Suchergebnisse

Culture and sustainable development in the Pacific --The ocean in us --On the anthropology of modernity; or, some triumphs of culture over despondency theory --Gender, culture and sustainable development--the Pacific Way --Governance, development and leadership in Polynesia: a microstudy from Samoa --Rumble in the jungle: land, culture and (un)sustainable logging in Solomon Islands --Knowing about culture: the handling of social issues at resource projects in Papua New Guinea --Culture and sustainable marine resource development in the Pacific --Fisheries resource-use culture in Fiji and its implications --Local hierarchies of authority and development --A paradox of tradition in a modernising society: chiefs and political development in Fiji --Development and Maori society: building from the centre or the edge? --Culturally and ecologically sustainable tourism development through local community management --Tourism and culture: a sustainable partnership --Vaka Moana--a road map for the South Pacific economy --Vaka Moana--the ocean roads --Afterword: after the World Decade.

Sustainable development; Social life; Customs; Civilazation; Pacific area

Throughout the South Pacific, notions of 'culture' and 'development' are very much alive—in political debate, the media, sermons, and endless discussions amongst villagers and the urban élites, even in policy reports. Often the terms are counterposed, and development along with 'economic rationality', 'good governance' and 'progress' is set against culture or 'custom', 'tradition' and 'identity'. The decay of custom and impoverishment of culture are often seen as wrought by development, while failures of development are haunted by the notion that they are due, somehow, to the darker, irrational influences of culture. The problem is to resolve the contradictions between them so as to achieve the greater good—access to material goods, welfare and amenities, 'modern life'—without the sacrifice of the 'traditional' values and institutions that provide material security and sustain diverse social identities. Resolution is sought in this book by a number of leading writers from the South Pacific including Langi Kavaliku, Epeli Hau'ofa, Marshall Sahlins, Malama Meleisea, Joeli Veitayaki, and Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka. The volume is brought together for UNESCO by Antony Hooper, Professor Emeritus at the University of Auckland. UNESCO experts include Richard Engelhardt, Langi Kavaliku, Russell Marshall, Malama Meleisea, Edna Tait and Mali Voi.