Rosita Henry

Full name: Professor Rosita Henry

Position: Professor of Anthropology, James Cook University

Role in the project: Chief Investigator and the research team leader.

Brief Background bio: Rosita Henry is currently the Head of Social Sciences in theCollege of Arts, Society and Education, at James Cook University. Her research concerns the inter-relationships between people, places and things as expressed in practices and performances of everyday life. She is author of the book Performing Place, Practicing Memory: Indigenous Australians, Hippies and the State (Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books, 2012) and co-editor of The Challenge of Indigenous Peoples: Spectacle or Politics? (Oxford: Bardwell Press 2011).

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