Sikret Fren: economic costs and moral values in a friendship ritual in Honiara, Solomon Islands
This article analyses the case of Sikret Fren, a like-for-like gift exchange ritual organised by the members of the Anglican church of Gilbert Camp, an illegal settlement on the outskirts of Honiara, Solomon Islands. The objects exchanged, the people involved, and their relationships are discussed a...
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Journal de la société des océanistes
2017
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sažetak: | This article analyses the case of Sikret Fren, a like-for-like gift exchange ritual organised by the members of the Anglican church of Gilbert Camp, an illegal settlement on the outskirts of Honiara, Solomon Islands. The objects exchanged, the people involved, and their relationships are discussed according to Gregory’s analytical opposition between Gift and Commodity. The resulting categorization of people, objects, and relationships is looked at from the perspective of the Domestic Moral Economy developed by Peterson & Taylor. The article locates Sikret Fren in relation to the cultural, historical, geographical, and socio-economic context in which it was developed; illustrates the rationale behind the reciprocal transactions of identical gifts between ritual friends; and suggests that urban and peri-urban settlers use their cultural creativity in reaction to the moral and economic challenges caused by the incompatibilities between their values and their material conditions. |
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