Cultural Anthropology staff

Find contact details and information about Cultural Anthropology staff.

Programme director

Dr Grant Otsuki

Senior Lecturer
School of Social and Cultural Studies

grant.otsuki@vuw.ac.nz
MY 1012, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Postgraduate coordinator

Dr Amir Sayadabdi

Lecturer in Anthropology
School of Social and Cultural Studies

amir.sayadabdi@vuw.ac.nz
MY 1017, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Programme staff

Prof Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich

Director
Stout Research Centre

MY 1019, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Director
Vice-Chancellor's Office

brigitte.bonisch-brednich@vuw.ac.nz

Research Areas: Cultural anthropology, narrative analysis and storytelling, migration, academic mobility, ethnography, ritual... read more

Dr Eli Elinoff

Senior Lecturer
School of Social and Cultural Studies

eli.elinoff@vuw.ac.nz
MY 1023, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Research Areas: Political anthropology including questions about citizenship, rights, and democracy. Environmental anthropology, including question related to development,... read more

Social and cultural anthropology Political science

Jacs Forde

Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology
School of Social and Cultural Studies

jacs.forde@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 886 4570
+64 4 463 6748
MY 1018, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Ngā mātauranga taiao o te Māori (Māori environmental knowledges) Social and cultural anthropology

Dr Lorena Gibson

Senior Lecturer
School of Social and Cultural Studies

lorena.gibson@vuw.ac.nz
MY 1003, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Research Areas: ◾Anthropology for liberation ◾Development and NGOs ◾Hope and temporalities ◾Youth and education ◾Ethnomusicology ◾Participatory, collaborative research... read more

Anthropology Anthropology of development Social and cultural anthropology Higher education Music education Political economy and social change

Dr Corinna Howland

Lecturer
School of Social and Cultural Studies

corinna.howland@vuw.ac.nz
+64 4 463 6747
MY 1005, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Social and cultural anthropology

Dr Grant Otsuki

Senior Lecturer
School of Social and Cultural Studies

grant.otsuki@vuw.ac.nz
MY 1012, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Research Areas: Human/non-human relations, posthumanist theory, politics and ethics of science and technology, cybernetics, robotics, contemporary Japan... read more

Social and cultural anthropology Sociology and social studies of science and technology Studies of Asian society Communication technology and digital media studies Asian cultural studies History and philosophy of engineering and technology

Dr Amir Sayadabdi

Lecturer in Anthropology
School of Social and Cultural Studies

amir.sayadabdi@vuw.ac.nz
MY 1017, Murphy Building, 21D Kelburn Parade

Research Areas: Anthropology of food; cultural history of food; diaspora; migration; ethnicity and nationalism; gender (and sexuality) studies; Middle East; Iran.... read more

Social and cultural anthropology Migration Cultural studies Middle Eastern and North African history