Rosita Henry

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Biography

Professor Rosita Henry is an anthropologist whose research concerns the political economy of memory, public performances, cultural festivals, heritage claims and disputes, land tenure conflict and the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state. In that regard, she has worked, and continues to work, on a number of related research projects, with particular ethnographic focus on peoples and societies in the tropical north of Australia and in Papua New Guinea.

Research

Research Interests

Gender and Social Change in PNG: I have researched and completed a biographical ethnography on gender, politics and changing values of land in Papua New Guinea, focusing on the life of a woman of the Western Highlands, Maggie Wilson. This has been published by MacFarland Press (2019) and made an ehnographic film entitled "An Extraordinary Wedding: Marriage and Modernity in Western Highlands, PNG"

Museums and Collections: I led the ARC funded project "Objects of Possession: Artefact Transactions in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland", conducted in collaboration with Associate Professor Russell McGregor, Dr Michael Wood, Dr Shelley Greer, Professor Ton Otto and Dr Maureen Fuary. The project concerned ethnographic collecting in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland and contemporary Indigenous engagement with the ‘artefacts’ collected. We sought to explore the diverse ways in which Aboriginal peoples, collectors and museums have expressed their interests and property rights and values in the collected artefacts. Further research in this area is planned.

Aging and Later Life: I led the ARC funded project "Planning for Later Life among Papua New Guineans in North Queensland". This    study was conducted with Dr Michael Wood, James Cook University, and Professor Karen Sykes, University of Manchester, England. The study aimed to contribute to knowledge and understanding of the importance of intergenerational and transnational relations in the care of the elderly. Further publications are in train based on this reseach.

Cosmo-Political Landscapes: My past involvement in a project led by Dr Shelley Greer and Dr Susan McIntyre- Tamwoy aiming to understand historical cosmo-political landscapes in the borderlands between Australia and Papua New Guinea, has led me to continuing research interest in the anthropology of landscapes, although I am currently not conducting research on this topic.

Cultural festivals: I collaborated with Barbara Glowczewski (CNRS) and Marcia Langton (University of Melbourne), to establish in 2003 a French/Australian network: Strategies of Communication: Cultural festivals and New Technologies. The key outcome of this collaboration was the book "Le Défi Indigène, Entre Spectacle et Politique" (2007), which was updated and published in English by Bardwell Press, Oxford as "The Challenge of Indigenous People: Spectacle or Politics?" (2011). I was a member of Pacific Alternatives, a major research programme involving an international network of researchers working on political innovation and heritage in Oceania, led by Professor Edvard Hviding and funded by the Norwegian Research Council through the University of Bergen. My project within this programme was entitled "Intangible cultural heritage and the innovative politics of cultural festivals in Australia and the Pacific". I have a continuing research interest Festivals (although currently unfunded).

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Teaching

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Chair; Independent Academic


Taught Modules
2023
Current JCU Research Students
Failing Feminism: Culture, Female Empowerment and Agricultural Development
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
Moana Perspectives on the Ocean and Climate Change: Using Ta Va Theory to Represent Pasifika Voices
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
Communicating education for sustainable social development - Evaluating and assessing communication strategies used to educate and communicate sustainable development and social change.
Doctor of Philosophy (Arts and Social Sciences) (Res)
PNG heritage in the archives: a legal anthropology of cultural property
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
Re-casting the Past: Modern Cultural Heirs of Ancient Egypt. ‘Of Religion, New Age Pilgrimage & Sacred Heritage Sites’. An Archaeological & Anthropological Inquiry.
Doctor of Philosophy (Arts and Social Sciences) (Res)
Political imaginaries of resistance and the possibilities for nonviolent re-existence: Australian decolonial practices in a global context – an ethnographic approach
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
An Anthropological Exploration into Cultural Deafhood in Australia
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)

Activities

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Output

Hayes, Anna; Wood, Michael; Henry, Rosita (2024) The Chinese in Papua New Guinea's past, present and. Canberra, ACT, Australia: [Non-Research Book Chap...
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Wood, Michael; Hayes, Anna; Henry, Rosita (2024) Conclusion: Imagining a Chinese future in PNG. Canberra, ACT, Australia: [Non-Research Book Chap...
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Glowczewski, Barbara; Henry, Rosita (2011) The Challenges of Indigenous Peoples: spectacle or politi. Oxford, UK: [Edited Publication] ...
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Henry, Rosita (1999) Practising place, performing memory: identity politics in an Australian town, t. [Thesis] [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita Joan (1986) 'A tulip in Lotus Land': the rise and decline of Dutch burgher ethnicity i. [Thesis] ...
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Jefferson, Grace; Henry, Rosita; Heyeres, Marion; Morgan, Rhian; Tomas Engel, Louisa; Tsey, Komla; Z...
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Henry, Rosita; Ramoutsaki, Helen; Long, Debbi; Acciaioli, Greg; Foale, Simon; Pocock, Celmara; McBai...
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Henry, Rosita; Vavrova, Daniela (2020) 'Brideprice and prejudice: an audio‐visual ethnography on mar. Oceania, 90 (3):214-233. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita; Wood, Michael; Neuendorf, Nalisa; Brooksbank, John (2020) 'Planning for later life: t. Geoforum, 112 :24-30. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita (2016) 'From flame to fame: transformation of firesticks to art in North Queensland'. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Cultural Heritage Series, 10 :59-76. ...
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Henry, Rosita; Vávrová, Daniela (2016) 'An extraordinary wedding: some reflections on the ethics and. Anthrovision, 4 (1):1-19. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita (2015) 'Double displacement: Indigenous Australians and artefacts of the Wet Tropics'. Anthropological Forum, 25 (4):370-383. [DOI] ...
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Greer, Shelley; Henry, Rosita; McIntyre-Tamwoy, Susan (2015) 'Mainland magic: interpreting cultural . Quaternary International, 385 :69-78. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita; Foana'ota, Lawrence (2015) 'Heritage transactions at the Festival of Pacific Arts'. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 21 (2):133-152. [DOI] ...
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Mcintyre-Tamwoy, Susan; Greer, Shelley; Henry, Rosita (2015) 'Last days on Pabaju: a stone arrangeme. Quaternary International, 385 :79-87. [DOI] ...
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Aaberge, Bård; Barnard, Trish; Greer, Shelley; Henry, Rosita (2014) 'Designs on the future: Aborigin. Etropic: electronic journal o, 13 (2):56-74. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita; Otto, Ton; Wood, Michael (2013) 'Ethnographic artifacts and value transformations'. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 3 (2):33-51. ...
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Glowczewski, Barbara; Henry, Rosita; Otto, Ton (2013) 'Relations and products: dilemmas of reciproci. ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 14 (2):113-125. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita (2012) 'Gifts of grief: performative ethnography and the revelatory potential of emoti. Qualitative Research, 12 (5):528-539. [DOI] ...
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Pam, Christine; Henry, Rosita (2012) 'Risky places: climate change discourse and the transformation . Shima, 6 (1):30-47. ...
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Erckenbrecht, Corinna; Fuary, Maureen; Greer, Shelley; Henry, Rosita; McGregor, Russell; Wood, Micha...
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Henry, Rosita (2008) ''A tulip in lotus land': history and agency in colonial Sri Lanka'. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 9 (3):210-218. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita ; Jeffery, William (2008) 'Waterworld: the heritage dimensions of climate change in th. Historic Environment, 21 (1):12-18. ...
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Babidge, Sally; Greer, Shelley; Henry, Rosita; Pam, Christine (2007) 'Management Speak: Indigenous k. 51 (3):148-164. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita (2005) ''Smoke in the hills, gunfire in the valley': war and peace in Western Highland. Oceania, 75 (4):431-443. ...
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Daly, Anne; Henry, Rosita; Smith, Diane (2002) 'Indigenous welfare policy: lessons from a community. 9 (4):371-384. ...
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Henry, Rosita (2002) 'Dancing into connection: the Laura Aboriginal Dance and Cultural Festival'. Poligrafi, 27-28 (7):31-48. ...
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Henry, Rosita; Daly, Ann (2001) 'Indigenous families and the welfare system: the Kuranda community c. 216 :1-33. ...
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Henry, Rosita (2000) 'Dancing into being: the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park and the Laura Dance . 11 (2):322-332. [DOI] ...
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Greer, Shelley; Henry, Rosita; McGregor, Russell; Wood, Michael (2016) 'Aboriginal artefacts, collec Memoirs of the Queensland M, 10 :1-7. ...
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Alexander, Jennifer; Henry, Rosita; Robinson, Kathryn (2008) 'Connecting the Miles: introduction' ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 9 (3) :175-176. [DOI] ...
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Henry, Rosita; Vávrová, Daniela; Bragge, Laurie (2024) 'Archives as artefacts of knowledge: A Sepik In: Henry, Rosita, Vávrová, Daniela, and Bra...
Book Chapter Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Henry, Rosita (2023) 'Narratives of self and other: Auto/biography in Papua New Guinea' In: Henry, Rosita (2023) Narratives of self and other: Auto/biography in Papu...
Henry, Rosita; Wood, Michael (2022) 'Research, Rituals and Reciprocity: The Promises of Hospitality In: Henry, Rosita, and Wood, Michael (2022) Research, Rituals ...
Henry, Rosita; Pam, Christine (2018) 'Indigenous knowledge in the time of climate change (with refer In: Henry, Rosita, and Pam, Christine (2018) Indigenous knowl...
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Henry, Rosita (2017) 'Veiled commands: anthropological perspectives on directives' In: Henry, Rosita (2017) Veiled commands: anthropological perspectives on dir...
Henry, Rosita (2015) 'State effects and festival performances: Indigenous Australian participation i In: Henry, Rosita (2015) State effects and festival performances: Indigenous ...
Henry, Rosita (2013) 'Being and belonging: exchange, value, and land ownership in the Western Highla In: Henry, Rosita (2013) Being and belonging: exchange, value, and land owner...
Henry, Rosita (2011) 'Dancing Diplomacy: performance and the politics of protocol in Australia' In: Henry, Rosita (2011) Dancing Diplomacy: performance and the politics of p...
Henry, Rosita (2008) 'Engaging with history by performing tradition: the poetic politics of Indigeno In: Henry, Rosita (2008) Engaging with history by performing tradition: the p...
Henry, Rosita (2007) 'Creative networks: the poetic politics of indigeneity' In: Henry, Rosita (2007) Creative networks: the poetic politics of indigeneit...
Henry, Rosita (2012) Performing Place, Practising Memories: Aboriginal Australians, hippies and the . New York, USA: Berghahn Books. ...
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