Chicanery: Senior Academic Appointments in Antipodean Anthropology, 1920-1960

Author:   Geoffrey Gray ,  Doug Munro ,  Christine Winter
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
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9781800739703


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   12 May 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Chicanery: Senior Academic Appointments in Antipodean Anthropology, 1920-1960


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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 and their capacity as a scholar and fieldworker. The assessors' reports were often disturbingly personal, laying bare their likes and dislikes that could 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, and includes accounts of the appointments of famous anthropologists such as Raymond Firth and Alexander Ratcliffe-Brown.

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Author:   Geoffrey Gray ,  Doug Munro ,  Christine Winter
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781800739703


ISBN 10:   1800739702
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   12 May 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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This is an erudite eye-opening account of key appointments which shaped Antipodean anthropology. Three prominent Pacific historians scour the academic undergrowth to illuminate the politics of electing Chairs. It makes extensive (indeed, mindboggling) use of primary sources in public and private archives, as well as interviews to bring clarity to the politics of senior appointments within a nuanced appreciation of context. * Robert Gordon, University of Vermont


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Geoffrey Gray is Adjunct Professor at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

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