Childhoods in South Asia: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
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Childhoods in South Asia: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives provides an interdisciplinary platform for scholars and NGO representatives who work in the areas of childhood and education in South Asia. In response to adult speculation and debates around political, social and economic…
Childhoods in South Asia: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
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Childhoods in South Asia: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives provides an interdisciplinary platform for scholars and NGO representatives who work in the areas of childhood and education in South Asia. In response to adult speculation and debates around political, social and economic…
Mulvaney Lecture 2013: Collateral evidence: Ethnographic analogy revisited
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Reliance on analogy, especially ethnographic analogy, is as contentious in archaeology as it is ubiquitous, and it is once again the centre of sharp controversy about disciplinary ambitions, epistemic identity, and norms of credible practice. What basis can there be, ask contemporary critics of…
The Challenges for Participatory Development in Contemporary Development Practice
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ACFID Universities Linkages Conference This is the third conference as part of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) Universities Linkages, which brings scholars and aid practitioners together to discuss important development issues. Participatory development…
Anthropology Seminar Series. Second semester 2012
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Anthropology Seminar Series Second semester 2012 VENUE: Seminar room A Coombs Building TIME & DAY: 9.30am Wednesdays (refer dates below) July 25 Rohan Bastin: Distinguished early and absolutely: secularized sovereignty in India and Sri Lanka. August 1 Cameo Dalley: ‘Well I…
The Jack Golson Lecture 2012 - Political economy in Pacific prehistory: How chiefs came to power
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In prehistory there was a time before strong leaders and social stratification. Chiefs were the first political actors in human history, but it is not clear why human societies would either want or need them. The development of chiefdoms was a political act, fundamentally concerning the elemental…
Anthropology Seminar: Indigeneity in India
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Indigeneity in India: Protests, Petitions, and the Objectivation of Culture Indigeneity in India constitutes a complex and contested phenomenon existing between indigenous peoples and the State. Rallies, demonstrations and memorandums convey the message of local people to the State and call for…