Inati
Inati ( Tokelau for "group") is a principle of resource sharing that is practiced in Tokelau (South Pacific island group).
Inati regulates both collective fishing and the distribution of the goods resulting from this fishing through social control . Inati also refers to other commercial goods such as coconuts and taro ( taro ), but also to rationed goods such as gasoline and alcohol.
There are no written rules for this practice, but the entire Tokelauan community knows how it works.
Meanwhile Inati has adapted to modern forms of government and a council decides on expeditions of collective fishing. The catch is then allocated to the households according to the number of people. The catch is awarded fairly according to the number of people in the household. It happens that the young men who have participated in collective fishing have to be content with a small number of small fish and obey the ancestral rule.
The term has different meanings depending on the atoll . In some cases, this allocation system also applies to fishermen who have to share the surplus they do not need for their own needs with other members of society.
Web links
- Government of Tokelau. Official website of the Tokelau government.
- The Sun People from Tokelau Documentation ARD Mediathek
- Solidarity Economy in the South Pacific Inati postage stamps
Individual evidence
- ↑ The sinking of a South Seas paradise. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .
- ^ SPC Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin - Communal fishing in Tokelau: The inati. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .