ASAA/NZ is delighted to announce the 2019 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards: Maria Blanca Ayala (University of Canterbury); Nicola Manghi (Università di Torino/University of Waikato); Mona-Lisa Wareka (University of Waikato); and Brodie Quinn (University of Auckland). These awards recognise excellence in conference presentation skills by ASAA/NZ graduate student members.
A Dark Perspective of Anthropology: A Response, by Professor Dame Anne Salmond
James Cook and White Supremacy: A Comment, by Professor Dame Anne Salmond
In this guest blog post, Prof Dame Anne Salmond provides a comment on the recent article by Lorena Gibson, Catherine Trundle, and Tarapuhi Vaeau, “James Cook and White Supremacy.” Here, Dame Salmond argues for a more complex, relational understanding of past events in order to open up alternative visions of how groups might relate to one another across difference.
Call for presentations: Mahi Tahi panel at ASAA/NZ 2019 Breaking Boundaries conference
Marsden success for Dr Fraser Macdonald
SOMAA Symposium 5 December 2018
Graduate stories: Evelyn Walford-Bourke
10 questions with ... Lyn Carter
Congratulations to Kākano Award Recipients
AnthroFlash Aotearoa: Graeme MacRae introduces a new ASAA/NZ series
Graduate Stories: Kris Finlayson
In Graduate Stories we showcase some of the outstanding graduate researchers working in various anthropology departments, or on anthropological topics, around Aotearoa New Zealand. This instalment features Kris Finlayson, who is about to submit his Masters thesis on the identity of Afrikaans-speakers’ in New Zealand’s society.
New series Artefact, hosted by Dame Anne Salmond, premieres Monday 7 May on Māori TV
Artefact is a new, 6-part television series hosted by Dame Professor Anne Salmond that tells stories about Aotearoa's past through artefacts and taonga. The series, funded by NZ on Air, will screen on Māori Television at 8.30pm from Monday 7 May to Monday 11 June. Episodes will also be available on demand on Māori Television.
Mahi Tahi: Māori and Anthropology in Aotearoa New Zealand
Permanent, full-time position available in Social Anthropology at Massey University (Albany campus)
Applications are invited for a lectureship in Social Anthropology to be located at Massey University's Albany Campus in Auckland. The appointee will possess a doctorate in Social or Cultural Anthropology and will have relevant research expertise in the anthropology of religion. Applications close 30 April 2018.
Associate Professor Jacqueline Leckie awarded prestigious research fellowship
On the Perils of Research Audit Tools: Reimagining the PBRF in New Zealand, by Catherine Trundle
Successful celebration of 50 years of anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington
VUW's Eli Elinoff shares a brief summary of last week's events.
Last week the Cultural Anthropology programme at Victoria University of Wellington celebrated its 50th Anniversary. In honour of the milestone, we organized an event highlighting the history of anthropology at Victoria, exploring the changing face of the discipline in New Zealand, and speculating about the futures of anthropological knowledge.
The celebration began on May 10th with a Pōwhiri and Marae Kōrero at the meetinghouse on Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae on VUW's Kelburn campus. We discussed the origins of the cultural anthropology programme with two of its founding members, Dame Dr. Joan Metge and Bernie Kernot.
Dame Dr. Joan Metge (standing) during the marae kōrero at Te Tumu Herenga Waka. Bernie Kernott is seated to the left, and Te Range Hīroa is to the far left.
May 11th began with a keynote address by Dr. Michael Jackson, programme alumni and Distinguished Professor of World Religions at Harvard University. Next, we had two panel discussions from anthropologists across New Zealand. Finally, Professor Dame Anne Salmond from the University of Auckland delivered a second public keynote.
On May 12th, the events concluded with a morning symposium featuring the work of current post-graduates and programme alumni.
Moving Forward, Glancing Backwards: A Graduate Symposium
Anthropology in Aotearoa Symposium at Victoria University of Wellington
Public lecture by Professor Dame Anne Salmond on Thursday 11 May 2017
The Cultural Anthropology Programme at Victoria University of Wellington invites you to attend a public lecture by Professor Dame Anne Salmond at 6pm on Thursday 11 May. This lecture is part of a three day programme of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Victoria's anthropology programme.
