This instalment of Graduate Stories features Shahed Abu Jwaied, CEO of Integrate Women International and currently completing her Masters of Human Rights at Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau (Auckland University of Technology) under the supervision of Dr Jane Verbitzky.
Announcing the 2019 SITES senior student essay competition
How the Preamble was added to the ASAA/NZ Principles of Professional Responsibility and Ethical Conduct
ASAA/NZ’s Principles of Professional Responsibility and Ethical Conduct begins with a Preamble affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Aotearoa New Zealand’s founding document. As far as we know, our anthropological association is unique in beginning its code of ethics with such a commitment. ASAA/NZ Ethics Committee Chair Dr Jeff Sluka relates the story of how the Preamble was added to the ASAA/NZ Principles of Professional Responsibility and Ethical Conduct.
The Responsible Teacher: thoughts on emotion, trauma, and safety in the anthropology classroom - by Susan Wardell
Welcome to our new series, Teaching Anthropologically. This series reflects on the relationship between learning, teaching, and anthropology. The series acknowledges that learning and teaching about anthropology takes place in a diverse range of settings, not just in a secondary or tertiary environment. We are delighted to launch Teaching Anthropologically with this timely piece by Dr Susan Wardell.
Kākano Fund 2019 - call for applications
Graduate Stories: Jacinta Forde
CFP: ASAA/NZ 2019 Conference: Breaking Boundaries
The call for papers for the 2019 ASAA/NZ Conference, ‘Breaking Boundaries,’ is now open. The conference will be held from 28-30 November 2019 at Whāingaroa (Raglan), Waikato, New Zealand. Panel proposals are due by 2 August 2019. Paper proposals are due by 6 September 2019.
ASAA/NZ statement on the racist, white supremacist, neocolonial terrorist attack in Christchurch
Collective letter against the eradication of Polish Anthropology
CFP: IUAES 2019 Inter-Congress "World Solidarities”, to be held in Poland in August 2019
The call for proposals for IUAES 2019 Inter-Congress “World Solidarities” is now open. Hosted by the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) and the Polish Ethnological Society, IUAES 2019 will take place on 27-31 August 2019 in Poznań, Poland.
Kākano Fund Donations
The Kākano Fund supports graduate students studying for degrees in Social or Cultural Anthropology at New Zealand universities. The Fund currently gives more to Social or Cultural Anthropology graduate students than it receives in income. Your donation will help ensure the sustainability of this fund.
2018 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards
A number of graduate students gave high quality presentations at the 2018 ASAA/NZ ‘Improvising Lives’ conference held in Wellington earlier this month. ASAA/NZ is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards.
PhD scholarship opportunity on the topic 'Accessing Assisted Reproduction: Social Infertility and Family Formation'
10 questions with ... Tanisha Jowsey
ASAA/NZ 2018 Conference Keynote: Anthropology as Theoretical Storytelling
ASAA/NZ 2018 Conference: Improvisation as the Fundamental Phenomenon of Life
ASAA/NZ 2018 conference: An invitation for Māori and indigenous students of Anthropology
Mahi Tahi ki Pōneke invites Māori and indigenous students of Anthropology to join a collaborative installation responding to Whaea Lily George’s call to ‘stir up the silences’ (2017) surrounding Māori and Anthropology, and decolonisation. The installation, made by Māori and indigenous students of anthropology, will be showcased at the ASAA/NZ conference on 6-7 December 2018.
