Anthropology

The Oxford Anthropology Podcast brings together talks by internationally renowned scholars and cutting edge researchers. Their lectures explore a wide range of human experience and feature case studies from around the world.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
Of untold riches and unruly homes: gender and property in neoliberal middle-class Kolkata	In this Anthropology departmental seminar from 1 November 2012, Henrike Donner of Oxford Brookes University looks at how different kinds of property and ownership arrangements affect relationships between people among the urban middle classes of Kolkata	Henrike Donner	3 February, 2014
Experimenting with field experiments: moving the lab into the field in ethnographic research	In this Anthropology departmental seminar from 8 November 2013, Dimitris Xygalatas (Aarhus and Masaryk Universities) investigates ritual behaviour, bringing it into the lab, to work out why people put themselves through such ordeals	Dimitris Xygalatas	3 February, 2014
New York stories: the lives of other citizens	In this Anthropology departmental seminar from 22 November 2013, Andrew Irving of the University of Manchester investigates memories, thoughts and reminiscences about New York City.	Andrew Irving	3 February, 2014
The adoption of modern contraception in rural Ethiopia: a biocultural approach	A School of Anthropology departmental seminar from 29 November 2013 by Alexandra Alvergne of ISCA, University of Oxford	Alexandra Alvergne	3 February, 2014
Gift, sacrifice, and deadly rumours (3 May 2013)	In this seminar, Dr Julien Bonhomme (École normale supérieure, Paris) discusses the cultural significance of rumours of deadly alms and gift giving that first appeared in Senegal in 2010.	Julien Bonhomme	13 November, 2013
Geology, potentiality, speculation: on the indeterminacy of natural resources (10 May 2013)	In this seminar, Dr Gisa Weszkalnys (London School of Economics) focuses her study of the indeterminacy of natural resources on the small island state of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea.	Gisa Weszkalnys	13 November, 2013
Conceptualizing new age and neopagan ritual (17 May 2013)	In this seminar, Professor Michael Houseman (l'École pratique des hautes études, Paris) presents a brief analysis of several small ceremonies to make a theoretical argument about ritual in a new age and neopagan context.	Michael Houseman	13 November, 2013
Brazilian serialities: imagining persons (24 May 2013)	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Professor Joao de Pina-Cabral (University of Kent) discusses the creative use of personal names in Brazil.	Joao de Pina-Cabral	13 November, 2013
Dorr-e Dari (The Pearl of Dari): An Ethnography of Poetry as a Social Practice among Afghans in Iran (23 May 2013)	This lecture formed part of the 2013 Evans-Pritchard Lecture series held at All Souls College, Oxford, in which Zuzanna Olszewska discussed 'Authentic Voices, Modern Selves: An Ethnography of Afghan Refugee Poetry and Personhood in Iran'.	Zuzanna Olszewska	13 November, 2013
Provocations for digital anthropology (30 May 2013)	David Zeitlyn discusses parallels between visual and digital anthropology and the dangers of historical myopia. It is too easy to disregard earlier parallels because of the mistaken claim that everything is new and different.	David Zeitlyn	13 November, 2013
Looking forward looking back (18 May 2013)	Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) argues for a pluralisation of past, present and future. There are many unconnected or only partially connected literatures on time related issues.	David Zeitlyn	13 November, 2013
Alternative Utopias and the Crisis of Imagination (20 June 2013)	Professor Alexander Kiossev (University of Sofia in Bulgaria)drawing on his background in cultural studies, spoke about the ways in which 'alternative utopias' can enable creative imaginaries for the types of futures we are able to realise or create.	Alexander Kiossev	13 November, 2013
Divine kingdoms in the western Himalayas	This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (22 February 2013) by William Sax of the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, focuses on 'oracular authority and distributed agency' in the western Himalayas.	William Sax	18 April, 2013
Capital's new frontier	Dr Catherine Dolan of the Saïd Business School, Oxford, discusses 'yoghurt mamas, solar sisters and the remaking of 'unusable Africa' at the bottom of the pyramid'. An Anthropology Departmental Seminar from 15 February 2013.	Catherine Dolan	18 April, 2013
Re-making the dead, uncertainty and the torque of human materials in northern Zimbabwe	This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (8 February 2013) by Joost Fontein from the Department of Social Anthropology at Edinburgh focuses on northern Zimbabwe fieldwork and research.	Joost Fontein	18 April, 2013
