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Bainton, Nicholas, primary, Owen, John R., additional, and Skrzypek, Emilia E., additional

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2021
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29. Land relations, resource extraction and displacement effects in island Papua New Guinea.

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Bainton, Nicholas, Burton, John, and Owen, John R.

Subjects
REAL property acquisition, CAPITALISM, LAND tenure, ISLANDS, HOUSEHOLDS
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We examine the relationship between dispossession, customary land relations, and involuntary displacement. Attention to customary land relations is the key to understanding how some households experience the extremities of extractive capitalism. By decoupling involuntary displacement from the acquisition of land, it is possible to surface indirect or secondary effects that are otherwise illegible. We conclude that 'messy' land relations and disputes are not simply a consequence of capital intensive projects acquiring rights over land and displacing people. Our findings highlight the dangers in assuming that issues and conflicts over land are readily resolved by resorting to 'customary procedures'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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30. The Lihir Destiny : Cultural Responses to Mining in Melanesia (Volume 5.0)

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Bainton, Nicholas A.

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Social Science / Anthropology
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The people of the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea have long held visions of a prosperous new future, often referred to by local leaders as the ‘Lihir Destiny’. When large-scale gold mining activities commenced on the main island of Lihir in 1995, many hoped that this new world had finally arrived. The Lihir Destiny provides a nuanced account of the social structural and cultural transformations engendered by large-scale resource extraction. Tracing the history of Lihirian engagement with outside forces, from the colonial period through to recent mining activities, this book brings new light to bear on the bigger question of what ‘development’ means in contemporary Melanesia. The Lihir Destiny explores how Lihirian leaders devised future plans for a cultural revolution based upon the maximisation of mining activities and the influential philosophies of the Personal Viability movement. However, reaching the ‘Lihir Destiny’ is no simple affair, and many Lihirians find themselves negotiating divergent formulations of culture, sociality and economic engagement. The Lihir Destiny will appeal to readers interested in the social impacts of large-scale resource development, the processes of cultural continuity and change and the ways in which modernity is configured in local terms.

Published
2010

31. Unequal Lives

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Alexeyeff, Kalissa, Bainton, Nicholas A., Cox, John, and McDougall, Debra

Subjects
Inequality, Martha Macintyre, Melanesia, Gender, Race, Class, Western Pacific, bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJM Australasian & Pacific history, bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes, bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFM Ethical issues & debates, bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups, bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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As we move further into the twenty-first century, we are witnessing both the global extensification and local intensification of inequality. Unequal Lives deals with the particular dilemmas of inequality in the Western Pacific. The authors focus on four dimensions of inequality: the familiar triad of gender, race and class, and the often-neglected dimension of generation. Grounded in meticulous long-term ethnographic enquiry and deep awareness of the historical contingency of these configurations of inequality, this volume illustrates the multidimensional, multiscale and epistemic nature of contemporary inequality. This collection is a major contribution to academic and political debates about the perverse effects of inequality, which now ranks among the greatest challenges of our time. The inspiration for this volume derives from the breadth and depth of Martha Macintyre's remarkable scholarship. The contributors celebrate Macintyre’s groundbreaking work, which exemplifies the explanatory power, ethical force and pragmatism that ensures the relevance of anthropological research to the lives of others and to understanding the global condition.

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2021
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38. Men of kastom and the customs of men: status, legitimacy and persistent values in Lihir, Papua New Guinea

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Bainton, Nicholas A.

Subjects
Masculinity -- Usage -- Research, Ethnology -- Methods -- Research -- Usage, Ethnography -- Usage -- Research, Anthropology/archeology/folklore
Abstract

The changing nature of Lihirian masculinity in the context of large-scale resource development is characterised by ingenuity, disjuncture and struggles for legitimacy. In this paper, I consider the various ways Lihirian masculinity is challenged and shaped by exogenous influences, how Lihirians appropriate particular aspects of modernity for their own purposes, and the ways in which certain Lihirian men have attempted to redefine masculine ideals according to neoliberal democratic values in their quest to modernise Lihir. This paper draws on fieldwork conducted in the Lihir Islands between 2003 and 2007., In recent years Lihirian male identity has come under serious challenge from discourses, ideologies and exemplars that derive from a range of external sources. This paper concentrates on the manifold [...]

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2008

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