This paper explores some accusations of wrongdoing in Papua New Guinea in the early 2000s. These accusations illustrate an ambiguous encouragement and discouragement of different kinds of perceived dependence as Papua New Guineans struggled with a growing disenchantment with their nation‐state and the withdrawal rather than expansion of state services and assistance. The paper explores the dynamics by which these accusations brought particular dependencies, cast as legitimate and illegitimate, in and out of view, and compares these with other instances in other parts of the world. Ascriptions of ‘dependence’ are shown not only to shift with context but also to be highly performative, being a central means by which persons engaged in highly entangled interdependent relations attempt to re‐shape the nature of those entanglements.

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“你要我们像婴儿一样喂你吗？” 东新不列颠的依赖归因

本文探讨了2000年代初巴布亚新几内亚的一些不法行为。这些指控说明，随着巴布亚新几内亚人对其民族国家和其撤离国日益消散，而不是扩大其国家服务和援助的努力，模范式的鼓励和劝阻使人们感到不安。本文探讨了这些指控带来的特殊依赖的动态变化，这些依赖被视作是合法的和非法的，并将其与世界其他地区的其他实例进行比较。所显示的“依赖性”不仅随语境变化，而且具有很高的执行力，是从事高度纠缠的相互依存关系的人们试图重塑这些纠缠性质的一种主要手段。