Mixing up: Social contact and modernization in a Japanese joint venture in the Solomon Islands

Barclay, K

Mixing up: Social contact and modernization in a Japanese joint venture in the Solomon Islands

Barclay, K

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Citation:: Critical Asian Studies, 2004, 36 (4), pp. 507 - 540
Issue Date:: 2004-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Barclay, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-0965	en_US
dc.date.issued	2004-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Critical Asian Studies, 2004, 36 (4), pp. 507 - 540	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1467-2715	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5611
dc.description.abstract	Increased interactions between groups of people through modernization may be embraced as mutually enriching or denounced as causing " negative social impacts." This paper is predicated on the assumption that people's perceptions of modernization projects influence their outcomes, because people resist rather than commit to negatively perceived projects. The nature of social contact brought about through modernization is a key factor in perceptions of modernization projects. Three types of social contact in a fishing joint venture between the Solomon Islands government and a Japanese company are explored in this paper: contact between men and women, between ethnic groups within Solomon Islands, and between Solomon Islanders and foreigners. Some of the criteria by which interviewees judged social contact included whether it was peaceful or caused friction, whether it caused cultural change, and whether it was hierarchical. The types of contact are discussed in terms of those criteria to reveal their varied effects on perceptions of modernization. © 2004 BCAS, Inc.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Critical Asian Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/1467271042000273220	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Cultural Studies	en_US
dc.title	Mixing up: Social contact and modernization in a Japanese joint venture in the Solomon Islands	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	36	en_US
utslib.for	160805 Social Change	en_US
utslib.for	160803 Race and Ethnic Relations	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	36	en_US

Abstract:

Increased interactions between groups of people through modernization may be embraced as mutually enriching or denounced as causing " negative social impacts." This paper is predicated on the assumption that people's perceptions of modernization projects influence their outcomes, because people resist rather than commit to negatively perceived projects. The nature of social contact brought about through modernization is a key factor in perceptions of modernization projects. Three types of social contact in a fishing joint venture between the Solomon Islands government and a Japanese company are explored in this paper: contact between men and women, between ethnic groups within Solomon Islands, and between Solomon Islanders and foreigners. Some of the criteria by which interviewees judged social contact included whether it was peaceful or caused friction, whether it caused cultural change, and whether it was hierarchical. The types of contact are discussed in terms of those criteria to reveal their varied effects on perceptions of modernization. © 2004 BCAS, Inc.

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