Radical Anthropology<p>Interesting piece on <a href="https://c.im/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>'s role in organising and sharing <a href="https://c.im/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/PapuaNewGuinea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PapuaNewGuinea</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/seafaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seafaring</span></a> trade, which has been assumed to be a masculine domain (by largely male anthros)</p><p>'Tattooing was an important women’s cultural practice in these regions, and tattoos signified major life stages such as marriage.</p><p>'Interestingly, the marriage tattoos used in Port Moresby and Hood Bay were identical in the 19th century, but no one that anthropologists spoke to remembered why. The tattoo designs suggest that Motu and Keapara women were once in very close contact.'</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNG</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pottery</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tattooing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tattooing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/men-traded-wares-but-women-traded-knowledge-what-a-new-archaeological-study-tells-us-about-png-sea-trade-258184" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/men-traded</span><span class="invisible">-wares-but-women-traded-knowledge-what-a-new-archaeological-study-tells-us-about-png-sea-trade-258184</span></a></p>
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Jens Notroff<p>Men traded wares, but women traded knowledge …</p><p>Since <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seafaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seafaring</span></a> was most often undertaken by men, anthropologists and archaeologists apparently overestimated their contribution to information sharing between cultures - and, again, overlooked the role of women in developing past <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> relationships, as new research from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PapuaNewGuinea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PapuaNewGuinea</span></a> suggests:</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/men-traded-wares-but-women-traded-knowledge-what-a-new-archaeological-study-tells-us-about-png-sea-trade-258184" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/men-traded</span><span class="invisible">-wares-but-women-traded-knowledge-what-a-new-archaeological-study-tells-us-about-png-sea-trade-258184</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@ConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ConversationUS</span></a></span></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Politico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politico</span></a> 📆 11/02/2022 : Don’t count on being <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/rescued" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rescued</span></a> — by <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> or the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceForce</span></a>, or even the company that built your private <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spaceship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceship</span></a>. <br><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Seafaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seafaring</span></a> ⛵ explorers traditionally sailed with <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/additional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>additional</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Apollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo</span></a> missions included <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/redundant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redundant</span></a> capsules that proved crucial in <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/saving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saving</span></a> the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Apollo13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo13</span></a> astronauts. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Skylab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skylab</span></a> had <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/rescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rescue</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/rockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rockets</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> on <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/standby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standby</span></a> for in-<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/orbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orbit</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/emergencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergencies</span></a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/space-rescue-service-astronauts-00064633" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2022/11/02/s</span><span class="invisible">pace-rescue-service-astronauts-00064633</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boeing</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Starliner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starliner</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HumanSpaceflightSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanSpaceflightSecurity</span></a></p>
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