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OverviewAcademic 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Geoffrey Gray , Doug Munro , Christine WinterPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781800739703ISBN 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 This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsThis 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 Author InformationGeoffrey Gray is Adjunct Professor at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |