Young People, the State and Development in Melanesia
While there is increasing recognition of the primacy of youth as a development issue across Melanesia surprisingly little focussed attention has been paid to young people as a collective, including within the literature. This panel proposes to examine contemporary youth development efforts focusing on Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. State-youth interactions and participation will be assessed across the national, sub-national and local levels. The panel will explore the state-youth relationship, looking at how young people experience government and politics, the role that they play in decision-making and where entry-points for greater youth engagement might exist in formal and informal governance systems. Speakers:Dan Evans (Chair), PhD Candidate, Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU; Anouk Ride, Solomon Islands-based researcher and writer; Barbra Thomas, PNG Projects Coordinator, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University.
Primary Title
- Young People, the State and Development in Melanesia
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 23 October 2018
Original Broadcast Date
- Tuesday 11 September 2018
Duration
- 88:00
Channel
- Department of Pacific Affairs
Broadcaster
- Australian National University
Programme Description
- While there is increasing recognition of the primacy of youth as a development issue across Melanesia surprisingly little focussed attention has been paid to young people as a collective, including within the literature. This panel proposes to examine contemporary youth development efforts focusing on Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. State-youth interactions and participation will be assessed across the national, sub-national and local levels. The panel will explore the state-youth relationship, looking at how young people experience government and politics, the role that they play in decision-making and where entry-points for greater youth engagement might exist in formal and informal governance systems. Speakers:Dan Evans (Chair), PhD Candidate, Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU; Anouk Ride, Solomon Islands-based researcher and writer; Barbra Thomas, PNG Projects Coordinator, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Islands of the Pacific--Research--Congresses
- Youth development--Melanesia
- Youth in development--Melanesia
Genres
- Educational
- Talk
Contributors
- Australian National University (Production Unit)
- Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Funder)
- Dan Evans (Speakers)
- Anouk Ride (Speaker)
- Barbra Thomas (Speaker)
Subjects
- Islands of the Pacific--Research--Congresses
- Youth development--Melanesia
- Youth in development--Melanesia