https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/63340 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:26:11 GMT 2026-04-09T09:26:11Z https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/71355 Title: Contributors Abstract: Robert bino received his PhD in resource management at the Australian National University in 2.016. His thesis, “Conservation and Development Options of the Kokoda Track and the Surrounding Region,” is a historical analysis of the political ecology of tourism, conservation, and development along the most visited tourist site in Papua New Guinea, drawing on over twenty years working with, and managing, environmental conservation organizations in Papua New Guinea. Dr Bino has published about conservation, mining, cassowary conservation, and the New Guinea Singing Dog. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/71355 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/71354 Title: Book and Media Reviews Authors: Santos-Bamba, Sharleen Abstract: Debra McDougall’s Engaging with Strangers: Love and Violence in the Rural Solomon Islands provides an insightful and in-depth account of how Solomon Islanders in rural areas, far from the centers of state power, regularly encounter and engage with “strangers.” It weaves a narrative showing that, rather than being insular, isolated, atomistic, tribal, and inhospitable, rural communities have always been open and willing to engage with the world beyond their shores. As McDougall states, “these social worlds and the people who inhabit them are cosmopolitan” (236). They constantly engage with people from other places, adopt ideas, technologies, and goods, and speak languages other than their own, illustrating that no local worlds are entirely isolated and no cultures are really bounded. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/71354 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/71353 Title: The region in review: International issues and events, 2019 Authors: Maclellan, Nic Abstract: Around the Pacific, advertising agencies had a boom year in 2019 as governments rebranded their support for the Pacific Islands. Australia is “stepping up” and New Zealand “resetting” their Pacific policies. The United States launched its “Pacific pledge,” while Indonesia announced a “Pacific elevation.” China and Taiwan jousted for diplomatic support, offering “South-South” solidarity. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/71353 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/71352 Title: The denial of human dignity in the age of human rights under Australia’s Operation Sovereign Borders Authors: Salyer, J C Abstract: In 2007, Mohammad was working in exchange for room and board at a small surf resort in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (PNG). An Australian lawyer had made this arrangement for him so he could spend some time off of Manus Island, where he had been detained since attempting to reach Australia by boat from Indonesia to claim asylum. Four years earlier in Iran, Mohammad had been a university student who was politically active both by writing against the government and by participating in protests. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/71352 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z