Human Dispersals Out of Africa
Seminar
The dispersal of Homo sapiens ‘Out of Africa’ and across Eurasia is one of the most significant topics in human evolutionary studies. The nature, timing and routes of our migrations has been the subject of numerous debates, involving archaeologists, geneticists, biological anthropologists and earth…
Roundtable discussion: Rewriting Jurisprudence: Centring Refugee and Migrant Knowledges and Lived Experience
Seminar
Roundtable discussion: Rewriting Jurisprudence: Centring Refugee and Migrant Knowledges and Lived Experience This event is presented in person and online. Zoom details below Speakers Associate Professor Kate Ogg ANU College of Law, Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Higher…
Hildaland, or, Bringing the Ice: Reflections on Missing Persons, Intermittent Islands, and the Ethnography of Uncertain Presence
Seminar
Taking its cue from the loss (more precisely, the disappearance) of a close friend and sometime collaborator, and drawing on my long-term fieldwork on an experimental arts festival held annually in the Orkney Islands, this essay reflects on the challenges of documenting uncertain or intermittent…
Grandparental investment: This is just the beginning
Seminar
Exploring the lives of grandparents is a new and exciting field of enquiry. A multitude of factors influence the roles grandparents play in their families. Changing demographics mean there is greater demand and opportunity for actively engaged grandparents to help their families than ever before in…
The wall with a view of Europe: Two long years of the EU–Belarus border crisis
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The wall with a view of Europe: Two long years of the EU–Belarus border crisis The humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarus border has been unfolding since mid-2021, mostly out of public sight. Increasingly anxious about the raising numbers of people dying on the forested border, the EU came to…
These Days, These Homes: Miao domesticity, Chinese modernity
Seminar
Please note this seminar is available via Zoom only These Days, These Homes is a work in progress film project centered on the lives and homes of two Miao women in 21st century China. As an ethnography, the ethnography behind the film explores domesticity, gender, and development through a…
Predicting the economic outcomes of Australian permanent migrants
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Predicting the economic outcomes of Australian permanent migrants This research seeks to understand the extent that migrant characteristics (such as age, gender, education and English language skills, geographic location, permanent visa category, temporary visa history and country of birth) can…