'Blurring the Boundaries' Manoeuvring State and Non-State Spaces: Rule, Compromise, and Contested Development among the Bajau Laut of the Sulu Sea. (Abstracts).Lim, Li Ching Li Ching (Traditional Chinese: 李靜, Simplified Chinese: 李静)(born 7 March 1975) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China. He is best known for the joint silver medal he won for Hong Kong at the Athens Olympic in 2004. . 2001, 'Blurring the Boundaries' Manoeuvring manoeuvring or US maneuvering Noun the skilful manipulation of a situation to gain some advantage State and Non-State Spaces: Rule, Compromise, and Contested Development among the Bajau Laut of the Sulu Sea Sulu Sea An arm of the western Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Borneo. The Sulu Archipelago, a chain of small islands belonging to the Philippines, separates the Sulu Sea from the Celebes Sea southwest of Mindanao. . M. Phil. degree, Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University. The Bajau Laut are sea nomadic See nomadic computing. communities, brought under increasing state control through projects of state simplifications and governmentality. The dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion n. A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis. dissertation Noun 1. draws on Scott's categories of 'non-state' and 'state spaces', extending these to examine how the Bajau Laut produce non-state spaces within state spaces, rendering development a contested terrain. I look at three means by which they do so, explored through the term compromise. They compromise the success of projects of rule, they compromise 'official' conceptions of space, and they compromise the cultural realm. Such an analysis challenges us to recognise the Bajau Laut, not as 'victims' of development, but as actors possessing agency (author). |
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