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About Piers Kelly

Piers Kelly is a linguistic anthropologist at the University of New England, Australia

Piers Kelly is a linguistic anthropologist at the University of New England, Australia

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NBN Episodes hosted by Piers:

Australian and New Zealand Studies September 4, 2023

Science and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Tasman World

Popular Phrenology in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Alexandra Roginski

Hosted by Piers Kelly
The contentious science of phrenology once promised insight into character and intellect through external ‘reading’ of the head. In the transforming settler-colonial landscapes of nineteenth-century Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand …
Anthropology October 29, 2021

Being Your Bestest Anthropologist

A Guide to Unlocking Your Neat Self

The Anthropology Department

Hosted by Piers Kelly
A note from the editor: This book is satire, as is the interview. If you do not appreciate satire, you would be well served not to read the book or listen to …
Language August 12, 2021

Difference and Repetition in Language Shift to a Creole

The Expression of Emotions

Maïa Ponsonnet

Hosted by Piers Kelly
In today’s global commerce and communication, linguistic diversity is in steady decline across the world as speakers of smaller languages adopt dominant forms. While this phenomenon, known as ‘language shift’ …