See How We Roll: Enduring Exile Between Desert and Urban Australia: Reflections on Method and Writing
Seminar
Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 In this seminar I reflect upon the challenges of conceiving and writing See How We Roll: Enduring Exile Between Desert and Urban Australia (Duke, 2021), an intimate ethnography centred on the experience of a Warlpiri…
Intersections in Archaeological Science: Past to Future Directions
Seminar
Intersections in Archaeological Science: Past to Future Directions In the first part of the talk, I review some of the recent work undertaken by the Geoarchaeology Research Group (GRG) and TropArch (Tropical Archaeobotany) collectives here at the ANU. These two collectives have been largely…
Injured, maimed, and impaired: Female experiences of physical impairment and disability in medieval Scotland
Seminar
Within medieval society, perceptions of disability and able-bodiedness were largely based on the extent to which an individual was able to perform the socially-defined duties that they were expected to undertake. As such, many variables affected the social assignment of disability including;…
Cynicism and Multiplicity: Residential Entanglements within Urban Power Relations in Mongolia
Seminar
Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 This paper examines opaque power relations amidst urban dwelling, waste, and state outsourcing of urban development. Drawing from ethnography among residents in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, who were holding onto dilapidated…
Teaming up with Animals: The Making of Canine and Human Athletes in the Alaska Dog Mushing Community of Practice
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Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 This paper aims to provide an intervention into the anthropology of sport and the study of multi-species relations. The notion of community practice (CoP), as defined by sociolinguists, delineates as its ethnographic…
Tales teeth tell: Diet, health and toxin exposure in our ancient ancestors
Seminar
Dental tissues contain remarkably faithful records of their development through time, best represented by daily incremental features in enamel and dentine. These have been used to determine the rate and duration of tooth formation, disruptions during development, and age at death in juvenile…
"Our Bula Spirit Awaits You!" (When Borders Reopen): Indigenous Wellbeing and Romanticised Inequality in Post-COVID Tourism Campaigns
Seminar
Zoom Linkhttps://bit.ly/2OEVSFr Meeting ID: 937 9210 4939 Passcode: 800615 Much recent commentary posits Covid-19 as an opportunity to reset the global economy and reimagine a more equitable tourism industry. This paper questions such optimism through analysis of place-based advertising for…