Mahnaz Alimardanian
Biographic Data
| ID | 236676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahnaz Alimardanian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahnaz |
| FAMILY NAME | Alimardanian |
| SIGNATURE | ALIMARDANIAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University and PiiR Consulting |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4579-0048 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The anthropology of ambiguity
This volume puts ambiguity and its generative power at the centre of analytical attention. Rather than being cast negatively as a source of confusion, bewilderment or as a dangerous portent, ambiguity is held as the source of the dynamic between knowledge and experience and of certainty amid uncertainty. It positions human life between the realms of mystery and mastery where ambiguity is understood as the experience and expression of life and par…
Ethnography of a nightmare: Public anthropology, indefinite detention, and innovative writing
Native Title Archives: Traditional Owner community owned and controlled repositories
Native Title claims across Australia produce archives that contain detailed information from researchers and Traditional Owners about the past and contemporary community and their connection to Country. Reflecting the authors' experience of working with Victorian Traditional Owner communities, this article will consider the research process that occurs in claims under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and the Victorian Traditional Owner Settlement …
Burnt Woman of the Mission: Gender and Horror in an Aboriginal Settlement in Northern New South Wales
“Burnt Woman” is one of the most talked-about spirit figures of the Aboriginal (Bandjalang) mission in northern New South Wales, where I conducted my fieldwork between 2011 and 2012.1 She is a ghost looking for her lost child and for revenge, appearing as an Aboriginal woman from “long ago” with a face half beautiful and half disfigured by fire. She habitually haunts the mission and is known to everyone who lives there. The landscape surrounding …
Purkhani as a ‘healing drama’: Analysis of a healing performance among Turkmen people of Iran
No description supplied
The anthropology of ambiguity
This volume puts ambiguity and its generative power at the centre of analytical attention. Rather than being cast negatively as a source of confusion, bewilderment or as a dangerous portent, ambiguity is held as the source of the dynamic between knowledge and experience and of certainty amid uncertainty. It positions human life between the realms of mystery and mastery where ambiguity is understood as the experience and expression of life and par…
Ethnography of a nightmare: Public anthropology, indefinite detention, and innovative writing
Purkhani as a ‘healing drama’: Analysis of a healing performance among Turkmen people of Iran
No description supplied
Burnt Woman of the Mission: Gender and Horror in an Aboriginal Settlement in Northern New South Wales
“Burnt Woman” is one of the most talked-about spirit figures of the Aboriginal (Bandjalang) mission in northern New South Wales, where I conducted my fieldwork between 2011 and 2012.1 She is a ghost looking for her lost child and for revenge, appearing as an Aboriginal woman from “long ago” with a face half beautiful and half disfigured by fire. She habitually haunts the mission and is known to everyone who lives there. The landscape surrounding …
Native Title Archives: Traditional Owner community owned and controlled repositories
Native Title claims across Australia produce archives that contain detailed information from researchers and Traditional Owners about the past and contemporary community and their connection to Country. Reflecting the authors' experience of working with Victorian Traditional Owner communities, this article will consider the research process that occurs in claims under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and the Victorian Traditional Owner Settlement …
Ethnography of a nightmare: Public anthropology, indefinite detention, and innovative writing
The anthropology of ambiguity
This volume puts ambiguity and its generative power at the centre of analytical attention. Rather than being cast negatively as a source of confusion, bewilderment or as a dangerous portent, ambiguity is held as the source of the dynamic between knowledge and experience and of certainty amid uncertainty. It positions human life between the realms of mystery and mastery where ambiguity is understood as the experience and expression of life and par…
Sociology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works)