John Aini
Biographic Data
| ID | 1676743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Aini |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Aini |
| SIGNATURE | AINI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Health Awareness (United States) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3108-6076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Weaving Biocultural Worlds
This article theorizes weaving as an epistemological orientation and methodological practice for collaborative anthropology and Indigenous‐led conservation. Based on nearly two decades of partnership in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, between an Indigenous fisheries scientist and a settler anthropologist, we examine how biocultural revitalization is produced through embodied relational labor rather than technocratic governance. Focusing on the rev…
Kinship, Biocultural Sovereignty, and Love
This article examines an Indigenous‐led approach to conservation developed through more than 17 years of collaboration between Ailan Awareness, a community‐based organization in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, and an anthropologist working in the region. Our partnership is grounded in kinship, reciprocity, and long‐term accountability, and it demonstrates how conservation can be reimagined as an Indigenous resurgence practice rather than an extern…
Weaving the Sacred Back In
This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.Conservation practices in the twenty-first century are facing a critical reckoning as global biodiversity loss, climate disruption, and social inequalities expose the limitations of exclusionary, top-down approaches. Nowhere is this more evident than in Indigenous territories, where external conservation priorities often clash with local lifeways. In this research artic…
Indigenous coastal management in Papua New Guinea
On Lovangai Island in Papua New Guinea, Indigenous communities have worked with Indigenous scientists and international anthropologists to document and revitalize traditional stone fish traps. These locally designed and enacted projects are an Indigenous form of coastal planning which refuses both state-planning and conservation organization planning. They are also a form of biocultural revitalization that foregrounds Indigenous sovereignty. Base…
Social and economic challenges to community-based sea cucumber mariculture development in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Creating a space for place and multidimensional well-being
Achieving sustainable development globally requires multilevel and interdisciplinary efforts and perspectives. Global goals shape priorities and actions at multiple scales, creating cascading impacts realized at the local level through the direction of financial resources and implementation of programs intended to achieve progress towards these metrics. We explore ways to localize global goals to best support human well-being and environmental he…
Creating a space for place and multidimensional well-being
Achieving sustainable development globally requires multilevel and interdisciplinary efforts and perspectives. Global goals shape priorities and actions at multiple scales, creating cascading impacts realized at the local level through the direction of financial resources and implementation of programs intended to achieve progress towards these metrics. We explore ways to localize global goals to best support human well-being and environmental he…
Social and economic challenges to community-based sea cucumber mariculture development in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Creating a space for place and multidimensional well-being
Achieving sustainable development globally requires multilevel and interdisciplinary efforts and perspectives. Global goals shape priorities and actions at multiple scales, creating cascading impacts realized at the local level through the direction of financial resources and implementation of programs intended to achieve progress towards these metrics. We explore ways to localize global goals to best support human well-being and environmental he…
Indigenous coastal management in Papua New Guinea
On Lovangai Island in Papua New Guinea, Indigenous communities have worked with Indigenous scientists and international anthropologists to document and revitalize traditional stone fish traps. These locally designed and enacted projects are an Indigenous form of coastal planning which refuses both state-planning and conservation organization planning. They are also a form of biocultural revitalization that foregrounds Indigenous sovereignty. Base…
Weaving Biocultural Worlds
This article theorizes weaving as an epistemological orientation and methodological practice for collaborative anthropology and Indigenous‐led conservation. Based on nearly two decades of partnership in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, between an Indigenous fisheries scientist and a settler anthropologist, we examine how biocultural revitalization is produced through embodied relational labor rather than technocratic governance. Focusing on the rev…
Kinship, Biocultural Sovereignty, and Love
This article examines an Indigenous‐led approach to conservation developed through more than 17 years of collaboration between Ailan Awareness, a community‐based organization in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, and an anthropologist working in the region. Our partnership is grounded in kinship, reciprocity, and long‐term accountability, and it demonstrates how conservation can be reimagined as an Indigenous resurgence practice rather than an extern…
Weaving the Sacred Back In
This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.Conservation practices in the twenty-first century are facing a critical reckoning as global biodiversity loss, climate disruption, and social inequalities expose the limitations of exclusionary, top-down approaches. Nowhere is this more evident than in Indigenous territories, where external conservation priorities often clash with local lifeways. In this research artic…
Indigenous (4 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (4 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (2 works) · Fish (2 works) · Fishery (2 works)