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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Pig tusks and paper money
  name:
    name part: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  name:
    name part: Lilliana Gibbs Productions
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Documentary.
  genre: Streaming videos.
  genre: Documentary films.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    place:
      place term: New York, NY
    publisher: Filmakers Library
    date issued: 2000
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (50 min.)
  abstract: There are two currencies in Papua New Guinea. The modern cash economy and a traditional economy based around shell money, banana leaf bundles and pig tusks. But there exists no legitimate system of exchange between the two. Henry Tokabak dreams of creating a bank where people can exchange their shell money for cash. He feels that the global economy takes a heavy toll on indigenous people. "Shell money gets exchanged within the community, but paper money just goes away." In the traditional economy, indigenous people live quite well without money. They build their houses, farm their land and barter for any extra items. They need cash only for bus fare, school fees and taxes. However, by standards set by the global economy they are cash poor. Henry's dream is frustrated by the regulation of the banking business. Even the word "bank" cannot be used to describe his operation. Further hindering his crusade is his pending court case for misappropriating public funds to establish an informal bank. Yet Henry has the support of many in his community. Sarah, a successful storekeeper on the Trobriand Islands, deals with both currencies and agrees on the need for such an institution. A provocative film for both anthropology and economics classes.
  target audience: For College; Adult audiences.
  target audience: general
  note: by Lilliana Gibbs Production in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  note: English.
  note: Association for Asian Studies, 2001
  note: Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Video Festival, 2000
  subject:
    geographic code: a-pp---
  subject:
    topic: Banks and banking
    geographic: Papua New Guinea
  subject:
    topic: Legal tender
    geographic: Papua New Guinea
  subject:
    topic: Monetary policy
    geographic: Papua New Guinea
  subject:
    topic: Paper money
    geographic: Papua New Guinea
  subject:
    geographic: Papua New Guinea
    topic: Economic conditions
  subject:
    topic: Politique monétaire
    geographic: Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
  subject:
    topic: Banks and banking
  subject:
    topic: Economic history
  subject:
    topic: Legal tender
  subject:
    topic: Monetary policy
  subject:
    topic: Paper money
  subject:
    geographic: Papua New Guinea
  classification: 995.3
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Filmakers library online
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: ALSTP
    record creation date: 080405
    record change date: 20241201230427.9
    record identifier: in00005544654
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng