The Australian National University
Department of Anthropology
Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies
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Current Research Study Directions

Field Sites

Critical Ethnography and Methodology

  • Ethnographic practice
  • Cross-cultural comparison
  • Historical anthropology
  • Ethnographic writing

Contemporary Religions

  • Indigenous
  • Islam
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Pilgrimages

Development, Environment and Applied Anthropology

  • Customary practice
  • Land tenure
  • Environment and resources
  • Informal economies

Identity and Agency

  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Personhood
  • Nationalism
  • Globalisation
  • Diasporas/Migration

Linguistic and Symbolic Anthropology

  • Cultural models
  • Discourse
  • Language and politics
  • Verbal Art
  • Child language socialization

Governance

  • State and local relations
  • Citizenship
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