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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) in the Pacific.
At MQ, I have convened various units, including Law and Development (ANTH330) and Pacific Cultures (ANTH300). I am currently convening ANTH225, the PACE unit of the Department of Anthropology, which has a strong focus on doing ethnography in museum and corporate (organisational) settings.
Together with Dr Banu Senay, I convene the department's colloquium series.
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Projects
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
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
Fast money schemes: hope and deception in Papua New Guinea
Hermkens, A-K., Mar 2020, In : Pacific Affairs. 93, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review
How materials matter: design, innovation and materiality in the Pacific
Hermkens, A-K., 2020, In : Anthropos. 115, 1, p. 286-288 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review
Marian Mercy Mission
Hermkens, A-K., 22 Mar 2020, World Religions and Spirituality.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Website contribution
Open Access
The Bougainville Referendum: from holy war to renewal?
Hermkens, A-K., 20 Jul 2020, Georgetown journal of international affairs.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Website contribution
Open Access
Creation and destruction in Melanesian material culture
Hermkens, A-K., 2019, The Melanesian world. Hirsch, E. & Rollason, W. (eds.). London; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 419-433 15 p. (The Routledge Worlds).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
American Anthropological Association (AAA/CASCA) annual meeting
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Chair)21 Nov 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
American Anthropological Association (AAA/CASCA) annual meeting
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Participant)21 Nov 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Women’s Wealth Revalued
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Organiser)20 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Pacific Arts Association
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Organiser)27 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Creation, Decay and Destruction: Predicaments of Papua New Guinean Things
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Speaker)3 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk