Introduction to Special Issue 'Rethinking Decolonisation in Papua New Guinea

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2048822
AutoresA Golub (0000-0002-4683-3513, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, autor de correspondencia), Courtney Handman (0000-0003-0118-1045, The University of Texas at Austin)
Año2024
Volumen94
Número2
Páginas44-54
Fecha de publicación2024-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ocea.5408
OpenAlexW4401351652
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas42

This article is an introduction to a special issue entitled 'Rethinking Decolonisation in Papua New Guinea'. This introduction suggests that we view 'decolonisation' or 'independence' not only as a historical period, but as an event that has been imagined by many people both during and after it occurred. Drawing on the work of Adom Getachew, we argue that it is fruitful to examine decolonisation in this extended sense. Doing so, this article argues, allows us to see that decolonisation often involves more than just the two actors of the 'coloniser' and the 'colonised'. It also helps us better understand forms of political innovation in which the goal is not the creation of a nation-state. By broadening our awareness of a range of decolonising processes, we can expand our understanding of this important political process

Decolonization · Ethnology · Independence (probability theory) · New guinea · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law