Description |
1 online resource (xii, 246 pages) |
Series |
Methodology and history in anthropology ; volume 44 |
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Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 44.
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Contents |
Introduction -- Establishing Social Anthropology in the Antipodes -- Anthropology at Sydney: A.R. Radcliffe-Brown and A.P. Elkin -- Australasian Anthropology during the Second World War -- 'A Matter of Reproach to New Zealand': Auckland University College, 1949 -- 'The Brightest of His Generation': Siegfried Frederick Nadel, Foundation Professor of Anthropology, the Australian National University -- Finding a Successor to A.P. Elkin, 1955 -- Expansion: Anthropology at the University of Western Australia -- A Successor to S.F. Nadel -- Sydney Again -- Conclusion -- Epilogue |
Summary |
"Academic appointments can bring forth unexpected and unforeseen contests and tensions, cause humiliation and embarrassment for unsuccessful applicants and reveal unexpected allies and enemies. It is also a time when harsh assessments can be made about colleagues' intellectual abilities, their body of work and their capacity as a scholar and fieldworker. The assessors' reports were often disturbingly personal, laying bare their likes and dislikes, allegiances and enmities that were used to assist in appointments and hence determine the futures of peers and colleagues. Chicanery deals with how the founding Chairs at Sydney, the Australian National University, Auckland and Western Australia dealt with this process"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2023) |
Subject |
College teachers -- Selection and appointment -- Case studies
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Anthropologists -- Australia -- Scholarships
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Anthropologists -- New Zealand -- Scholarships
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Anthropology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Australia
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Anthropology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- New Zealand
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HISTORY / Study & Teaching.
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Anthropology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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College teachers -- Selection and appointment
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Australia
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New Zealand
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Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Munro, Doug, author.
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Winter, Christine, author.
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LC no. |
2022054549 |
ISBN |
9781800739710 |
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1800739710 |
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