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ItemFrederick K. Errington (1941–2021)(Wiley, 2022-12)
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ItemAFTERWORD Places, migration and sustainability: anthropological reflections on mining and movement(WILEY, 2018-09-01)Abstract Based on ethnographic research around the Misima and Lihir gold mines in Papua New Guinea, this Afterword provides anthropological reflections on the main themes of the articles in this issue. Endorsing the call for interdisciplinary research on mining, I present instantiations of the varying meanings of place, migration and sustainability. I describe variations in perceptions of place between different sites and these are also subject to change over time. The commoditization of land and engagement with capitalism profoundly alter knowledge and understanding of place and ideals of development. Migration occurs at different rates over the life of the mine but has a lasting effect on the stability of the community and its economic sustainability. Mining companies often resort to simplistic and inadequate solutions to the environmental and social problems created by their projects.
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ItemPolice and thieves, gunmen and drunks: Problems with men and problems with society in Papua New Guinea(AUSTRALIAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOC, 2008-08)The image of the ‘man with a gun’ is pervasive in Papua New Guinea and connotes not only the state's capacity to use force, but that of men to resist and subvert state control. At the same time, the association of beer and marijuana with both modernity and violent masculine behaviours provides the context, the justification and the forms of homosocial activities involving violence. In this paper, I explore the ambiguities surrounding guns as instruments of state force and as symbols of masculine autonomy in so‐called ‘weak states’ by examining some stories about the ways that guns are acquired for illegal activities. In particular, I shall discuss the ways that guns and beer are instruments of violence and potency for police, tribal warriors and criminals as well as some of the means whereby men gain access to new forms of power. Drawing on ethnographic research with young men in New Ireland Province, the paper will deal specifically with the ways that adolescent boys construe ‘modern masculinity’.
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ItemLand and marine tenure, ownership, and new forms of entitlement on Lihir: Changing notions of property in the context of a goldmining project(SOC APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY, 2007-01-01)