Author: Barney Harris
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How to Run a Brothel
On Tuesday Feb 14, 18:30 GMT Chris Knight will run a ‘thought experiment’ on early human kinship, sex and economics: ‘How to Run a Brothel’ — very romantic for Valentine’s Day! This workshop was developed at University of East London when our Ph.D student Ana Lopes was doing action research to help set up a…
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The Music returns to Kai-as
We are thrilled to be hosting Prof Sian Sullivan at Radical Anthropology on Tues Feb 7, 6:30pm
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Radical Anthropology talks Spring 2026:
Language, art, music and culture emerged in Africa over 100,000 years ago, culminating in a symbolic explosion or ‘human revolution’ whose echoes can still be heard in myths and cultural traditions from around the world. These talks are a general introduction to social and biological anthropology, ranging over fields as diverse as hunter-gatherer studies, mythology,…
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Sophie Redlin
Sophie Redlin is a General Practitioner, Mental Health trainer and Masters student in Medical Anthropology at UCL. She is also an aspiring documentary filmmaker and to date has received training from George Chan, BBC Filmmaker and specialist in health and science documentary, and through the Raindance Academy.
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Heide Goettner-Abendroth
Heide Goettner-Abendroth is a mother and a grandmother. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy of science at the University of Munich where she lectured for ten years (1973-1983).
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John Bonnett
John Bonnett is an Associate Professor of History at Brock University. A Tier II Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities from 2005-2015, John is a digital historian with a specialist in 3D modelling. He has experience using multiple approaches to generate 3D content for heritage reconstruction, including 3D modelling software, photogrammetry, and 3D scanning applications.
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George Kenny
Knowledge Keeper, Elder, Lifetime of knowledge of Lac Seul First Nation topography and protocols, including local language, former journalist and editor at Wawatay Newspaper (https://wawataynews.ca/list-newspaper ), Translator for Oji-Cree and Anishinaabe First Nations Author of the book Indians don’t cry (1977/1982/2014) and the play October Stranger (1978). Currently completing a Masters thesis in cultural anthropology at…
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Adar Charlton
Raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Charlton has been a sessional lecturer in the English Department at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada. She obtained a BA Arts Hons in English and Music and MA in English Literature from Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. Her PhD on Anishinaabe Literature from Northern Ontario from the University of Saskatchewan…
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Michael Auksi
Michael (Mike) Makwa Auksi Has completed Dissertation at McGill University. Toronto-born, Anishinaabe-Estonian who studied at University of Toronto and Ryerson University. Bear Clan member and a Band member of the Lac Seul FN. Currently studying Indigenous ice hockey histories, community-based participatory sport, and wellness programming. Qualifications for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics with Team Estonia represented his…
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Gabriella Kountourides
Gabriella Kountourides is a DPhil student in biological anthropology and uses an interdisciplinary approach to understand the menstrual cycle, drawing on both anthropological and immunological explanations. She began her academic career studying zoology at the University of Leeds and did her masters in human evolution and behaviour at UCL. She then worked as a science…