Conference paper
Your Neighbours Are Your Friends": an Investigation into Micro-Geographical Exchanges in the Remote North-West of Australia between 1987-2012
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Annual Conference (Fremantle, Western Australia, 03/07/2013–05/07/2013)
2013
Abstract
This paper addresses intersections of communication, technology and geography in remote areas of Western Australia. It uses verbatim accounts from fieldwork bracketing decades of communication development to explore changes and constants in the micro-geographical exchange strategies of people living in the remote northwest of Australia. It articulates the continuing irony that the Australians who most need reliable and effective communications are those who experience the greatest difficulty in accessing them. We contend that geographical isolation and continuing problems with the reliability and reach of communication technologies in remote Western Australia have cultivated a robust community in which flexibility, resilience and interdependence redress, to some degree, the vulnerability remote communities often experience—especially in times of stress or crisis. The paper includes historical interviews from the 1980s and contemporary (2012) interviews carried out as part of an ARC Linkage-funded project, 2012-14, with industry partner Landgate, a Western Australian government entity.
Details
- Title
- Your Neighbours Are Your Friends": an Investigation into Micro-Geographical Exchanges in the Remote North-West of Australia between 1987-2012
- Authors/Creators
- D.J. Holloway (Author/Creator)L. Green (Author/Creator)D.A. Holloway (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Annual Conference (Fremantle, Western Australia, 03/07/2013–05/07/2013)
- Identifiers
- 991005540968407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Management and Governance
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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