Conversations in Anthropology

What is a sentinel chicken and how do different societies view zoonoses (diseases trasmitted via animals)? What is it like to be an anthropologist working in a contemporary museum? In the fourth Anthropology@Deakin podcast, Tim Neale (Deakin), David Giles (Deakin) and guest Andrea Witcomb (Deakin)discuss matters of biosecurity and museums with Frédéric Keck (CNRS). Frédéric, currently Director of the Research Department of the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, is a researcher whose work has investigated the history of anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl) and contemporary biopolitical questions of human-nonhuman relations.

Show Notes

What is a sentinel chicken and how do different societies view zoonoses (diseases trasmitted via animals)? What is it like to be an anthropologist working in a contemporary museum? In the fourth Anthropology@Deakin podcast, Tim Neale (Deakin), David Giles (Deakin) and guest Andrea Witcomb (Deakin)discuss matters of biosecurity and museums with Frédéric Keck (CNRS). Frédéric, currently Director of the Research Department of the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, is a researcher whose work has investigated the history of anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl) and contemporary biopolitical questions of human-nonhuman relations.

What is Conversations in Anthropology?

A podcast about life, the universe and anthropology produced by David Boarder Giles, Timothy Neale, Cameo Dalley, Mythily Meher and Matt Barlow. Each episode features an anthropologist or two in conversation, discussing anthropology and what it has to tell us in the twenty-first century. This podcast is made in partnership with the American Anthropological Association and with support from the Faculty of Arts & Education at Deakin University.