Anthropology PG Seminar Series (1 Nov): Joe Clifford ‘Negotiating Improvement: Yogyakarta’s post-reformasi kampung’

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Please join us this Friday, November 1st, for Joe Clifford’s pre-fieldwork TPR seminar. Title: Negotiating Improvement: Yogyakarta?s post-reformasi kampung Location: Milgate Room, A.D. Hope Building #14 Time: 3pm-5pm, Friday, November 1 Speaker: Joe Clifford Abstract: Since the fall of the New Order (1966-1998) and the beginning of reformasi or the reform period, Indonesia’s political landscape […]

ANU PG Seminar Series (25 Oct): Meng Cao ‘Popular Religion in Modern China’

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Please join us this Friday, October 25th, for Meng Cao’s pre-submission seminar. Details are below. Title: Popular Religion in Modern China Location: Milgate Room, A.D. Hope Building #14 Time: 3pm-5pm, Friday, October 25 Speaker: Meng Cao Abstract: After destroying temples in the 1960s and 1970s, popular religion seems to revive with restoring temples and resuming […]

ANU Anthropology Seminar Series (23 Oct): Eva Nisa ”Being ‘Born Again’: Muslim Youth and The Growth of Urban and Virtual Piety”

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Dear all, Please join us for our Anthropology next week. Details below. Being ‘Born Again’: Muslim Youth and The Growth of Urban and Virtual Piety Wed 23 Oct 2019, 9.30am-11pm Room 3.03, Marie Reay Teaching Centre, Building 155, Kambri Precinct, Australian National University Abstract: The Indonesian da’wa (Islamic proselytising) scene is increasingly experiencing transformation. During […]

ANU PG Seminar Series (11 Oct): Michael Dunford ‘Pickled Tea in Myanmar: Social Snacks across the Upland-Lowland Frontier’

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Please join us this Friday, October 11th, for Michael Dunford’s pre-fieldwork TPR. Details are below. Title: Pickled Tea in Myanmar: Social Snacks across the Upland-Lowland Frontier Location: Milgate Room, A.D. Hope Building #14 Time: 3pm-5pm, Friday, October 11 Speaker: Michael Dunford Abstract: “Pickled tea, one of Myanmar’s favourite snacks, supposedly emerged as the byproduct of […]

ANU Anthropological Film Series (9 Oct): Leitis in Waiting

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Dear colleagues, Please join us today at 4pm for our final anthropological film screening of 2019. We are screening the acclaimed Leitis in Waiting<https://www.leitisinwaiting.com/> (2018), which documents the stories of Tongan transgender women. This is the story of an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in their […]

ANU Anthropology Seminar Series (9 Oct): Francesca Merlan ‘Ghost Twitter in Australia: Sentience, Agency and Ontological Difference’

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Please join us for our Anthropology this week. https://archanth.cass.anu.edu.au/events/ghost-twitter-australia-sentience-agency-and-ontological-difference Ghost Twitter in Australia: Sentience, Agency and Ontological Difference Wed 09 Oct 2019, 9.30am-11pm Room 3.03, Marie Reay Teaching Centre, Building 155, Kambri Precinct, Australian National University Abstract: In this paper, I argue that distinguishing between attributions of sentience and agency is a crucial analytical step […]

Anthropology PG Seminar Series (4 Oct): Diana Tung ‘People, palms, and edible grubs: Commodification and development in Iquitos, Peru’

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Please join us this Friday, October 4th, for Diana Tung’s pre-fieldwork TPR. Details are below. Title: People, palms, and edible grubs: Commodification and development in Iquitos, Peru Location: Milgate Room, A.D. Hope Building #14 Time: 3pm-5pm, Friday, October 4 Speaker: Diana Tung Abstract: “Iquitos, the fifth largest city in Peru, is the largest city in […]