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Reserachers working on CULTURAL CHANGE (alphabetical order)
Ron ADAMS Senior Research Fellow, Graduate Research Centre at Victoria University, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Vanuatu , Tafea (Vanuatu)Places: Melanesia, VanuatuKeywords: Anthropological Fieldwork , Christianisation , Cultural Change , Custom , Colonialism , Decolonisation , Epistemology , Historical Consciousness , History , Memory
Ola Gunhildrud BERTA Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of social anthropology at University of Bergen, NorwayAdministrative areas: Marshall Islands Places: MicronesiaKeywords: Kinship , Christianity , Cultural Change , Custom , Customary Law , Economic Anthropology , Land Ownership , Law and Culture , Mission History , Political Anthropology
Camilla BORREVIK PhD Student, Department of Social Anthropology, Bergen Pacific Studies at University of Bergen, NorwayAdministrative areas: Palau , Fiji , Solomon Islands , Australia , Hawaii Places: Australia (area), Melanesia, MicronesiaKeywords: Climate Change , Climate Policy , Climate Change Migration , Conservation , Cultural Change , Democracy , Diplomacy , Environment , Epistemology , Globalization
Domenica Gisella CALABRÒ Lecturer, Gender Studies at University of the South Pacific, FijiAdministrative areas: New Zealand , Fiji Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Identity , Cultural Change , Social Change , Cultural Heritage , Sport , Gender , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Indigenous Epistemology , Indigenous Politics , Engaged Anthropology
Viola CARMILLA Independent researcher, ItalyAdministrative areas: Samoa , New Zealand Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Cultural Change , Diasporas , Exchanges , Globalization , Life-cycle Exchanges , Literature , Migration , Post-Colonialism , Postcolonial Literatures , Power and Resistance
Laurence Marshall CARUCCI Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Montana State University, United StatesAdministrative areas: Marshall Islands Places: Marshall IslandsKeywords: Adoption , Age and Aging , Anthropological Fieldwork , Body , Christianity , Climate Change , Climate Change Migration , Colonial Discourse , Colonial Literature , Colonialism
Joseph Martin CHEER Professor, Center for Tourism Research at Wakayama University, JapanAdministrative areas: Vanuatu , Australia , Fiji , Indonesia , New Caledonia , Samoa , Papua New Guinea Places: Melanesia, Australia (area), PolynesiaKeywords: Anthropological Fieldwork , Applied Anthropology , Colonial Discourse , Colonial Politic , Cultural Geography , Cultural Change , Development , Heritage , Interdisciplinarity , Land Tenure
Ali CLARK Curator, Department of World Cultures at National Museums Scotland, United KingdomAdministrative areas: Australia , Kiribati , Marshall Islands Places: Australia (area), Melanesia, MicronesiaKeywords: Art , Climate Change , Climate Change Migration , Colonialism , Contemporary Indigenous Art , Custom , Cultural Change , Exhibitions , Material Culture , Museums
Roberta COLOMBO DOUGOUD Curator, Oceania Departement at Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, SwitzerlandAdministrative areas: Papua New Guinea , East Sepik (Papua New Guinea), Australia , New Caledonia Places: Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia, Australia (area)Keywords: Anthropology , Art , Exhibitions , Museums , Material Culture , Contemporary Indigenous Art , Cultural Change , Post-Colonialism
Ludovic COUPAYE Lecturer, Department of Anthropology at University College London, United KingdomAdministrative areas: Papua New Guinea , East Sepik (Papua New Guinea)Places: Melanesia, Polynesia, Australia (area)Keywords: Agency , Agriculture , Anthropological Fieldwork , Anthropology of Ontology , Art , Body Theory , Categorization , Cognitive Anthropology , Complexity , Conceptual Model
Roger Charles COWELL Independent researcher, rccHorizonScanning (self-employed researcher-writer) at rccHorizonScanning, United KingdomAdministrative areas: Tonga , New Zealand , Tongatapu (Tonga)Keywords: Cognitive Anthropology , Cultural Change , Oral History , Oral Tradition
John COX Research Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change at La Trobe University, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands , Kiribati , Fiji Places: Melanesia, MicronesiaKeywords: Christianity , Citizenship , Class , Climate Change , Cultural Change , Democracy , Development , Development Media , Economic Anthropology , Economy and Finance
Kirsten Davies DAVIES Lecturer, Dept of Environmental Sciences & Law School at Macquarie University, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Sanma (Vanuatu), Vanuatu , Australia Places: Australia (area), Melanesia, Vanuatu, New South WalesKeywords: Social-ecological System , Population and Development , Culture-nature Relations , Customary Law , Climate Change , Cultural Change , Ecology , Higher Education , Heritage Management , Governance
