@article{fdi:010060537,
  title = {{L}ocality, mobility and governmentality in colonial/postcolonial {N}ew {C}aledonia : the case of the {K}ouare tribe (xua {X}aragwii), {T}hio ({C}oo)},
  author = {{L}e {M}eur, {P}ierre-{Y}ves},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he colonial history of {N}ew {C}aledonia has been one of dispossession, alienation, and racial segregation. {I}ndigenous people did not experience a life of all-embracing confinement and immobility. {I}nstead, {K}anak localities were historically shaped by the interplay of colonial projects, ideas, tensions, power relations, practices, representations, values, norms, and emotions. {B}ased on the example of {T}hio, located on the south-east coast of {N}ew {C}aledonia, this article explores these transformations, focusing on processes of localization and mobility in the colonial and postcolonial eras. {T}he first section focuses on the encounter with and the interplay between different organisations in {T}hio: the missionary, mining, pastoral, and administrative frontiers. {T}he second section explores the multilayered history of the landscape and settlement patterns in {X}aragwii/{K}ouare (a tribe located in the mountainous part of {T}hio), and the third section analyses the interplay of locality and mobility since {W}orld {W}ar {II}. {T}he final section examines the 'invention' of the tribe as part of colonial governmental projects. {T}he article concludes with a brief discussion of the meaning of this evolving dialectic in the current context of decolonization.},
  keywords = {locality production ; colonial/postcolonial transformations ; frontier ; politics ; governmentality ; {N}ew {C}aledonia ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{O}ceania},
  volume = {83},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {130--146},
  ISSN = {0029-8077},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1002/ocea.5009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060537},
}