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Stuart Kirsch

Name: Stuart Kirsch

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor of Anthropology

Contact Information: 734.764.7274 , skirsch@umich.edu

Website: http://derianga.wordpress.com/

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CSEAS
  • CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Anthropology

Education Background: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1991; B.A., George Washington University, 1982

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • Southeast Asian Studies

Related Countries:

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Indonesia

Research/Teaching Specialization: Political ecology, Melanesia and Oceania, indigenous movements, ritual and religion, cultural property, mining ethnography

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Undergraduate Seminar in Ethnology: Pacific Places and Routes: Culture and History in Oceania (ANTHRCUL 357);Indigenous Political Movements (ANTHRCUL 349); Anthropological Approaches to Property and Property Rights (ANTHRCUL 625); Anthropology in Melanesia: History and Contemporary Developments (ANTHRCUL 423); Environmental Anthropology (ANTHRCUL541). He is currently developing a new course on the anthropology of capitalism with a focus on corporations and harm.

Publications:

  • Representations of Violence, Conflict, and Displacement in West Papua. 2007. (Non-Refereed Journal Article)
  • Rumour and Other Narratives of Political Violence in West Papua. 2002. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Anthropology and Advocacy: A Case Study of the Campaign against the Ok Tedi Mine. 2002. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Social Relations and the Green Critique of Capitalism in Melanesia. 2008. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Property Effects: Social Networks and Compensation Claims in Melanesia. 2001. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • History and the Birds of Paradise: Surprising Connections from New Guinea. 2006. (Book Chapter)
  • Property Limits: Debates on the Body, Nature, and Culture. 2004. (Book Chapter)
  • Lost Worlds: Environmental Disaster. 2001. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Reverse Anthropology: Indigenous Analysis of Social and Environmental Relations in New Guinea. 2006. (Authored Book)