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Since 1979, David Akin has spent about five years working and researching in the Solomon Islands, at first as a Peace Corps volunteer when he and Kate Gillogly, then his wife, helped Kwaio set up the Kwaio Cultural Centre, in central Malaita.
David Akin draws on extensive archival and field research to present a practice-based analysis of colonial officers’ interactions with Malaitans in the years leading up to and during Maasina Rule. A primary focus is the place of knowledge in the colonial administration.
- David K. Akin
- 2013
Oct 31, 2013 · David Akin draws on extensive archival and field research to present a practice-based analysis of colonial officers’ interactions with Malaitans in the years leading up to and during Maasina...
T1 - Review: David W. Akin: Colonialism, Maasina Rule and the Origin of Malaitan Kastom. In: Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2018, S. 190-192. AU - Mückler, Hermann
- English
- Published-5 May 2019
- 190-192
- Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies
Award-winning journalist David Akin covers Canadian federal and electoral politics and is currently Chief Political Correspondent for Global News where his work is featured on Global National,...
- Chief Political Correspondent
David W. Akin's 3 research works with 79 citations and 165 reads, including: Kastom as hegemony? A response to Babadzan.
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BIO Award-winning journalist David Akin covers Canadian federal and electoral politics and is currently Chief Political Correspondent for Global News where his work is featured on Global National, on Global news programs across the country, on Global News Radio stations, and at GlobalNews.ca. Akin has covered seven federal elections and more ...