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Dept Seminar: Beyond 'terroir'

In this Anthropology Dept Seminar Marion Demossier of the University of Bath discusses 'territorial construction, hegemonic discourses and French wine culture'. 11 November 2011.

Nov 29, 201154 min

Dept Seminar: Discovering Anthropological Practice through Fieldwork

In this Anthropology Dept Seminar, Professor Judith Okely of Hull University (and an associate of ISCA, Oxford) looks back over her anthropological career, especially her time spent working with gypsies. 4 November 2011.

Nov 29, 201151 min

Dept Seminar: Saints of Justice, Spirits of Devastation

In this Anthropology Dept Seminar, Helene Basu of Münster University examines 'Sorcery, Madness and Modernity in Western India'. 28 October 2011.

Nov 29, 201147 min

Dept Seminar: The Oil Company, 'Partnership' and the Moralities of Giving and Receiving

In this Anthropology Dept Seminar, Katy Gardner of the University of Sussex examines the impact of oil companies on 'corporate community engagement' in Bangladesh. 21 October 2011.

Nov 29, 201158 min

Dept Seminar: Spirit in Motion

In this Anthropology Dept Seminar, Thomas Kirsch of Konstanz University, discusses the 'Morphology and Mobility of the Holy Spirit in Africa'. 14 October 2011.

Nov 29, 201142 min

Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Autopathographies - How 'sick lit' shapes knowledge and the illness experience

This presentation by Dr Rachel Hall-Clifford (Primary Health Care, Oxford) was delivered at the conference Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections.

Jul 25, 201122 min

Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Oxford's 'Two Bodies' in Medical Anthropology

This presentation by Dr Caroline Potter (ISCA, Oxford) focuses on how Oxford's Medicial Anthropology bridges the biological and social divide. It was delivered at the 10 Years at the Intersections conference in June 2011.

Jul 25, 201119 min

Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Healing earth and sacred clay among the Mun, SW Ethiopia

This presentation by doctoral candidate Kate Fayers-Kerr was delivered at the Medical Anthropogy at Oxford conference, 10 Years at the Intersections, June 2011.

Jul 25, 201119 min

Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Moving from Efficacy to Safety

This presentation by Dr Barbara Gerke discusses 'A changing focus in the study of Asian medical systems' and was delivered at the Medical Anthropology conference 10 Years at the Intersections, June 2011.

Jul 25, 201113 min

Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Maize, Men and New Medical Models

This presentation by doctoral student Kristina Baines was delivered at the Medical Anthropology at Oxford conference 10 Years at the Intersections. It focuses on embodied ecological heritage and health in Southern Belize.

Jul 25, 201115 min

Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Building Partnerships - a career path in research coordination and capacity building

This presentation by Dalia Iskander, a previous student of Anthropology at Oxford, was delivered at the conference Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections on 23 June 2011.

Jul 25, 201113 min

Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Beyond Language - Public Health Policy and Cultural Competency

This presentation by Hannah Graff, a previous MPhil student at Oxford, was delivered at the conference Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections on 23 June 2011.

Jul 25, 201114 min

Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections - opening comments

Professor Stanley Ulijaszek (School of Anthropology, Oxford) introduces 10 Years at the Intersections, a conference to celebrate 10 years of Medical Anthropology at Oxford. The conference took place 23-24 June 2011.

Jul 25, 20116 min

Human Sciences Symposium 2011: The Impact of Exceptional Early Cognitive Environments on Musical Development

This presentation by Prof. Adam Ockelford was delivered at the 2011 Human Sciences Symposium on The Musical Brain held on 26 February in Oxford. It focuses on case studies of blind and autistic children.

Jul 25, 201144 min

Human Sciences Symposium 2011: The Musical Brain - Opening Presentation

On 26 February 2011, the Human Sciences Symposium focused on the The Musical Brain and the links between music, evolution and human psychology. This podcast is the opening presentation by Dr Iain Morley on Music and its Evolutionary Context.

Jul 25, 201130 min

Social evolution in primates and other animals

In this lecture, Dr Susanne Shultz (Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Oxford) examines the social evolution of primates and other animals (10 March 2011).

Jun 6, 201146 min

Late Pleistocene Demography and the Appearance of Modern Human Behaviour

In this seminar for the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Professor Mark Thomas (University College London) discusses the origins of modern human behaviour (18 May 2011).

Jun 6, 20111h 3m

Marett Memorial Lecture 2011: Beauty and the beast

In this year's Marett Memorial Lecture, Professor Terence S Turner (Cornell University) discusses 'Beauty and the beast: Humanity, animality and animism in the thought of an Amazonian people' (6 May 2011).

