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A Hard Stone People: Social Relations and the Nation State in the Vaturanga District, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands A HARD STONE PEOPLE: SOCIAL RELATIONS AND THE NATION STATE IN THE VATURANGA DISTRICT, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS by DAVID CRAIG RYNIKER B.A., Wichita State University, 1985 M.A.,Wichita State University, 1991 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Department of Anthropology and Sociology) We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA April 2001 © David Craig Ryniker, 2001 In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Department of AwW*<t>jp&lpgy CLxAc) <S&Cr&I ~**ty^J The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Date 35 i o& I DE-6 (2/88) ABSTRACT Studies of nation-states have tended to emphasize how they form a common national culture and the systems and institutions involved. This has included notions about the past, territory, language, and popular culture, among others. Many such studies hypothesize the role of media and publishing in establishing the modern nation-state as a sort of "imagined community" or a "creolized culture." This study, which looks at a local people called the Vaturanga, who live in northwestern Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, approaches the subject from the point of view of economic and communicative behaviours. It is my contention that the dynamic events and features frequently seen in modern and especially post-colonial nation-states can best be explained by reference to a constellation of relationships or associations: the divergent social networks to which people have access. The Vaturanga and their neighbours in rural Guadalcanal and their distant kin in town, illustrate these divergent social networks in such matters as economic change, ethnic relations, language and communication, and the mass media. Economic behaviours must be maintained by communication. This includes both the avenues of communication, and the meanings and symbols employed. This study especially focuses on the latter as a means to understand and comprehend the lives of the Vaturanga. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ii Table of Contents iii List of Tables vii Acknowledgments ix Preface x Chapter One: Introduction 1 Post-Colonial Nation-States 1 Social Networks 1 The Post-Colonial Situation 3 Vaturanga Social Relations 5 Colonialism and Post-Colonialism in the Solomon Islands 9 Background/Early Contact 9 Development and Land Alienation 11 Labour Recruitment/Migration 13 Language/Communication 14 Missionization 15 Education/Literacy 17 Government 18 Nationalism in Melanesia 18 Resistance Movements 19 Invention of Tradition 20 Ethnicity and Class 21 Development 22 Post-Colonial Approaches 23 Research Among the Vaturanga 24 Prior Research 25 The Researcher in the Field 26 The Field Site 27 Gender Issues 28 Rationales and Strategies 30 Colonial and Post-Colonial Practice 31 Framework for Analysis 31 Constellations of Association 33 iii Chapter Two: The Nation-State in the District 35 Introduction 35 Social Groups 38 Vaturanga Social Organization 39 Ethnic Groups 42 The Economic System 47 Vaturanga Subsistence 47 Exchanges 51 Market Activities 55 Development 58 Governmental Systems 61 The Provincial and National Governments 61 The Role of Chiefs 62 Courts 64 Schools and Missions 65 Schools 66 Missions 70 The Mass Media 75 Newspapers 75 Radio 78 Popular Recordings 80 Discussion 84 Chapter Three: The Rhetoric of Magic 87 Introduction 87 An Encounter With Magic 87 Interpreting this Encounter 88 The Rhetoric of Magic 90 Economic Change and Social Relations 92 The Economic Setting 92 Asymmetry Between Individuals or Nuclear Families 94 Development Issues 98 The Rhetoric of Magic 105 Economic and Social Change and Magic ' 105 Kinds and Forms of Magic Among the Vaturanga 106 Magic As Custom: Vaturanga Perceptions of How Magic Use to Be 106 Appropriate Behaviour 114 Development, Inequality and Magic 118 Magic and Social Problems 121 Discussion 125 Kinship and Marriage 125 Magic as Rhetoric 126 iv Chapter Four: Ethnic Tensions 129 Introduction 129 Meeting a Kwaio Elder 129 Back in the Village 130 Social Relations and Ethnicity 131 Uneven Development and Social Relations 132 Guadalcanal and Malaita 132 Social Relations and History 134 Ethnicity 136 A Hard Stone People 137 The Plantation Workers 139 Tensions and Stereotypes 142 The Bobote and "Solomons Men" 142 Vaturanga Characterizations of Malaitans 145 Malaitan Characterizations of the Vaturanga 150 Discussion 152 Chapter Five: Social Relations, Language and Communication 