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Anthropology Postgraduate Studies

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@monash.edu

PhD
Name Thesis Title / Topic Supervisor/s
Sandra Bader Sounds of self: The Dangdut experience in contemporary Indonesia Dr Julian Millie / Dr Brett Hough / Dr Thomas Reuter
Aisling Bailey Nature and community at CERES (Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies): Understandings of connection at a community environment park (lapsed under reg. 18.2) Assoc. Prof. John Bradley / Dr Matt Tomlinson
Susana Barnes Symbol, structure and meaning: Understanding processes of social change in Naueti society Dr Penny Graham / Dr Thomas Reuter / Dr Andrew McWilliam
Sheila Murugasu The Malaysian state and the transnational politics of the Chins and Acehnese (under examination) Dr Penny Graham / Dr Susan Blackburn
Morgan Ndlovu Investigating the construction of Zulu cultural villages in the post-apartheid South Africa: Grappling with the discourses of myth and reality Dr Matt Tomlinson / Dr Pier Frassinelli
Kevin Riley In the world, but not of the world: An ethnographic study of contemporary religious practice in the Seventh Day Adventist Church Assoc. Prof. John Bradley / Dr Matt Tomlinson
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) Assoc. Prof. John Bradley / Dr Bruno David / Dr Ian McNiven
Master of Arts (66% Research)
Name Thesis Title / Topic Supervisor/s
     
Master of Arts (100% Research)
Name Thesis Title / Topic Supervisor/s
Yuki Miyazaki Religious islands without God: Religious activities and rituals in Japan Dr Matt Tomlinson / Dr John Bradley
Selma Sivri The nature of Gulen’s Sufism and what differs him from contemporary Sufis? Dr Julian Millie / Dr Salih Yucel
Trevor Walsh Yoga in Melbourne! How is this possible? Dr Thomas Reuter / Dr Irfan Ahmad
Completed
Name Thesis Title / Topic Supervisor(s) Level Year
Safrudin Amin Daily forms of cultural resistance in Aceh Dr Brett Hough MA 2003
Petra Andits The bridges of ambivalence: Australian-Hungarian discourses after 1989 Prof. Denise Cuthbert / Dr Bruce Missingham PhD 2007
Helen Anderson Uncharted territory: The role of non-government organisations in contemporary Indonesia Dr Brett Hough / Dr Sharon Pickering MA 2006
Justine Cannon Men at work: Expatriation in the international mining industry Assoc. Prof. Don Miller PhD 2003
Mandy Charman Thinking about difference: Theory, practice and contemporary feminism Dr Michael Stevenson PhD 2001
James Garza Yearning for community: Ethnography of a settlement adjacent to a Multinational mining company in East Borneo Dr Penny Graham PhD 2006
Michelle Hannah Buddhist feminism: Negotiating the disparity between egalitarian ultimate reality and mundane gender discrimination Assoc. Prof. Don Miller / Dr Helen Johnson MA 2002
Linda Hindasah Syariat Islam, conflict and religious violence Prof. Greg Barton / Dr Julian Millie MA 2010
Ivan Inderbitzen The foreignisation process: The Swiss and the Auslander Dr Michael Stevenson PhD 2002
Michael O’Kane Considering the Irish Greens: An ethnographic approach to identity and environmentalism Dr Michael Stevenson PhD 2004
Liz Oley Dyeing for life: Intermediaries and artisans in the natural-dye revival in historical context in India and Bangladesh Dr Penny Graham / Assoc. Prof. John Bradley PhD 2011
Gyan Perera Muslims in Australia: Beyond religion and culture Dr Brett Hough / Dr Shahram Akbarzadeh PhD 2004
Vidhyandika Perkasa Poverty in a Chinese community in West Java, Indonesia: Survival, identity, and social face Assoc. Prof. Don Miller / Dr Brett Hough PhD 2004
Lugina Setyawati 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 PhD 2008
Bianca Smith Kejawen Islam as gendered praxis: Identity, female agency and spiritual capital in Central Javanese village religiosity Assoc. Prof. Don Miller / Dr Anita Harris PhD 2004
Nicole Vitellone AIDS culture: Condoms and the making of heterosexuality Assoc. Prof. Don Miller PhD 2001
Lejla Voloder Boundaries of belonging: Exploring identity and integration among migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Australia Dr Penny Graham / Dr John Bradley PhD 2009
Sara Williams Reducing what we use: Ecologically based community and environmental values Dr Bill Foddy MA 200