Pierre Bourdieu and The Socio-Existential Physics of Viability
Orientation
Presented in person and online - details below.Pierre Bourdieu and The Socio-Existential Physics of ViabilityI was leaving Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport bound for Paris with one of my informants, Wafa, and her mother. Her mother was carrying such a great deal of luggage—well beyond…
Encounters with the Indian criminal justice system: Cases of queer dating violence in India
Seminar
Presented online only. Zoom details below.Encounters with the Indian criminal justice system: Cases of queer dating violence in IndiaThis presentation will share findings from my on-going research project on 'Risk and Intimacy: Dating Violence through Gay and MSM (Men who have sex with Men) dating…
Archaeology in Rapa Nui - Anakena excavations re-analysed
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.Archaeology in Rapa Nui - Anakena excavations re-analysedThis seminar will present Rapa Nui pre-history spanning over 3 decades of my archaeological research. Rapa Nui is a tiny island situated in the southeast Pacific. Geographically, it is the…
Anatomized Without Consent
Seminar
Anatomized Without Consent: Ethical entanglements, marginalized persons, and righting the wrongs associated with anatomical and legacy collections in the United States and beyondAnatomical collections were instrumental in the development and advancement of medicine, anatomy, and biological…
The History and Heritage of the Walbanga People from the Yuin Nation, south coast of NSW: Q&A with Uncle Owen Carriage
Seminar
Q&A with Uncle Owen Carriage - in person or online via ZoomUncle Owen Carriage is a Walbanga man of the Yuin Nation and the founder and creator of Australia’s only two Indigenous newspapers, the Koori Mail and the National Indigenous Times. Uncle Owen is also a founder of the NSW South Coast…
The Time Politics of Agroforestry Science
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.The Time Politics of Agroforestry ScienceBased on ethnographic research at an agroforestry research institute in southwest China, I examine the time politics surrounding scientists’ efforts to design, to research, and to promote agroforestry. In so…
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…