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Anthropology (and anthropology-adjacent) theses published in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023

Our final blog post for 2023 presents a list of anthropology theses (Masters and PhD) published in universities in Aotearoa New Zealand this year. Most are from archaeology, social anthropology, and cultural anthropology programmes, with a couple of “anthropology-adjacent” theses awarded in disciplines other than anthropology. Congratulations to everyone to everyone who was awarded a masters or doctoral degree this year.

'Just let me be DysleXic' - an exhibition based on research by Dr Ruth Gibbons

‘Just let me be DysleXic:’ An experience and expression of dyslexic thinking, an exhibition based on Dr Ruth Gibbon’s research, opens in Auckland during Dyslexia Awareness Month (October 2020).

Marsden success for ASAA/NZ members in 2019

Congratulations to our colleagues and ASAA/NZ members Dr Marama-Muru Lanning (James Henare Māori Research Centre at the University of Auckland), Associate Professor Susanna Trnka (University of Auckland), Dr Barbara Andersen (Massey University), and Dr Susan Wardell (University of Otago), who have all won prestigious Marsden Fund grants in 2019.

They Are Us: Practices of care in digital environments, after the Christchurch mosque attack

Dr Susan Wardell, a medical anthropologist at the University of Otago, is conducting research into practices of care following the white supremacist terrorist attack at two Christchurch mosques earlier this year.

Marsden success for Associate Professor Sharyn Graham Davies

Associate Professor Sharyn Graham Davies, together with Associate Professor Rhonda Shaw and Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, have been awarded a full Marsden grant for their project, Accessing Assisted Reproduction: Social Infertility and Family Formation.

Marsden success for Dr Fraser Macdonald

Dr Fraser Macdonald is one of the 2018 recipients of a prestigious Marsden Fast-Start Award. His project, Melanesia Burning: The Explosion of Pentecostalism in the Western Pacific, aims to unfold the untold story of the explosion of Pentecostalism in Melanesia in the 1970s.

Anthropology seminar in Wellington on 8 November 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.

Graduate Stories: Kris Finlayson

In Graduate Stories we showcase some of the outstanding graduate researchers working in various anthropology departments, or on anthropological topics, around Aotearoa New Zealand. This instalment features Kris Finlayson, who is about to submit his Masters thesis on the identity of Afrikaans-speakers’ in New Zealand’s society.

'Are you sure you're not a Christian?': Negotiating identity within and beyond fieldwork, by Jess Carter

In this short piece, 2017 Kākano Fund Award Winner Jess Carter reflects on the messy identity work involved in doing research with Christians as a practising non-Christian.

Quotidian Hopes: Interfaith in Auckland as a Movement for ‘Good’, by Sarah Haggar

In this short piece, Kākano Award winner Sarah Haggar reflects on a memorable fieldwork moment from her MA research, Quotidian Hopes: Interfaith in Auckland as a Movement for ‘Good’.

Centre for Global Migrations: New Research Theme at the University of Otago

In March 2017 the Centre for Global Migrations Research Theme was established at the University of Otago to co-ordinate interdisciplinary research, teaching, and activities relating to historical and contemporary global migration. Global Migrations is calling for papers for a multidisciplinary research symposium to examine the connections between education, migration and translation to be held in Dunedin in November 2017.