Marie DURAND Assistant Professor, Laboratoire interdisciplinaire en études culturelles (LinCS UMR 7069) at Université de Strasbourg, FranceAdministrative areas: Vanuatu , Torba (Vanuatu)Places: Melanesia, VanuatuKeywords: Architectural Anthropology , Material Culture , Techniques , Value , Gender , Cultural Change , Museums
Eveline DÜRR Professor, Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, GermanyAdministrative areas: New Zealand Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Anthropological Fieldwork , Anthropology of Ontology , Anthropology of Tourism , Colonial Discourse , Cultural Change , Eco-anthropology , Ethnographic Encounter , Globalization , Identity , Indigenous Mobility
Ute EICKELKAMP Independent researcher, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Australia Places: Central Australia, South AustraliaKeywords: Anthropology of Ontology , Children , Art , Christianity , Contemporary Indigenous Art , Cultural Change , Culture-nature Relations , Dreams , Landscape , Personhood
Corinna ERCKENBRECHT Curator, World Cultures and their Environment at Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim, GermanyPlaces: Australia (area), Queensland, New South Wales, Western AustraliaKeywords: Anthropology , Cultural Change , Cultural Heritage , Interdisciplinarity , Material Culture , Museums , Religion , Cultural Artefacts , Curatorship , Provenance Research
Ian L GRANT Senior Lecturer, Intercultural Studies at Alphacrucis College, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Papua New Guinea , Vanuatu Places: MelanesiaKeywords: Religion , Big-manship , Leadership , Cultural Change , Contextualisation , Cultural Studies , Political Anthropology , Worldview , Christianity , Missiology
Daniela HEIL Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology at University of Newcastle, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Australia , New South Wales (Australia), Western Australia (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia)Places: Australia (area)Keywords: Body , Chronic Illness , Cultural Change , Health , Indigenous Epistemology , Ilness Experience , Indigenous Politics , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Personhood , Medical Anthropology
Michael J. KOCH Independent researcher at Taku‘ua Service, French PolynesiaAdministrative areas: French Polynesia Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Austronesian Languages , Cultural Change , Decolonisation , Ethnicity , French Overseas Territories , Indigenous Politics , Museums , Scenography
Oliver LUEB Curator at Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, GermanyKeywords: Agency , Anthropological Fieldwork , Cultural Change , Cultural Renewal , Cultural Transformation , Custom , Identity , Material Culture , Museums , Performance
Michelle MACCARTHY Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology at Saint Mary's University, CanadaAdministrative areas: Papua New Guinea Places: MelanesiaKeywords: Anthropology of Tourism , Christianity , Cosmology , Cultural Change , Cultural Heritage , Death and Bereavement , Economic Anthropology , Environmental Anthropology , Gender , Gift-giving Practices And Theory
Michael MAIN PhD Student, School of Culture, History & Language at Australian National University, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Papua New Guinea Places: MelanesiaKeywords: Cultural Change , Development , Social Change , Violence , Weapons , Mining and its Discontents , Materiality , Language Change , Indigenous Agency , Indigenous Peoples Rights
Helene MARTINSSON-WALLIN Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Campus Gotland at Uppsala University, SwedenAdministrative areas: Samoa , Rapanui - Easter Island (Chile) , Galapagos (Ecuador) Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Architectural Anthropology , Austronesian Prehistory , Cultural Change , Cultural Heritage , Heritage Management , Material Culture , Migration , Polynesian Chiefdoms , Post-Colonialism , Spatial Theory
Andrew MILLS Research Fellow, Centre for Textile Conservation & Technical Art History, History of Art Department, School of Culture & Creative Arts at University of Glasgow, United KingdomAdministrative areas: Tonga , Fiji Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Art , Anthropology of Ontology , Cultural Change , Material Culture , Mission History , Museums , Semiotics , Tapa , Weapons , Violent Conflict
Richard MOYLE Professor emeritus, Centre for Pacific Studies at University of Auckland, New ZealandAdministrative areas: American Samoa , Cook Islands , Niue , Samoa , Tonga Places: Australia (area), PolynesiaKeywords: Christianisation , Cultural Change , Dance , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Language Documentation , Polynesian Languages , Ritual , Voyaging , Oral Tradition , Music
Diego MUÑOZ Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich at Social and Cultural Anthropology, GermanyAdministrative areas: Rapanui - Easter Island (Chile) , French Polynesia Places: Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia, Chili, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Society IslandsKeywords: Kinship , Land Dispute , Law and Culture , Migration , Regional History , Social Change , Social Organization , Tourism , Cultural Change , Diasporas
