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Inter-island relations in Oceania's archipelagos: Identity and everyday politics
Asia Pacific Viewpoint ( IF 1.474 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 , DOI: 10.1111/apv.12302
Gerard Prinsen 1 , Alexander Mawyer 2 , Margarita Cholymay 3 , Allison Lotti 4 , Ena Manuireva 5 , Helen Muir 6
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Oceania includes sovereign states as well as overseas territories of metropolitan powers. In both cases, contemporary geopolitical borders are legacies of colonialism. As in many (de)colonised places, materialisations of spatially anchored social imaginaries and practices of self and otherness, play a role in the everyday politics of Oceania's communities and states. Notably, cultural intimacies (Herzfeld, 2016) in this region are also shaped by tensions between islands in an archipelagic unit. Characterised by plural identities, Oceania's communities must navigate solidarities within the colonial borders of unitary sovereign states or non-sovereign island territories. Given this context, we ask whether spatially anchored identities within archipelagic contexts are politically engaged, playing a role in the politics of state (dis)cohesion across the region. This paper presents findings from 73 interviews across four pairs of Pacific islands – Wallis-Futuna, Tahiti-Mangareva, Rarotonga-Manihiki, Pohnpei-Chuuk – exploring how communities define their own identities and the identity of those on ‘the other island’. We find both sides in agreement on six complementary and rather respectful identities. We therefore suggest that while political tensions and calls for secession in archipelagos are real, it is unlikely that identity politics at this point in time inflames political break ups.

中文翻译:

大洋洲群岛的岛际关系:身份认同与日常政治

大洋洲包括主权国家以及大都市区的海外领土。在这两种情况下,当代地缘政治边界都是殖民主义的遗产。与许多(去)殖民化的地方一样,空间锚定的社会想象和自我与他者实践的具体化,在大洋洲社区和国家的日常政治中发挥着作用。值得注意的是,该地区的文化亲密关系(Herzfeld,2016 年)也受到群岛单位中岛屿之间的紧张局势的影响。大洋洲的社区以多元身份为特征,必须在单一主权国家或非主权岛屿领土的殖民边界内实现团结。鉴于这种情况,我们询问群岛环境中的空间锚定身份是否与政治有关,在整个地区的国家(不)凝聚力政治中发挥作用。本文介绍了来自四对太平洋岛屿(瓦利斯-富图纳岛、塔希提岛-曼加雷瓦岛、拉罗汤加岛-马尼希基岛、波纳佩-丘克岛)的 73 次访谈的结果,探讨了社区如何定义自己的身份以及“另一个岛屿”上的人的身份。我们发现双方就六个互补且相互尊重的身份达成一致。因此,我们认为,虽然群岛的政治紧张局势和要求分离的呼声是真实存在的,但此时的身份政治不太可能激起政治分裂。Pohnpei-Chuuk - 探索社区如何定义自己的身份以及“另一个岛屿”上的人的身份。我们发现双方就六个互补且相互尊重的身份达成一致。因此,我们认为,虽然群岛的政治紧张局势和要求分离的呼声是真实存在的,但此时的身份政治不太可能激起政治分裂。Pohnpei-Chuuk - 探索社区如何定义自己的身份以及“另一个岛屿”上的人的身份。我们发现双方就六个互补且相互尊重的身份达成一致。因此,我们认为,虽然群岛的政治紧张局势和要求分离的呼声是真实存在的,但此时的身份政治不太可能激起政治分裂。
更新日期:2021-02-22
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