Masterclass with Janet Roitman
Seminar
The School of Archaeology and Anthropology together with the College of Asia-Pacific, and the Capitalism Studies Network are organizing a Science and Technology Masterclass for honours and HDR students with Janet Roitman on the 21st of May, 2024, from 10 AM to 1 PM. The masterclass will focus on…
Platform Economies: Beyond the North-South Divide
Seminar
Platform economies are depicted as the foundation for a new era of economic production. This transpires through the incorporation of digital technologies and algorithmic operations into the heart of economic and financial practices. However, different assumptions are made about the effects of…
Prof David Wengrow: What might an archaeology of freedom look like?
Seminar
What might an archaeology of freedom look like? In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and I describe three basic forms of human freedom: to move away, to disobey, and to create new forms of social life. Far from being a special achievement of Western civilization, we argue, these…
Discovering Gawari Mada with Mitchell Whitelaw
Workshop
Join us and explore birds, plants, insects and other inhabitants of Gawari Mada (Holt Microforest). Learn to use your smartphone to identify, discover and record the diverse species around us! Participants can return to the Microforest at any time to continue observing and recording. TIME: drop in…
Hearing Humus with Sophia Dacy-Cole
Workshop
Hearing Humus is a workshop that allows participants to connect with soil using bioacoustics, meditation, and soil handling techniques taken from soil science. The workshop will take place twice: on May 18, from 10am-12.30pm. If the workshop fills up, a secondary workshop will take place in…
Embodying the Western Maya Frontier: Bioarchaeological Evidence from Comalcalco and Moxviquil, Mexico
Seminar
People signal and contest identity in a variety of ways and have done so for millennia. This fundamental aspect of human societies can be examined across space and time to improve understanding of how and why it occurs. This seminar examines social identity on the western Maya frontier and centres…
ANU Orchestra & ANU Jazz Orchestra in Concert
Performance
Immerse yourself in an enchanting evening of classical music at the ANU Orchestra Concerto Gala, conducted by Rowan Harvey-Martin. The program will include works by Margaret Sutherland, Aaron Copland, Frederick Delius and Beethoven. After the ANU orchestra come to the Athenaeum to hear…