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Barbara Anne ANDERSEN
Lecturer, School of People, Environment and Planning at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand

Administrative areas: Papua New Guinea, Chimbu (Papua New Guinea), Eastern Highlands (Papua New Guinea)
Places: Melanesia, Eastern Highlands, Chimbu, Papua New Guinea
Keywords: Development, Education, Health, Social Change, Youth, Class, Biomedicine, Health Workers, Housing, Security


Apo APOROSA
Research Fellow, Anthropology Department/School of Psychology at The University of Waikato, New Zealand

Administrative areas: Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, New Zealand
Places: Melanesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Development Studies, Education, Kava/Yaqona, Cognition, Health, Applied Anthropology, Community Development, Cultural Studies, Customary Law, Decolonisation


Apo APOROSA
Research Fellow, Anthropology at University of Waikato, New Zealand

Administrative areas: Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Hawaii
Places: Melanesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Cultural Studies, Development Studies, Diasporas, Education, Indigenous Epistemology, Post-Colonialism, Spirituality, Kava, Indigenous Substances/medicines, Identity


Claire COLOMBEL
Lecturer, Kanak & Pasifika department at IFMNC - CNEP, New Caledonia

Administrative areas: New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
Places: Melanesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Bilingualism And Schooling, Education, Linguistic Description, Literacy, Social Studies of Knowledge, Semantics-Pragmatics


Allison JABLONKO
Independent researcher

Administrative areas: Papua New Guinea
Places: Papua New Guinea, Jiwaka, Madang Province
Keywords: Ethnographic Filmmaking, Photography, Visual Anthropology, Dance, Education, Material Culture


Matthias KOWASCH
Professor, Institute of Secondary Teacher Education at University College of Teacher Education Styria, Austria

Administrative areas: New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Places: Melanesia
Keywords: Conflict, Development, Education, Governance, Indigenous Political Movements, Identity, Land Tenure, Mining, Post-Colonialism, Political Ecology


Jari KUPIAINEN
Principal lecturer, Media Studies at Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Administrative areas: Solomon Islands, Rennell and Bellona (Solomon Islands), Western (Solomon Islands)
Places: Melanesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Art, Audiovisual and Media, Agency, Christianisation, Cognitive Anthropology, Colonial Discourse, Complexity, Contemporary Indigenous Art, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Production


John Joseph MCCAFFERY
Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland at Uniservices Consultancy Ltd, New Zealand

Administrative areas: American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu
Places: Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia
Keywords: Education, Education Policy, Language Policy, Language Shift, Language-Culture-Cognition, Polynesian Languages, Pacific Studies, Language, Literacy, Bilingual/Immersion Education


Gordon NANAU

Administrative areas: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga
Places: Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia
Keywords: Conflict, Cultural Studies, Development, Education, Gender, Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations, Inter-ethnic Relations, Land Tenure, Mining and its Discontents, Natural Resources


Moana NEPIA
Assistant Professor, Center for Pacific Islands Studies at University of Hawai'i-Manoa, United States

Administrative areas: New Zealand, Hawaii
Places: Polynesia
Keywords: Art, Body Theory, Contemporary Indigenous Art, Creativity, Dance, Education, Indigenous Epistemology, Performance


Dr Vaoiva PONTON
Research Fellow, Manawise Group at Manawise Group, Australia

Administrative areas: New Zealand, Australia, Samoa
Places: Australia (area), Polynesia
Keywords: Education Policy, Education, Democracy


Mette RAMSTAD
Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Lifeviews, Faculty of Education at Østfold University College, Norway

Administrative areas: Hawaii
Places: Hawai'i (US State), Society Islands, Tuamotus, Austral Islands, New Zealand
Keywords: Religion, Spirituality, Education, Education Policy, Oral Tradition, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Renewal, Indigenous Christianities, Dance, Performance


Bernard RIGO
Professor, Centre des Nouvelles Etudes sur le Pacifique (EA 4242) at Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia

Administrative areas: French Polynesia, New Caledonia
Places: Polynesia, Melanesia
Keywords: Gender, Land Tenure, Social Change, Society, Space, Visualization and Representation, Education


Rachel SHAH
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology at Durham University, United Kingdom

Administrative areas: Indonesia
Places: Melanesia
Keywords: Anthropological Field Records, Children, Cultural Studies, Development, Education, Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations, Social Change, Sustainability


Karen SYKES
Professor, Social Anthropology at University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Administrative areas: Australia, Papua New Guinea
Places: Melanesia, Australia (area)
Keywords: Migration, Education, Egalitarianism, Ethics, Morality, Urban, Democracy, Economic Anthropology, Death and Bereavement, Age and Aging


Ivo Soeren SYNDICUS
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology at Maynooth University, Ireland

Administrative areas: Papua New Guinea
Places: Melanesia
Keywords: Higher Education, Education, Social Studies of Knowledge, Social Differentiation, Development, Law and Culture, Social Change, Personhood, Indigenous Politics, Identity


Franca TAMISARI
Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities at Ca' Foscari University of Vencie, Italy

Administrative areas: Australia, Northern Territory (Australia)
Places: Australia (area), Arnhem Land, Milingimbi, Galuwin'ku, Ramingining, Gapuwiyak
Keywords: Cosmology, Dance, Education, Gender, Indigenous Politics, Kinship, Language, Ceremonial discourse, Tourism, Ritual


Frank WEIGELT
Senior Lecturer, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at University of Hamburg, Germany

Administrative areas: Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Indonesia, New Caledonia
Places: Melanesia
Keywords: Agency, Applied Anthropology, Class, Colonial Discourse, Cognitive Anthropology, Colonialism, Conflict, Conflict Management, Cultural Change, Cultural Heritage


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The database of experts counts today 1234 profiles, of which 592 are publicly accessible, while 642 have chosen to remain private.

These persons have defined 747 unique keywords in which they situate their research interests and expertise.

They have also defined and described 648 'experiences' (research and teaching activities, consulting work, or applied projects) in which they have contributed.