Journal Articles
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A Pacific Future: The Perspective of a Beche-de-mer Entrepreneur
The Pacific futures research agenda is currently tied to a discursive project that tries to form consensus around and leverage a Pacific way directed towards addressing the unique challenges the Pacific will face in the future. This discursive project has translated into the production of multiple regional frameworks that guide the actions of Pacific nation… Continue reading
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The Mind-Trick of Participatory Development in Oceania
In this article, we investigate how participatory development programs are implemented in our own under-covered region of Oceania. We investigate how participatory programs do the opposite of what they promote, to subordinate local populations to pre-set foreign agendas. This idea is firstly explored in a discussion on the historical emergence of participatory development as a… Continue reading
A New Song for Coastal Fisheries, CBFM, Community Based Fishery Management, COVID-19, Fiji, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Melanesian Spearhead Group, MSG, Neoliberalism, Oceania, Pacific Islands Development Forum, Pacific Islands Forum, Participatory Development, PIDF, PIF, Secretariat of the Pacific Island Community, Solomon Islands, SPC, Sugar, Vanuatu, World Bank, World Trade Organisation, WTO -
Secure Seas and Fisheries: Guardians of the Ocean in the Modern Geopolitical Complex
Epeli Hau’ofa’s highly influential essay, Our Sea of Islands, asserts that the peoples of Oceania, are not passive figures on the regional and world stage as they are so commonly depicted. Rather, he considers Oceanic peoples to be guardians that play a vital and powerful role in the environmental protection of the region’s Ocean resources.… Continue reading
Aid, Angola Mode, Arc of Instability, Australia, Blue Boats, China, Customary Sea Tenure, Distant Water, Exclusive Economic Zones, Fisheries, Guardians of the Ocean, Illegal Unreported and Unregulated, Infrastructure, Oceania, Operation Rai Balang, Our Sea of Islands, South China Sea, Sovereignty, State of the Neighbourhood, Step-Up -
Vanuatu: The Historical-Social Context of Migration to Port Vila and the Moderating Effect of Kastom on Problems of Urbanisation.
Pacific culture is widely recognised for its rich vibrancy, interwoven social norms, and unique customs. Melanesian culture is viewed and revered by outsiders as a model of collectivised community; the last vestige of the authentic other from a past time. However, increasing globalisation, better access to transport and an insistence by developmental institutions to follow… Continue reading
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Homes of The Island Exile: Experiences of Place
In a previous article I introduced the notion that exile is not an unfamiliar experience in Oceania, and that a new form of tacit island exile is emerging in Oceania. This form of exile is tacit in the sense that some inhabitants of rural islands are encouraged, but not explicitly forced, to migrate to informal… Continue reading
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Homes of the Island Exile: A Historical Perspective
Exile is a word that signifies the forced physical expulsion from a place without the permission to return. For many, the idea of exile conjures an image of being removed from society and being abandoned on an uncharted island as commonly depicted in novels and movies. Exile has come to mean something different in the… Continue reading
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Urban Social Change in Oceania: What is it? Why is it happening? Why is it important?
This website’s primary aim is to track urban social change in Oceania. Urban social change is deserving of academic attention because the ways cities change has implications for the everyday lives of most of the region’s population. It underscores how traditional ways of life are pursued; livelihood activities carried out, conventions of social interaction established,… Continue reading