Many institutions claim that bride price–where the groom's family transfers wealth to the
bride's family at marriage–harms women. Owing to its long-term engagement with …

In this paper, we draw on fieldwork with middle‐class investors in 'fast money schemes'(P
onzi scams) to consider how N eo‐P entecostal C hristianity may be mediating social and …

This article takes up the postcolonial feminization of Papua New Guinea's capital city, Port
Moresby, through an analysis of a City Mission boarding house. Haus Ruth is a place …

Expanding social media research on the Pacific Digital Revolution, this article explores the
significance of Papua New Guineans' digital and visual articulations of Papua New Guinean …

The emergence of a middle class has been identified as an important factor driving
economic and political transitions in Asia and Africa. Class has been 'happening'in the …

This chapter explores the contours of contemporary Papua New Guinean (PNG) ideologies
of nation-making and development and examines how narratives of development are …

Much popular and academic analysis of Pacific politics, especially on issues of gender,
juxtaposes foreign “Western” norms and institutions with “traditional” beliefs and customs …

This article examines how the use of mobile phones and associated software creates and
sustains regionally diverse urban communities. There is an interdependent connection …

This paper addresses how Christianity, and in particular Catholicism, is deployed in
response to gender‐based violence (GBV) in Papua New Guinea. It provides insights into …

This paper provides an overview of how social and economic inequalities are being
experienced and articulated in Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG is often imagined to be a …