Operating the familial body – genes, kin and hereditary cancer
Activity
How do anthropologists understand and analyse experiences of hereditary cancer? The primary approach to date is predominantly biosocial, with emphasis placed on the presence of a genetic mutation as the key mode of interpreting experiences of (pre) cancer and the social relationships organised…
Discreet to Excrete in the Concrete Jungle: Women Bike Messengers and their Inventive Urban Strategies
Activity
Abstract: In spite of the radical changes brought in by new communication technologies, bicycle messengers are still integral to many urban economies throughout the world. While all messengers creatively navigate through dense, hostile traffic on the streets, women face additional challenges…
27 May - Africa in World History : Literacy, Revolutions and the Quest for Alternative Histories
Activity
Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, ANU Friday Seminar Series: 27 May 2016 Africa in World History: Literacy, Revolutions and the Quest for Alternative Histories By Kabu Okai-Davies Abstract: In this presentation I will discuss the role of literacy - writing/reading/arithmetic - in the…
ANCLAS book Launch - Social Collateral by Caroline Schuster
Activity
ANCLAS book launch - Social Collateral by Caroline Schuster The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies presents the book launch of: Social Collateral by Caroline Schuster http://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/australian-national-centre-for-latin-american-studies/events/…
NTRB & NTSP Managers' Meeting
Meeting
For the first time a meeting specifically for managers of sections dealing with native title anthropology in NTRBs and NTSPs will be held in Canberra.
Adelaide Workshop
Workshop
CNTA held a Roving Workshop in Adelaide at the Treasury Adina Hotel, 2 Flinders Street Adelaide. Our workshop partner was South Australian Native Title Services (SANTS). SANTS CEO, Mr Keith Thomas, opened the workshop and welcomed participants. Twenty-five people (25) attended the…