SCHOOL OF ANTHROPOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
North Queensland on the Pacific Rim
Culture and continuity in the island societies of the Torres Strait;The investigation of maritime archaeological sites and seascapes in Australia and the Pacific;
Colonisation and colonialism in Northern Australia.
Social change in the tropics
Health and social change in Indigenous Australia;Urban formations and global processes;
The investigation of sustainable development and appropriate technology;
Ethnicity, nationalism and racism in Asia and Australia;
Resource development and environmental exploitation in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Issues in cultural heritage
Investigations of concepts of heritage, custom, identity, place, and cultural landscape;Heritage legislation, land rights and Native Title in the Australia/Pacific region;
The investigation of cultural heritage values in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and Marine Park.
Crime, deviance and juvenile justice
Restorative justice and issues in youth deviance;Collection and analysis of crime indicators and cultural representations of crime;
Youth suicide;
History of punishment regimes.
Performance and art
Indigenous Australian dance and festival;Temple art and architecture;
South East Asian threatre traditions;
Rock art of Northern Australia and the Pacific.