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My Country, Mine Country : Indigenous People, Mining and Development Contestation in Remote Australia
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Abstract: Agreements between the mining industry and Indigenous people are not creating sustainable economic futures for Indigenous people, and this demands consideration of alternate forms of economic engagement in order to realise such'futures'. Within the con...
Pathways for Irregular Forces in Southeast Asia : Mitigating Violence with Non-State Armed Groups
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Abstract: An exploration of the roles that pro- and anti-government militias, private armed groups, vigilantes, and gangs play in local communities in the new democracies of Southeast Asia. Scholars have typically characterized irregular forces as spoilers and i...
The Absent Presence of the State in Large-Scale Resource Extraction Projects
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Abstract: Standing on the broken ground of resource extraction settings, the state is sometimes like a chimera: its appearance and intentions are misleading and, for some actors, it is unknowable and incomprehensible. It may be easily mistaken for someone or som...
A Bridge Between : Spanish Benedictine Missionary Women in Australia
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Abstract: This sensitive account of Spanish Benedictine women at an Aboriginal mission in Western Australia is poignant and disturbing. Notable for its ecumenical spirit, depth of research and deep engagement with the subject, A Bridge Between is a model of how ...
The Court As Archive
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Abstract: Until the late 20th century,'an archive'generally meant a repository for documents, as well as the generic name for the wide range of documents the repository might hold. An archive could be visited, and then also searched, to discover past actions or ...
Large-scale Mines and Local-level Politics : Between New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea
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Abstract: Despite the difference in their populations and political status, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea have comparable levels of economic dependence on the extraction and export of mineral resources. For this reason, the costs and benefits of large-scale...
Engaging Indigenous Economy : Debating Diverse Approaches
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Abstract: The engagement of Indigenous Australians in economic activity is a matter of long-standing public concern and debate. Jon Altman has been intellectually engaged with Indigenous economic activity for almost 40 years, most prominently through his elabora...
My Country, Mine Country: Indigenous people, mining and development contestation in remote Australia (CAEPR Monograph 33)
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Abstract: Agreements between the mining industry and Indigenous people are not creating sustainable economic futures for Indigenous people, and this demands consideration of alternate forms of economic engagement in order to realise such ‘futures’. Within the co...
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From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time' : Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities
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Abstract: There are probably no other people on earth to whom the image of the'stone-age'is so persistently attached than the inhabitants of the island of New Guinea, which is divided into independent Papua New Guinea and the western part of the island, known to...
A New Era? : Timor-Leste After the UN
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Abstract: Timor-Leste has made impressive progress since its historic achievement of independence in 2002. From the instability that blighted its early years, the fledgling democratic country has achieved strong economic growth and a gradual reinstatement of ess...