Nutag: Homeland to Horses and Humans in Mongolia
Seminar
One aspect that mammals have in common, including ourselves, is the recognition of a home. In Mongolia the herding encampment (khot ail) is the joint ‘home’ for herders and herd animals alike, while seasonal migration of the encampment coincides with the grazing and movement of the herds within…
Studying collective behavior and social structure using tools from complex systems science
Seminar
Gabriel Ramos-Fernandez is a researcher on social complexity at the Applied Mathematics and Systems Research Institute at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in Mexico City. Holds a B.Sc. degree in basic biomedical research from UNAM and a PhD in biology from the University of…
The uncertain regime of sudden security: what happens after the grant of permanent visa to former asylum seekers in Australia
Seminar
The uncertain regime of sudden security: what happens after the grant of permanent visa to former asylum seekers in Australia An estimated 30,000 asylum seekers have been living for up to ten years under conditions of prolonged uncertainty in Australia, due to freezes and other delays in visa…
Human Dispersals Out of Africa
Seminar
The dispersal of Homo sapiens ‘Out of Africa’ and across Eurasia is one of the most significant topics in human evolutionary studies. The nature, timing and routes of our migrations has been the subject of numerous debates, involving archaeologists, geneticists, biological anthropologists and earth…
Roundtable discussion: Rewriting Jurisprudence: Centring Refugee and Migrant Knowledges and Lived Experience
Seminar
Roundtable discussion: Rewriting Jurisprudence: Centring Refugee and Migrant Knowledges and Lived Experience This event is presented in person and online. Zoom details below Speakers Associate Professor Kate Ogg ANU College of Law, Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Higher…
Hildaland, or, Bringing the Ice: Reflections on Missing Persons, Intermittent Islands, and the Ethnography of Uncertain Presence
Seminar
Taking its cue from the loss (more precisely, the disappearance) of a close friend and sometime collaborator, and drawing on my long-term fieldwork on an experimental arts festival held annually in the Orkney Islands, this essay reflects on the challenges of documenting uncertain or intermittent…
Grandparental investment: This is just the beginning
Seminar
Exploring the lives of grandparents is a new and exciting field of enquiry. A multitude of factors influence the roles grandparents play in their families. Changing demographics mean there is greater demand and opportunity for actively engaged grandparents to help their families than ever before in…