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d eaming i all aken o indica e he fa e of com ade in he ci --Bomana i j o ide he na ional capi al Po Mo e b --o hei o n fa e af e he ha e gained elea e. Ei he a , he foc emain on he e pec a ion ha police ill a a l hem. Taken a an e ample of a e po e a i mo a and b i h, he iolen ac ion of police ho ld be ead in hi o ical con e . Fi Ge man and B i i h and hen A alian colonial egime in Pap a Ne G inea e ed o a la ge e en on he abili of E opean pa ol office o impo e hei a ho i h o gh e a-legal p ni i e mea e : o gani ed aid of illage , ho e b ning , hoo ing and p ni hmen bea ing (La a and Rio, hi collec ion; cf. Dinnen and McLeod 2009; Go don and Meggi 1985; Kna f 1999; Schieffelin and C i enden 1991). To a la ge e en , he office ' indigeno a med con ab la ca ied o he e mea e ( ee Gammage 1996; Ki ai 1998). Indeed, he e e ained o ope a e h o gho he co n a a kind of pa a-mili a fo ce (Ki ai 1998: 35). F om he pe pec i e of illage , he po e of policemen de i ed f om he fac he ' e e onge and appa en l hle and np edic able' ac o (1998: 34). I eem ha hi a mp ion emain impo an in po colonial policing. Bo h in illage and o n he Con ab la a e fea ed a m ch a e pec ed. Police o k in Po Mo e b , fo in ance, i all eac i e a he han comm ni -ba ed; (1) pified b he of en ha h na e of police aid on ban e lemen , hich ee p ope emo ed, home de o ed and e iden b llied o hi (Godda d 2005: 199-200; ee Koc be ki, C and Connell 2001; O am 1976). Once again, he poin i ha he police a e een a he agen of iolence a m ch a p o ec o o g a dian again i (Rio, Mi chell, hi collec ion). (2) The i e i impo an hen one come o a e he na e of a e po e in Pap a Ne G inea and he na e of ha e migh call e i ance. Fo i edi ec o a en ion f om an empha i on he di ciplining o no ma i e a egie and b ea c a ic echnologie of colonial and po colonial go e nance, he kind of anal i of mic o-po e in pi ed b he o k of Fo ca l (1977, 1991; ee Mi chell 1998; Reed 1997; Ro e and Mille 2008; Sco 1998; S ole 1995), back o a d a foc on he a e a embodied fo ce( ). A he ame ime i in i e o e hink ha he a e i in a place like Pap a Ne G inea and ho i ela e o di connec f om he pop la ion i i held o go e n. A e e al an h opologi ha e highligh ed, Pap a Ne G inean a e gene all ck b he ab ence of he a e in hei li e , i fail e o ope a e a a ni a en i ha con i en l deli e e ice and e e ci e admini a i e a ho i , he he di ec l o h o gh di ib i e egime (cf. Cla k 1997; Do gla 2000; Fo e 2002). S bjec ma de i e he a e ( ee A e aga 2003) b feel he emain in i ible o i , complain ha he can' make poli ician and admini a o ackno ledge hem a ci i en ho de e e a e n fo hei o e (Ge e and E ing on 1999). In hi ega d, he i a ion of p i one a Bomana i a he e cep ional; fo he gaol i a pace p eci el defined b he p e ence o i ibili of he a e. Inma e kno ha he a e locked p in a go e nmen facili and ha he m li e acco ding o i le . While i ma be ha d o fig e Bomana a a panop ical em ( ee Reed 2003), he p i on doe e i a a i e he e pa ic la kind of ela ion i h he a e, of en enac ed h o gh iolence, eem po ible and indeed angible. The fac ha he police a e iden ified a iolen ac o i in pa o bling o an h opologi and E o-Ame ican a dience beca e i con a ene one of he cen al ene of o ocial de c ip ion: he idea ha he a e, h o gh la and i enfo cemen agen , ac a a fo m of ' ocial con ol' (M. S a hem 1985: 111). Tha i , he no ion ha be een iolence and la a hif in cale ope a e ; like c iminal beha io , icio o b i h ac a e a med o be he ma e ial pon hich go e nmen , c oma and legal fo m o k (b implica ion, he la e a e aken o be af e he fac of iolence) (M. S a he n 1985:114-115; ee Fi pa ick 1992:
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