Section 05 of 05
Kanak Land
Whose land it is, and the building on it.
Four entries. Every entry is one thing that exists only here, and the reason it does.
- 05.1
The grande case
A conical timber house built around a central post, with carved door jambs and a roof spear, and the standing it holds in a clan's ground.
05.2The Tjibaou Centre
Renzo Piano's ten timber cases at Nouméa, shaped and slatted to work the trade wind, opened in 1998.
05.3Land and clan
Customary land tenure as a living arrangement rather than a historical one.
05.4The languages
Around thirty Kanak languages, several with very few speakers, and what that means for the record.