Keeping the Network out of view: Mining, Distinctions and Exclusion in Melanesia.
This paper examines the 'property effects' surrounding competition over access to mining benefits in Papua New Guinea. Under conditions of rapid social change engendered by large scale resource extraction, Lihirian islanders have increasingly recalibrated their social networks, manifest through shif...
| Publicado en: | Oceania Vol. 79; no. 1; pp. 18 - 34 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=38815406&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 38815406 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00298077 OCA jtl: Oceania issn: 00298077 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar2009 vid: 79 iid: 1 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 38815406 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2009.tb00048.x ppf: 18 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Keeping the Network out of view: Mining, Distinctions and Exclusion in Melanesia. aug: au: Bainton, Nicholas A. affil: University of Queensland su: Mineral industries Social networks Social history Identity (Psychology) Inconsistency (Logic) Papua New Guinea Melanesia sug: subj: Papua New Guinea Melanesia Mineral industries Social networks Social history Identity (Psychology) Inconsistency (Logic) keyword: exclusions identities Mining benefits nation making social networks ab: This paper examines the 'property effects' surrounding competition over access to mining benefits in Papua New Guinea. Under conditions of rapid social change engendered by large scale resource extraction, Lihirian islanders have increasingly recalibrated their social networks, manifest through shifting notions of sociality and obligation, and ownership strategies that seek to limit other people's claims to wealth. These local changes are paralleled by larger and more paradoxical processes: although the state uses the mining project to consolidate itself, Lihirians have consistently challenged the state through their attempts to appropriate the mine for their own ends. By keeping the multiple layers of their social net- works out of view, Lihirians deny the connections that can provide others with access to benefits. In considering the strategic responses to the inequalities, discontents and inconsistencies of life in modern Papua New Guinea, it becomes apparent that questions of property are simultaneously questions about identity and belonging. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Oceania is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Oceania holder: Wiley-Blackwell dt: @attributes: year: 2009 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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