Baloma: The spirits of the kula in the Trobriand Islands
Seminar
Malinowski’s Argonauts (1922) description of Trobriand kula beliefs and practices proved pivotal for the development of modern economic anthropology and, indeed, anthropology generally. With few exceptions, subsequent investigators (e.g., Uberoi 1962; Leach and Leach 1983) have followed Malinowski…
Remarking The Unmarked: An Anthropology of Masculinity Redux
Seminar
This lecture critically discusses studies of men and masculinities in anthropology and ethnography from other disciplines, as well as theoretical frameworks and debates among anthropologists and other relevant scholars in the field. By considering the ethnographic boom in men and…
‘A large and distant view’: Savannas, monkeys & human evolution
Seminar
Grass-eating monkeys in the genus Theropithecus were widespread in Africa and beyond in the Plio-Pleistocene. Roughly 500,000 years ago, most species of grass-eating monkeys disappeared, leaving only the gelada monkey (T. gelada) that today is endemic to the Ethiopian highlands. The ecological…
Cattle, Cowpastures and Country
Seminar
When cattle escaped the British colony at Warrane/Sydney Cove, they made their way up river courses where within a few decades they established a large herd in what became known as ‘Cowpastures’, living under the ‘protection’ of the Colonial authorities they had evaded. The ongoing colonisation of…
The Gift of the Cross: Exchange, Peace, and Friendship from Nagasaki’s Atomic Ruins
Seminar
A wooden cross, originally taken by a U.S. soldier from the ruins of the old Catholic Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, was repatriated in August 2019. The cross, now named the “Atomic Bombed Cross,” was given by Bishop Yamaguchi Aijiro of Nagasaki to Walter G. Hooke, a Catholic Marine from New York,…
Histopathology of Treponemal Disease in Archaeological Human Bone
Seminar
In palaeopathology, histological examination of bone affected by treponematosis has been limited to the identification and validation of diagnostic markers. However, focusing on larger collections of archaeological human skeletal remains can help elucidate the biological processes of treponematosis…
Global shocks, policy change and the dynamics of diversity in migration flows to Australia (1945 to 2021)
Seminar
Migration Network Seminar Series 2022This event is presented in person and online. Zoom details below Global shocks, policy change and the dynamics of diversity in migration flows to Australia (1945 to 2021) Unanticipated refugee crises and deliberate shifts in state policy have been seen as…