RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE People-wildlife interactions and the human dimensions of conservation. Human-Wildlife Conflicts, People-Wildlife Interactions, or People-People Conflicts? Professor Catherine M Hill, Oxford Brookes University Wednesday 26 February at 5.30 pm Once the undisputed domain of biologists and ecologists, conservation science is increasingly recognised as a multidisciplinary field that […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The Royal Anthropological Institute’s ANTHROPOLOGICAL INDEX ON-LINE HALF A CENTURY OF ANTHROPOLOGY: 50 YEARS OF PUBLISHED RESEARCH Dr Max Carocci and Helen Earl-Fraser, Royal Anthropological Institute Wednesday 5 March at 5.30 pm The AIO as it is fondly known, has been a source of inspiration for […]
Royal Anthropological Institute 13th International Ethnographic Film Festival 7th-9th March 2014 at USC LOS ANGELES VENUE sponsored by USC CENTER FOR VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY. All screenings at Seeley G. Mudd Hall on USC campus. Click here to VIEW pdf festival schedule (SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT WARNING): RAI_USCCVA_filmfest_schedule Friday 7-10pm Premiere: THE ACT OF KILLING (director's cut […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The Political Economy of 'Applied Anthropology': Cases of tourism development in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Palestine, and Ethiopia. Professor Tom Selwyn, SOAS Wednesday 12 March at 5.30 pm This seminar will reflect on some of the political, intellectual, and ethical issues raised in the context of participation by anthropologists […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE A turbulent quarter-century with the RAI: 1974-2000 Jonathan Benthall, former director of the Royal Anthropological Institute Wednesday 19 March at 5.30 pm As part of the RAI's current investigation of its history, Jonathan Benthall, who was Director between 1974 and 2000, will give a personal assessment […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTRE Discordant Development: Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Connection in Bangladesh Thursday 20 March at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30 am) Anthropology Library and Research Centre, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Mother’s milk: reconsidering milk-kinship in our understanding of family and kinship in Europe Dr Elena Soler, Charles University, Prague Wednesday 26 March at 5.30 pm Human milk has long been linked to the construction of motherhood, with breastfeeding and maternity constituing a cultural ideal in many […]
King's India Institute and the Royal Anthropological Institute cordially invite you to the MN SRINIVAS MEMORIAL LECTURE 2014 Professor Arjun Appadurai (New York University) The Ecology of Failure: Reflections on Democracy, Participation and Development Thursday 27 March at 6:15 pm Venue: EDMOND J SAFRA LECTURE THEATRE, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Innovation and originality in traditional Oceanic art Dr Harry Beran Wednesday 2 April at 5.30 pm Most survey books on traditional Oceanic art give the impression that this art is timeless — that the range of artworks produced at the time of early contact with the […]
Monday, 7 April, 5.30pm Film Screening 'Under the Palace Wall' (2014, 53 mins) followed by Q&A with David MacDougall. The RAI Film Committee is pleased to welcome Prof David MacDougall (ANU) for the presentation and discussion of his latest film 'Under the Palace Wall'. Under the Palace Wall David MacDougall 53 minutes, 2014 […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Anthropology and Security Studies Dr Christopher Farrands, Nottingham Trent University, and Dr Giovanni Ercolani, Universidad de Murcia Wednesday 9 April at 5.30 pm Aim of the Seminar is to develop the argument of the need of an anthropological approach to security studies. For this purpose, the […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTRE Refractions of Civil Society in Turkey Thursday 17 April at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30 am) Anthropology Library and Research Centre, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Centre, in conjunction with […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Light and Dark Tourism from Montserrat to the Maze Prison: Anthropological Reflections Dr Jonathan Skinner, Roehampton University Wednesday 7 May at 5.30 pm Dark tourism is a newly scripted phenomenon now being applied in the anthropology of tourism. Where does the expression come from, how is […]
Films on ‘Anthropology & Photography’In relation to our Conference (29-31 May) the RAI is organizing a series of Upstairs @ the RAI screenings Tuesday 13 May, 6pm PHOTO WALLAHS 60 minutes, 1991, Filmmakers: David and Judith MacDougall The film is set in Mussoorie, a famous hill station in northern India, which has attracted […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Edith Durham: on the trail of an Edwardian traveller in Kosovo. Elizabeth Gowing (Author) Wednesday 14 May at 6.30 pm Mary Edith Durham was the first woman Vice President of the RAI, a woman who broke up a fight between two soldiers on a train in […]
Films on ‘Anthropology & Photography’In relation to our Conference (29-31 May) the RAI is organizing a series of Upstairs @ the RAI screenings Tuesday 20 May, 6pm, FUTURE REMEMBRANCE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGE ARTS IN GHANA 54 minutes, 1998, Filmmaker/ Anthropologists: Tobias Wendl, Nancy du Plessis The film portrays a vibrant range of […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The evolution of human behaviour - evidence from Kanjera South, Kenya. Dr Laura Bishop, John Moores University Wednesday 21 May at 5.30 pm Palaeoanthropologists investigate how our ancestors lived, and how humans’ interactions with and place in the landscape changes through time. We can see how […]
Films on ‘Anthropology & Photography’In relation to our Conference (29-31 May) the RAI is organizing a series of Upstairs @ the RAI screenings Tuesday 27 May, 6pm THE ART OF REGRET 60 mins, 2007, Filmmaker: Judith MacDougall, Anthropologist: Kathy Zhang Photography is known in China as the “Art of Regret”. In the rapidly […]
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE / BRITISH MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTREAnthropology and Photography British Museum, Clore Centre, 29-31 May 2014 The Royal Anthropological Institute is pleased to announce that a conference ‘Anthropology and Photography’ will take place at the British Museum, Clore Centre, in conjunction with the museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Centre. The aim […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Anthropology in pre-university Education: negotiating a presence Professor Brian Street, King's College London Wednesday 4 June at 5.30 pm I will discuss the work of the RAI Education Committee in helping to develop anthropological perspectives in pre-university education in the UK. In particular the development of […]
