{"id":676,"date":"2015-09-14T18:48:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T18:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bknauft\/?page_id=676"},"modified":"2015-10-30T16:18:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T16:18:21","slug":"gebusi-photo-gallery-chapter-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bknauft\/gebusi\/gebusi-photo-gallery\/gebusi-photo-gallery-chapter-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Gebusi Photo Gallery: Chapter 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"chapter07a_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1. An airplane with its cargo unloaded at the Nomad airstrip, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_2\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Gebusi greeting Bruce on his arrival, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_4\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Wahi 1998, airline agent (largely unpaid)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_5\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Wahi 1998, church translator for the evangelical pastor<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_6\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Wahi 1981, in warrior face and smoking a pipe<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_7\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

6. Didiga as a young boy, 1981<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_8\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

7. Didiga as a young man in 1998 (shirt courtesy of Bruce)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_10\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

8. Mus, sister of Halia, 1980<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_11\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

9. Mus, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_12\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

10. Halowa, Yuway\u2019s younger brother, 1981<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_13\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

11. Halowa, carrying his son named \u201cBruce,\u201d 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_14\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

12. A new generation of children in Gasumi Corners<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_15\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

13. Gwabi, 1981<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07a_16\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

14.\u00a0Gwabi, 1998, standing by sweet potatoes from his garden that he has just harvested<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_1\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

15. Gwabi, 1998, proudly holding his young son.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter03a_6\"<\/a><\/p>\n

15a.\u00a0A pile of food purchased at Nomad market for about $2.40 US in 1998; coconuts, squash, sweet potatoes, bamboo shoots, peanuts, papayas, Tahitian chestnuts, sago, cassava, taro, and three kinds of bananas. The root crops, squash, and peanuts are largely crops introduced since pacification.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_4\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

16. Gebusi leaving Nomad and carrying Bruce\u2019s cargo to Gasumi Corners. The carrier closest to the camera is Modiay.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_5\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

17. Gasumi Corners hamlet where Bruce resided<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_6\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

18. Bruce\u2019s house, 1998 (flag courtesy of Eileen)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_7\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

19. Bruce\u2019s house interior, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_10\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

20.\u00a0Fieldwork revolution: solar panels and battery for computer use<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_11\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

21.\u00a0Fieldwork revisited, 1998:\u00a0 talking with Mosomiay and his family while taking computer notes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_12\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

22.\u00a0Fieldwork, 1981: Bruce wrestling with carbon paper<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7b_8\"<\/a><\/p>\n

23.\u00a0Bruce relaxing on his back porch by the dining room table, coconut tree outside<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7b_9\"<\/p>\n

24.\u00a0Bruce with three Gebusi friends, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_13\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

25.\u00a0First light on Bruce\u2019s first morning in Gasumi Corners: Dawn from the back porch of Bruce\u2019s house, looking out over garden clearings and secondary forest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_14\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

26.\u00a0Mist burning off in a hot morning sun, from Bruce\u2019s house, Gasumi Corners<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_15\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

27.\u00a0Early afternoon storm, viewed from Gasumi Corners<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter07b_16\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

28.\u00a0Storm ending, viewed from Gasumi Corners<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_1\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

29.\u00a0Clearing following afternoon storm, Gasumi Corners<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_2\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

30.\u00a0<\/span>Dusk, Gasumi Corners<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_3\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

31.\u00a0<\/span>Early sunset, Gasumi Corners<\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_4\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

32.\u00a0<\/span>Late sunset, Gasumi Corners<\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_5\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

33. The path to Nomad from Gasumi Corners, showing mixed clearing and secondary forest and a family homestead<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_6\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

34. The path to Nomad from Gasumi Corners across the Hamam River, now bridged for foot travel to Nomad Station.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_7\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

35. The path to Nomad: the edge of the Nomad Station, looking over the edge of the airstrip toward distant mountains to the northeast.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_8\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

36.\u00a0The Nomad Catholic Church, on the outskirts of Nomad near Gasumi Corners<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_9\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

37. The lay pastor of the Nomad Catholic Church, a man from outside the Nomad area, preaching to parishioners from the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_10\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

