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the network inside out a n n e l i s e r i l e s Ann Arbor The U niversity of M ichigan Press For Eleanor Jane Riles First paperback edition 2001 Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2000 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America © Printed on acid-free paper 2010 2009 2008 2007 7 6 5 4 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CAP catalog record for this hook is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Riles. Annelise. The network inside out / Annelise Riles, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-472-11071-3 (cloth : alk. paper) I. World Conference on Women (4th : 1995: Beijing, China) 2. Women—Congresses- Attendance. 3. Women’s rights International cooperation. 4. Women in development—International cooperation. 5. International organization. 6. Women—Fiji. I. Title. HQ1106.R54 2000 305.42 dc21 99-087959 ISBN 0-472-08832-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-472-11071-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-472-08832-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) t h e n e t w o r k i n s i d e o u t Contents List of Illustrations ...................................................................................... ix List of Tables .............................................................................................. xi Preface ...................................................................................................... xiii A Note on Orthography ............................................................................ xix List of Abbreviations ................................................................................ xxi Chapter 1. Inside Out ................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2. Sociality Seen Twice ................................................................23 Chapter 3. Infinity within the Brackets.......................................................70 Chapter 4. Division within the Boundaries.................................................92 Chapter 5. Designing the Facts............................................................... 114 Chapter 6. Filling in the Action ............................................................. 143 Chapter 7. Network! ............................................................................... 171 Notes ........................................................................................................ 185 References ................................................................................................ 215 Index ........................................................................................................ 235 Tables 1. Global Conferences ................................................................................ 8 2. Women’s Conferences from a Pacific Perspective, 1975-95 ................ 14 3. Some Institutions and Networks Mentioned in the Text..........................34 4. Networks Mentioned in the Text That Participated in the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW), Beijing....................................37 5. Fiji Participants' Affiliations at the Preparatory Conferences for the Fourth World Conference on Women and Their Funding Sources........41 1. “Chart of the UN conferences on women and parallel NGO forums” ...........................................................................................7 2. “United Nations Conferences: What have they accomplished?” ..........9 3. “Mission Statement of the Platform for Action”.................................. 11 4. “Flashback: UN Fourth World Conference on Women and regional and national preparatory meetings” ...................................................... 12 5. “What does the network look like?” .......................................................24 6. “Schematic depiction of the Asia and Pacific NGO Working Group” ....................................................................................49 7. “Second-order zone, with density 32 per cent” .....................................56 8. “Information systems for the advancement of women for national machinery” .........................................................................57 9. Front cover of the Pacific Platform for Action......................................71 10. Layering mats in a ceremonial space ....................................................76 11. Women layering mats for the installation of RokoTui Bau..................77 12. Paragraph 223 of the Draft Platform for Action, 15 May 1995 version .............................................................................84 13. Early survey map of Lovonisikeci estate, Cakaudrove Province, Vanua Levu.............................................................................................98 14. Early (ca. 1900) survey map of Yadali estate, CG 735 ...................... 100 15. Survey map of a portion of Lovonisikeci estate, CT 4321, lots 1-4.............................................................................................. 102 16. Pages from Women's Information Network........................................ 118 17. “Communication Line," a schematic depiction of the Fiji WIP network...................................................................................... 122 18. “Network!” ........................................................................................ 125 19. “What you need . . . ,” leaflet distributed at the Beijing NGO Forum’95.......................................................................................... 128 20. “Anatomy of the Platform for Action".............................................. 135 21. Sample page from Turn the words into action! Highlights from the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.............................. 157 22. “Empowerment” matrix distributed at the Seminar on Beijing and the ICPD...................................................................................... 160 23. “Common Grounds".......................................................................... 163 24. Participants in the Seminar on Beijing and the ICPD........................ 167 25. “Communication Line," a schematic depiction of the Fiji W1P network; and "Expected outputs and outcomes of activities" .......... 168 A Note on Orthography In conformity with standard Fijian orthography, the letters below are pro­ nounced as follows when they appear in Fijian-language words or names: b is pronounced mb as in number c is pronounced th as in thus d is pronounced nd as in sand g is pronounced ng as in sing c/ is pronounced ng as in linger ADB Asian Development Bank AIDAB Australian International Development Assistance Bureau A PC Association for Progressive Communications APDC Asian and Pacific Development Centre APWG Asia and Pacific NGO Working Group APWIP Asia-Pacific Women in Politics AusAID Australian Agency for International Development (formerly AIDAB) British ODA Great Britain Overseas Development Administration CAA Community Aid Abroad CAC critical areas of concern (thematic sections of the Global Platform for Action) CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimina­ tion against Women CETC Community Education Training Center CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CONGO Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Con­ sultative Status with ECOSOC Corso New Zealand Association for International Relief, Rehabili­ tation and Development CSW Commission on the Status of Women (a subdivision of ECOSOC) DAC Development Assistance Corporation DAWN Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era DWC Department of Women and Culture (Fiji) ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council ECOWOMAN a collective of NGOs involved with women and environ­ ment in the Pacific- ENGENDER Center for Environment, Gender and Development

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