The moral atmosphere of rule-dense elections: Creative relationality and forceful enforcement in Australian local politics
Seminar
Elections are governed by complex rules to ensure fair competition in a political field. Due to COVID-19, the 2021 New South Wales local government elections were subject to further regulations, widely considered as lacking logic and causing perverse consequences. The rules engendered no moral…
Kincentric political reform in Iceland after elite corruption
Seminar
This talk explores how kinship has been central to collective recovery after political crisis in Iceland. Revelations of elite corruption following the 2008 global financial crisis and more recent international whistleblower leaks have led to several government collapses and declining trust in…
The domestication of vegetatively propagated field crops: Theory, method and practice
Seminar
Vegetatively propagated field crops are some of the most important in terms of global food production, and are especially important subsistence crops in the tropics and subtropics (as well as some mountainous and temperate regions). These crops include: root crops (such as potato, manioc/cassava,…
Chewing it over: Why what (and how) we eat has shaped primate and human evolution
Seminar
Repeated adaptations in the masticatory apparatus have continually redefined how vertebrates interact with their environment. Today, humans experience high rates of dental pathologies, and in comparison to other primates we have small jaws and teeth and a radically reorganized skull. This talk will…
Towards an Australian Ochre Charter: Australian Indigenous Community Archaeologies from Within
Seminar
Towards an Australian Ochre Charter: Australian Indigenous Community Archaeologies from Within A presentation by Dave Johnston on his proposed PhD Research (TPR ANU) with Indigenous Community Partners and Mentors: Dr Matilda House (Welcome to Country, Ngambri/Ngunawal), Mentor Dr Caroline…
Bone Decomposition in Aquatic Environments
Seminar
This study used a controlled animal model experiment over 12 months between January 2019 and December 2019 in the Gold Coast region of Australia. Forty-eight de-fleshed pig femora were placed in tanks replicating differing aquatic environments, including riverine, oceanic, estuarine and dam, with a…
The nutritional ecology of the Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) within modified habitats
Seminar
The nutritional ecology of the Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) within modified habitats Colobines are a folivorous primate with unique specialized anatomical and physiological adaptations that have evolved to facilitate the challenges which come with a heavily plant-based diet. Having…