Hard Work
For the Mengen people of Papua New Guinea, ‘hard work’ does not refer to drudgery or physically exhausting labour. Instead, it involves creating and recreating social relations through acts of care, marriages, ceremonial events, sharing, and working the land together. ‘Work’ as the Mengen see it, pr...
Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
| Prif Awdur: | |
|---|---|
| Fformat: | Online |
| Iaith: | Saesneg |
| Cyhoeddwyd: |
Helsinki University Press
2025
|
| Pynciau: | |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | ONIX_20250106_9789523691223_6 |
| Tagiau: |
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
|
| _version_ | 1869529644750864384 |
|---|---|
| author | Tammisto, Tuomas |
| author_browse | Tammisto, Tuomas |
| author_facet | Tammisto, Tuomas |
| author_sort | Tammisto, Tuomas |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | For the Mengen people of Papua New Guinea, ‘hard work’ does not refer to drudgery or physically exhausting labour. Instead, it involves creating and recreating social relations through acts of care, marriages, ceremonial events, sharing, and working the land together. ‘Work’ as the Mengen see it, produces value understood as meaningful social relations. This differs significantly from the way colonial officials, loggers, and planters perceived value. Hard Work examines human-environmental relations, value production, natural resource extraction, and state formation within the context of the Mengen. It delves into how the Mengen engage with their land and outside actors like companies, NGOs, and the state through agriculture, logging, plantation labour, and environmental conservation. These practices have shaped the Mengen’s lived environment, while also sparking debates on what is considered valuable and how value is created. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-149858 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| publishDateRange | 2025 |
| publishDateSort | 2025 |
| publisher | Helsinki University Press |
| publisherStr | Helsinki University Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1498582025-08-12T05:09:56Z Hard Work Tammisto, Tuomas natural resource extractions widden horticulture logging plantations land use value state formation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology For the Mengen people of Papua New Guinea, ‘hard work’ does not refer to drudgery or physically exhausting labour. Instead, it involves creating and recreating social relations through acts of care, marriages, ceremonial events, sharing, and working the land together. ‘Work’ as the Mengen see it, produces value understood as meaningful social relations. This differs significantly from the way colonial officials, loggers, and planters perceived value. Hard Work examines human-environmental relations, value production, natural resource extraction, and state formation within the context of the Mengen. It delves into how the Mengen engage with their land and outside actors like companies, NGOs, and the state through agriculture, logging, plantation labour, and environmental conservation. These practices have shaped the Mengen’s lived environment, while also sparking debates on what is considered valuable and how value is created. 2025-01-16T13:51:10Z 2025-01-16T13:51:10Z 2025-01-06T13:35:47Z 2024 book ONIX_20250106_9789523691223_6 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96889 9789523691223 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/149858 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96889/1/9789523691223.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96889/1/9789523691223.pdf Helsinki University Press Helsinki University Press 10.33134/HUP-29 10.33134/HUP-29 cf5d0b3e-caff-497f-94d0-292cc4b4fce2 45c542ae-8b73-44f5-8ff7-8f696d07ee5b 9789523691223 Helsinki University Press 350 Helsinki [...] open access |
| spellingShingle | natural resource extractions widden horticulture logging plantations land use value state formation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology Tammisto, Tuomas Hard Work |
| title | Hard Work |
| title_full | Hard Work |
| title_fullStr | Hard Work |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hard Work |
| title_short | Hard Work |
| title_sort | hard work |
| topic | natural resource extractions widden horticulture logging plantations land use value state formation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology |
| topic_facet | natural resource extractions widden horticulture logging plantations land use value state formation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology |
| url | ONIX_20250106_9789523691223_6 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT tammistotuomas hardwork |