Unexplored agencies: the case of Donna Sebastiana	Carlo Severi (CNRS, Paris) presents an Anthropology Departmental Seminar (1 February 2013).	Carlo Severi	18 April, 2013
Re-thinking 'Untamed Thoughts' Fifty Years On	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar (25 January 2013), Dr Laura Rival discusses 'Claude Lévi-Strauss and the science of the concrete'.	Laura Rival	18 April, 2013
Synchrony and Similiarity in Human Cooperation	This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (30 November 2012) is presented by Emma Cohen of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Oxford.	Emma Cohen	18 April, 2013
The Evolution of Human Egalitarianism	This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (9 November 2012) is by Dr Frank Marlowe (University of Cambridge, Department of Biological Anthropology) and is on the theme of evolutionary anthropology.	Frank Marlowe	18 April, 2013
Digital Heritage Technologies and Issues of Community Engagement and Cultural Restitution in 'New Style' Ethnographic Museums	This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (2 November 2012) is by Professor Mike Rowlands (University College London), in collaboration with Graeme Were (Brisbane). Its theme is material anthropology.	Mike Rowlands	18 April, 2013
Scientists as Abstainers	Matei Candea (University of Durham) presents 'An ethnography of inter-species trust without belief'. An Anthropology Departmental Seminar (26 October 2012) with a theme of science and technology studies.	Matei Candea	18 April, 2013
City Dwelling and the Cultures of Migrant Urbanism	This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (19 October 2012), is presented by Professor Michael Keith, the Director of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Oxford.	Michael Keith	18 April, 2013
The Biography of the Holy Ghost	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar (12 October 2012), Dr Ramon Sarró explores a prophetic landscape in Lower Congo.	Ramon Sarró	18 April, 2013
The Ethnographic Dream	In this seminar for the anthropology research group at Oxford on Eastern Medicines and Religions (10 October 2012), Dr Katherine Swancutt discusses 'doing fieldwork among native scholars and shamans', focusing on southwest China.	Katherine Swancutt	18 April, 2013
Learning that emerges in 'Times of Trouble'	In this Ethnicity and Identity Seminar, Professor Joy Hendry (Oxford Brooks University) presents a few cases from Japan. 2 March 2012.	Joy Hendry	27 June, 2012
Epidemiological crises, epistemological divisions	In this seminar held by the Anthropology Research Group at Oxford on Eastern Medicines and Religions (ArgO-EMR), Assoc. Professor Marta Hanson (Johns Hopkins University) discusses 'the new discourse on epidemics in 17th-18th century China'. 7 March 2012.	Marta Hanson	27 June, 2012
Collective Effervescence as Embodied Intoxication	Philip Mellor, Professor of Religion and Social Theory at the University Leeds, presented this paper at a workshop held in Oxford by the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies in February 2012.	Philip Mellor	27 June, 2012
Reflections on geneticisation	In this Medical Anthropology Research Seminar, Professor Paul Martin (University of Nottingham) examines 'social science and the making of biofutures'. 6 February 2012.	Paul Martin	27 June, 2012
Everyday aesthetics in forced displacement	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Sandra Dudley (University of Leicester) looks at 'material culture and Karenni forced migrants in a Thai-Burma border camp'. 10 February 2012.	Sandra Dudley	27 June, 2012
Sweetness and Light	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Professor Ann Gold (Syracuse University) examines 'ordinary pluralisms in a North Indian town'. 24 February 2012.	Ann G Gold	27 June, 2012
Negotiating Space, Buying Time	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Professor Michael Herzfeld (Harvard University) discusses 'the performance of housing politics in a Bangkok community under siege'. 2 December 2011.	Michael Herzfeld	27 June, 2012
What Shan ethnography can tell us about Theravada Buddhism	Nicola Tannenbaum, Professor of Anthropology at Lehigh University in the United States, discusses Theravada Buddhism for this Anthropology Departmental Seminar. 4 May 2012.	Nicola Tannenbaum	27 June, 2012
Conflict in the Plural	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Jonathan Spencer (University of Edinburgh) examines 'eastern Sri Lanka as a complex religious field'. 18 May 2012.	Jonathan Spencer	27 June, 2012
