Making Sense of Hierarchy: Cognition as Social Process in Fiji

Christina Toren,London School of Economics

• 1 Introduction 2 Kinship and hierarchy within the household 3 Transforming equality into hierarchy 4 Hierarchy and equality beyond the household 5 Containing equality- the yfUJona ceremony 6 Hierarchy and space in the church 7 Government and traditional hierarchy 8 Learning about seniority and gender 9 Understanding above/below 10 Cognition as a micro-historical process