Jun 6, 201154 min

Dept Seminar: Heritage, hiking and the eradication of miracles

In this Anthropology Dept seminar (4 February 2011), Dr Ian Reader (University of Manchester) discuss consumerism and the sanitisation of pilgrimage from Shikoku to Santiago.

Mar 18, 201147 min

Dept Seminar: Why do Bayaka Pygmies sing so much?

In this Anthropology Dept seminar (28 January 2011), Dr Jerome Lewis (University College London) examines the place and cultural transmission of music and sound to the Bayaka Pygmies of the Central African Republic and Congo. Includes examples.

Mar 18, 20111h 1m

Dept Seminar: Money-go-round: personal economies of wealth

In this Anthropology Dept Seminar (11 February 2011), Professor Deborah James (London School of Economics) discusses the personal economies of wealth, aspiration and indebtedness in South Africa.

Mar 18, 201150 min

The Anthropology of Production

In this lecture for anthropologsts and archaeologists, Professor Chris Gosde, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford, examines the history and theory of production across different cultures and the difference between production and ownership.

Mar 18, 201146 min

Dept Seminar: Claudia's Life - Singular lives, Gypsy metonymy

In this Anthropology Dept seminar (4 June 2010), Dr Paloma Gay y Blasco (University of St Andrews) looks at the place of women and marriage in Gypsy society and in ethnographic writings.

Feb 21, 20111h 1m

Dept Seminar: Dance culture and its dislocation

In this Anthropology Dept seminar (3 December 2010) Dr Felicia Hughes-Freeland (University of Swansea) discusses the relationship between cyberspace and dance.

Feb 21, 201148 min

Dept Seminar: Neo-nationalism five years later

In this Anthropology Dept seminar (26 November 2010), Prof. Gingrich (University of Vienna) examines a return to 'indigineity' in Central Europe.

Feb 21, 201135 min

Dept Seminar: The power of felted cloth through time and space

In this Anthropology Dept seminar (19 November 2010), Dr Stephanie Bunn (University of St Andrews) examines the production and design of Eurasian felt, placing it in a domestic context.

Feb 21, 201152 min

Dept Seminar: Forms of detachment and ethical regard

In this Anthropology dept seminar (29 October 2010), Dr James Laidlaw (University of Cambridge) focuses on forms of detachment in North India, including the role of the anthropologist as observer.

Feb 21, 201143 min

Dept Seminar: Kerala Muslim marriage, gender, and intimacy

In this Anthropology Dept Seminar (22 October 2010), Dr Caroline Osella (SOAS, London) discusses the influence of migrant husbands on Kerala Muslim marriage and female households.

Feb 21, 201148 min

Money, Bodies, Materialism and Virtuality

In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Dr David Graeber of Goldsmiths, London, examines the history of death and money and how the two can combine.

Nov 23, 201049 min

The Elementary School Teacher, the Thug, and his Grandmother: Brokers and Transnational Migration

In this Anthropology Departmetal Seminar (February 2010) Associate Prof. Johan Lindquist (Stockholm University) discusses forced migration in Indonesia and its impact on male and female workers.

Nov 23, 201045 min

Interview with Professor Byron J Good, 2010 Marett Lecturer

Byron J. Good, Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard Medical School, delivered the 2010 Marett Lecture at Exeter College, Oxford. He was first interviewed by Nick Shapiro (ISCA) about his life and work.

Nov 23, 201031 min

Religion and change (2003-04 Evans-Pritchard Lecture 5)

5/5. In Autumn 2003 Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) presented the 2003/2004 Evans-Pritchard Lectures at All Souls College, Oxford. The theme was 'The life of Diko Madeleine and the History of Somi, Cameroon, in the Twentieth Century'.

Nov 4, 201051 min

Talking about Somié: from the social to the individual and back (2003-04 Evans-Pritchard Lecture 4)

4/5. In Autumn 2003 Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) presented the 2003/2004 Evans-Pritchard Lectures at All Souls College, Oxford. The theme was 'The life of Diko Madeleine and the History of Somi, Cameroon, in the Twentieth Century'.

Nov 4, 201047 min

Talking about Diko: introducing a woman, and means of researching a life (2003-04 Evans-Pritchard Lecture 3)

3/5. In Autumn 2003 Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) presented the 2003/2004 Evans-Pritchard Lectures at All Souls College, Oxford. The theme was 'The life of Diko Madeleine and the History of Somi, Cameroon, in the Twentieth Century'.

