Hybrid economies as life projects? An example from the Torres Strait

Thomassin, Annick

doi:10.22459/caepr35.04.2016.08

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“…It encompasses different forms of work, from individual to group, and accommodates the lived reality of the rapid sectoral movement of economic actors. (Altman, 2009;Curchin, 2016;Haigh & Hoffman, 2012;Thomassin, 2015;Vira & James, 2011) Ethnic Includes spatial, economic and social aspects of migrant communities comprised of the selfemployed, employers and co-ethnic employees of the group. (Knight, 2015) Informal Work that is "not formal", such as unpaid domestic work, unpaid community and voluntary work, and undeclared work, commonly conducted by household members by and for the extended family, social or neighbourhood networks and voluntary and community groups.…”

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Framing the Māori economy: The complex business of Māori business

Amoamo¹,

Ruwhiu²,

Carter³

2018

MAI Journal

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The realisation of the developmental aspirations of Indigenous communities requires a reframing of economy and economic representation. The "diverse economies" framework provides a platform from which to counter the dominant Western narrative surrounding notions of economy, and bring to the fore forms of enterprise and practices all too often "hidden" or viewed as alternative, and therefore deemed inferior. This paper explores the notion of economy and economic activity through the lens of diverse economies to best represent the complex and multidimensional nature of Mäori small and medium-sized enterprises-pakihi Mäori. We propose that the diverse economies framework will enable a deeper understanding of the Mäori economy in its many distinctive forms and more accurately represent the rich diversity of Mäori enterprise that has evolved therein. The current literature provides a platform for case study research currently being undertaken that aims to show the diversity that is missing within current economic representations of the Mäori economy. The literature will form the basis for developing the theory and expand thinking in relation to notions of economy. By reframing the way in which the Mäori economy is considered, our aim is to offer insight into the key drivers, characteristics and values that are foundational to the creation of resilient Mäori organisations, modes of economy and strong communities, today and in the future.

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Section: Hybridmentioning

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Framing the Māori economy: The complex business of Māori business

Amoamo¹,

Ruwhiu²,

Carter³

2018

MAI Journal

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“…An analogous phenomenon can be seen in the fishing industry in the Torres Strait (off the northern tip of Queensland). Annick Thomassin (2016) observes that the livelihoods of Masig fishers involve an "interplay between ... commercial and customary fisheries" (Thomassin, 2016: 101). Though Masig fishers catch seafood for the market, they decline to organise their labour for optimal commercial profit.…”

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Economic hybridity in remote Indigenous Australia as development alterity

Curchin¹

2019

Postdevelopment in Practice

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While hegemonic development discourse continues to privilege industrial capitalism, Jon Altman has called for an open exploration of creative alternatives that better suit the values and aspirations of 'kin-based societies'. Building on empirical evidence from decades of research with Indigenous peoples in northern Australia, he has proposed an innovative way to conceptualise regional economies that seeks to re-establish the potential importance to livelihoods of customary production. The actually existing hybrid economies of northern Australia, which draw on Indigenous strengths, are a palpable demonstration that there is an alternative to the ecologically unsustainable status quo. The hybrid economy approach to development does not envisage the sudden elimination of either the market or the state, but rather makes space for other governing logics, thereby enabling Indigenous people to fashion livelihoods that enable them to live on or close to their ancestral lands. Economic hybridity is viewed as here to stay, rather than a transitory arrangement on the road to industrial capitalism.While numerous geographic, demographic and cultural features make remote Indigenous Australia highly distinctive, there are many lessons that might be drawn from the Australian experience in thinking about postdevelopment possibilities elsewhere.

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Mobilising Indigenous Agency Through Cultural Sustainability in Architecture: Are We There Yet?

Go-Sam

Keys

2018

The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture

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Hybrid economies as life projects? An example from the Torres Strait

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Framing the Māori economy: The complex business of Māori business

Framing the Māori economy: The complex business of Māori business

Economic hybridity in remote Indigenous Australia as development alterity

Mobilising Indigenous Agency Through Cultural Sustainability in Architecture: Are We There Yet?

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