Mining agreements, development, aspirations, and livelihoods

Abstract

The orthography used here accords with that reommended by the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. However, numerous spellings of these language group names are in use in the region. 2 The Mining Area C Agreement between Yinhawangka, Banyjima, Nyiyaparli people and BHP Billiton establishes the IBN Corporation with the same membership as Gumala.

Indigenous involvement and benefits from tourism in protected areas: a study of Purnululu National Park and Warmun Community, Australia

“…The emphasis placed on non-pecuniary benefits of employment highlights the influence of cultural norms and beliefs on perceptions of benefits (Scambary, 2009). …”

“…The influence of cultural context on local attitudes and perceptions of benefit (Scambary, 2009) is a further and related consideration in this regard.…”

The Absent Presence of the State in Large-Scale Resource Extraction Projects

“…The main body of the chapter follows and details a sequence of phases of the state's role in two pertinent policy areas: regional economic development and Indigenous affairs. It makes considerable reference to the GCA as a significant formal expression of the state's 'presence' in the mining project since this agreement departed from the usual Indigenous benefit agreement configuration by including the Queensland Government as an active party rather than being confined to community and company undertakings (Scambary 2009).…”

If the market is the problem, is the hybrid economy the solution?

“…The distinctive approach to Indigenous development that Altman has derived from the hybrid economy model has also been embraced with enthusiasm by some scholars (Morphy 2008, Scambary 2009, Watson 2009, Howitt 2012, Buchanan 2014, but there remains a need for further scholarly interrogation of the strengths and weaknesses of this approach. This chapter responds to this need by asking whether the hybrid economy offers a convincing way of resolving the tension Altman identifies between Indigenous cultural dispositions on the one hand and the attitudes and priorities underpinning market society on the other.…”