Mining narratives, the revival of «clans» and other changes in Wampar social imaginaries: A case study from Papua New Guinea
The prospect of mineral resource exploitation, in the context of legal-political pressures on local communities to comply with the bureaucratic visions of mining companies and the state, and the narrative construction of community futures, invariably sets in motion processes of social boundary-maki...
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| Langue: | Anglais |
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Journal de la société des océanistes
2014
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | The prospect of mineral resource exploitation, in the context of legal-political pressures on local communities to comply with the bureaucratic visions of mining companies and the state, and the narrative construction of community futures, invariably sets in motion processes of social boundary-making. Outcomes are driven not only by discourses originating in the state or the mining companies, but also in local and national narratives about the financial benefits from mining for legally recognised «landowners». Among the Wampar of Papua New Guinea, circulating narratives about mining interplay with and are informed by local social specificities to produce imagined futures that involve the revival of encompassing groups called sagaseg as a basis for Incorporated Land Groups (ilgs). Yet, the creation of ilgs is sensitive to the particularities of kin relations, including those emerging out of interethnic marriages, thus preserving the long-standing Wampar emphasis on inclusive sociality. |
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