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Professor Lara Lamb

Professor Lara Lamb
Name Lara Lamb
Position Professor (Anthropology)
Section School of Humanities and Communication
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 1069
Extension 1069
Email
Qualifications BA(Hons) Qld , PhD ANU
Homepage https://researchadmin.usq.edu.au/80x56/prof-lara-lamb
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Biography

Lara Lamb is a Professor in Anthropology at the University of Southern Queensland. She has been working in Papua New Guinea from 2008 to the present and has published a wide range of academic papers that have expanded our understanding of the Gulf Province significantly. Prior to working in Papua New Guinea, Lara has had a long history of working with Indigenous communities on the central Queensland coast and in Arnhem Land, where she was engaged with ethnography, oral history and archaeology.

Currently, she is the recipient of an ARC Discovery Grant (2019-2022) to conduct archaeological investigations on the Great Papuan Plateau.

Acland: Coal Town Crossroads https://create.usq.edu.au/acland/

Research Career


  • Anthropology not elsewhere classified ( 160199 )
  • Historical Studies not elsewhere classified ( 210399 )
  • Archaeology not elsewhere classified ( 210199 )
  • Museum Studies ( 210204 )
  • Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) ( 210108 )
  • Heritage and Cultural Conservation ( 210202 )
  • History and Archaeology ( 210000 )
  • Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand) ( 210106 )
  • Heritage And Cultural Conservation ( 430205 )
  • Archaeology not elsewhere classified ( 430199 )
  • Historical Studies not elsewhere classified ( 430399 )
  • Anthropology not elsewhere classified ( 440199 )
  • Heritage ( 430200 )
  • Archaeology Of New Guinea And Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand) ( 451301 )
  • Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) ( 430107 )
  • Pacific Peoples Culture ( 451300 )
  • Anthropology ( 440100 )
  • Historical Studies ( 430300 )
  • Archaeology ( 430100 )

Stone artefact analysis
Pacific archaeology
Visual repatriation
Archaeology of the Great Papuan Plateau
Photographic histories/biographies
History of the Gulf of Papua
Archaeology/anthropology of the Kikori River, PNG
Rock art research


Australian Anthropological Society
Australian Archaeological Association


  • Rural Economies Centre of Excellence (RECE)
  • Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)

Teaching


ANT2007 Ethnographic Methods: Making Anthropology
ANT2002 Culture, Illness and Health
ANT2005 Culture, Religion and Belief


14 Years


Academic Integrity Officer
Discipline Group Coordinator (Humanities)

Supervision


  • Anthropology not elsewhere classified ( 160199 )
  • Historical Studies not elsewhere classified ( 210399 )
  • Archaeology not elsewhere classified ( 210199 )
  • Museum Studies ( 210204 )
  • Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) ( 210108 )
  • Heritage and Cultural Conservation ( 210202 )
  • Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand) ( 210106 )
  • Heritage And Cultural Conservation ( 430205 )
  • Archaeology not elsewhere classified ( 430199 )
  • Historical Studies not elsewhere classified ( 430399 )
  • Anthropology not elsewhere classified ( 440199 )
  • Heritage ( 430200 )
  • Archaeology Of New Guinea And Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand) ( 451301 )
  • Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) ( 430107 )
  • Pacific Peoples Culture ( 451300 )
  • Anthropology ( 440100 )
  • Historical Studies ( 430300 )
  • Archaeology ( 430100 )