Individual and Collective Intentionality in Vanuatu: Deliberation, Theory of Mind, and the Vaccine

拟议的项目旨在解释瓦努阿图当地的心理理论（特别是意向性）是如何组织合作行动的。该项目源于美拉尼西亚人类学的一个共同观察，即对其他人的思想内容发表评论时存在犹豫。近年来，这引起了理论界的持续关注，即它对权威建构的意义。有人认为，避免读心术是维护和尊重个人自主权的一种方式。人类的思想被定位为主权和不可侵犯的决策场所，因此合作努力需要充分和来之不易的同意。

The proposed project intends to explicate how local theories of mind (specifically, intentionality) structure co-operative action in Vanuatu. The project follows on from a common observation within the anthropology of Melanesia that there is a hesitancy to comment upon the content of other peoples' thoughts. This has attracted sustained theoretical attention in recent years in terms of what it means for constructions of authority. It is argued that eschewing types of mind-reading is one way in which personal autonomy is maintained and respected. Human minds are positioned as sovereign and inviolable loci of decision making, and co-operative effort thus requires full and hard-won consent.