Position: PhD Candidate in Anthropology
School and/or Centres: School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Email: christopher.marcatili@anu.edu.au
Location: Banks Building (#44), Linnaeus Way
Qualification: Master of Communications (Creative Writing) with Distinction, University of Technology, Sydney
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) (Anthropology), First Class, University of Sydney
Christopher is a doctoral candidate at the Australian National University. His current research is a study of the anthropology of creativity and creative processes. He looks at the ways creative processes intersect with identity and social world-making processes, specifically in times of social change. His fieldwork is conducted in Iceland among creative writers.
Creativity, creative writing, Iceland, European Studies, folkloristics, literary studies, literary anthropology, ontological anthropology
Australian Government Research Training Program Domestic Scholarship,
2023–present
ANU Hansen Scandinavian Friendship Research Award, 2023
ANU Hansen Scandinavian Higher Degree Research Travel Award, 2023