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At Hermannsburg, in central Australia, Western Aranda people frequently propose that they live by ‘two laws’, Aranda law and God's law. This is a common phenomenon remarked throughout northern Australia and analysed by a number of anthropologists in the past. This discussion throws new light on the issue by interpreting `two‐laws' talk in terms of a culture of encompassment that marks the emergence of historical or ‘ethnic’ identities as Aboriginal people make the transition from an autonomous world to one in which they must engage in the practices of European orders that can come to dominate their lives. The discussion deploys ‘ontology’ and ‘ethnicity’ in order to mark different magnitudes of difference that can shape Aboriginal

ISSN:1035-8811    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1996.tb00334.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

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In Australia, much has been said and written about recent events which finally brought about the rejection of the Western legal concept ofterra nullius.The legal recognition of native title in Australia and elsewhere, does not necessarily signify a corresponding and dramatic change in the social status and political position of indigenous peoples. This discontinuity between legal and social discourses is particularly evident when it comes to matters concerning conservation, resource management and sustainable development in a marine environment. All too often in these situations indigenous peoples are ignored and their concerns are dismissed as obstacles to development. They are, to all practical extents and purposes,homo nullius.Drawing upon a range of material from Indonesia and Australia, I argue that in order to understand the phenomenon ofhomo nulliusit is instructive to examine the way we and others think, talk and write about such things as the sea, marine species and the indigenous peoples who possess and use these spaces and resources. In this connection, I focus upon two particular discourses which not only inform marine management and conservation approaches but which also have a tendency to create similar kinds of effects in terms of power, knowledge and agency.

ISSN:1035-8811    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1996.tb00335.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

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The discourse of environmentalism is now more integral than that of any other new social movement to national political debate in Australia. One of the most important consequences of this has been the intensity of political dialogue focussed on the timber industry, especially recent exchanges over the exploitation of native forests for woodchipping. One of the more intriguing results has been the resort of avowedly apolitical loggers, timber contractors, sawmillers, and others to mass protest. This article aims to show how an anthropological perspective can illuminate the various cultural factors which are transforming the landscape of forest politics.

ISSN:1035-8811    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1996.tb00336.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1035-8811    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1996.tb00337.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book reviewed in this article:Helena Wayne, ed.The Story of a Marriage. The Letters of Bronislaw Malinowski and Elsie Masson. Volume I 1916–20. Volume II 1920–35.Marilyn Strathern.Reproducing the Future. Essays on Anthropology, Kinship and the New Reproductive Technologies.Marvin Leiner.Sexual Politics in Cuba. Machismo, Homosexuality, and AIDS.Sara Delamont.Appetites and Identities: An Introduction to the Social Anthropology of Western Europe.Alberto Gomes, ed.Modernity and Identity: Asian Illustrations.Margaret J. Wiener.Visible and Invisible Realms. Power, Magic, and Colonial Conquest in Bali.Edward Grant.Planets, Stars, and Orbs: The Medieval Cosmos, 1200

ISSN:1035-8811    

DOI:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1996.tb00338.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY