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Research interests
My research covers Cultural Anthropology, Art and Anthropology, Historical Anthropology, Museum Studies, Gender Studies and Religious Studies/ Pilgrimage Studies. I have done done fieldwork in West Papua (Jayapura area), the North Moluccas (Ternate), Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby, Madang, Collingwood Bay and Bougainville) and Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal-Marau area). Using gender as an analytical tool to unravel issues of identity and power, I have focused on the changing gender dynamics of barkcloth art among the Maisin people in Collingwood Bay and the interplay between religious identity, ideology and violence/ conflict in Ternate and Papua New Guinea. Most recently, I am looking at the interplay between faith and eco-conflict (tensions surrounding logging and mining) and the impact of climate change on indigenous art productions in the Pacific.
ART-Ethnography:
I am the convenor of the ART-Ethnography Lab The aim of the lab is to look at, and create work situated at the intersection of art and ethnography, with a particular focus on: a. collaborating with artists, b. creating art projects that are the result of ethnographic research, and c. working with artists who use ethnography in their work.
Teaching:
At MQ, I have convened various units, including Law and Development (ANTH330) and Pacific Cultures (ANTH300). I also covened ANTH225, the PACE unit of the Department of Anthropology, which had a strong focus on doing ethnography in museum and corporate (organisational) settings. I am currently convening ANTH3024 'Doing Ethnography'.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ART-Ethnography Research Lab
Hermkens, A., Davis, R., Yalcinkaya, C., Tranter-Santoso, D., Decottigny, L., Houston, C., Lloyd, J., Simpson, A. & Senay, B.
7/09/22 → …
Project: Research
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Faith in Development: Religion, Gender and Resource Extraction in PNG
19/11/21 → 18/11/26
Project: Research
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MQRSG: Rising Seas and drowning Cultures? Climate change and barkcloth art among the Maisin people of Papua New Guinea.
Hermkens, A., Seri, L. & Sem, G.
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Other
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Ideologies of Faith and the Quest for Peace and Development in Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)
1/01/18 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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Climate change and the production of knowledge
Hermkens, A-K., Jun 2023, In: Pacific Affairs. 96, 2, p. 343-349 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Gender equality theology and essentialism: Catholic responses to gender-based violence and inequality in Papua New Guinea
Hermkens, A-K., Kenneth, R. & McKenna, K., Nov 2022, In: Oceania. 92, 3, p. 310-328 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'We are not an emblem': impermanence and materiality in Asmat lifeworlds
Hermkens, A-K. & Timmer, J., 2022, Impermanence: exploring continuous change across cultures. Geismar, H., Otto, T. & Warner, C. D. (eds.). London: UCL Press, p. 110-130 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Review of "Cold War Mary" edited by P.J. Margry: Ideologies, Politics, and Marian Devotional Culture
Hermkens, A-K., Nov 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Contemporary Religion.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review
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Rosaries and statues: mediating divine intervention in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Hermkens, A-K., Jun 2021, In: Religions. 12, 6, p. 1-18 18 p., 376.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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A Future without the Past? Traumatic temporalities in the context of Bougainville’s futurity.
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Speaker)
29 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Gutpela sindaun: Wellbeing in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Speaker)
1 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Engendering Barkcloth among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Speaker)
14 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Devotions to Papua New Guinea’s Blessed Peter To Rot in the Australian diaspora.
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Speaker)
3 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Creating Presence across Borders: Pilgrimages to Papua New Guinea’s Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia.
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Speaker)
23 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation