Divided communities and contested landscapes: Mobility, development and shifting identities in migrant destination sites in Papua New Guinea

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-371

  Koczberski, Gina ^a   Curry, George N ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnic conflict; Identity; Land disputes; Migration; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; MOBILITY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL SOCIETY;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

EID: 11044228266     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2004.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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