Economic, political and cultural brokers in remote Papua New Guinea

该项目旨在了解经纪人在巴布亚新几内亚资源前沿塑造知识和财富流动的作用;目的是调查经纪人服务的需求，他们的定位，以及他们调解的紧张局势。该项目计划通过研究该地区的文化，政治和经济经纪人来产生新的知识，该地区与教会，国家和公司的接触相对较新。预期成果包括对经纪业学术文献的贡献，以及巴布亚新几内亚研究人员的能力建设。这应该会带来巨大的好处，为更好地管理威胁发展项目可行性、国家合法性和社区稳定的进程提供信息。

This project aims to understand the role of brokers in shaping flows of knowledge and wealth at in resource frontiers in Papua New Guinea; the intent is to investigate the demands that brokers service, their positioning, and the tensions they mediate. The project plans to generate new knowledge by studying cultural, political and economic brokers in a region where encounters with church, state and corporations are comparatively recent. Expected outcomes include contributions to the scholarly literature on brokerage, and building capacity of PNG researchers. This should provide significant benefits, informing better management of processes that threaten viability of development projects, legitimacy of the state, and stability of communities.