Ethnoforum

Friday 13th March – Ethnoforum – (Melbourne University) – 3:30-5pm (followed by dinner).

The University of Melbourne Ethnography Forum is a place where graduates can think about fieldwork in its broadest terms. It’s intended to be a relaxed, collegial space to float ideas and gain feedback within a supportive academic environment. Graduate students, staff and others with an interest in fieldwork are invited to attend, including those from other disciplines and universities. Continue reading

Emma Kowal (with Paradies and Fforde) seeking PhD scholar

Deakin University is seeking an outstanding scholar for a full-time PhD project and scholarship associated with the ARC Discovery Project ‘Reconciling Biological and Social Indigeneity in the Genomic Era’, led by A/Prof Emma Kowal with Professor Yin Paradies and A/Prof Cressida Fforde. The successful candidate will receive a stipend of $25,849 per annum, tax exempt for 3 years and commence by April 2015. Continue reading

Emma Kowal contributes to the ‘Multispecies Salon’

The Multispecies SalonTogether with colleague Joanna Radin, Emma Kowal has contributed an entry on ‘cryopolitics’ to the ‘Multispecies Salon’ website create by anthropologist Eben Kirksey.

The website complements his new edited collection and presents the latest work in ‘multispecies ethnography’, when he calls ’a novel approach to writing culture’ at the boundary of human and non-human worlds. Cryopolitics is featured as a novel concept to explore what happens when biological materials are preserved through time in the freezer.

Emma Kowal ARC success – Reconciling Biological and Social Indigeneity in the Genomic Era

Emma Kowal will soon start work on a new project funded by the Australian Research Council in 2015.

Reconciling Biological and Social Indigeneity in the Genomic Era.

Led by Associate Professor Emma Kowal with Professor Yin Paradies and ANU’s Associate Professor Cressida Fforde, this team will develop and test a biosocial model of Indigeneity that will enhance existing knowledge of Indigenous identification as a critical factor in monitoring and improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people.  Continue reading