[Anthropgrad] Thanks to postgrads at ANU

Wed Nov 7 10:48:12 EST 2007

Hi all,

I would like to add my thanks to all the postgrads who worked on the conference. Apart from Nelia I would also like to thank Kevin Murphy and John Carty for doing a great job on the Postgrad Colliquim which was interesting, useful and inspiring. 

Cheers
Klara HansenPhD CandidateSchool of Archaeology and AnthropologyAustralian National University> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:00:21 +1100> From: anthropgrad-request at anu.edu.au> Subject: Anthropgrad Digest, Vol 58, Issue 3> To: anthropgrad at anu.edu.au> > Send Anthropgrad mailing list submissions to> anthropgrad at anu.edu.au> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/anthropgrad> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> anthropgrad-request at anu.edu.au> > You can reach the person managing the list at> anthropgrad-owner at anu.edu.au> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of Anthropgrad digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. FW: Thanks to all volunteers at AAS Conference - Monique> Skidmore (Liz Walters)> 2. Book discussion today with Debra McDougall (Alan Rumsey)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:59:23 +1100> From: "Liz Walters" <Liz.Walters at anu.edu.au>> Subject: [Anthropgrad] FW: Thanks to all volunteers at AAS Conference> - Monique Skidmore> To: <anthropgrad at anu.edu.au>> Message-ID:> <2C879E56B4B09549ACD38F7EA0C7748D5CF8DA at foa.artsfleet.anu.edu.au>> > On behalf of the anthropology program at the ANU, I'd like to thank all> of the volunteers who gave their time during the AAS Annual Conference.> Many of you worked longer hours than required and we are very grateful> for the wonderful impression you gave the conference goers of the ANU's> graduate student body. I'd like to single out Nelia Hyndman-Rizik who> stepped in at the last moment to coordinate the volunteer duties and did> a fantastic job> > > > Best wishes> > Monique> > > > Dr. Monique Skidmore> > Associate Dean (Postgraduate)> > College of Arts and Social Sciences> > > > Tel: (02) 6125 3742/4307> > > > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:09:49 +1100> From: Alan Rumsey <alan.rumsey at anu.edu.au>> Subject: [Anthropgrad] Book discussion today with Debra McDougall> To: anthropgrad at anu.edu.au> Message-ID: <472E513D.6080909 at anu.edu.au>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed> > Dear All,> > On Monday, Nov. 5 at 4:00 in Coombs Seminar Room E there will be a> discussion of an interesting new book by Michael W. Scott entitled 'The> Severed Snake: Matrilineages, Making Place, and a Melanesian> Christianity in Southeast Solomon Islands' (Durham: Carolina Academic> Press, 2007). The discussion is being held as part of the Melanesia> Symposium series, but the book is of general interest and all are> welcome to attend.> > The discussion will be led by Debra McDougall, a visiting UWA-based ARC> Postdoctoral fellow who is herself currently studying Melanesian> Christianity in the Solomons. The assigned readings for the discussion> are the Introduction and Chapter 8. Copies of these chapters are> available in the Anthropology Library (Coombs 7209).> > The Introduction is also available as a free download from the publisher> at http://www.cap-press.com/books/1515> > Chapter 8 is available from the RSPAS Anthropology site at> http://rspas.anu.edu.au/anthropology/seminars.php For this you must use> the username 'melanesia' and the password 'symp0sium' Note that the> these words are case sensitive and that the fifth character 'symp0sium'> is a zero (0), not an 'O'> > You are encouraged to read the whole book. It is available on 2-hour> reserve from Chifley Library. For further inquiries contact Alan Rumsey in> Coombs room 7223, or at 6125-2365, email alan.rumsey at anu.edu.au> <mailto:alan.rumsey at anu.edu.au>> > Here is a précis and reviewers’ comments on the book:> > Examining the secretive dynamics of competing land claims among the> Arosi of the island of Makira (Solomon Islands), Michael W. Scott> demonstrates the explanatory power of ethnographic attention to the> nexus between practice and indigenous theories of being. His focus on> the ways in which Arosi understand their matrilineages to be the bearers> of discrete categorical essences exclusively emplaced in ancestral> territories forms the basis for a timely and accessible rethink of> current anthropological representations of Melanesian sociality and> opens up new lines of inquiry into the transformative relationships> among gendered metaphors of descent, processes of place making, and the> indigenization of Christianity. Informed by original historical research> and newly documented variants of regionally important mythic traditions,> The Severed Snake is a work of multidisciplinary scope that proposes> critical and methodological shifts relevant to historians, development> professionals, folklorists, and scholars of religion as well as> anthropologists.> > “Michael Scott’s empirically rich study of the ontological foundations> of social action combines the best aspects of classic ethnography and> contemporary social theory. His attention to detail registers a keen> sensitivity to local concerns and their historical specificity at the> same time that his conceptual sophistication places those concerns in a> broad comparative perspective. This book is a vindication of careful> fieldwork’s unparalleled ability to illuminate the great moral and> metaphysical questions.”> —Webb Keane, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan> > “I know of no other book on a Melanesian culture that probes as deeply> into the question of land and identity. Michael Scott's book is> thoroughly researched, historically aware, sensitive on religion, and> always convincing.”> —Garry Trompf, Professor of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney> > > > > ------------------------------> > _______________________________________________> Anthropgrad mailing list> Anthropgrad at anu.edu.au> http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/anthropgrad> > > End of Anthropgrad Digest, Vol 58, Issue 3> ******************************************
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