Leviathans At the Gold Mine - Creating Indigenous and Corporate Actors in Papua New Guinea

Informationen zum Autor Alex Golub is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. He is a cofounder of the anthropology blog savageminds.org. Klappentext Alex Golub is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. He is a cofounder of the anthropology blog savageminds.org. Zusammenfassung Leviathans at the Gold Mine is an ethnography about the Ipili! an indigenous group in Papua New Guinea; an enormous gold mine operated by an international conglomerate on Ipili land; and the process through which "the Ipili" and "the mine" brought each other into being as entities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Yakatabari Negotiations 2. The Birth of Leviathans 3. Being Ipili in Porgera 4. The Melanesian Way Afterword Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Alex Golub
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.2014
• EAN: 9780822354949
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5494-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ozeanien, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, Australische und Pazifische Geschichte, Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Oceania