Patrick NUNN Professor, Sustainability Research Centre at University of the Sunshine Coast, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Fiji , Guam , Kiribati , Niue , Palau , Samoa , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Vanuatu , Federated States of Micronesia Places: Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Palau, Niue, Samoa, TongaKeywords: Climate Change , Coastal Erosion , Cultural Change , Human Ecology , Indigenous Knowledge , Kava , Landscape , Myth , Religion And The Environment , Sustainable Development
Min Yen ONG Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Music at University of Cambridge, United KingdomAdministrative areas: Fiji , Hawaii Places: Melanesia, PolynesiaKeywords: Applied Ethnomusicology , Agency , Oral Tradition , Cultural Change , Cultural Heritage , Disaster , Feeling of Belonging , Indigenous Peoples Rights , Resilience , Song / Dance
Ton OTTO Professor, Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University, DenmarkAdministrative areas: Papua New Guinea Places: Papua New GuineaKeywords: Cultural Change , Religious Change , Social Change , Agency
Arno PASCHT Research Fellow, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, GermanyAdministrative areas: Cook Islands , Vanuatu Places: Polynesia, MelanesiaKeywords: Political Anthropology , Leadership , Legal Pluralism , Cultural Change , Environment , Climate Change
Dominik SCHIEDER Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences at University of Siegen, GermanyAdministrative areas: Fiji , Samoa Places: Fiji Islands, SamoaKeywords: Migration , Social Organization , Agency , Applied Anthropology , Class , Colonial Discourse , Colonial Imagination , Colonialism , Complexity , Conflict
Jouni TAKALO PhD Student, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies/ Folkloristics at University of Turku, FinlandAdministrative areas: Wallis and Futuna , Tonga , Samoa Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Cosmology , Myth , Symbolism , History , Regional History , Oral Tradition , Agency , Cultural Change , Colonial Process , Digital Resources
Hilke THODE-ARORA Curator, Oceania at Museum Fuenf Kontinente, GermanyAdministrative areas: Niue , Samoa , New Zealand Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Colonial Imagination , Indigenous Agency , Inter-ethnic Relations , Heritage Management , Ethnicity , Cultural Change , Transnationalism , Women's Associations , Textiles / Fibre Arts , Museums
Jaap TIMMER Associate Professor, Discipline of Anthropology, School of Media and Social Sciences at Macquarie University, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Indonesia , Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands Places: MelanesiaKeywords: Political Ecology , Religion , Anthropology of Knoweldge , Applied Anthropology , Contemporary Pacific , Cultural Change , Development , Sovereignty , Material Culture
Eilin Holtan TORGERSEN PhD Student, Department of Social Anthropology, Bergen Pacific Studies at University of Bergen, NorwayAdministrative areas: Hawaii Places: PolynesiaKeywords: Cosmology , Cultural Change , Cultural Landscapes , Culture-nature Relations , Dance , Disaster , Ecology , Environmental Anthropology , Epistemology , Ethnicity
Gabriele WEICHART Senior Lecturer, Social and Cultural Anthropology (Department of Social Research) at University of Vienna, AustriaAdministrative areas: Australia Places: Australia (area)Keywords: Architectural Anthropology , Art , Climate Change , Cultural Heritage , Cultural Change , Disaster , Food and Nutrition , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Material Culture , Memory
Frank WEIGELT Senior Lecturer, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at University of Hamburg, GermanyAdministrative areas: Papua New Guinea , Vanuatu , Indonesia , New Caledonia Places: MelanesiaKeywords: Agency , Applied Anthropology , Class , Colonial Discourse , Cognitive Anthropology , Colonialism , Conflict , Conflict Management , Cultural Change , Cultural Heritage
Elisabeth WORLICZEK Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Global Change and Sustainability at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), AustriaAdministrative areas: New Caledonia , Wallis and Futuna , French Polynesia , Papua New Guinea , Vanuatu Places: Melanesia, PolynesiaKeywords: Climate Change , Climate Change Migration , Coastal Erosion , Cultural Change , Disaster , Interdisciplinarity , Migration , Mining and its Discontents , Natural Hazards , Social Change
Maria WRONSKA-FRIEND Adjunct/associate Researcher, College of Arts, Society and Education at James Cook University, AustraliaAdministrative areas: Sandaun (Papua New Guinea), Jawa Tengah (Indonesia), Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea , Indonesia Places: Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, West Sepik (Sandaun)Keywords: Material Culture , Cultural Change , Technology , Art , Canoes , Voyaging , Museums , Textiles
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