Tag Archives: Elizabeth Povinelli

This Week: Elizabeth Povinelli at the University of Melbourne

Posted on May 22, 2010 by

I had the pleasure of hearing Elizabeth Povinelli speak at Duke University in December of 2007. If you’re in Melbourne on Thursday, May 27, don’t miss what ought to be a fascinating, insightful, and challenging lecture, “The end of knowledge … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Povinelli on Digital Archives

Posted on December 1, 2007 by

Last Monday I had the good fortune to hear Elizabeth Povinelli lecture at Duke University. The opportunity arose through another piece of good fortune, my recent acquaintance with Jane Anderson, who is doing a post-doc this year at Duke after … Continue reading →

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The Burdens of Multiculturalism

Posted on March 26, 2006 by

Last week I used a long quotation from Elizabeth A. Povinelli’s book The Cunning of Recognition: indigenous alterities and the making of Australian multiculturalism (Duke University Press, 2002) as a springboard for a discussion of the economics of Aboriginal labor. I promised … Continue reading →

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The Economics of Aboriginal Work

Posted on March 19, 2006 by

My previous post summarized an article in the Alice Springs News that quoted Yanda Aboriginal Art owner Chris Simon as saying, “Some co-ops imply these artists can’t think for themselves by saying that they can only work for them. It smacks of colonialism. … … Continue reading →

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