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.

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

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.

Call for presentations: Social Movements, Resistance and Social Change III

The third Annual Conference and Social Change Forum is taking place at Victoria University of Wellington from 1-3 September 2016. This is an interdisciplinary conference that will be of interest to anthropologists working in the areas of democracy, citizenship, activism, social media, refugee narratives, climate change, food security, protest, poverty, inequality, and social justice. The call for presentations is now open.