Matthew G Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 628341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew G Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew G |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Resource Management in Asia‐Pacific Program Crawford School of Economics and Government ANU College of Asia and the Pacific The Australian National University Canberra, ACT 2602 Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Discombobulated Actor-Networks in a Maritime Resource Frontier
Papua New Guinea's first deep-sea mining project, once touted as the first of its kind in the world, now appears to be "dead in the water." The mining company behind it has been liquidated, the mining equipment has been rendered obsolete, and the host government has been made to look foolish for supporting the enterprise. This paper examines the application of two concepts-that of the "resource frontier" and that of the "actornetwork"- to reach a…
Greed and Grievance: Ex-Militants' Perspectives on the Conflict in Solomon Islands, 1998-2003
Kastom, property and ideology: Land transformations in Melanesia
The relationship between customary land tenure and 'modern' forms of landed property has been a major political issue in the 'Spearhead' states of Melanesia since the late colonial period, and is even more pressing today, as the region is subject to its own version of what is described in the international literature as a new 'land rush' or 'land grab' in developing countries
Is the 'hybrid turn' a 'spatial turn'? A geographical perspective on hybridity and state-formation in the Western Pacific
Our point of departure is the emerging critique of the problematic treatment of scale across various disciplinary engagements with hybridity. Adopting an overarching state-formation perspective, we extend this geographical critique by combining the sociospatial lenses of scale and territory in an analysis of one of the primary animators of political economic change and contestation in post-colonial Melanesia: extractive resource capitalism. Focus…
Islands, extraction and violence: Mining and the politics of scale in Island Melanesia
Solomon Islands in Transition
The authors discuss the current transitions taking place in the Solomon Islands. They argue that while the gradual drawdown of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) is important, it is not the only significant change that is occurring in Solomon Islands and that the short-term policy focus on managing the mission's smooth exit should not obscure what are arguably much larger and more significant transitional challenges facing…
Informal formalisation in a hybrid property space: The case of smallholder oil palm production in S olomon I slands
Across post‐colonial M elanesia, the benefits and costs of ‘mobilisation’ of customary land for economic development remain much debated among scholars, activists, policy‐makers and the donor community. This paper presents a case study from S olomon I slands of a hybrid property space in which smallholder oil palm blocks are being established on customary land through an informal ‘smallholder land use approval’ system. This system provides saluta…
Land, Identity and Conflict on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
This paper examines the recent history of settlement and conflict on Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands and the corollary emergence of competing ‘settler’ and ‘landowner’ identity narratives. Settlers from the island of Malaita were initially able to obtain rights to use customary land on north Guadalcanal but subsequently fell victim to a Guale project of exclusion. This project was informed by the breakdown of social relationships—both between land…
Resisting Ramsi: Intervention, Identity and Symbolism in Solomon Islands
The Australian‐led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) continues to enjoy high levels of approval amongst Solomon Islanders. However, this approval belies the existence of a minority, but nevertheless important, dissenting perspective, one which has mostly emanated from Malaitan quarters. How are we to interpret Malaitan expressions of opposition to RAMSI? While these dissenting voices can, in part, be seen through a lens of le…
Kastom, property and ideology: Land transformations in Melanesia
The relationship between customary land tenure and 'modern' forms of landed property has been a major political issue in the 'Spearhead' states of Melanesia since the late colonial period, and is even more pressing today, as the region is subject to its own version of what is described in the international literature as a new 'land rush' or 'land grab' in developing countries
Islands, extraction and violence: Mining and the politics of scale in Island Melanesia
Land, Identity and Conflict on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
This paper examines the recent history of settlement and conflict on Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands and the corollary emergence of competing ‘settler’ and ‘landowner’ identity narratives. Settlers from the island of Malaita were initially able to obtain rights to use customary land on north Guadalcanal but subsequently fell victim to a Guale project of exclusion. This project was informed by the breakdown of social relationships—both between land…
Discombobulated Actor-Networks in a Maritime Resource Frontier
Papua New Guinea's first deep-sea mining project, once touted as the first of its kind in the world, now appears to be "dead in the water." The mining company behind it has been liquidated, the mining equipment has been rendered obsolete, and the host government has been made to look foolish for supporting the enterprise. This paper examines the application of two concepts-that of the "resource frontier" and that of the "actornetwork"- to reach a…
