west papua / refugees Malaikat-Malaikat di Papua (In Memoriam Donatus Moiwend) Angels in West Papua. In Memoriam Donatus Moiwend. With Mike Cookson and Jason Macleod. Pacific Arts 21 (2): 51–59, 2021. Ethnographic representation and the politics of violence in West Papua. Critique of Anthropology 30 (1): 3-22, 2010. This article examines how ethnographic representations of violence inflect contemporary understandings of West Papua …
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scientists & responsibility Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Objectivity and political responsibility in the litigation of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Critique of Anthropology 40 (4): 403-419, 2020. Objectivity is widely recognized as a fundamental value in the sciences. Yet objectivity may be deployed as a filter or screen that discourages scientists from reflecting on …
rumour Rumour and other narratives of political violence in West Papua. Critique of Anthropology 22 (1): 53-79, 2002. This article addresses the neglected subject of political violence in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya, known locally as West Papua. It asks how this regime of political violence is reproduced in and through representations of culture, gender and difference. …
reverse anthropology (2006) Stanford University Press Reverse anthropology: Indigenous analysis of social and environmental relations in New Guinea. endorsements “Reverse Anthropology is an uncommonly sophisticated work of engaged ethnography, and a book that provides an impressive and uncompromising model of equal accountability to scholarly research and indigenous advocacy. With patience, insight, and brilliant attention to Yonggom …
property Science, property, and kinship in repatriation debates. Museum Anthropology 34 (2): 91-96, 2011. A striking feature of debates concerning the disposition of Native American human remains is their invocation of the conventional domains of science, property, and kinship. Strong political claims about repatriation tend to assert the primacy of one domain over the others. Yet in contemporary …
place & time Changing views of place and time along the Ok Tedi. In Mining and Indigenous Lifeworlds in Australia and Papua New Guinea, eds. Alan Rumsey and James Weiner, 243-272. Adelaide: Crawford House, 2003 Second printing, 182-207. Oxon: UK: Sean Kingston Publishing, 2004.
ok tedi Extractive conflicts compared. In Social conflict, economic development and extractive industry: Evidence from South America, edited by Anthony Bebbington, 201-213. New York: Routledge, 2012. Social relations and the green critique of capitalism in Melanesia. American Anthropologist 11 (3): 288-298, 2008. In this article, I explore what a critical environmental perspective would look like in Melanesia, where …
mining capitalism (2014) University of California Press Mining capitalism: The relationship between corporations and their critics Corporations are among the most powerful institutions of our time, but they are also responsible for a wide range of harmful social and environmental impacts. Consequently, political movements and nongovernmental organizations increasingly contest the risks that corporations pose to …
methods Ethnographic methods: Concepts and field techniques. In Social analysis: Selected tools and techniques. Richards A. Krueger, Mary Anne Casey, Jonathan Donner, Stuart Kirsch, and Jonathan Maack, 50-61. Social Development Department, The World Bank, 2001.
lost tribes Rumour and other narratives of political violence in West Papua. Critique of Anthropology 22 (1): 53-79, 2002. This article addresses the neglected subject of political violence in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya, known locally as West Papua. It asks how this regime of political violence is reproduced in and through representations of culture, gender and …
indigenous politics Afterword. Special issue on Multidisciplinary perspectives on the adjudication of indigenous rights, edited by Kristen Henard and Jérémie Gilbert. Erasmus Law Review 11 (1): 86-87, 2018. Jurificiation of indigenous politics. In Law against the state: Ethnographic forays into law’s transformation, edited by Julia Eckert, Brian Donahoe, Zerrin Olem Biner, and Christian Strümpell, 23-43. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, …
guyana Dilemas del perito experto: Derechas indigenas a la tierra en Surinam y Guyana. Special issue on Dilemas del Peritaje Cultural (Dilemmas of Cultural Expertise), edited by Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo, Christopher Loperena, and Mariana Mora. Translated by Luis Manuel Claps. Desacatos 57: 36–55, 2018. Este artículo examina dos informes periciales presentados ante la Comisión y la Corte Interamericana de Derechos …
engaged anthropology (2018) University of California Press Engaged Anthropology: Politics beyond the Text Does anthropology have more to offer than just its texts? In this timely and provocative book, Stuart Kirsch shows how anthropology can—and why it should—be engaged with the problems of the world. Engaged Anthropology draws on the author’s experiences working with indigenous peoples fighting for their environment, …
el salvador & icsid El minería, Responsabilidad social empresarial y conflicto: OceanaGold y la Fundación El Dorado en El Salvador (Stuart Kirsch y Jen Moore), February 2016. Mining, corporate social responsibility, and conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador (Stuart Kirsch and Jen Moore), February 2016. World Bank rejects OceanaGold lawsuit against …
design ethnography Design ethnography: A view from an industrial think tank. Ethnography 0(0): 1-22 (online first), 2022. Anthropologists increasingly turn to design research for inspiration. Yet work in design anthropology is frequently cut off from ethnographic research. To some extent this is intentional, given concerns that ethnographic methods have failed to keep pace with a rapidly …
deep sea mining https://ramumine.wordpress.com/tag/experimental-seabed-mining/ http://www.deepseaminingoutofourdepth.org/
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corporations The role of law in corporate accountability. Special issue on Corporate responsibility, edited by Julia Eckert and Laura Knöpfel. Journal of Legal Anthropology 4(2): 100-109, 2020. This special issue addresses the role of law in corporate accountability. Case studies reference people affected by asbestos in Italy, a coal company anticipating closure in Colombia, and both activists and …
conservation & development Regional dynamics and conservation in Papua New Guinea: The Lakekamu River Basin project. The Contemporary Pacific 9 (1): 97-121, 1996. Can integrated conservation and development programs, which combine commercial ventures with conservation initiatives, help to preserve the forests of Melanesia? Can conservation and development programs enable rural communities to better manage their land and resources …
compensation Lost worlds: Environmental disaster, ‘culture loss’ and the law. Current Anthropology 42 (2): 167-198, 2001. Indigenous claims about “culture loss” pose a problem for contemporary definitions of culture as a process that continually undergoes change rather than something which can be damaged or lost. This issue is examined in the context of hearings at the Nuclear Claims …
climate change Future Perfect: From the Pandemic to the Paris Climate Agreement. Anthropological Theory 23 (2): 167–185. DOI: 10.1177/14634996221107961, 2023. Fifteen years ago, Jane Guyer (2007) argued that the near future had largely disappeared from collective imaginaries, replaced by longer-term horizons associated with evangelical Christianity and free market capitalism. While not seeking to repudiate Guyer, …
birds of paradise History and the birds of paradise: Surprising connections from New Guinea. Expedition 48 (1): 15-21, 2006. How can a woman’s hat made in New York City (ca. 1915) and decorated with iridescent bird of paradise plumes from New Guinea affect our understanding of history? What relationships were responsible for its creation? What do such relationships …
advocacy Don’t worry if you fail to save the world on your first go. Anthropology Today 36 (4): 1-2, 2020. During these tumultuous times, many anthropologists want to use their skills and knowledge to help make a difference. This guest editorial offers 12 practical tips on doing engaged research – ranging from ‘accept that you won’t always be …
