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@article{ Hennings2016, title = {Assembling resistance against large-scale land deals: challenges for conflict transformation in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea}, author = {Hennings, Anne}, journal = {ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies}, number = {1}, pages = {33-52}, volume = {9}, year = {2016}, issn = {1999-253X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-2016.1-3}, abstract = {"Responding to the academic void on the impact of socio-ecological conflicts on peacebuilding and conflict transformation, I turn to resistance against large-scale land acquisitions in post-war contexts. Promising in terms of reconstruction and economic prosperity, the recent rush on land may, however, entail risks for reconciliation processes and long-term peace prospects. With reference to post-war Bougainville - as yet an autonomous province of Papua New Guinea - the article aims to conceptualize the impact of resistance against large-scale land deals on conflict transformation processes. Applying assemblage theory thereby allows not only analyzing multilayered dynamics in post-conflict societies but also new perspectives on socio-ecological conflicts. The findings suggest increasing resistance against land deals and state territorialization in Bougainville with resemblances to pre-war contentious politics against Panguna mine. Yet, the lasting war trauma, a high weapon prevalence, and growing social friction add to destructive deterritorialization processes that are currently slowed down by the upcoming independence referendum." (author's abstract)}, keywords = {conflict potential; sozialer Konflikt; Papua-New Guinea; Ozeanien; land policy; social conflict; ecological consequences; Grundbesitz; indigene Völker; Boden; Papua-Neuguinea; Oceania; indigenous peoples; landed property; Widerstand; Bodenpolitik; resistance; ökologische Folgen; Vertreibung; Konfliktpotential; land; conflict management; Entwicklungsland; Konfliktregelung; agricultural policy; Agrarpolitik; developing country; displacement}}