torres Strait
- Bib ID:
- 1784314
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kennedy, Rod, 1942-
- Description:
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- Darwin : Summer Institute of Linguistics. Australian Aborigines and Islanders Branch, 1990
- ix, 76 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0868923354
- Series:
- Work papers of SIL-AAIB. Series B ; v. 14.
- Summary:
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Torres Strait Islander culture, meetings, work ethic, bilingual education, customs; Thursday Island; respect, communication, family trees, adoption, decision making, time, worldview; role management, conflict mediation, consensus; interpersonal relationships; hierarchically structured government schemes; wife lending; see 1986 publication; includes papers in English and vernacular texts by Kala lagaw Ya.
- Notes:
- Bibliographies: p. 74-76.
- Subject:
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- Intercultural communication
- Cultural relations
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs
- Education - Language - Bilingual
- Indigenous knowledge - World view
- Child welfare - Adoption and fostering
- Social behaviour - Roles
- Kalaw Lagaw Ya / Kala Lagaw Ya language (Y1) (Qld TSI SC54-07)
- Torres Strait Islanders (Qld TSI SC54, SC55)
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Meriam Mir / Miriam Mer language (Y3) (Qld TSI SC55-05)
- Meriam people (Y3) (Qld TSI SC55-05)
- Torres Strait Islands (Qld) -- Relations
- Waiben / Thursday Island (Qld TSI SC54-11)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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