Viewing from a Point

Nilla, comes from the heartland of Panguna in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. This cheerful character is always seen with an affectionate smile that makes her a likable person to anyone she meets. However, this has never been the case in this young woman’s past, as she reflects upon her upbringing through the struggles of 10 year war and the horrendous execution of her “redskin” father at the hands of opportunistic BRA soldiers; she recalls the struggles she and her family went through and how she never gave up her dreams to make it make it to through education. This is the story of Theonila. Theonila was born on the 4 th of September 1990 to a family of five, she was the last. At that time the crisis was at its peak.  Little did she know of a normal life, as everyday was filled with drama of seeing and hearing gunfire, blood and gore from casualties’ battle wounds, and the continual fear of what the next day would hold for the family, this was the life she became accustom

Globalization and the so-called inevitable ideology of a global village is somewhat the amplified message fed to the mass population through media and academia. It is by far the seen as a normal trend that the world will eventually end up this way. No doubt that technological advancement, the internet, gadget innovation and computerization of devices, TV hip-hop and Hollywood culture and the capability to compromise tyranny of distance of course make the world much smaller communication wise. Not to mention the increased dialogue and interaction between states and multinational corporations is the authentication of the ideology that no state is in perfect isolation. So what is this rumbling of globalization, technology and culture all about you may ask? Well, first and foremost; this is a pivotal time in this day and age in a region like PNG, where our heritage is firmly defined in our unwritten past. Not to mention the claim of so-called backward culture which some might view