The Network Inside Out

260 Pages·2010·14.246 MB·English

by  Annelise Riles

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
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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)
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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