Large-Scale Land Transformations and Changing Sociality among the Wampar in Papua New Guinea

Schwoerer, Tobias

doi:10.1080/00664677.2023.2247174

Anthropological Forum

2023

DOI: 10.1080/00664677.2023.2247174

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Large-Scale Land Transformations and Changing Sociality among the Wampar in Papua New Guinea

Tobias Schwoerer

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The state of contemporary intergroup conflict in the Papua New Guinea Highlands

Forsyth

2024

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Purpose This paper aims to discuss the scholarship over the past 30 years on what used to be called Melanesian warfare or “tribal fighting” and is termed in this paper “intergroup conflict” in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The paper categorises the drivers of intergroup conflict that make up the landscape for conflict in the Highlands. It starts with cultural factors and the understandings about conflict that have long been used to explain such violence, then adds newer factors. It argues that while the individual existence of each driver is important, far more important is the way in which they interact with each other in reinforcing feedback loops that propel the actors involved towards violence. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a thorough review of the scholarly and grey literature on the topic, drawing from the fields of anthropology, criminology, political science, law, justice and peacebuilding. Findings The overall finding of the paper is that the nature of intergroup conflict, its scale and dynamics, has changed considerably over the past 30 years, most prominently in the entanglement of the state with local-level conflicts. This has significantly affected the nature of intergroup conflict today, deepening the attractors towards violence and conflict, while weakening the ability of existing state and non-state systems to prevent it. The picture that emerges is one in which the interconnectivity of factors promoting violence has intensified, the rate of change is accelerating and levels of violence are amplified. Originality/value This paper is an original work.

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2024

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Large-Scale Land Transformations and Changing Sociality among the Wampar in Papua New Guinea

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