38. Changes in \u201ctime\u201d: The Nomad Community School daily schedule, which is divided into fifteen- and thirty-minute schedule periods.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_11\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

39. Economic isolation at Nomad. During 1980-82, Nomad officers owned a new yellow truck, which they drove around the station and for several miles up the spur of a single road.\u00a0 By 1998, the road had washed out and the truck had broken down and had not been replaced; the Nomad Station had no motor vehicles.\u00a0 As a monument to their economic isolation, people buried the broken truck upside-down, tail in the air, in the main grounds just outside the government station house.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_12\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

40. The Gasumi Corners Store, begun and operated with Bruce\u2019s help. The store ran successfully, but such local enterprises often fail over time due to problems of supply, unexpected costs, and disputes over money.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_13\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

41. First graders sitting cross-legged on the floor listening to an arithmetic lesson at the Nomad Community School.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_14\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

42. Girl standing by the altar of the Nomad Catholic Church<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter7c_15\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

43. The Catholic pastor at Nomad harangues the congregation using the moral lesson of a Bible story.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_1\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

44. Yuway in costume after a feast, 1981<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_2_new\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

45. Yuway dancing, following his initiation, 1981<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_3\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

46. Yuway as senior man, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_4_new\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

47. Yuway holding an initiation arrow he has carved, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_5\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

48. Christian conversion poster #1: Dark heart of man closed to God. The devil and forest spirits reign supreme, while the Bible is closed and the fire of the Lord is left outside.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_6\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

49.\u00a0Christian conversion poster #2:\u00a0 Black heart of man who resists God.\u00a0 The Bible and the fire of the Lord exert force, but the pagan heart resists and turns black<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_7\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

50. Christian conversion poster #3: The death of a heathen man. A man who has been sinful in life — drinking beer, playing cards, hoarding money — dies forever.\u00a0 His soul burns in hell, accompanied by devils.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_8\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

51. Christian conversion poster #4: Gray heart of a man beginning to hear God\u2019s word. The Bible and the fire and the eye of the Lord are inside the man\u2019s heart, but the Bible remains closed and the fire is small.\u00a0 The devil and heathen spirits of the forest gather around the heart, attempting to get back in.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_9_new\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

52. Christian conversion poster #5: the bright heart of a man who hears God\u2019s word. The book of the Bible opens to the \u201cgood news,\u2019 the fire of the Lord burns brightly, and the eye and the mouth of the Lord grow large.\u00a0 The man\u2019s heart is enlightened, while the devil and pagan spirits are repelled.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08a_10\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

53. Christian conversion poster #6: The enlightened heart of a converted Christian. The man\u2019s heart enshrines knowledge of the Bible and its various verses and stories.\u00a0 The Lord reigns supreme, the man smiles fully, and the heart is bounded by a solid wall against the devil.\u00a0 Pagan spirits of the forest have disappeared.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_1\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

54. Christian conversion poster #7: The death of a good Christian man. The man dies with a smile on his face and the Bible open on his chest.\u00a0 Though his wife weeps for him, a white angel ushers his spirit upwards to everlasting life in a golden shining heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_2_new\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

55. Small hamlet church of the Seventh Day Adventists, near Gasumi Corners. Yuway stands in a white shirt in the center of the photograph<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_3_new\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

56. Pastor preaching in the Nomad Evangelical Church of Papua New Guinea<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_4\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

57. A woman listens to the pastor\u2019s sermon in the Evangelical church<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_5\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

58. Men listen to the pastor\u2019s sermon in the Evangelical church<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_6_new\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

59. Modiay, 1998, wearing the shirt his warden gave him while he was serving his prison term for killing Sabowey.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_7\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

60. Modiay, 1998, showing his prison skills (and his physique) by carrying a large pot of rice he has cooked for a village feast<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_8\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

61. Modiay, 1998, leans on the porch of my house after telling me his story of Christian conversion<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_9\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

62. Uwano\u2019s corpse, dressed in his white Sunday shirt, wreathed in leaves, and placed in a grave.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"chapter08b_10\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

63. People of Gasumi Corners cluster around Uwano\u2019s open grave while a Catholic lay pastor reads a passage from the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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