Garden and Demographic Surveys of the Was Valley, Southern Highlands of Papua, New Guinea, 1973-1997

This research project had the following five interrelated objectives:<ul><li>to further understanding of political and economic arrangements in noncapitalist<br> contexts (or more narrowly, political and economic anthropology) </li><li> to contribute to comparative political-economic thought by testing Western<br> philosophical assumptions against acephalous arrangements</li><li>to advance further the investigation of a Highland New Guinea political economy (one of the most thorough inquiries into such a regime yet attempted)</li><li>to make an innovative contribution to ethnographic research methods and analysis using recent developments in information technology and escience </li><li>to explore what an alternative acephalous view of development might comprise and future opportunities to advance this through local participation</li></ul>The ethnographic data produced for the project encompass land use, demography, genealogical and biographical information and other ethnography.<br> <br> Further information may be found on the <a href="http://www.wolaland.org/page/" title="Was Valley Anthropological Archive">Was Valley Anthropological Archive</a> web site, and on the <a href="http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-063-27-0105" title="From Production to Transaction: Challenging Political-Economic Assumptions">From Production to Transaction: Challenging Political-Economic Assumptions</a> ESRC award web page.<br> <br>