Our final blog post for 2023 presents a list of anthropology theses (Masters and PhD) published in universities in Aotearoa New Zealand this year. Most are from archaeology, social anthropology, and cultural anthropology programmes, with a couple of “anthropology-adjacent” theses awarded in disciplines other than anthropology. Congratulations to everyone to everyone who was awarded a masters or doctoral degree this year.
'Just let me be DysleXic' - an exhibition based on research by Dr Ruth Gibbons
Marsden success for ASAA/NZ members in 2019
Congratulations to our colleagues and ASAA/NZ members Dr Marama-Muru Lanning (James Henare Māori Research Centre at the University of Auckland), Associate Professor Susanna Trnka (University of Auckland), Dr Barbara Andersen (Massey University), and Dr Susan Wardell (University of Otago), who have all won prestigious Marsden Fund grants in 2019.
They Are Us: Practices of care in digital environments, after the Christchurch mosque attack
Marsden success for Associate Professor Sharyn Graham Davies
Marsden success for Dr Fraser Macdonald
Anthropology seminar in Wellington on 8 November 2018
Come and hear graduate researchers from Victoria University of Wellington’s Cultural Anthropology Programme Jade Gifford (Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa and Ngāi Tuhoe) and Josh Connolly speak about their research. Jade will talk about the history of Māori and Anthropology in Aotearoa, while Josh will discuss findings from his research into sport, identity, and culture in the lives of Samoan-New Zealanders.
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.
'Are you sure you're not a Christian?': Negotiating identity within and beyond fieldwork, by Jess Carter
Associate Professor Jacqueline Leckie awarded prestigious research fellowship
Understanding sukses: A case study of Indonesian rural youth, by Rara Sekar Larasati
Quotidian Hopes: Interfaith in Auckland as a Movement for ‘Good’, by Sarah Haggar
Centre for Global Migrations: New Research Theme at the University of Otago
In March 2017 the Centre for Global Migrations Research Theme was established at the University of Otago to co-ordinate interdisciplinary research, teaching, and activities relating to historical and contemporary global migration. Global Migrations is calling for papers for a multidisciplinary research symposium to examine the connections between education, migration and translation to be held in Dunedin in November 2017.
New publication on Housing Children in South Auckland
Housing Children: South Auckland The Housing Pathways Longitudinal Study is an important new study about housing and wellbeing in New Zealand by anthropologists Kathryn Scott, Julie Park, and Patricia Laing.
