Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies is a peer reviewed journal dedicated to publishing scholarly papers which explore aspects of Pacific societies and cultures. General Editor Chrys Jaye highlights some recently published articles that speak directly to contemporary issues raised by recently political events in the United States.
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Dr Trisia Farrelly leads interdisciplinary plastic waste workshop in Galway
Now That’s What I Call Public Anthropology! By Josh Connolly
Petition to reinstate A/Prof Jacqui Leckie at Otago University
ASAA/NZ February AGM Cancelled
Public Anthropology – Only True 90s Kids Will Remember! By Josh Connolly
Public Anthropology: a series by Josh Connolly
Support for Otago Anthropology
Yesterday we made a statement about the redundancies in social anthropology at the University of Otago. Below is a response from Professor Richard Walter, Head of Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Otago, which extends a more hopeful message about the situation.
Redundancies in anthropology at Otago Unviersity
10 questions with ... Piers Locke
In this edition of '10 questions with ...' we chat with Dr Piers Lock about his recently published book, Conflict, Negotiation, and Coexistence: Rethinking Human-Elephant Relations in South Asia.
Save the date: 50 year anniversary of Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington
Call for papers: The Lives and Afterlives of Plastic
10 questions with ... Melissa Marques
Celebrating anthropological research in New Zealand: Lorena Gibson
Dr Lorena Gibson is one of the 2016 recipients of a prestigious Marsden Fast-Start Award. Her project, East Side Orchestras: Music, Poverty, and Social Change, explores the social impacts of three charitable organisations that provide free music education programmes inspired by El Sistema, one of the world’s most successful movements for musical and social development, in low decile schools in urban Wellington.
10 questions with ... Terrence Loomis
In this installment of '10 questions with ...' we feature Dr Terrence Loomis, whose book Petroleum Development and Environmental Conflict in Aotearoa New Zealand: Texas of the South Pacific will be published later this month.
Family Memory Project Scholarships for Master of Arts students
Celebrating anthropological research in New Zealand: Thegn Ladefoged
Celebrating anthropological research in New Zealand: Jeff Sissons
Associate Professor Jeff Sissons has just been awarded a prestigious Marsden grant for his new project, The mysterious disappearance of tūāhu.
Success for NZ-based anthropologists in the 2016 Marsden Fund
Four New Zealand-based anthropologists have had success in the 2016 Marsden Fund awards. Our congratulations go to:
Professor Thegn Ladefoged from Anthropology at the University of Auckland, who received a Marsden grant of $705,000 for his project The making of Māori society: An archaeological analysis of social networks and geo-political interaction.
Associate Professor Jeff Sissons from Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington, who received a Marsden grant of $390,000 for his project The mysterious disappearance of tūāhu.
Dr Phyllis Herda from Anthropology at the University of Auckland, who received a Marsden grant of $530,000 for the project Ancient Futures: Late 18th and early 19th century Tongan arts and their legacies.
Dr Lorena Gibson from Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington, who received a Marsden Fast Start grant of $300,000 for her project East Side Orchestras: Music, poverty, and social change.
The Marsden Fund was established by the government in 1994 to fund excellent fundamental research. It is a contestable fund administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand on behalf of the Marsden Fund Council.
Marsden Fund research benefits society as a whole by contributing to the development of researchers with knowledge, skills and ideas. The Fund supports research excellence in science, engineering and maths, social sciences and the humanities. Competition for grants is intense. Marsden is regarded as the hallmark of excellence for research in New Zealand.
