The University of Western Australia
Professor Victoria Burbank
Professor
Contact details
| Address | Anthropology and Sociology The University of Western Australia (M255) 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | 6488 2852 |
| Fax | 6488 1062 |
| victoria.burbank@uwa.edu.au |
Key research
- I've increasingly found the utility of approaches that enable the integration of the biopsychological with the sociocultural in anthropological efforts to understand human experience.
- Inequality, Identity and Future Discounting:
- This ARC-Discovery Grant-sponsored-research, undertaken with Emeritus Professor Robert Tonkinson and Dr. Myrna Tonkinson via fieldwork in Aboriginal communities in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, examines the extent to which and ways in which psychosocial processes are mechanisms whereby social inequality becomes personal and community disadvantage. Our fieldwork has focused on Aboriginal views, feelings and responses to community events, Aboriginal identity and expectations about the future. I am currently writing an ethnography in which this material will be presented.
Major research interests
- Aboriginal Australia
- Integrative frameworks
- Psychological anthropology
Qualifications
BA Mass., PhD Rutgers
Publications
Recent Publications
Burbank V., Glaskin K., Musharbash Y. and M. Tonkinson (2008) Introduction: Indigenous ways of death in Australia. In Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous Australia, eds. K. Glaskin, Y. Musharbash, M. Tonkinson and V. Burbank, Aldershot, Ashgate Press
Burbank V., Glaskin K., Musharbash Y. and M. Tonkinson (2008) Introduction: Indigenous ways of death in Australia. In Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous Australia, eds. K. Glaskin, Y. Musharbash, M. Tonkinson and V. Burbank, Aldershot, Ashgate Press
Burbank V. 2006 From Bedtime to On Time: Why Some Aboriginal People Don’t Especially Like Participating in Western Institutions. 2006 Anthropological Forum 16(1):3-20.
Chisholm J., Burbank V., Coal D. and F. Gemmiti, 2005 Early Stress: Perspectives from Developmental Evolutionary Ecology. In Origins of the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development, eds. B. Ellis and D. Bjorklund. Pp.76-107. New York: Guilford Publications.
Chisholm J. and V. Burbank 2001 Evolution and Inequality. International Journal of Epidemiology 30:206-211.
Burbank V. 2000 'The Lust to Kill' and the Arnhem Land Sorcerer: An Exercise in Integrative Anthropology. Ethos 28:410-444.
Burbank V., Glaskin K., Musharbash Y. and M. Tonkinson (2008) Introduction: Indigenous ways of death in Australia. In Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous Australia, eds. K. Glaskin, Y. Musharbash, M. Tonkinson and V. Burbank, Aldershot, Ashgate Press
Burbank V., Glaskin K., Musharbash Y. and M. Tonkinson (2008) Introduction: Indigenous ways of death in Australia. In Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous Australia, eds. K. Glaskin, Y. Musharbash, M. Tonkinson and V. Burbank, Aldershot, Ashgate Press
Burbank V. 2006 From Bedtime to On Time: Why Some Aboriginal People Don’t Especially Like Participating in Western Institutions. 2006 Anthropological Forum 16(1):3-20.
Chisholm J., Burbank V., Coal D. and F. Gemmiti, 2005 Early Stress: Perspectives from Developmental Evolutionary Ecology. In Origins of the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development, eds. B. Ellis and D. Bjorklund. Pp.76-107. New York: Guilford Publications.
Chisholm J. and V. Burbank 2001 Evolution and Inequality. International Journal of Epidemiology 30:206-211.
Burbank V. 2000 'The Lust to Kill' and the Arnhem Land Sorcerer: An Exercise in Integrative Anthropology. Ethos 28:410-444.
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