The resiliency of Indigenous entrepreneurial settings in the South Pacific

Steven, Hennah; Vunibola, Suliasi

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“…Customary land is central to this research as the basis of identity, life, nourishment, and a base for entrepreneurial undertakings (H. Steven & Vunibola, 2022).…”

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Strategies for success of Indigenous businesses on customary land: case studies of three Itaukei (Indigenous Fijian) enterprises

Vunibola,

Scheyvens

2023

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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This article aims to examine crucial elements that provide a platform for the success of Indigenous businesses based on customary land, drawing on case studies from Fiji. A qualitative, ethnographic, three case study approach was conducted, and talanoa (discussion or talking together in groups or between two people) method was used to collect data guided by the Vanua Research Framework. Four significant themes unfolded from the study in terms of essential strategies for the success of the businesses on customary land: following protocols for safe cultural affiliation of the business; practices of people working collectively; making socio-cultural contributions to the community and contributing to employee well-being. The research implies that Indigenous businesses on customary land tend to define success from a cultural viewpoint that differs from how business success is conventionally defined.

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“…Customary land is central to this research as the basis of identity, life, nourishment, and a base for entrepreneurial undertakings (H. Steven & Vunibola, 2022).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, questions have been raised in development discourses on whether customary land can effectively support economic development (Dana, 2007; Nicole, 2018). Criticism of customary land has led to published research by researchers who identify as Pacific people (Cahn, 2008; H. Steven & Vunibola, 2022; Vunibola & Scheyvens, 2019).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategies for success of Indigenous businesses on customary land: case studies of three Itaukei (Indigenous Fijian) enterprises

Vunibola,

Scheyvens

2023

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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Investigating the “Thief in the Night”: The Reproduction and Erosion of Indigenous Forms of Social Resilience in Rural Fiji

Singh-Peterson,

Iranacolaivalu

2024

Hum Ecol

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Across the Republic of Fiji, the combination of slow onset climate change and extreme weather events continues to wreak havoc. In addition to direct damages sustained from climate impacts, the uncertainties associated with changes to natural systems in combination with depletion of natural resources and declines in biodiversity provide substantial challenges for Indigenous cultures and rural semi-subsistence livelihoods. Consequently, the concept of social resilience in terms of peoples’ capacities to cope and adapt to social and ecological changes remains important. In this study, we examine local Indigenous systems of social resilience constructed in alignment with the traditional value of relationalism, and concomitant practices of solesolevaki (working together) and kerekere (requesting, gifting, sharing) to (i). understand how social resilience in this local setting is both reproduced and sustained, and (ii).to examine how moral conflicts and ambiguities arising between traditional modes of living and being, and newer, introduced ontologies attributed to late liberalism are affecting social resilience. We present an ethnographic sketch drawn from fieldwork observations and narratives undertaken in rural Fiji since 2016 and apply Robbins’ (2017) theorising of culture and values to examine how people reconcile competing value systems attached to two porous social orders that structure the practices and rhythms of daily life, which Merlan (2005) refers to as the intercultural.

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The resiliency of Indigenous entrepreneurial settings in the South Pacific

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Strategies for success of Indigenous businesses on customary land: case studies of three Itaukei (Indigenous Fijian) enterprises

Strategies for success of Indigenous businesses on customary land: case studies of three Itaukei (Indigenous Fijian) enterprises

Investigating the “Thief in the Night”: The Reproduction and Erosion of Indigenous Forms of Social Resilience in Rural Fiji

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