‘Save Cow, Save India’: Interspecific vulnerabilities in India’s cow protection politics
Seminar
India criminalises cow slaughter, based on Hindus’ reverence of cows as sacred and a Hindu nationalist imagination of the cow as a Hindu nation. Simultaneously, India is also a leading beef producer. This talk addresses this puzzle by demonstrating how the cow-worshipping, aspirational Hindu state…
Palaeocological insights into the causes and consequences of Late Quaternary megafauna extinction in Asia and Australia
Seminar
Palaeoecological Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Mid-Late Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in Asia and Australia Mid-Late Quaternary megafauna extinctions have long intrigued researchers seeking to understand the causes and consequences of these significant ecological events. What role…
Park rangers, pig hunters and pigs: The unruly world of invasive species management and control in a Cape York national park
Seminar
Biosecurity and invasive species management is an enduring concern for environmental managers in Australia. In Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland, significant energy, and resources are devoted to controlling the ever-expanding population of feral pigs (Sus scrofa). Reviled for their…
The biology of fatherhood in context: Evolutionary origins, cross-cultural perspectives, and health implications
Seminar
Human fathers have a fexible psychobiological capacity to respond to committed parenting with shifts in hormones such as testosterone, prolactin, and oxytocin. These findings hint at evolved neuroendocrine capacities that help facilitate refocused priorities as men make the transition into…
THE SACRIFICE OF THE YAMS: Tubers, Procreation, and Chiefly Hierarchy in the Trobriands Mark Mosco, ANU
Seminar
James Scott (Against the Grain, 2017) has famously argued that tuber- as distinct from cereal-based agriculture offers an escape from political subjugation in archaic states. In this chapter, I describe how, through sacrificial bwekasa reciprocities with ancestral baloma spirits, Trobriand…
Celebrating 50 Years of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Conference
Please join us for a two-day conference and a Celebratory Reception to celebrate the 50 years of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology! Conference: Thursday 1 February 2024, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Friday 2 February 2024, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm ANU Union, 3 Rimmer Street Celebratory…
Screening of 'Remembering Yayayi'
Arts & entertainment
As part of the 2023 Anthony Forge Memorial Lecture, the film 'Remembering Yayayi' will be screened on Wednesday 6th December. All welcome. No registration required 'Remembering Yayayi’ features Marlene Nampitjinpa sharing her memories of Yayayi with anthropologist Fred Myers. The film reflects on…