A world shrouded in darkness: Accounting for variance in the Dark Triad traits around the world
Seminar
The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in darker aspects of personality. However, most studies on the Dark Triad traits tend to rely on samples from English-speaking/Western countries and fail to account for country-level variance. In…
Making Religious Heritage in China: Governance, Transformation, and Resistance
Seminar
Making Religious Heritage in China: Governance, Transformation, and Resistance Abstract In the past decades around the world, cultural heritage and religion have been intermingled in various ways. In Europe and North America, many religious communities turned churches into museum spaces to…
Reviving South Africa: Building and Interpreting the Plio-Pleistocene Fossil Record by the 'Infernal Method'
Seminar
For over 75 years, fossil discoveries and research in South Africa within the region locally known as the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ have shaped our understanding of the origins of humans and other mammal species. As part of this tradition of investigating the early history of South Africa, Dr Justin…
Bourdieu’s illusio: When theory, philosophy and ethnography meet
Seminar
About the Lecture In this paper I will explore Bourdieu’s concept of illusio and examine various moment where I found it helpful in thinking my ethnographic material with it. The examples will highlight the various potentialities and meanings of this analytical concept. I aim to exhibit the way…
Joint 5 day workshop CNTA/YMAC, Perth
Workshop
This event will be held in Perth. More details and a program outline will be released closer to the date of the event. Registration is now open. To register your interest, please email Dr Julie Finlayson at julie.finlayson@anu.edu.au
The Hidden Dead: Osteoarchaeological Perspectives on Maya Mortuary Ritual in the Caves and Rockshelters of Central Belize
Seminar
Osteoarchaeological investigations of mortuary deposits in caves and rockshelters in the river valleys of west-central Belize have yielded one of the larger and more complex regional skeletal assemblages in the Maya area, providing insights into the lives and deaths of people living in the nearby…
NTRB/ NTSPS Managers Meeting, Canberra
Meeting
This meeting is open only to NTRB/ NTSP anthropology/ research managers only. This event will be held in Canberra. More details will be released closer to the date of the event. To register your interest, please email Dr Julie Finlayson at julie.finlayson@anu.edu.au