Academic Programme

We are excited to announce the programme for the 2026 91ÖÆƬ³§ Conference is now live!

Click HERE for the pdf version.

Members may also access the programme from the ‘Events’ menu in their member profile.

Programme amendments

The online programme is updated regularly. The pdf version of the programme was last updated on 4 June 2026.

Any programme changes that are not reflected in the pdf version are listed below

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    • Updated presentation order, Lines of Sustenance, Layers of Meaning, and the Place of Food in Anthropology (2), Thu 11 June, 13:30-15:00, CC Ellery A

      • ‘Prosperity and Precarity: Luxury Tourism in a Food-Insecure Island’, Olga Aurora Nandiswara (Universitas Gadjah Mada), Abellia Anggi Wardani (Universitas Indonesia)

      • ‘Metabolic (in)justice on the West Papuan plantation frontier’, Sophie  Chao (University of Sydney)

      • ‘Bioactives, Waste Valorisation, and the Exploitation of a Regulatory Spandrel: A structural analysis of functional foods’, Paul Mason (Macquarie University)

      • ‘From Molecules to Shelf: Translating Bioactives in the Anthropocene’, Sadaf Zahra (Macquarie University)

    • Joseph Owens, ‘Drawing Lines Through Refugee Lives: The Researcher, UNHCR, and Storylines of Subjectivity’, Thu 9:00-10:30, DKP Corkwood Room

    • none

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Conference Locations

Olive Pink Botanic Garden

Desert Knowledge Precinct