Staff profile

Dr Nicholas Xavier Smith

Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences

Martin Building - Room 484, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

PhD

Membership of professional Associations

Australian Anthropological Society; AIATSIS

Area of study

Anthropology
Aboriginal Studies

Brief Profile

My publications to date reflect my interest in Australian nationalism, Aboriginality and environmentalism. My teaching centres on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia, and anthropological approaches to food and eating.

Research interests

Social and Cultural Anthropology

- Anthropological approaches to Food and Eating

- Applied Anthropology

- Continuity and Change in Aboriginal Australia (focusing on the western Pilbara region of WA)

- Environmental Anthropology

Teaching Units

  • ANT23ABA
  • ANT23ABS
  • ANT23EAT

Recent Publications

  • Smith, N. 2011. 'Blood and soil: nature, native and nation in the Australian imaginary', Journal of Australian Studies, 35: 1, 1 - 18.
  • Smith, N. 2006. ‘Thank your mother for the rabbits: bilbies, bunnies & redemptive ecology.’ Australian Zoologist 33 (3): 369-378