Oceania

"Decollectivist Strategies in Oceania"

Each action of a decollectivizing employer—be it in the realm of employment practices, information or relational actions—has both real and symbolic dimensions that may be inclusivist, exclusivist or both. While many attempts at decollectivism are crude, Australia has seen the emergence of a coherent model of sophisticated decollectivist behaviour which has policy implications for many countries...

Vitamin D status in Oceania

Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous states, mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. It generally includes Australia and New Zealand, and is often taken to include New Guinea and Pacific Islands. Though there have been a number of published studies evaluating vitamin D status in Australia and New Zealand, data from the rest of Oceania are lacking.

Emergence of Rickettsia africae, Oceania

We detected Rickettsia africae, the agent of African tick-bite fever (ATBF), by amplification of fragments of gltA, ompA, and ompB genes from 3 specimens of Amblyomma loculosum ticks collected from humans and birds in New Caledonia. Clinicians who treat persons in this region should be on alert for ATBF.

Challenging Audiences: Critical Ethnography in/for Oceania

The key thread I use to weave these contributions together is the politics of reception (or ‘audience’). Consequently, I invite readers to treat my contribution (somewhat unconventionally) more as a sample reading than as the collection’s conclusion. Following this thread, I hope to encourage you to resist approaching the foregoing arguments as separate and self-contained. Much is gained by ‘re...

Changing Christianity in Oceania: a Regional Overview