Five theses for reinstituting economics : anthropological lessons from Broome

Stephen Muecke, Ben Dibley

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Abstract

Sometimes a visit to a country town can give you a feel for larger issues facing the nation. Broome is remote, strongly Indigenous, multicultural and its population swings seasonally from between 15,000 in the steamy wet to 40,000 in the dry, when people migrate north from the southern winter. As we research an ethnography for the Goolarabooloo people, who in 2013 successfully opposed the building of a gas plant on James Price Point, the need to think about competing economic claims arises.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEngaging Indigenous Economy: Debating Diverse Approaches
EditorsWill Sanders
Place of PublicationActon, A.C.T.
PublisherANU Press
Pages143-152
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781760460044
ISBN (Print)9781760460037
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Goolarabooloo people
  • Kimberley Land Council
  • Kimberley (W.A.)
  • Broome (W.A.)

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