Nov 4, 201052 min

Writing history, talking historically: problems of biography, autobiography and social history (2003-04 Evans-Pritchard Lecture 2)

2/5. In Autumn 2003 Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) presented the 2003/2004 Evans-Pritchard Lectures at All Souls College, Oxford. The theme was 'The life of Diko Madeleine and the History of Somi, Cameroon, in the Twentieth Century'.

Nov 4, 201055 min

Sample of One: joining the queue (2003-04 Evans-Pritchard Lecture 1)

1/5. In Autumn 2003 Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) presented the 2003/2004 Evans-Pritchard Lectures at All Souls College, Oxford. The theme was 'The life of Diko Madeleine and the History of Somi, Cameroon, in the Twentieth Century'.

Nov 4, 201058 min

Race, kinship, genetics and the ambivalence of identity

A paper presented at the University of Oxford School of Anthropology Departmental Seminar on Friday 15 October 2010 by Professor Peter Wade, University of Manchester.

Oct 27, 201048 min

What is social anthropology?

First lecture of the series 'Introduction to anthropological theory' given to first year students on the Oxford BA degrees in Archaeology and Anthropology and in Human Sciences. Lecture given Tuesday 12 October 2010. Lecture delivered by Marcus Banks, Professor of Visual Anthropology, University of Oxford.

Oct 27, 201054 min

An Africanist's Legacy: Responsibilised citizens? - Discourses and practices around care of the self among HIV positive people in Tanzania

Presented by Dr Nadine Beckmann (Leeds) at 'An Africanist's Legacy - A Workshop in Celebration of the Work of David Parkin', held at the School of Anthropology, Oxford, 8-9 July 2010.

Aug 24, 201032 min

An Africanist's Legacy: Performing fragmentary movements - perspectives on the life-history of a Muslim dancer-choreographer

Presented by Asst. prof. Zulfiker Hirji (University of York, Toronto) at 'An Africanist's Legacy - A Workship in Celebration of the Work of David Parkin', held at The School of Anthropology, Oxford, 8-9 July 2010.

Aug 24, 201029 min

An Africanist's Legacy: Credit societies and the search for school fees in Uganda

Presented by Dr David Mills (Oxford) at 'An Africanist's Legacy - A Workshop in Celebration of the Work of David Parkin' held at Oxford, 8-9 July 2010. Co-authored by Richard Vokes.

Aug 24, 201021 min

Part 1: Studying Anthropology at Oxford

Current graduate students in the School of Anthropology at Oxford University talk about what it is like to study anthropology at Oxford and the different graduate degrees available.

Jul 12, 201017 min

Part 2: Studying at Oxford

Current students at the Department of Anthropology talk about what studying in Oxford is like, including choice of college and resources.

Jul 12, 201015 min

Obesity: A Personal View

Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford gives a Nutritional Anthropology talk on Obesity in different cultures around the world.

Jul 12, 201055 min

Cognition, Religion and Theology

Justin Barrett gives a talk for the Cognition, Religion and Theology Project Conference, held at Merton College on the 28th-30th June 2010.

Jul 12, 201052 min

Tibetan Vampire Slayers in Nepal

Dr Charles Ramble, of the Oxford University Oriental Institute, gives an Anthropology Departmental Seminar entitled The Mysterious Reluctance of Tibetan Vampire Slayers in Nepal (12 March 2010).

Jul 12, 201054 min

Measurement of Bodily Transformations (1 Feb 2010)

Professor Stanley Ulijaszek, from the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, gave a talk on 1 February 2010 as part of the Medical Anthropology Research Seminar Series. It was entitled 'Measurement of Bodily Transformations'.

Jun 15, 201058 min

Dying for Islam: An Alternative History (12 Feb 2010)

Dr Faisal Devji, from the Department of History and Anthropology at St Antony's College, Oxford, gave an Anthropology Departmental Seminar on 12 February 2010 entitled 'Dying for Islam: An Alternative History.

Jun 15, 201057 min

Nutritional Anthropology Lecture 5: Political Ecology of Food Security (15 March 2010)

Professor Stanley Ulijaszek, of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, gave a lecture on 15 March 2010 forming part of the Nutritional Anthropology lecture series. It was entitled 'Political Ecology of Food Security'.

Jun 15, 201057 min

Nutritional Anthropology Lecture 4: Intensification of subsistence (10 Feb 2010)

Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, delivers his fourth lecture in the Nutritional Anthropology series. This lecture focuses on agriculture and pastoralism.

May 27, 201056 min