Informal formalisation in a hybrid property space: The case of smallholder oil palm production in S olomon I slands
Across post‐colonial M elanesia, the benefits and costs of ‘mobilisation’ of customary land for economic development remain much debated among scholars, activists, policy‐makers and the donor community. This paper presents a case study from S olomon I slands of a hybrid property space in which smallholder oil palm blocks are being established on customary land through an informal ‘smallholder land use approval’ system. This system provides saluta…
Is the 'hybrid turn' a 'spatial turn'? A geographical perspective on hybridity and state-formation in the Western Pacific
Our point of departure is the emerging critique of the problematic treatment of scale across various disciplinary engagements with hybridity. Adopting an overarching state-formation perspective, we extend this geographical critique by combining the sociospatial lenses of scale and territory in an analysis of one of the primary animators of political economic change and contestation in post-colonial Melanesia: extractive resource capitalism. Focus…
Solomon Islands in Transition
The authors discuss the current transitions taking place in the Solomon Islands. They argue that while the gradual drawdown of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) is important, it is not the only significant change that is occurring in Solomon Islands and that the short-term policy focus on managing the mission's smooth exit should not obscure what are arguably much larger and more significant transitional challenges facing…
Resisting Ramsi: Intervention, Identity and Symbolism in Solomon Islands
The Australian‐led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) continues to enjoy high levels of approval amongst Solomon Islanders. However, this approval belies the existence of a minority, but nevertheless important, dissenting perspective, one which has mostly emanated from Malaitan quarters. How are we to interpret Malaitan expressions of opposition to RAMSI? While these dissenting voices can, in part, be seen through a lens of le…
Informal formalisation in a hybrid property space: The case of smallholder oil palm production in S olomon I slands
Across post‐colonial M elanesia, the benefits and costs of ‘mobilisation’ of customary land for economic development remain much debated among scholars, activists, policy‐makers and the donor community. This paper presents a case study from S olomon I slands of a hybrid property space in which smallholder oil palm blocks are being established on customary land through an informal ‘smallholder land use approval’ system. This system provides saluta…
Land, Identity and Conflict on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
This paper examines the recent history of settlement and conflict on Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands and the corollary emergence of competing ‘settler’ and ‘landowner’ identity narratives. Settlers from the island of Malaita were initially able to obtain rights to use customary land on north Guadalcanal but subsequently fell victim to a Guale project of exclusion. This project was informed by the breakdown of social relationships—both between land…
Solomon Islands in Transition
The authors discuss the current transitions taking place in the Solomon Islands. They argue that while the gradual drawdown of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) is important, it is not the only significant change that is occurring in Solomon Islands and that the short-term policy focus on managing the mission's smooth exit should not obscure what are arguably much larger and more significant transitional challenges facing…
Greed and Grievance: Ex-Militants' Perspectives on the Conflict in Solomon Islands, 1998-2003
Kastom, property and ideology: Land transformations in Melanesia
The relationship between customary land tenure and 'modern' forms of landed property has been a major political issue in the 'Spearhead' states of Melanesia since the late colonial period, and is even more pressing today, as the region is subject to its own version of what is described in the international literature as a new 'land rush' or 'land grab' in developing countries
Is the 'hybrid turn' a 'spatial turn'? A geographical perspective on hybridity and state-formation in the Western Pacific
Our point of departure is the emerging critique of the problematic treatment of scale across various disciplinary engagements with hybridity. Adopting an overarching state-formation perspective, we extend this geographical critique by combining the sociospatial lenses of scale and territory in an analysis of one of the primary animators of political economic change and contestation in post-colonial Melanesia: extractive resource capitalism. Focus…
Islands, extraction and violence: Mining and the politics of scale in Island Melanesia
Discombobulated Actor-Networks in a Maritime Resource Frontier
Papua New Guinea's first deep-sea mining project, once touted as the first of its kind in the world, now appears to be "dead in the water." The mining company behind it has been liquidated, the mining equipment has been rendered obsolete, and the host government has been made to look foolish for supporting the enterprise. This paper examines the application of two concepts-that of the "resource frontier" and that of the "actornetwork"- to reach a…
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 works) · Ideology (3 works)