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March 2018
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Friday 16 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar : Developments in the grammatical analysis of Central Australian languages 1890-1910
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A number of grammatical descriptions of Arandic varieties from Central Australia appeared between 1890 and 1910. These reflect a variety of theoretical approaches to grammar which were emerging from German philology and linguistics in the early twentieth century. Far from being ahistorical (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Asia’s dramatically changing demography: some implications
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The Asian region has moved rapidly through the demographic transition since the 1970s, but demographic prospects are very different for East Asia (facing shrinking populations), South Asia (facing substantial further increases) and Southeast Asia (in between). Individual country situations vary (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar : Peopling Antarctica: Towards an anthropology of the southern continent
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Anthropologists have long demonstrated how the concepts and practices of kinship are fundamental to social life. However, the way in which these concepts are expressed, and practices enacted, varies greatly from context to context. This paper begins from the question: if kinship really is (...)
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Tuesday 20 |
12:30 - DISTINGUISHED VISITOR - Media and Communication Discipline Seminar : Professor John Hartley, FAHA, Curtin University, joins us as a guest presenter
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Within the theme of culture and technology, and in the context of planetary-scale and population-wide digital connectivity, the paper discusses ‘open knowledge’ from the perspective of semiotic history and the history of ideas. I distinguish between two kinds of knowledge, which I trace back to (...)
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Friday 23 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Framing Disaster: The Commodification of Suffering In Indonesian Newspapers
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This study aims to analyse the media coverage of disaster in Indonesia by looking at how two daily print newspapers (Kedaulatan Rakyat and Kompas) reported on two different types of disasters: the Mt. Merapi eruption of 2010 and forest fires in 2015. It will focus on the images used in the (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology/Sociology Seminar Series : Anthropology & Sociology Seminar Series
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Special Seminar: Three PhD Students' Introductory Seminars
18:15 - SCREENING - In Pursuit Of Harmony: Premier Screening of the first ever Documentary Film, Exploring the Ancient Game of Go �The Surrounding Game� : The W.A. Migration Research Network Harmony Week event
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All are welcome to the premier screening of the first ever documentary film, exploring the ancient game of Go “The Surrounding Game”, followed by a panel discussion with academics, students and practitioners with interest in applying lessons from Go to social science, IT, education and ways of (...)
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Tuesday 27 |
18:00 - BOOK LAUNCH - Free Event: North Korea's Missile Stand-off: Prepare For War : The Perth USAsia Centre and Black Inc. will be launching the second issue of Australian Foreign Affairs - Trump in Asia: The New World Order.
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This second issue brings together some of this country's best minds to examine the United States' sudden shift from the "Asia Pivot" to "America First". It provides insights into Donald Trump's White House and explores how his unpredictable approach to international affairs is (...)
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Thursday 29 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : The Application of 2D Morphometrics on Ceramic Assemblages: An Example from Călineşti-Oaş, an Early Neolithic Site in Northwest Romania
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The present study is centred on the analysis of ceramic breakage and alteration approached through 2D morphometric computational techniques. Just like sediment particles, the size and shape of a fragment is altered under conditions of abrasion and breakage. While some of these conditions can occur (...)
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April 2018
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Friday 06 |
7:15 - PUBLIC TALK - Business Strategies for the Indo-Pacific Era : This exclusive breakfast will focus on assisting Western Australian businesses to develop a comprehensive business strategy to be a part of the unprecedented economic rise of ASEAN, India and the wider Indo-Pacific region.
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In collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Perth USAsia Centre and the Australian Institute of International Affairs WA, please join us to hear from senior policy, business and industry leaders, for a business breakfast focused on the opportunities for Western Australia to (...)
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Thursday 12 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Archaeology Seminar
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Archaeologies of enslavement in eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean, c. AD 500 – 1900: analytical and interpretive challenges. Paul Lane is a specialist in the later Holocene archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa. His interests include landscape historical ecology, the archaeology of colonial (...)
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Friday 13 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Status and social conflict in the Philippines at the turn of the sixteenth century
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The social structure of the Philippines at the turn of the sixteenth century comprised three distinct groups. These were the rulers and their families who
obtained their position through skill or force, and held it by dint of power and wealth; the slaves who came about their status after defaults (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar : Linguistics, PARADISEC, and the national digital research roadmap
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In this talk I will show how the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) works as a digital platform to support linguistic research, and to provide access to recordings in more than 1100 languages. It is part of the broader project of language (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology/Sociology Seminar Series : Cosmetic Matters: The Relational Body and the Ethics of Beauty in South Korea
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This presentation discusses the social meanings attached to beauty work and cosmetic aesthetic technologies of the body in Korea. Drawing on extensive archival media resources, contemporary self-help and professional literature written by cosmetic surgeons and beauty professionals and interviews (...)
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Thursday 19 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : Public Archaeology in Western Australia: Kings Square Archaeological Excavation
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In mid-January 2018 archaeologists from Archae-aus commenced excavating the remains of 19th and 20th Century buildings that once sat in Kings Square. The work was conducted on behalf of the City of Fremantle as preparatory works for the Kings Square Renewal Project which includes the demolition of (...)
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Friday 20 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Transnational Islam Globally and in Indonesia
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To understand the importance of the impact of transnational Islam on peacebuilding and the narratives and activities of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) branch in Papua, it is necessary to locate the discussion within the literature. This presentation discusses the concepts of transnationalism (...)
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Thursday 26 |
12:00 - EVENT - ARCY2006 Archaeology of Death : Archaeology special seminar
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This presentation will review two different recent projects in Kenya concerning the recovery of human remains, their treatment and the ethical issues involved. The first case study relates to a programme of excavation of a series of burial cairns requested by a Samburu pastoralist community in (...)
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Friday 27 |
18:30 - EVENT - We�ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC
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We’ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC.
We find ourselves at a crossroads.
'Business as usual' is no longer sufficient to address the interconnected crises of (...)
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May 2018
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Wednesday 02 |
The stance of Islam regarding certain issues relating to women has remained a hot subject of debate, especially in the last few centuries. Although Islam does not support the basic tenets of the feminist movement, it must be conceded that this movement has served to create awareness in the educated (...)
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Thursday 03 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : A Suite of Sweeping Changes in Late Prehistory: an Interdisciplinary-Archaeological Approach to Pastoral Adaptations in Northern Mongolia's Darkhad Depression
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Ongoing research in the Darkhad Depression of Huvsgul Province has helped to illuminate the changing settlement patterns, economic strategies, and socio-political developments that took place as the hunter-gatherers of the region began to incorporate pastoralism into their traditional lifeways (...)
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