Gutpela sindaun: wellbeing in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

Anna-Karina Hermkens

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-59519-6_10

Gutpela sindaun: wellbeing in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

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The Melanesian Tok-Pisin phrase gutpela sindaun, which translates as ‘abundant life’, or, ‘to have a good life’, has been appropriated by peacebuilders and by foreign donors within socio-economic development efforts in the region. In the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB) in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the phrase became especially significant in the context of peacebuilding efforts following an almost ten-year civil war that ended in 1998. This chapter details how post-conflict peacebuilding and development efforts by both international and local agents have defined and used gutpela sindaun in order to generate peace and change in Bougainville, most recently in the context of Bougainville’s long-term struggle to obtain independence from PNG.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Narratives of wellbeing
Editors	Tarryn Philips, Natalie Araújo, Timothy Willem Jones, John Taylor
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	10
Pages	159–180
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031595196
ISBN (Print)	9783031595189
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59519-6_10
Publication status	Published - 2024

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