Opportunistic violence and the impossibility of intimacy	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Dhana Hughes (St John's College, University of Oxford) examines 'memories of revenge and denunciation in Sri Lanka's Southern Terror'. 11 May 2012.	Dhana Hughes	27 June, 2012
Neighbouring China in Northern Nepal	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Martin Saxer (National University of Singapore)discusses 'Hidden Valleys, New Roads and Remote Cosmopolitans' in northern Nepal. 25 May 2012.	Martin Saxer	27 June, 2012
Marett Memorial Lecture 2012: Anthropologists and the Bible	In the 2012 Marett Memorial Lecture, Professor Adam Kuper of the LSE and Fellow of the British Academy reviews a century of debate surrounding the anthropology of religion. The lecture took place at Exeter College, Oxford on 27 April 2012.	Adam Kuper	24 May, 2012
Altruism in cyberspace?	In this seminar for the International Gender Studies Centre, Elinor Bastin presents an exploration of an on-line community for women and men with bipolar disorder. 10 November 2011.	Elinor Bastin	24 May, 2012
Beyond globalisation and localisation	In this Departmental Seminar, Holger Jebens discusses local Christianity and 'Pluralism in a Papua New Guinea village'. 18 November 2011.	Holger Jebens	24 May, 2012
The 'down side' of assisted reproductive technologies	In this seminar for the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, Soraya Tremayne (Director of the FRSG) discusses 'Third party donation and the 'happy family' rhetoric in Iran'. 17 November 2011.	Soraya Tremayne	24 May, 2012
Meat and Health	In this Health, Environment and Development seminar, Peter Scarborough (a UL in Public Health) discusses the impact of achieving environmental sustainable diets on deaths from cardiovascular disease and cancer in the UK. 18 October 2011.	Peter Scarborough	24 May, 2012
Brain microcircuits in champanzees and humans	Stephen Chance of the Neuroanatomy and Cognition Group, based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, presents insights into IQ and social cognition in chimpanzees and humans. An ICEA Seminar from 1 June 2011.	Stephen Chance	24 May, 2012
Venom, pollinators and parasites	Anna Nekaris of Oxford Brookes University discusses 'how the poisonous slow loris may reveal the origins of social grooming amongst primates'. An ICEA seminar from 2 November 2011.	Anna Nekaris	24 May, 2012
Extreme climatic events as drivers of early human behaviour in Africa?	In this seminar for the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Sallie Burrough of Oxford University's School of Geography and the Environment presents an environmental perspective from the Kalahari Desert (23/11/11).	Sallie Burrough	24 May, 2012
How niche construction affects inheritance systems in human evolution	A seminar for the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology by John Odling-Smee (an Emeritus research fellow from Oxford University), 30 November 2011.	John Odling-Smee	24 May, 2012
Implementing a Research Culture in the NHS. Medical Anthropology at Oxford	The conference 'Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections', held at ICSA on 23-24 June 2011, marked the first ten years of Medical Anthropology at Oxford. This podcast by Olivier Bazin formed part of the first panel.	Olivier Bazin	10 May, 2012
The self-management of misfortune by use of amulets and charms. Ethnicity and Identity Seminar	In this Ethnicity and Identity Seminar on 'Managing Disasters and Misfortune', Eric Edwards (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford) discusses 'The self-management of misfortune by use of amulets and charms' (3 February 2012).	Eric Edwards	10 May, 2012
There is no such thing as Dian cuisine. Anthropology Departmental Seminar	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Jakob Klein (SOAS) discusses 'Food and locality in twenty-first century China' (11 March 2011).	Jakob Klein	10 May, 2012
Don't throw the baby out with the bathos. Anthropology Departmental Seminar:	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Stephen Reyna (MPI-Halle) discussed 'regimes of truth in an anthropology of hypocrisy' (25 February 2011).	Stephen Reyna	10 May, 2012
On the concept of cultural transmission. Anthropology Departmental Seminar	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Roy Ellen (University of Kent) discusses 'On the concept of cultural transmission' (18 February 2011).	Roy Ellen	10 May, 2012
Re-Defining the Museal Object in Mao and post-Mao China. Anthropology Departmental Seminar	In this Anthropology Departmental seminar Michael Rowlands (University College London) discusses 'Re-Defining the Museal Object in Mao and post-Mao China'. 13 May 2011.	Michael Rowlands	10 May, 2012

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