All are welcome to join Feral: A Nearly Carbon-Neutral Conference, a free online conference examining the concept of the ‘feral’ through the lenses of political ecology and ecocriticism.
Stirring Up Silence: Mahi Tahi interactive presentation at ASAA/NZ 2018 Conference
Stirring Up Silence: Mahi Tahi is an interactive presentation that will be held at the ASAA/NZ Conference on 6-7 December 2018. This is open to all who wish to engage with Māori student perspectives and experiences of anthropology. It will centre Māori student voices and hopes to generate a broad conversation within anthropology in Aotearoa.
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.
SOMAA Symposium 5 December 2018
Environmental anthropologist Trisia Farrelly appointed to United Nations taskforce to help fight marine pollution
Graduate stories: Evelyn Walford-Bourke
Two anthropology seminars on 4 October 2018
If you’re in Auckland or Wellington on Thursday 4 October, check out these two anthropology seminars. In Auckland, Alex Pavlotski will give a seminar on “Neuroanthropology of parkour: Adaptation, stress, and the city. In Wellington, Dr Caroline Bennett will give a seminar entitled “Stories-so-far: the meanings in space at Cambodian mass grave memorials.” All welcome!
Engaging the senses: Photography workshop
Kākano Fund Round Two 2018 - call for applications
We are pleased to invite applications to the Kākano Fund from students enrolled during 2018 in a degree course for a BA Hons or MA in Social and/or Cultural Anthropology (consideration will also be given to PhD students if funding permits). Applications are due by 31 October 2018.
10 questions with ... Jenny Bryant-Tokalau
In this episode of ‘10 questions with …’ we chat with with Associate Professor Jenny Bryant-Tokalau about her new book Indigenous Pacific Approaches to Climate Change: Pacific Island Countries (2018), which is a companion to Dr Lyn Carter’s recently released book.
