Papua New Guinea Culture & Society

fearn · 10th December 2009, 12:27 AM

Hi Alan,

The couple of useful things to find out are:

a) the tribal affiliation of the PNG officials (religion will help too--they're probably Christian, but knowing whether they're Catholic, Baptist, or 7th Day Adventist will help)

b) the mores of Port Moresby and the government. In my limited reading, Port Moresby is a melting pot with some interesting social issues, and high PNG government types are often educated abroad as well. Since this is the environment you're working in, it's probably worth focusing on it.

I think Dizos probably has the good insights. It might also be worth seeing what you can learn from the missionary websites as well.

10th December 2009, 12:27 AM	#8
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Hi Alan, The couple of useful things to find out are: a) the tribal affiliation of the PNG officials (religion will help too--they're probably Christian, but knowing whether they're Catholic, Baptist, or 7th Day Adventist will help) b) the mores of Port Moresby and the government. In my limited reading, Port Moresby is a melting pot with some interesting social issues, and high PNG government types are often educated abroad as well. Since this is the environment you're working in, it's probably worth focusing on it. I think Dizos probably has the good insights. It might also be worth seeing what you can learn from the missionary websites as well.