Cargo Cult

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
sociological phenomenon
gptkbp:connotation misunderstanding of technology
ritualistic imitation
gptkbp:emergedIn early 20th century
late 19th century
gptkbp:hasTerm popular culture
software engineering (as a metaphor)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cargo Cult
gptkbp:influencedBy World War II military presence
contact with colonial powers
gptkbp:involvesBeliefIn arrival of material wealth (cargo)
gptkbp:involvesRituals imitating Western practices
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Prince_Philip_Movement
gptkb:John_Frum_movement
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Lamont_Lindstrom
gptkb:Peter_Worsley
gptkbp:originatedIn Melanesia
gptkbp:region gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
gptkb:Vanuatu
gptkbp:relatedConcept syncretism
millenarianism
gptkbp:studiedBy anthropologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Magnatune
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6