Public lecture by Dr. Michael W. Scott (20 Sep): Prophetic temporalities: Predicting and proliferating futures in Melanesia and anthropology
Time: Thursday, 20 September 2018; 3:00 – 5:00 pm Venue: Brindabella Theatre, JG Crawford Building A place name, Tarai‘anawe (Path-of-the-tern), predicts that an airstrip will be built nearby. Sand cast up on a rocky coastline by rough seas reveals that something will come to the island. The death, dismemberment, and regeneration of a freshwater eel, as narrated […]