Volume 9, 2019

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The Journal of Sāmoan Studies (JSS) is a multidisciplinary publication devoted to the study of Sāmoa. The Centre for Sāmoan Studies gratefully acknowledges the reviewers who contributed to the blind review process for this volume.

Content

Articles

Town as Village: Urbanisation, Governance and Neotraditionalism in Sāmoa

Susana Tauaa and Penelope Schoeffel, National University of Sāmoa.

Village Fono Amendment Act 2017- Some Social and Gender Issues

Ramona Boodoosingh, National University of Sāmoa.

A Bus Ride in Samoa during the 1980s: Hierarchy, Stratification and Individualism in the Fa’asamoa

Serge Tcherkezoff, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and The Australian National University.

Policy Brief

Evaluating the Implementation of the National Information and Communication Technology Policy (NICTP) 2012–2017 in Sāmoa: a Review of the Literature

Victoria Lepou, National University of Sāmoa.

Shorter Communications

Tui’umi: Na ia Fasioti Tamafaiga

Aleni Sofara, Iunivesite Aoao o Samoa.

The Fa’asāmoa and the Election Lawspdf_icon-60

Aleni Sofara, National University of Sāmoa.

Book Reviews

Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa – by Joseph Farrell

Judy-Anne Alexander-Pouono, National University of Sāmoa.

Globalised Reciprocity: Expanding Sāmoan World and Chieftainship. Matori Yamamoto. Kobundo, 2018, Tokyo. Hardback, illustrated, 281 pages. IBSN: 978-4-335-56137-5.pdf_icon-60

Masami Tsujita Levi, National University of Sāmoa.

Contributors

 

Editor’s Note

 

Volume 8, 2018

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The Journal of Sāmoan Studies (JSS) is a multidisciplinary publication devoted to the study of Sāmoa. The Centre for Sāmoan Studies gratefully acknowledges the reviewers who contributed to the blind review process for this volume.

Content

Articles

Climate Change Opportunities for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) – The Samoan Experience

Susana Taua’a, National University of Sāmoa.

Transformations to Fa’amatai (Sāmoan Chiefly System): Implications for Climate Change Resilience in Samoa

Anita Latai Niusulu, National University of Samoa.

The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Sāmoa and the Sāmoa Church (LMS)

Brian T. Alofaituli, National University of Sāmoa.

Family Tradition, Curriculum and Voices – Road to Successpdf_icon-60

Tavita Lipine, National University of Sāmoa.

Authority of the Matai Sa’o in Contemporary Sāmoa: At Home and Abroadpdf_icon-60

Meleisea Leasiolagi Malama Meleisea, National University of Sāmoa.

Shorter Communications

Commentary: Labour Migration in and out of Sāmoa

Masami Tsujita Levi, National University of Sāmoa.

Collecting Memoriespdf_icon-60

Leua Latai, National University of Sāmoa.

Reviews

Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing by Sean Mallon and Sebastian Galliot

Penelope Schoeffel, National University of Sāmoa.

To Walk Under Palm Trees, The Germans in Sāmoa: Snapshots from Albums – Part One by Tony Bruntpdf_icon-60

Safua Akeli Amaama, National University of Sāmoa.

Contributors

 

Volume 7 No.3, 2017

The Journal of Sāmoan Studies (JSS) is a multidisciplinary publication devoted to the study of Sāmoa. The Centre for Sāmoan Studies gratefully acknowledges the reviewers who contributed to the blind review process for this volume.

Content

Articles

Women, Culture and Political Participation in Sāmoa

Penelope Schoeffel, Measina Meredith and Ruta Fiti‐Sinclair, Centre for Sāmoan Studies, National University of Sāmoa.

Contemporary Challenges to Students’ Achievement in English in the Foundation Programme at the National University of Sāmoa.pdf_icon-60

Sina Vaai and Vernetta Heem, National University of Sāmoa.

Facilitating Transfer of Training for Sāmoan Student Teachers: An Exploratory Investigation

Rasela Tufue‐Dolgoy, National University of Sāmoa and Lex McDonald, Victoria University of Wellington.

Fa’asāmoa Bioethics and Healthcare decision‐making in New Zealandpdf_icon-60

Bridget Crichton, National University of Sāmoa.

Evaluation of an Expressive Art as Therapy Program Undertaken in Sāmoapdf_icon-60

Leua Latai, National University of Sāmoa, and Lex McDonald, Victoria University of Wellington.

The Meaning and Value of Favourite Possessions in Environmental Transitions: A case of regional and international students studying in Sāmoa.pdf_icon-60

Bernadette Samau and Iemaima Gabriel, National University of Sāmoa.

Tui’umi: The Assassinpdf_icon-60

Aleni Sofara, National University of Sāmoa.

Tautai: Sāmoa, World History, and the Life of Ta’isi O. F. Nelson
Patricia O’Brien. Wellington, Huia Publishers and University of Hawai’i Press, 2017. 399 pp., maps, illus., notes, bibliog.pdf_icon-60

Safua Akeli Amaama, Centre for Sāmoan Studies. National University of Sāmoa.

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Volume 7 No.2, 2017

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The Journal of Sāmoan Studies (JSS) is a multidisciplinary publication devoted to the study of Sāmoa. The Centre for Sāmoan Studies gratefully acknowledges the reviewers who contributed to the blind review process for this volume.

Content

Articles

The Sāmoan Village, the Brother-Sister Relationship and the Rule of Exogamypdf_icon-60

Serge Tcherkézoff, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and The Australian National University

The Reconstruction of a Sāmoan Village: Quest for the Spatial Narration of the Mythological origin and the Social Structure of Poutasipdf_icon-60

Werner Hennings, Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University.

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Volume 7 No.1, 2017

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The Journal of Sāmoan Studies (JSS) is a multidisciplinary publication devoted to the study of Sāmoa. The Centre for Sāmoan Studies gratefully acknowledges the reviewers who contributed to the blind review process for this volume.

Content

Articles

O le Fale o le Fe’epdf_icon-60

Monalisa Saveaalii Malietoa, Iunivesite Aoao o Sāmoa

Potential for Community Managed Sustainable Tourism Development on Apolima Islandpdf_icon-60

Lenara Lana Tuipoloa‐Utuva, National University of Sāmoa and Brent Lovelock, University Of Otago.

Transnational Sāmoan Chiefs: Views of the Fa’amatai (Chiefly System)pdf_icon-60

Melani Anae, Falaniko Tominiko, Vavao Fetui and Ieti Lima, Pacific Studies, University of Auckland

Is There a Link?: The Effect of Attitude toward Television Advertisement, Brand and Purchase Intention.pdf_icon-60

Bernadette Samau, Tapu Iemaima Gabriel and Hobart Sasa, National University of Sāmoa

From Sāmoa with Love? Sāmoan Travellers in Germany, 1895-1911: Retracing the Footsteps, by Safua Akeli.pdf_icon-60

Reviewed by Dr Penelope Schoeffel, Centre for Sāmoan Studies, National University of Sāmoa

Mothers’ Darlings of the South Pacific: The Children of Indigenous Women and US Servicemen, World War II. Edited by Judith A. Bennett and Angela Wanhallapdf_icon-60

Reviewed by Safua Akeli, Centre For Sāmoan Studies, National University of Sāmoa

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