Some information flows in a Samoan fono

Posted on Thu 17 February 2011 in Rumination • Tagged with fono, information flow

Idealized spatial organization of the fono Idealized spatial organization of the fono

The fono, politics and space

A fono is a political meeting in the Western Somoan village. The fono is a spatially organized event: high ranking orators are seated in the front, low ranking orators and other low status and low rank persons in the …


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