Prehistoric Coastal Resource Dynamics in Island Southeast Asia
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.Prehistoric Coastal Resource Dynamics in Island Southeast AsiaWallacea’s complex island landscapes have shaped human subsistence strategies for at least 50,000 years, offering a key setting for examining long-term adaptations to coastal…
The evolution of tiered social organizations: The case of the Rwenzori colobus
Seminar
Several animal species, including humans, form multilevel societies (MLS), the most complex form of social organization. This talk will examine the pathways to MLS formation and discuss how our long-term research on Rwenzori Angolan colobus monkeys in Uganda demonstrates the putative stepwise…
Disgust, Pleasure and Aesthetic ‘Judgement’. Classical south Indian music/dance and postcolonial fractures of habitus, taste and affect. Chennai, India.
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.Disgust, Pleasure and Aesthetic ‘Judgement’. Classical south Indian music/dance and postcolonial fractures of habitus, taste and affect. Chennai, India. I have been writing about the colonial, postcolonial and diasporic transformations in the…
The history of archaeology and museums in the Pacific: where are we now?
Seminar
The history of archaeology and museums in the Pacific: where are we now?Bruce Trigger’s concluding chapter in A History of Archaeological Thought is ‘Chapter 10: The Relevance of Archaeology’ in which he argues there is ‘a need to empower indigenous groups to guard and protect their…
By Birth or by Trump: Citizenship and New Right Populism
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details provided below.By Birth or by Trump: Citizenship and New Right PopulismDuring his three presidential campaigns, first term in office, with a second underway, Donald Trump has sought to delegitimise and undermine birthright citizenship in the United…
Deep time in settler-colonial presents
Seminar
Deep time in settler-colonial presentsOver the course of the twentieth century, scholars have found different ways of reading ‘Aboriginal Dreaming’ stories as historical accounts of events in Australia’s ‘deep time’. Dr Laura Rademaker, from the ANU School of History, suggests that, when analysed…
Border Control as Collective Violence: Afghan Refugee Advocacy in Australia in the Era of “Stop the Boats”
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.Border Control as Collective Violence: Afghan Refugee Advocacy in Australia in the Era of “Stop the Boats”Based on ongoing ethnographic research in Melbourne, this paper examines oral histories of Afghan refugee rights advocates in the era of…