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Contact: Greg Johnston, 277-1816, gregj@unm.edu

January 24, 2006

JAR Lecture Explores Papua New Guinea

Pauline Wiessner will present the XXII Journal of Anthropological Research Distinguished Lecture Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the UNM Anthropology Lecture Hall. Wiessner's talk is titled “From Spears to M16s: Changing Means and Meanings of War in Papua New Guinea Society.”

Wiessner will also present a specialized seminar about Kalahari Bushmen, Friday, Feb. 3, at noon in Anthropology, rm. 178. Both events are free and open to the public. Wiessner is a professor of anthropology at the University of Utah and one of the world's leading experts on the Kalahari Bushmen and the Enga people of Papua New Guinea.

Both events are free and open to the public. The Anthropology Building is located just East of Redondo Road (University Blvd.) between Martin Luther King and Roma. Metered parking is available near the venues, which are wheelchair-accessible.

The University of New Mexico, in the interest of general anthropology, has published the “Journal of Anthropological Research” quarterly since 1945. Visit the JAR Website for information on contents, subscriptions and the lecture series at http://www.unm.edu/~jar.

 


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