Wednesday Seminar (2 May): Heather Horst ‘Free Culture: Mobile Phone Gift Economies’

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Where: Coombs Extension, Room 1.13 9:30 – 11:00 am Over the last ten years, the liberalization of telecommunications markets in many Pacific Islands countries has spurred exponential growth in the distribution and use of mobile phones.  Mobile telecommunications companies spurred the growth of mobile phone penetration through aggressive advertising and a series of promotions offering […]

PG Workshop with Professor Heath Horst (1 May)

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Working Across Disciplines with Ethnography: Reflecting upon Disciplinary and Transdisciplinary Scholarship When:  Tuesday 1 May, 3:00-5:00pm Where: Hedley Bull Seminar Rm 3, ANU Anthropology remains a fundamental discipline in the social sciences whose methods and theories have captured the attention of scholars and practitioners outside of the discipline. This workshop will draw upon 15 years of […]

Friday seminar (20 April): Stephanie Betz ‘Virtual People: Human-Image Relationships in the Digital Age’

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Location: Milgate Room, A.D. Hope building Time: 3-5pm, 20 April 2018 Speaker: Stephanie Betz, CASS Images are proliferating in the world at ever-increasing speeds.  As digital media become ever more deeply intertwined with our everyday lives, so too do the many figured images – such as fictional characters and celebrities that inhabit that media.  Given the […]

Pacific food and language history (19 April)

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The Niu Oceania Cultural Centre (NOCC) is putting on an evening of pacific food and languages. Come and learn about the history of Oceanic languages, and try some authentic pacific food! Date & time: Thursday 19 April 2018, 6.00PM–8.00PM Venue: Coombs Tea room, ANU Oceanic languages are part of the Austronesian language family. The spread of Austronesian […]

Ethnographic Film Screening: Natasha Fijn ‘Two Seasons: Multispecies Medicine in Mongolia’ (20 April)

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Screening in the Auditorium, Centre for China in the World, Friday 20th of April 2018, 5-7pm. Herding families in the Khangai Mountains of Mongolia live in extreme climatic conditions and are crucially reliant on their herd animals for survival. This multispecies-based filmic analysis engages with more-than-human sociality and perceptions towards other beings. The concept of one?s homeland […]

Book Launch: Hannah Bulloch ‘In Pursuit of Progress: Narratives of Development on a Philippine Island’ (13 April)

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Author: Dr Hannah Bulloch, Research Fellow, ANU National Centre for Indigenous Studies Discussants: Dr Anna Cristina Pertierra, a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University, with expertise in Latin American and the Philippines. Ms Regina Macalandag Estorba, a PhD scholar in the ANU’s Crawford School, currently studying citizenship and the Badjao peoples […]

Upcoming Lecture: Katherine Bowie ‘Folktales and the Politics of Humor: The Case of the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand’ (29 June)

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Date: 29 June, 2018 Time: 5pm Venue: Lecture Theatre One, Hedley Bull Centre Speaker: Professor Katherine Bowie, University of Wisconsin-Madison The meanings of folktales change over time.  The Vessantara Jataka is the most famous of the hundreds of morality tales (jatakas) about the Buddha’s previous lives and was once better known among Buddhists than the Gautama Buddha’s historical […]