Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land: Territorial Categories and Institutions in the Austronesian World

This collection of papers is the fifth in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project. Reflecting the unique experience of fourteen ethnographers in as many different societies, the papers in this volume explore how people in the Austronesian-speaking societies of the Asia-Pacific have traditionally constructed their relationship to land and specific territories. Focused on the nexus of local and global processes, the volume offers fresh perspectives to current debate in social theory on the conflicting human tendencies of mobility and emplacement. "China's Dilemma--Economic Growth, the Environment and Climate Change examines the challenges China will have to confront in order to maintain rapid growth while coping with the global financial turbulence, some rising socially destabilising tensions such as income inequality, an over-exploited environment and the long-term pressures of global warming. China's Dilemma discusses key questions that will have an impact on China's growth path and offers some in-depth analyses as to how China could confront these challenges. The authors address the effect of the global credit crunch and financial shocks on China's economic growth; China's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and emissions reduction schemes; the environmental consequences of foreign direct investment in China; the relationship between air pollution and mortality; the effect of climate change on agricultural output; the coal industry's compliance with tougher regulations; and the constraints water shortages may impose on China's economy. It also emphasises the importance of managing the rising demand for energy to moderate oil price increases and placating domestic and international concerns about global warming. In the thirty years since China started on the path of reform, it has emerged as one of the largest and most dynamic economies in the world. This carries with it the responsibility to balance the requirements of key industries that are driving its development with the need to ensure that its growth is both equitable and sustainable. China's Dilemma highlights key lessons learned from the past thirty years of reform in order to pave the way for balanced and sustained growth in the future."[Résumé de l'auteur] Land and Territory in the Austronesian World Thomas Reuter The Origin Structure of Kute Among the Gumai: An Analysis of an Indigenous Territorial Institution in the Highlands of South Sumatra Minako Sakai Ritual Domains and Communal Land in the Highlands of Bali Banua or Negara? The Culture of Land in South Bali Graeme MacRae Tanah Berkat (Blessed Land): The Source of the Local in the Banda Islands, Central Maluku Phillip Winn Mapping Buru: The Politics of Territory and Settlement on an Eastern Indonesian Island Barbara Dix Grimes Traditional Territorial Categories and Constituent Institutions in West Seram: The Nili Ela of 'WELE Telu Batai and the Alune Hena of Ma'saman Uwei Christine Boulan-Smit From Domains to Rajadom: Notes on the History of Territorial Categories and Institutions in the Rajadom of Sikka E.D. Lewis We Are Children Of The Land: A Keo Perspective Philipus Tule. Contending for Ritual Control of Land and Polity: Comparisons from the Timor Area of Eastern Indonesia James J. Fox Fataluku Forest Tenures and the Conis Santana National Park in East Timor Andrew McWilliam Self-Scaling the Earth: Relations of Land, Society and Body Among North Mekeo, Papua New Guinea Mark Mosko The Ways of the Land-Tree: Mapping the North Pentecost Social Landscape John P. Taylor Finishing the Land: Identity and Land Use in Pre- and Post-Colonial North Ambrym Mary Patterson People and Place in Tonga: The Social Construction of Fonua in Oceania Steve Francis Postscript: Spatial Categories in Social Context: Tracing a Comparative Understanding of Austronesian Ideas of Ritual Location James J. Fox. Edited By Thomas Reuter. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References. Also Available In An Electronic Version Via The Internet At The Publisher's Home Page: Http://epress.anu.edu.au/