Official Journal of the Society
People and Culture in Oceania

CURRENT ISSUE (Vol. 26, 2010)

• Kiyoshi Tadokoro An Analysis of the Organization of Groups for Fish Poisoning among the Tewada of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-22. (abstract, Key Words: fishing, kinship, leadership, great-men model, Angan societies.)
• Takashi Mita Alternative Futures of State-Making in the Pacific Islands: The Case of the Republic of Palau, pp. 23-55. (abstract, Key Words: Palau, state-making, globalization, futures studies, alternative futures, deductive forecasting method.)
• Yoko Nojima Pottery as Cooking Vessels: The Persistence of Pottery Technology in the Western Coast of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, pp. 57-79. (abstract, Key Words: ethnographic pottery, cooking, social dimensions, west coast Santo, Vanuatu, Melanesia.)
• Norio Niwa Leaving their Tradition Behind: Development of the Lami Movement in Fiji from 1949 to the 1990s, pp. 81-108. (abstract, Key Words: custom, modernity, inversion of tradition, cooperative, Bula Tale, Lami, Fiji.)
• Fumi Watanabe The Collective, the Individual and "Red Wave Art": The Importance of Styles at the Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture, pp. 109-136. (abstract, Key Words: art anthropology, Red Wave art, the Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture, style, collectivity, Fiji, Oceanic identity.)
• Communication
  • Ritsuko Kikusawa Collaborating in the Compilation of the Satawalese Cultural Dictionary: Thirty Years of a Dictionary Project Initiated by Cultural Anthropologists, pp. 137-147.

ARCHIVES

Since volume 17, all contents have been provided as pdf files in CiNii, from 6 months after the publication.

AIMS AND SCOPE

As the official journal of The Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies, People and Culture in Oceania aims to publish original research and communications of scientific interest. The language of publication is English and the relevant scientific fields include physical and cultural anthropology, linguistics, prehistory and archaeology, human ecology, geography, ethnobotany, etc. The geographical regions of research are Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Australia, and Island Southeast Asia, although research on adjacent areas, e.g., Taiwan and the Malay Peninsula, is also acceptable when the theme is relevant to the interests of Oceanists. The journal will be issued annually, in December. The editor welcomes submissions of original papers and communications. Communications include brief reports on scientific research and methodology, notes and remarks of interest, and book reviews. All manuscripts will be subject to peer review.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS

Manuscripts for PCO can be submitted throughout the year. Those that reach the Editor by April 30, 2010 will b considered for Volume 26 (to be published in December 2010).

1. Manuscripts submitted to the journal should not be simultaneously under consideration elsewhere.
2. Original papers should not exceed 30 text pages (single-space) in length at the time of submission. Communications should not exceed 8 pages.
3. The manuscript should include the title, an abstract not exceeding 300 words, and key words (fewer than 10 in number). An abstract is not necessary for a paper submitted as a Communication; however, if the contributor wishes, an abstract of about 100 words may be included.
4. Tables (with a brief explanatory heading) and figures should be prepared on separate sheets, and their approximate location should be indicated in the body of the text. Figures should be about twice the size desired for printing and suitable for reproduction. The heading of each figure should be typed on a separate sheet.
5. Reference citations and other details should follow the format of the papers published in previous issues. Please note that minor format changes were made in Vol. 22.
6. Submission in electronic form is encouraged. For the initial submission, send the manuscript to the Editor (pco [at] jsos.net) as attachment files in MS-Word and PDF formats. The electronic manuscript should be strictly anonymous. Authors should not identify themselves in the manuscript itself. Author's information (full name(s) of author(s), e-mail address(es), affiliation(s), a short running title, and the complete address of the person to whom the proofs are to be sent) as well as the title of the paper should be included in the body of the e-mail message.
7. To submit a manuscript by mail, send three hardcopies in the following form: typed double-spaced throughout on either A4 or letter size paper, with wide margins (at least 2.5 cm) at the sides as well as at the top and bottom of each page.
8. For the final manuscript of accepted submissions, a MS-Word RTF version of the text should be submitted together with either an electronic PDF version or a final hardcopy of the manuscript.
9. The editorial committee reserves the right to charge authors for extra costs such as for drawing figures, or necessary English editing.

Manuscripts and communications concerning editorial matters should be addressed to:

SHIRAKAWA Chihiro (E-mail: pco[at]jsos.net)
Editor, People and Culture in Oceania
National Museum of Ethnology
10-1 Senri Expo-park, Suita-shi
Osaka 565-8511 JAPAN

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE

Membership in The Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies (JSOS) is open to all individuals who are interested in people and culture in Oceania. The annual dues are 4,000 Yen (or US$ 20). Membership includes an annual subscription to People and Culture in Oceania. For non-members of JSOS, the subscription price per volume is 6,000 Yen (or US$ 40), including postage. Application for membership and subscription inquiries should be addressed to the secretary of the society:

UMEZAKI Masahiro (E-mail: secretary[at]jsos.net)
Department of Human Ecology
Graduate School of Medicine
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-0033 JAPAN

For the e-mail addresses listed above, [at] should be replaced by "@".

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