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).
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.
Marsden success for Dr Fraser Macdonald
10 questions with ... Fiona McCormack
Mahi Tahi: Māori and Anthropology in Aotearoa New Zealand
CFP: ASAA/NZ 2018 Improvising Lives Conference
CFP: European Society for Oceanists 2018 Conference
Associate Professor Jacqueline Leckie awarded prestigious research fellowship
Position available: Two-year, part time lecturer in Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington
Pacific Interest Group of the American Anthropological Association
Successful celebration of 50 years of anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington
VUW's Eli Elinoff shares a brief summary of last week's events.
Last week the Cultural Anthropology programme at Victoria University of Wellington celebrated its 50th Anniversary. In honour of the milestone, we organized an event highlighting the history of anthropology at Victoria, exploring the changing face of the discipline in New Zealand, and speculating about the futures of anthropological knowledge.
The celebration began on May 10th with a Pōwhiri and Marae Kōrero at the meetinghouse on Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae on VUW's Kelburn campus. We discussed the origins of the cultural anthropology programme with two of its founding members, Dame Dr. Joan Metge and Bernie Kernot.
May 11th began with a keynote address by Dr. Michael Jackson, programme alumni and Distinguished Professor of World Religions at Harvard University. Next, we had two panel discussions from anthropologists across New Zealand. Finally, Professor Dame Anne Salmond from the University of Auckland delivered a second public keynote.
On May 12th, the events concluded with a morning symposium featuring the work of current post-graduates and programme alumni.
Celebrating anthropological research in New Zealand: Lorena Gibson
Dr Lorena Gibson is one of the 2016 recipients of a prestigious Marsden Fast-Start Award. Her project, East Side Orchestras: Music, Poverty, and Social Change, explores the social impacts of three charitable organisations that provide free music education programmes inspired by El Sistema, one of the world’s most successful movements for musical and social development, in low decile schools in urban Wellington.
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.
Success for NZ-based anthropologists in the 2016 Marsden Fund
Four New Zealand-based anthropologists have had success in the 2016 Marsden Fund awards. Our congratulations go to:
Professor Thegn Ladefoged from Anthropology at the University of Auckland, who received a Marsden grant of $705,000 for his project The making of Māori society: An archaeological analysis of social networks and geo-political interaction.
Associate Professor Jeff Sissons from Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington, who received a Marsden grant of $390,000 for his project The mysterious disappearance of tūāhu.
Dr Phyllis Herda from Anthropology at the University of Auckland, who received a Marsden grant of $530,000 for the project Ancient Futures: Late 18th and early 19th century Tongan arts and their legacies.
Dr Lorena Gibson from Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington, who received a Marsden Fast Start grant of $300,000 for her project East Side Orchestras: Music, poverty, and social change.
The Marsden Fund was established by the government in 1994 to fund excellent fundamental research. It is a contestable fund administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand on behalf of the Marsden Fund Council.
Marsden Fund research benefits society as a whole by contributing to the development of researchers with knowledge, skills and ideas. The Fund supports research excellence in science, engineering and maths, social sciences and the humanities. Competition for grants is intense. Marsden is regarded as the hallmark of excellence for research in New Zealand.
10 questions with ... Marama Muru-Lanning
Reflections on Disney's Moana
Grave matters in Oceania: Special issue of the Journal of the Polynesian Society
The Journal of the Polynesian Society has just released a special issue entitled Grave Matters in Oceania.