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Calendar Plants in Southern Vanuatu

Balick, Michael J.; Plunkett, Gregory M.; Harrison, K. David; Kelso, Neal; Wahe, Martial; Ramík, Dominik M.; Dovo, Presley; Nasauman, Wina; Neriam, Reuben; Keith, Tony; Ranker, Tom A.; Wahe, Jean‐Pascal (2023-05-03)

One noteworthy example of these is the use of “ecological calendars,” in which natural cycles are observed as guides in time-reckoning. In southern Vanuatu, what we here call “calendar plants” represent the majority of ...
Weather magic as environmental knowledge in southern Vanuatu

Balick, Michael J.; Harrison, K. David; Kelso, Neal; Neriam, Reuben; Noar, Johnson; Plunkett, Gregory M.; Ramík, Dominik M.; Wahe, Jean-Pascal (2022)

This paper presents weather magic practices from the islands of Tanna and Aneityum, in southern Vanuatu, and highlights how this phenomenon is a critical domain of Indigenous environmental knowledge, particularly knowledge ...