In this instalment of ‘10 questions with …’ we talk with Associate Professor Jacqueline Leckie about her new book, Colonizing Madness: Asylum and Community in Fiji (2019).
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.
James Cook and White Supremacy, by Lorena Gibson, Catherine Trundle, and Tarapuhi Vaeau
In this guest blog post, Lorena Gibson, Catherine Trundle, and Tarapuhi Vaeau respond to Prof Dame Anne Salmond’s recent article, “Was James Cook a white supremacist?” In that article, Dame Salmond argues that James Cook was not a white supremacist. Here, the authors discuss why they disagree with this interpretation.
Public Lecture by Associate Professor Jacqueline Leckie on 14 Nov 2018
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.
Talking Back to the Canon: Erasure Poetry and Pizza
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
Save the date: 50 year anniversary of Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington
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.
Woven Together? Christianity and Development between New Zealand and the Pacific
Victoria University of Wellington's Religious Studies Programme is hosting a conference investigating the relationships between Christianity and development in the Pacific. The event will be of particular interest to those with an interest in Pacific, international aid and development, anthropology, history, and religion.
