Anthropology Seminar Series, 12th October, 4.30pm, Anthropology Seminar Room and Online

    Gabriele Weichart
    Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 16:30 to 18:30

    Dr Gabriele Weichart, University of Vienna
     
    ‘Memory, Heritage and Voyeurism: The Many Sides of Disaster Tourism in Indonesia’

    Tuesday, 12th October 2021, 4.30pm,

    Anthropology Seminar Room and Online (see Teams link below)

    https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aD9afOQ3iJvOJ0bPmYi0WH-EPTkIah6TZNWPGqMrA9601%40thread.tacv2/1632739762372?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221454f5cc-bb35-4685-bbd9-8621fd8055c9%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a7ac47eb-f372-4227-b476-f98d2ca38228%22%7d

    This seminar is held in person and virtually. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, only a limited number of participants can be physically present in the Anthropology Seminar room, but the seminar will be streamed online. If you wish to attend in person, please write to anthropology.office@mu.ie by 12pm on Friday, 8th October  2021.

    Dr Gabriele Weichart is a Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna. Since her PhD in 1997, she worked for several years at the University of Heidelberg and was a visiting scholar and lecturer at various universities in Australia and Europe. She has done extensive research in different regions of Indonesia and Australia and published on Indigenous art, vernacular architecture and food cultures. Her current interest includes the commodification of cultural heritage and vernacular architecture and its impact by natural disaster.