Cultural Anthropology staff

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Programme director

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Dr Lorena Gibson

Senior Lecturer

School of Social and Cultural Studies

Postgraduate coordinator

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Dr Amir Sayadabdi

Lecturer in Anthropology
School of Social and Cultural Studies

Programme staff

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Prof Brigitte Bonisch-Brednich

Director
Stout Research Centre

Council Member
Vice-Chancellor's Office

Research Areas:  Cultural anthropology, narrative analysis and storytelling, migration, academic mobility, ethnography, ritual... read more

Anthropology Social and cultural anthropology Cultural studies Migrant cultural studies
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Dr Eli Elinoff

Senior Lecturer

School of Social and Cultural Studies

Research Areas:  Political anthropology including questions about citizenship, rights, and democracy. Environmental anthropology, including question related to development,... read more

Social and cultural anthropology Political science Environmental anthropology Urban and regional planning Architecture Design anthropology Studies of Asian society Citizenship Environmental politics Anthropology of development Urban design
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Jacs Forde

Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology

School of Social and Cultural Studies

Ngā mātauranga taiao o te Māori (Māori environmental knowledges) Social and cultural anthropology
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Dr Lorena Gibson

Senior Lecturer

School of Social and Cultural Studies

Research Areas: 

◾Anthropology for liberation
◾Development and NGOs
◾Hope and temporalities
◾The anthropology of education
◾Participatory, collaborative... read more

Anthropology Anthropology of development Social and cultural anthropology Higher education Political economy and social change
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Dr Corinna Howland

Lecturer

School of Social and Cultural Studies

Social and cultural anthropology
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Sumin Myung

Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology

School of Social and Cultural Studies

Environmental anthropology Sociology and social studies of science and technology History and philosophy of science Social and cultural anthropology Political theory and political philosophy Environmental history Forest ecosystems Forestry sciences Forest biodiversity Climate change impacts and adaptation Studies of Asian society Asian cultural studies
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Dr Amir Sayadabdi

Lecturer in Anthropology
School of Social and Cultural Studies

Research Areas:  Anthropology of food; cultural history of food; diaspora; migration; ethnicity and nationalism; gender (and sexuality) studies; Middle East; Iran.... read more

Social and cultural anthropology Migration Cultural studies Middle Eastern and North African history Cultural studies of agriculture, food and wine
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Dr Paola Tiné

Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology
School of Social and Cultural Studies

Research Areas:  Social Anthropology; Visual Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Ethnography; Creative Research Methods; Kinship, Family and Gender Studies; Higher Education... read more

Adjunct Professor

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Dr Jeff Sissons

Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Social and Cultural Studies

Adjunct Research Fellows

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Dr Grant Otsuki

Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Social and Cultural Studies

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Dr James Urry

Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Social and Cultural Studies

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Dr Graeme Whimp

Adjunct Research Fellow
School of Social and Cultural Studies