@article{ref1,
title="On the Edge? Deserts, Oceans, Islands",
journal="Contemporary Pacific, The",
year="2001",
author="Jolly, Margaret",
volume="13",
number="2",
pages="417-466",
abstract="This paper starts with a playful interrogation of being &quot;on the edge&quot; of California from the perspective of a millennial experience &quot;in the center&quot; of Australia—partly to suggest my own location, but also to suggest how imagined geographies of edges and centers, of peripheries and interiors are geopolitical mirages. It then moves to a consideration of how representations of deep time, in being &quot;on the edge&quot; or inhabiting &quot;a sea of islands&quot; relate to the contemporary politics of indigeneity and diaspora in the Pacific. While acknowledging the differences between Islanders of different regions and countries, the co-presence of the values of &quot;roots&quot; and &quot;routes&quot; is stressed. The varied relation of indigeneity and diaspora is explored through visual arts displayed in museums and cultural festivals in Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia.<p />",
language="",
issn="1043-898X",
doi="10.1353/cp.2001.0055",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cp.2001.0055"
}