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UNINA9910141795503321 |
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Bainton Nicholas A. |
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The Lihir destiny : cultural responses to mining in Melanesia / / Nicholas A. Bainton |
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : Australian National University E Press, , 2010 |
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1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations (some colour); digital file(s) |
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Asia-Pacific Environment Monographs ; ; 5 |
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Papuans - Social life and customs |
Lihirians - Social life and customs |
Lihir (Papua New Guinean people) - Social life and customs |
Mineral industries - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea - Lihir Islands |
Lihir Islands (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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The people of the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea have long held visions of a prosperous new future, often referred to by local leaders as the ‘Lihir Destiny’. When large-scale gold mining activities commenced on the main island of Lihir in 1995, many hoped that this new world had finally arrived. The Lihir Destiny provides a nuanced account of the social structural and cultural transformations engendered by large-scale resource extraction. Tracing the history of Lihirian engagement with outside forces, from the colonial period through to recent mining activities, this book brings new light to bear on the bigger question of what ‘development’ means in contemporary Melanesia. The Lihir Destiny explores how Lihirian leaders devised future plans for a cultural revolution based upon the maximisation of mining activities and the influential philosophies of the Personal Viability movement. However, reaching the ‘Lihir Destiny’ is no simple affair, and many Lihirians find themselves negotiating divergent formulations of culture, sociality and economic engagement. The Lihir Destiny will appeal to readers interested in the social impacts of large-scale resource development, |
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the processes of cultural continuity and change and the ways in which modernity is configured in local terms. |
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UNINA9910787486803321 |
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Autore |
Dartnell Michael Y (Michael York) |
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Insurgency online : Web activism and global conflict / / Michael Y. Dartnell |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012 |
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1-4426-5807-X |
1-4426-2734-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Internet - Political aspects |
Internet - Social aspects |
World Wide Web - Political aspects |
World Wide Web - Social aspects |
Subversive activities |
Political activists |
Electronic books. |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Insurgency online and conflict in the global-scape -- Insurgency online as networking: IRSM Web activism -- Insurgency online as global witnessing: the Web activism of RAWA -- Insurgency online as media relay: the Web activism of the MRTA -- Conclusion: Web activism, a messenger that shapes perceptions. |
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In Insurgency Online, Michael Dartnell focuses on a new form of conflict made possible by global communications. The Internet, Dartnell argues, is affecting extensive changes to the way politics are carried out, by inserting a range of non-state actors onto the global political stage. He demonstrates that Web activism raises issues about the |
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organization of societies and the distribution of power and contends that the development of online activism has far-reaching social and political implications, with parallels to the influence of the invention of the printing press, the telegraph, and the radio.Dartnell concentrates on Web activists who use the Net as a media tool, distinguishing this use from information terrorism, which threatens or harasses through 'hacking' or electronic sabotage. Using the examples of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), which opposed the Taliban, the Peruvian Movimento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) and its campaign against the Fujimori government, and the Irish Republican Socialist Movement (IRSM), Dartnell evaluates the political implications and general character of Web activism among non-state actors. Insurgency Online shows that online activism is a ripe, new territory for non-governmental actors to raise awareness and develop support around the world. |
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