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"Ghem Pona Wai?": Vernacular Imaginations In Contemporary Papua New Guinea Fiction, Paul Sharrad
"Ghem Pona Wai?": Vernacular Imaginations In Contemporary Papua New Guinea Fiction, Paul Sharrad
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Papua New Guinea (PNG) writing has faded into the background of Pacific literature after initially sparking off the late-colonial/early postcolonial 'boom' of the 1970s. This essay examines some of the dynamics behind this, based on the tension in the loosely networked regional literary formation between cosmopolitan, disaporic, and anglophone expression and 'nativist' vernacular culture. For many reasons, PNG has been more 'vernacular' than 'cosmopolitan', and writing continues to be centred on a few and on the national university where it all began. However, there are some signs of change. The essay surveys recent writing and focuses on work by Regis …
Signal Eight Times: Nature, Catastrophic Extinction Events And Contemporary Art, Su Ballard
Signal Eight Times: Nature, Catastrophic Extinction Events And Contemporary Art, Su Ballard
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Human animals bought up in the Western tradition tend to describe their encounters with other species as exchanges of power, and when confronted with extinction rush to the defence of the species at risk. This essay documents a different approach to the defence of nature. Basing itself on the work of six contemporary artists and drawing on the thought of Donna Haraway and Gregory Bateson I show how it is possible to comprehend the catastrophic extinction of birds in New Zealand by thinking about ecology. I argue that rather than defend nature, these artworks stage small moments of encounter, which …
Livelihoods And Fisheries Governance In A Contemporary Pacific Island Setting, Reuben J. Sulu, Hampus B. Eriksson, Anne-Maree Schwarz, Neil L. Andrew, Grace Orirana, Meshach Sukulu, Janet Oeta, Daykin Harohau, Stephen Sibiti, Andrew Toritela, Doug Beare
Livelihoods And Fisheries Governance In A Contemporary Pacific Island Setting, Reuben J. Sulu, Hampus B. Eriksson, Anne-Maree Schwarz, Neil L. Andrew, Grace Orirana, Meshach Sukulu, Janet Oeta, Daykin Harohau, Stephen Sibiti, Andrew Toritela, Doug Beare
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Inshore marine resources play an important role in the livelihoods of Pacific Island coastal communities. However, such reliance can be detrimental to inshore marine ecosystems. Understanding the livelihoods of coastal communities is important for devising relevant and effective fisheries management strategies. Semi-structured household interviews were conducted with householders in Langalanga Lagoon, Solomon Islands, to understand household livelihoods and resource governance in fishing-dependent communities. Households were engaged …
Contemporary Indigenous Art, Ian A. Mclean
Contemporary Indigenous Art, Ian A. Mclean
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
A new exhibition of the NGV's collection of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander art explores Indigenous art history and culture from the early nineteenth century to now. Situating this display within broader contemporary art issues, Professor Ian McLean sheds light on the art market's recent past and potential future.
Migrant Workers In Contemporary Japan: An Institutional Perspective On Transnational Employment., Hironori Onuki
Migrant Workers In Contemporary Japan: An Institutional Perspective On Transnational Employment., Hironori Onuki
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Migrant Workers in Contemporary Japan is primarily concerned with changes in social institutions within the context of globalization and the implications of these changes for the lifestyles of people living and working in Japanese society.