The eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organization of a variety of austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them the houses considered in this volume range from longhouses in borneo to the meeting houses of the maori of new zealand and from the magnificent houses of the minangkabau of sumatra to the simpler dwellings of the population of goodenough island in papua new guinea . Inside austronesian houses perspectives on domestic designs for living edited by james j fox a publication of the department of anthropology as part of the comparative austronesian project research school of pacific tudiess the australian national university canberra act australia. Inside austronesian houses perspectives on domestic designs for living comparative austronesian series doab directory of open access books editor james j fox publisher anu e press 2006. The eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organization of a variety of austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them the houses considered in this volume range from longhouses in borneo to the meeting houses of the maori of new zealand and from the magnificent houses of the minangkabau of sumatra to the simpler dwellings of the population of goodenough island in papua new guinea . Inside austronesian houses perspectives on domestic designs for living gtthe eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organization of a variety of austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them the houses considered in this volume range from longhouses in borneo to the meeting houses