That book considers the variety of this practiced on Omarakana as the norm, and catalogues "verbal acts" designed to assist with it.
An analogy to this human activity is used in the title of a 1969 paper questioning Australia's doctrine of terra nullius by Rhys Jones. It's not magic, but this activity is the subject of study of a book that describes how an urigubu serves as a "glorified brother-in-law." That book considers the variety of this practiced on Omarakana as the norm, and catalogues "verbal acts" designed to assist with it. Aboriginal methods of attracting game are called this practice's "fire-stick" type. Indonesian forms of its (*) "swidden" type were examined by Clifford Geertz. The aid of sorcerers in this activity among Trobrianders was studied by Bronislaw Malinowski [BROH-nee-swaff mah-lih-NOFF-skee] in a book titled for "Coral Gardens." For 10 points, slash-and-burn is a type of what activity, which might produce taro or wheat?
An analogy to this human activity is used in the title of a 1969 paper questioning Australia's doctrine of terra nullius by Rhys Jones.
farming [or agriculture; accept similar answers such as cultivation or growing crops or tilling the soil, which is the subtitle of Malinowski’s book; accept gardening until “Gardens;” accept fire-stick farming, which isn’t actually farming, but works] &lt;WA, SocSci&gt;