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Meet Dr Adam Sargent, lecturer in Anthropology
Dr Adam Sargent is the most recent researcher to join the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology, where he brings his unique approach to understanding social inequality and oppression through the lens of linguistic and semiotic anthropology. What is linguistic and semiotic…
Music has the power to move us, and here’s the proof
By Kyle Mackey-Laws Sarah Mann wants more people singing: in the shower, at birthdays, in choirs and at concerts. Anywhere and everywhere. “I’d been working in education and in the arts and I’d been seeing music and singing devalued in our society, compared to other societies, but also…
A gap in health sector regulation is leaving Australian care workers unprotected from gendered violence
Gendered violence is widespread in the Australian healthcare system, according to new ANU research. The findings reveal that there are currently no regulatory guidelines designed specifically to protect practitioners from patients. This has left one in four Victorian healthcare workers unprotected…
What is a trained clown and what does the training look like?
Written by Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication (Pop Culture Studies), Australian National University Where do clowns come from? In popular culture, they may come from alien worlds, such as Killer Klowns from Outer Space, peer out from drains like Pennywise from…
Social media negatively impacting teens’ life satisfaction
Social media is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian high school students, according to the latest findings from Australia’s largest survey of young people. The study found non-binary students who regularly use social media reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction.…
Government undermines census in bid to avoid division
By Liz Allen, POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research. After the Australian government’s unprecedented intervention into the national census, the Australian statistical office will need to do significant work rebuilding the nation’s trust. After about two years of consultation,…
Drawing Prize Winner Announced
Congratulations to Lisa Stevenson, the Winner of the 2024 ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize! The Winner was announced at the public reception on Wednesday 28 August by guest judge Dr Emma Kindred, Ag Senior Curator at the National Portrait Gallery of Australia. Lisa Stevenson is…