Anthropology
Thesis topics and Supervisors
The following is a list of anthropology postgraduates and their thesis topics. If you are a postgraduate student in anthropology and would like to have your name added or removed from this list, or if you would like to have your email or and abstract listed as well, you can do so simply by contacting our Postgraduate Coordinator Sue Stevenson.
| PhD | ||
| Student | Topic | Supervisor / s |
|---|---|---|
| Sandra Bader |
"Sounds of self: The Dangdut experience in contemporary Indonesia" | Dr Thomas Reuter / Dr Brett Hough |
| Aisling Bailey |
"Nature and community at CERES (Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies): Understandings of connection at a community environment park" | Dr John Bradley / Dr Bruce Missingham |
| Edwina Howell |
"A conversation between hope and despair: Re-inscribing Australia with story – Place and identity representation in contemporary indigenous cultures" | Dr John Bradley / Dr Matt Tomlinson |
| Yuki Miyazaki |
"Religious islands without God: Religious activities and rituals in Japan" | Dr Matt Tomlinson / Dr John Bradley |
| Sheila Murugasu |
"Political transnationalism among migrants in Southeast Asia" | Dr Penny Graham / Dr Susan Blackburn |
| Liz Oley |
"Dyeing for Life: Intermediaries and Artisans in the Natural Dye Revival Movement" | Dr Penny Graham / Dr John Bradley |
| Kevin Riley |
"In the world, but not of the world: An ethnographic study of contemorary religious practice in the Seventh Day Adventist Church" | Dr John Bradley / Dr Matt Tomlinson |
| Lejla Voloder |
"Boundaries of belonging: Exploring identity and integration among migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Australia" | Dr Penny Graham / Dr John Bradley |
| Jamie Wallace |
"An archaeology of place: An interdisciplinary examination into the implications of Indigenous relationships to place for the interpretation of archaeological material" (lapsed under reg.18.2) | Dr John Bradley / Dr Bruno David, Dr Ian McNiven |
| Master of Arts (66% Research) | ||
| Student | Topic | Supervisor / s |
|---|---|---|
| Linda Hindasah |
"Syariat Islam, conflict and religious violence" | Prof. Greg Barton / Dr Julian Millie |
| Master of Arts (100% Research) | ||
| Student | Topic | Supervisor / s |
|---|---|---|
| Patawinee Yooyaem |
"Disguising women's oppression in Thailand" (lapsed) | Dr Bruce Missingham |
| Completed | ||
| Student | Topic | Supervisor / s |
|---|---|---|
| Safrudin Amin (MA) 2003 |
"Daily forms of cultural resistance in Aceh" | Dr Brett Hough |
| Petra Andits(PhD) 2007 |
"The bridges of ambivalence: Australian-Hungarian discourses after 1989" | Assoc. Prof. Denise Cuthbert / Dr Bruce Missingham |
| Helen Anderson (MA) 2006 |
"Uncharted territory: The role of non-government organisations in contemporary Indonesia" | Dr Brett Hough / Dr Sharon Pickering |
| Justine Cannon (PhD) 2003 |
"Men at work: Expatriation in the international mining industry" | Assoc. Prof. Don Miller |
| Mandy Charman (PhD) 2001 |
"Thinking about difference: Theory, practice and contemporary feminism" | Dr Michael Stevenson |
| James Garza (PhD) 2006 |
"Yearning for community: Ethnography of a settlement adjacent to a Multinational mining company in East Borneo" | Dr Penny Graham |
| Michelle Hannah (MA) 2002 |
"Buddhist feminism: Negotiating the disparity between egalitarian ultimate reality and mundane gender discrimination" | Assoc. Prof. Don Miller / Dr Helen Johnson |
| Ivan Inderbitzen (PhD) 2002 |
"The foreignisation process: The Swiss and the Auslander" | Dr Michael Stevenson |
| Michael O’Kane (PhD) 2004 |
"Considering the Irish Greens: An ethnographic approach to identity and environmentalism" | Dr Michael Stevenson |
| Gyan Perera (PhD) 2004 |
"Muslims in Australia: Beyond religion and culture" | Dr Brett Hough / Dr Shahram Akbarzadeh |
| Vidhyandika Perkasa (PhD) 2004 |
"Poverty in a Chinese community in West Java, Indonesia: Survival, identity, and social face" | Assoc. Prof. Don Miller / Dr Brett Hough |
| Lugina Setyawati (PhD) 2008 |
"Malay resurgence and its implications for Indonesian unity and democracy: A case study of decentralisationn in Riau 2000-2004" | Dr Penny Graham / Dr Susan Blackburn |
| Bianca Smith (PhD) 2004 |
"Kejawen Islam as gendered praxis: Identity, female agency and spiritual capital in Central Javanese village religiosity" | Assoc. Prof. Don Miller / Dr Anita Harris |
| Nicole Vitellone (PhD) 2001 |
"AIDS culture: Condoms and the making of heterosexuality" | Assoc. Prof. Don Miller |
| Sara Williams (MA) 2001 |
"Reducing what we use: Ecologically based community and environmental values" | Dr Bill Foddy |