Emilia E Skrzypek is a social anthropologist with an academic background in sustainable development and a strong interdisciplinary interest in social accountability and corporate social responsibility. Her research is based in Papua New Guinea and focuses on issues of social accountability in the resource extraction industry.

"There is really nothing quite like Skrzypek's volume in print... Skrzypek has done an impressive job of bringing [her ideas] together in a rich ethnographic context." Dan Jorgensen, Western University"This is a complex ethnographic corner of Papua New Guinea, and the author has demonstrated her ability to penetrate beneath the cultural surface." Nick Bainton, The University of Queensland

• List of IllustrationAcknowledgementsPrologueIntroductionChapter 1. Role playChapter 2. Making up PaiyamoChapter 3. Make believeChapter 4. The Book of PaiyamoChapter 5. Precipitating the MineConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex