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Brokerage, bridewealth and benefits on a resource frontier in Papua New Guinea
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, we examine tensions over intermarriage and resource sharing between two groups on a Papua New Guinean resource frontier. These tensions are mediated by a ‘brokerage fix’ led by Febi clan heads responding to financial demands from their Pangia neighbours and sometime affines.
John Cox, Monica Minnegal
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Recent efforts to secure development by Febi and Kubo people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province reveal a patterned history of failing brokers, incomplete projects and wasted money. Within this longer trajectory, three overlapping waves of brokerage can be discerned, each emerging in response to the limitations of its predecessors.
Monica Minnegal, John Cox
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Benefits, brokers and betrayal: Becoming a cultural broker in Papua New Guinea
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract How processes entailed in accessing benefits are implemented in the early stages of a resource project shapes brokerage throughout the project's lifespan. Perceptions of the efficacy of these processes and of the individuals involved often vary.
Yvonne Hani, John Cox
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Brokerage in Oceania reconsidered: Positionality, agency, morality in a (dis)ordered world
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper introduces a special issue examining brokerage in Oceania amid intensifying geopolitical competition, resource extraction, labour mobility and shifting development regimes. Building on renewed global interest in brokerage as a set of practices, we argue that brokers in Oceania operate within—and actively reshape—conditions of ...
Monica Minnegal
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Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworm, Rural Papua New Guinea, 2020. [PDF]
Emerg Infect DisScott JL +4 more
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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National Nutrition and Physical Activity Surveillance in Papua New Guinea: data showing comparison with three Melanesian countries. [PDF]
Data BriefNakagata T +5 more
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Charting New Paths in the Study of Kin Term Acquisition
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Kin terms appear among infants’ earliest words, yet a full mastery of kin concepts typically emerges only in late childhood. This prolonged developmental trajectory reflects not only children's acquisition of an abstract relational system of words, but also their growing understanding of social relationships and interactional norms.
Marisa Casillas +2 more
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