REVISIONING THE PAST, REMEMBERING THE FUTURE - DUNA ACCOUNTS OF THE WORLDS END

Taking as my example, the memories of Duna people at Lake Kopiago, who inhabit the northwestern part of the Southern Highlands Province of P apua New Guinea, I illustrate some of the ways events, and memories of them, have been constructed, manipulated and recast over the last twe nty five years. By paying particular attention to a well known origina ry narrative, I show that space, the revelation of new knowledge via a spirit medium and the reinterpretation and negotiation of the meaning s attached to events can result in the production of new memories abou t the past and the future.