English Pages [] Year This report is one of six gender and investment climate reform assessments undertaken in six Pacific nations including P. Plunged in. Gambling in Papua New Guinea, despite being completely absent prior to the Colonial era, has come to supersede storytell. Based on substantial f. Suggested citation: Wardlow, H. Oakland: University of California Press, P ebook DDC As always, my deepest thanks go to Mary Tamia and June Pogaya, my beloved besties in Tari, who have shared everything with meβstories, food, families, insights, laughter, tears, fear, and, fury.
I am grateful to Michael Parali, Luke Magala, Ken Angobe, and Thomas Mindibi, the four wonderful men who worked as my field assistants in , were brave enough to pose forthright questions about love, sex, marriage, extramarital relationships, and HIV to their peers, and had no compunction about telling me when interview questions were problematic. Joseph and the whole CBHC team persevered in delivering health promotion and income-generating projects to people in the Tari area during a desperate and precarious period, and they were a source of hope and inspiration for many.
I was also sad to learn that Sister Pauline Agilo had died. She was a comfort to many people living with HIV and AIDS, and especially helped people as best she could in the pre-antiretroviral era.
During my research stints in , , , and , a number of health workers assisted me by telling patients about my research and asking them if they were interested in being interviewed. Among other things, they helped me to understand the powerful allure of Port Moresby that can attach itself to those who have lived there and attract other people when they return to rural areas.
I feel profoundly lucky to belong to the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, where I have wonderful and brilliant colleagues, whose ideas have influenced mine. Jennifer Hirsch, Dan Smith, Harriet Phinney, Shanti Parikh, and Constance Nathanson are remarkable researchers and wonderful friends, and it was a blessing and joy to be able to work collaboratively on a research project with them.
