David Troolin
School of Society and Culture
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
As a postgraduate student in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, I am focusing on the topic of agency and community among the Sam people of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Specifically, I am interested in the ways the Sam people use their cultural value of social harmony (wanbel) to bring about successful endeavors, in such areas as diverse as winning sports games to averting death by sorcery.
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| Tok Pisin | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 - 2006 | Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics | USA | MA |
| 1988 - 1992 | The University of Chicago | USA | BA |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Troolin, D. E. (2015). In the footsteps of the Wanbel men. Our Way, 31, 20-27. |
| 2013 | Troolin, D. (2013). Navigating contested terrain: vernacular education in a Papua New Guinean village. Current Issues in Language Planning, 14(2), 283-299. WoS6 |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - ongoing | Member | Australian Anthropological Society | - |
| 2007 - ongoing | Member | Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania | - |
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