Throughout the Pacific region, people are faced with dramatic changes, often described as processes of "glocalization"; individuals and groups espouse multilayered forms of identity, in which global modes of thinking and doing are embedded in renewed perceptions of local or regional specificities. Consequently, new forms of resistance and resilience - the processes by which communities attempt to regain their original social, political, and economic status and structure after disruption or displacement - emerge. Through case studies from across the Pacific which transcend the conventional…mehr
Throughout the Pacific region, people are faced with dramatic changes, often described as processes of "glocalization"; individuals and groups espouse multilayered forms of identity, in which global modes of thinking and doing are embedded in renewed perceptions of local or regional specificities. Consequently, new forms of resistance and resilience - the processes by which communities attempt to regain their original social, political, and economic status and structure after disruption or displacement - emerge. Through case studies from across the Pacific which transcend the conventional "local-global" dichotomy, this volume aims to explore these complex and interwoven phenomena from a new perspective.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Laurent Dousset is Professor at the EHESS (School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences) and member of the CREDO (Centre for Research and Documentation on Oceania, Marseilles). His publications include Assimilating Identities: Social Networks and the Diffusion of Sections (Oceania Monographs, 2005), The Scope of Anthropology (with S. Tcherkézoff, Berghahn 2012).
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List of illustrations Introduction: Resistance and Resilience Laurent Dousset and Mélissa Nayral Chapter 1. A Story in and on Signs: Making Resistance and Acquiescence Legible as Forms of Resilience Yasmine Musharbash Chapter 2. Global Models and Local Management of Land Ownership in Rapa (French Polynesia) Christian Ghasarian Chapter 3. Between Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance: Fiji Islander Women Activists and the Ethno-Nationalist Political Crises in 2000 Sina Emde Chapter 4. Resisting UN Ideals to Make Men and Women Equal in Politics: When a Humanist Concern Turns into Arithmetic in Ouvea (New Caledonia) Mélissa Nayral Chapter 5. Independence from Independence: History, Landownership and Politics in South Malekula, Vanuatu Laurent Dousset Chapter 6. The Reasonableness of Leaders and the Gaming of Mining Incomes in Papua New Guinea John Burton Afterword: Values in Flux - Reflections on Resilience and Change in Melanesia Martha Macintyre Index
List of illustrations Introduction: Resistance and Resilience Laurent Dousset and Mélissa Nayral Chapter 1. A Story in and on Signs: Making Resistance and Acquiescence Legible as Forms of Resilience Yasmine Musharbash Chapter 2. Global Models and Local Management of Land Ownership in Rapa (French Polynesia) Christian Ghasarian Chapter 3. Between Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance: Fiji Islander Women Activists and the Ethno-Nationalist Political Crises in 2000 Sina Emde Chapter 4. Resisting UN Ideals to Make Men and Women Equal in Politics: When a Humanist Concern Turns into Arithmetic in Ouvea (New Caledonia) Mélissa Nayral Chapter 5. Independence from Independence: History, Landownership and Politics in South Malekula, Vanuatu Laurent Dousset Chapter 6. The Reasonableness of Leaders and the Gaming of Mining Incomes in Papua New Guinea John Burton Afterword: Values in Flux - Reflections on Resilience and Change in Melanesia Martha Macintyre Index
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