Chicanery
Senior Academic Appointments in Antipodean Anthropology, 1920-1960
1st Edition
Published on 12. May 2023
260 pages
978-1-80073-971-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 influential anthropologists such as Raymond Firth and Alexander Ratcliffe-Brown.
Reviews / Votes
"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, mind-boggling) 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 VermontMore details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index
ISBN-13
978-1-80073-971-0 (9781800739710)
DOI
10.3167/9781800739703
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Geoffrey Gray | Doug Munro | Christine Winter
Chicanery
Senior Academic Appointments in Antipodean Anthropology, 1920-1960
Book
05/2023
Berghahn Books
€147.10
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Persons
Geoffrey Gray is Adjunct Professor at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.
Content
Prologue
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Establishing Social Anthropology in the Antipodes
Chapter 2. Anthropology at Sydney: A.R. Radcliffe-Brown and A.P. Elkin
Chapter 3. Australasian Anthropology and the Second World War
Chapter 4. 'A Matter of Reproach to New Zealand': Auckland University College, 1949
Chapter 5. 'The Brightest of His Generation': Siegfried Frederick Nadel, Foundation Professor of Anthropology, the Australian National University
Chapter 6. Finding a Successor to A.P. Elkin, 1955
Chapter 7. Expansion: Anthropology at the University of Western Australia
Chapter 8. A Successor to S.F. Nadel
Chapter 9. Sydney Again
Conclusion
Epilogue
References
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Establishing Social Anthropology in the Antipodes
Chapter 2. Anthropology at Sydney: A.R. Radcliffe-Brown and A.P. Elkin
Chapter 3. Australasian Anthropology and the Second World War
Chapter 4. 'A Matter of Reproach to New Zealand': Auckland University College, 1949
Chapter 5. 'The Brightest of His Generation': Siegfried Frederick Nadel, Foundation Professor of Anthropology, the Australian National University
Chapter 6. Finding a Successor to A.P. Elkin, 1955
Chapter 7. Expansion: Anthropology at the University of Western Australia
Chapter 8. A Successor to S.F. Nadel
Chapter 9. Sydney Again
Conclusion
Epilogue
References
Index
