Woven Together? Christianity and Development between New Zealand and the Pacific

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.

What’s Up in the World? - Weekly Digest 27/05/2016 Written by Harriet Lane-Tobin

This week's digest flies in the face of progress, whether it be in regards to innovation, education, technology and the discussions that ‘need’ to be hand. Here I contend with how this can be empowering in one context and disillusioning in another.

 

What’s Up in the World? - Weekly Digest 20/05/2016 Written by Harriet Lane-Tobin

With the constant pressure to do the ‘right’ thing. I have chosen to use this week's digest to explore the importance and validation of sometimes doing what is deemed to be ‘wrong’. Whether it be overly coddling the youth of today, defining a meaning, trial and error in the workplace or how you choose to present yourself to the world, the wrong can sometimes teach as many valuable and important lessons as the right.

 

What’s Up in the World? - Weekly Digest 6/05/2016 Written by Harriet Lane-Tobin

Culture, authenticity, life, death and the misrepresented. This week's digest comes at these issues from multiple angles, showing the positives and negatives of being able to be perceived and understood in different ways.  

Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies

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.

Texas of the South? Economic Development, Petroleum and Environmental Conflict in New Zealand - Public Presentation by Dr Terrence Loomis

Anthropologist Dr Terrence Loomis will give a public presentation on economic development, petroleum and environmental conflict in New Zealand to Victoria University of Wellington's Institute of Governance and Policy Studies on 20 May 2016.

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Interview with Dr Barbara Andersen, Social Anthropology, Massey University (Auckland)

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On Wednesday 9 March 2016 Dr Barbara Andersen gave an ethnographically rich seminar titled "Gender, Infrastructure, and Health Care in Papua New Guinea" at Victoria University of Wellington. Harriet Lane-Tobin took the opportunity to interview Barbara, the newest permanent staff member in Social Anthropology at Massey University (Albany), about her research.