158 Introduction 158 Language Categories 160 Hoko 162 Pijin 165 English 166 Public Events 166 Schools 172 Interactions With the Vaturanga 173 School Professionals 177 The Curriculum 180 Missions and Churches 183 Palama 184 Monastic Communities 187 The Roman Catholic Church 192 Discussion 198 Chapter Six: Beyond Borders 199 Introduction 199 Moments in Time: The Mass Media, Issues and Local Peoples 201 The Bougainville Crisis 204 Background 204 Media Reporting About Bougainville 206 Examples of Newspaper Reporting on Bougainville 208 The Vaturanga Response to the Crisis 215 Reggae 219 v Reggae on the Radio 221 Production of Reggae in the Solomon Islands 223 Content/Themes in Reggae 224 Encountering Reggae in the Vaturanga District 230 Vaturanga Interpretations of Reggae 231 Discussion 237 Chapter Seven: Space and Time 240 Introduction 240 Vaturanga Kastom and the Mass Media 241 Kastom and the Mass Media 243 Newspaper Accounts of Kastom 246 The Production of Kastom 246 Land Tenure and Kastom 251 Other Examples of Kastom in Newspapers 259 Stories About or Incorporating Kastom 260 Radio Presentations of Kastom 263 Vaturanga Representations of Kastom 266 Discussion 277 Chapter Eight: Conclusion 281 Nation-States 281 Social Relations/Signs and Symbols 281 Creolization 286 Hard Stone People 289 Epilogue 291 Crisis in Guadalcanal 291 Introduction 291 Chronology 292 Correlations/Indications 298 Endnotes 302 Bibliography 313 Glossary of Hoko 326 Maps 329 Appendix 334 vi LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1. Clans or dull in West Guadalcanal 41 Table 2.2. Locations of lineage (puku) land for husbands and wives in Maravovo .42 Table 2.3. Who are your wantoksl Maravovo village 44 Table 2.4. Types of Feasting and Exchange in West Guadalcanal 53 Table 2.5. Customary money (golo ni hita) 54 Table 2.6. Making Money in the Vaturanga District. Households in Maravovo engaged in money making activities 56 Table 2.7. Reported household incomes for Maravovo 57 Table 2.8. Visits to stores, trips per month, amount spent per trip, most common items purchased 60 Table 2.9. Courts in the Solomon Islands 65 Table 2.10. Educational attainment of adults in Maravovo 70 Table 2.11. Religious affiliation in Maravovo village 71 Table 2.12. Anglican institutions in the Vaturanga District (excepting schools) 73 Table 2.13. Newspaper use in Maravovo village 76 Table 2.14. Radio use in Maravovo village 79 Table 2.15. SIBC weekday programming (evenings) 80 Table 2.16. Solomon recordings (languages of songs) 82 Table 2.17. Stereo/Cassette use in Maravovo 83 Table 3.1. Income variation according to source, per household, Maravovo village 96 Table 3.2. Mass media access by sources of income, Maravovo village 97 Table 3.3. Vaturanga magic, types, forms, intended outcomes 10vi9i Table 5.1. Languages in the Vaturanga District with number of speakers 161 Table 5.2. Individuals claiming various language competencies 162 Table 5.3. Word replacement, Ndi and Ghari 164 Table 5.4. Public events in the Vaturanga District and languages used 167 Table 5.5. Educational attainment of adults in Maravovo 174 Table 5.6. Educational attainment and language competencies in Maravovo 175 Table 5.7. Children's language competencies by educational attainment 176 Table 5.8. Anglican Eucharist service in Maravovo and the languages used 188 Table 6.1. Newspaper reporting about Bougainville, 11/96 - 04/97 206 Table 6.2. Reggae performers presented on SIBC 222 Table 6.3. Performers featured in the Top Ten Countdown, SIBC, April 5, 1997 223 Table 7.1. Newspaper articles referencing kastom 244 viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work is dedicated to the memory of Arthur Wolff, Ph.D. (1931 - 1998), a friend who took a passionate interest in my work and in the people of the Solomon Islands, who wrote me almost every single day while I was in the field, and encouraged me with his good advice for many years. We miss you, Art! I would also like to gratefully acknowledge the following organizations and groups: the brothers of the Society of Saint Francis, Solomon Islands Region, for their incalculable advice, assistance and help with transportation and other resources; the people of Maravovo village, who took me in, saw to my daily needs, and shared their lives with me in every way-e utu kau padale; and the Vancouver Crew of KSC, whose knowledge of how to relax have a good time saved my sanity during the writing of this dissertation. The following individuals merit special mention: Arsad Baria, LL.B., my partner of seven years, who showed much patience and understanding during many delays both before and
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