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ItemTheorizing social change(Wiley Blackwell, 2010)
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ItemGlobal warming as a by-product of the capitalist treadmill of production and consumption - The need for an alternative global system(AUSTRALIAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOC, 2008-04-01)
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ItemNeoliberalism, mobility and Cook Islands men in transit(AUSTRALIAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOC, 2008-08-01)
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ItemKimberley friction: Complex attachments to water-places in northern Ausralia(WILEY, 2008-03-01)
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ItemThe modern face of traditional agrarian rule: Local government in Pakistan(Informa UK Limited, 2009-11-01)
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ItemThe Ethics of Apology A Set of Commentaries(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2009-09-01)■ On 13 February 2008, the Australian government apologized to the ‘stolen generations’: those children of Aboriginal descent who were removed from their parents (usually their Aboriginal mothers) to be raised in white foster-homes and institutions administered by government and Christian churches — a practice that lasted from before the First World War to the early 1970s. This apology was significant, in the words of Rudd, for the ‘healing’ of the Australian nation. Apologizing for past injustices has become a significant speech act in current times. Why does saying sorry seem to be ubiquitous at the moment? What are the instances of not saying sorry? What are the ethical implications of this era of remembrance and apology? This set of commentaries seeks to explore some of the ethical, philosophical, social and political dimensions of this Age of Apology. The authors discuss whether apology is a responsibility which cannot — and should not — be avoided; the ethical pitfalls of seeking an apology, or not uttering it; the global and local understandings of apology and forgiveness; and the processes of ownership and appropriation in saying sorry.
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ItemGeneration, family and migration: Young Brazilian factory workers in Japan(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2010-12-01)This article focuses on the significance of generational difference and kinship ties in the lives of young Brazilian migrants living and working in Japan. On these terms, I transcend an ongoing tendency in transnational migration studies to highlight the importance of economic motivation, a myth of return and the primary significance of communal ties in the shaping of everyday migrant experiences. By treating generational difference as a kin relationship I consider the central influence of family in shaping the experiences and future plans of young Brazilian migrants in Japan. By considering generational difference as a migrant relationship I discuss young people’s perceptions of freedom, familial obligation and easy money in the light of contested understandings of what it means to be a Brazilian migrant in Japan. Through this analysis, the article offers fresh insights into both migration between Brazil and Japan and understandings of belonging, difference and attachment in transnational social spaces.
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ItemOf Droughts and Flooding Rains: Local and Institutional Perceptions of Environmental Change in an Australian Estuary(SOC APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY, 2009-03-01)
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