1.1 Positioning the Study: A Focus on Struggle
1.2 When things are not simple: Outlining the Theoretical Framework
1.2.1 Multiple Worlds
1.2.2 The Folding of Time
1.3 Vanuatu: A Note on Geography, Demography, and a History of Land Struggle
1.3.1 A History of Land
1.3.2 The Politics of Land
1.3.3 From Mother to Commodity?
1.4 Outline of Thesis
Chapter 2: On Entering the Field & Methodology
2.1 The Field
2.2 Access and the Implications of Becoming Part of it All
2.3 Navigating the River
Chapter 3: The Place, the People, and the Struggles
3.1 Snapshot of a Home
3.2 Money and Taro
3.3 Yu Blong Wea (where are you from)? The Struggles Unfolded
3.3.1 “We Have the Right to Keep the Land Always”
3.3.2 “The Problem is With all Those Man Kam…”
3.4 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 4: Giaman Stori and the Multiplicity of Truth
4.1 Speaking One’s Mind
4.2 According to Kastom
4.2.1 Significance: “Kastom Hem i Stap”
4.2.2 Meaning: “This is not the Way of Kastom”
4.3 Worlds in the Making
4.3.1 Multiple Worlds – Multiple Truths
4.4 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 5: Anticipation, Hope, and the Wait
5.1 Uncertain Futures and Ways of Anticipation
5.1.1 “We Need to Secure Our Titles”: Anticipating Risk of Future Land Loss
5.1.2 For the Common Good: Anticipating Trouble and Scarcity of Land
5.1.3 “We Will Keep Fighting”: Strategies of Resistance
5.2 While There is Still Hope
5.2.1 Conflict Persists
5.2.2 And Hope Remains
5.3 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 6: Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Abstract (in Danish)
Appendix 1: List of Informants
Appendix 2: Map of Mele Maat’s Land Titles