ECDI Update: August 2023 activities

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This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events.

News

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Outreach

SYNAPASE

Upcoming SYNAPSE Seminars:

  • Tracking the Tombuk Eruption of Kuwae Vanuatu – Chris Ballard, Stuart Bedford, Sonke Stern, Shane Cronin, Sandrine Bessis and Alice Kaloran – Monday 28 August – register via Eventbrite

The seminar series will be held monthly in-person and via zoom. All available seminars for registration can be found on our Eventbrite collection.

Previously recorded seminars are available on our YouTube channel. Recent additions:

Please also share our upcoming seminars with your networks.

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Tok Pisin Lunches

Our informal Tok Pisin lunch gatherings bring together anyone interested in the language or in Papua New Guinea. If you’re happy to forget about English for an hour and chat in Tok Pisin instead, just come along. Your proficiency level doesn’t matter. Just bring your coffee, or lunch, or just yourself! We catch up every Thursday at 12:30pm in the barbecue area to the left of Menzies Library.

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Seminars, Workshops, Conferences

IMERRSIA, CHL ANU
5-30 Sept 2023
ECDI’s September SYNAPSE seminar is part of the CHL IMMERSIA event in September. For more information and to register for events see here: https://immersia.anu.edu.au/

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Tok Pisin Language and Cultural Awareness, CHL ANU
11-15 Sept 2023
CHL are running the Tok Pisin Language and Cultural Awareness micro-credential course in September 2023. It is a 4 days online training in Tok Pisin language and cultural awarenessfor organisations and people looking to strengthen their engagement with the Papua New Guinea region. ANU Students, Alumni and Staff are able to access 20% discount on this offering. More information here: https://cce.anu.edu.au/lp/mc/Tok-Pisin.aspx

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Grambank Release Workshop, MPI-EVA
13-14 Sept 2023
More information here: https://www.eva.mpg.de/linguistic-and-cultural-evolution/events/2023-grambank-workshop/

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2023 Vocabulary Symposium – FAIR Vocabularies for All 
14-15 Nov 2023

A two day hybrid event bringing together people from domains across multiple disciplines spanning research, government and industry, including those from the ARDC Thematic Research Data Commons. The aim is to communicate and promote approaches to using, developing, publishing, and maintaining vocabularies. The Symposium will cover Australian and international initiatives that demonstrate the impact and value of FAIR vocabularies for maximising the re-use value of data within and across domains.

The Symposium is led by the ARDC, in partnership with ADA, AHRA, APPF, AURIN, AuScope, AusTraits, CODATA, IMOS, LDaCA, and TERN.

Registration and more information: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2023-vocabulary-symposium-fair-vocabularies-for-all-tickets-641760903137

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ANU Anthropology Seminar Series

Program for 2023 is now available. Seminars will be in person and via zoom unless stated otherwise.

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Linguistic Futures reading group
Once a month the linguistic futures reading group we will be reading papers which have an eye on the future of the language sciences with a special focus on comparative approaches to language. The group will be held on the first Wednesday of every month in the Engma room (3.165) in the Coombs Building from 11am to 12noon. All are invited to attend, research students are especially encouraged to come along. Any questions contact mae.carroll@anu.edu.au

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Opportunities

Associate Professor in European Bronze Age Archaeology
University of Bergen
Deadline: 1 Oct 2023
The Archaeology Dept in Bergen have a fulltime permanent position available. More information here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/249162/associate-professor-in-european-bronze-age-archaeology

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Publications

Adeleye, M., Andrew, S., Gallagher, R., van der Kaars, S., de Deckker, P., Hua, Q. and Haberle, S. 2023. On the timing of megafauna extinction and associated floristic consequences in Australia through the lens of functional palaeoecology. Quaternary Science Reviews. 36: 108263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108263

Field, J., Coster, A. C. F., Shaw, B., Hayes, E., Fullagar, R., Lovave, M., Haro, J. and Summerhayes, G. (In Press). Ancient starch and usewear analyses of an excavated pestle fragment from the Upper Kaironk Valley, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. In Ford, A., Shaw, B. and Gaffney, D. (eds.), 40 years in the south seas: Archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region. Canberra: ANU  Press.

Ford, A., Shaw, B. and Gaffney, D. (eds.) (In Press). 40 years in the south seas: Archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region. Canberra: ANU Press.

Langley, M., Kealy, S. and O’Connor, S. 2023. Sequins from the sea: Nautilus shell bead technology at Makpan, Alor Island, Indonesia. Antiquity. 97(394): 810 – 828. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.97

Passmore, S., & Savage, P. E. (2023). The Exceptions and the Rules in Global Musical Diversity. Journal of Cognition, 6(1), 47. https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.312

Shaw, B., Coxe, S., Haro, J., Kewibu, V., Miamba, K. and Sharp, L. (In Press). Mid-Late Holocene diversification of cultural identities in the Massim Islands: Excavations at the Mumwa site, Panaeati Island. In Ford, A., Shaw, B. and Gaffney, D. (eds.), 40 years in the south seas: Archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region. Canberra: ANU Press.

Shcherbakova, O., Michaelis, S., Haynie, H., Passmore, S., Gast, V., Gray, R., Greenhill, S., Blasi, D. and Skirgard, H. 2023. Societies of strangers do not speak less complex languages. Science Advances. 9(33). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf7704

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