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…
25th Annual ASHB Conference
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The ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology is proud to host the 25th Annual Scientific Conference of the Australasian Society for Human Biology, supported by the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) Research Hub. Annual ASHB Conference Human Biology: Through the Looking…
Inka Studies: 100 years since the discovery of Machu Picchu
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An international symposium that will feature the latest research from Peru. Invited speakers from Australia and Peru will present their research in a celebration of the century that has passed since the discovery of the famed Inca city of Machu Picchu. Conact Ian Farrington for more details.
Anthropology seminar: Authenticity, intimacy and trust: negotiating gender relations in internet-mediated transcultural marriage.
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The world wide web (WWW) offers a space for the expansion of intimacy and interpersonal relations beyond one’s immediate locality. Transcultural international marriages are increasingly a feature of a globalizing world that exhibits ‘time-space compression’ (Massey 1994). Nonetheless, popular and…
'Mortuary practices in Mesolithic and Neolithic perspectives of Northern and southern Europe'
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The presentation will be based on results of excavations of large cemeteries from hunter-gather societies in Southern Scandinavia and Latvia (8.500-4.500 BC) as well as from a megalithic tomb in southern Portugal. The cemeteries of hunter-gatherers of Northern Europe are located on islands in…
Embodying Piety: Disciplining Body and Lifestyle of Cadarese in Indonesia
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Embodying Piety: Disciplining Body and Lifestyle of Cadarese in Indonesia This study focuses on the efforts of cadarese (face-veiled women) in Indonesia, particularly those who attach themselves to Tablighi Jam??at and diverse Salafi movements, to be true Muslima (Muslim women) by disciplining…