Professor Emeritus Linda Connor
I was born in Sydney and completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1974 with majors in Anthropology and Psychology, and Honours in Anthropology. I went on to complete a PhD in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sydney in 1982, undertaking fieldwork in Indonesia, on transformations in Balinese religion and ritual, healing and spirit possession.
A year as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco in 1982 was followed by three years at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, where I worked on various projects including a curriculum development project to incorporate health social sciences into tertiary medical education in Indonesia. During the years 1979-1991 I undertook further field research in Bali and worked intensively with ethnographic filmmakers Timothy and Patsy Asch at the Australian National University and the University of Southern California to produce a number of ethnographic films on healing and cremation in Bali, as well as an ethnographic film monograph, first published in 1986 (Jero Tapakan: Balinese Healer. An Ethnographic Film Monograph. L. Connor, P. Asch and T. Asch, Cambridge University Press), and revised in a second edition in 1996. In 1985 I took up an academic position at the University of Newcastle, where I contributed extensively to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, new degree programs and curriculum development, and research student supervision. I was part of the team that developed the joint Newcastle-Wollongong Masters Degree in Social Change and Development Studies and also participated in the development of the Bachelor of Development Studies at the University of Newcastle. From 1998 to 2008 I was a research associate of the ARC Key Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS) a research centre based jointly at the University of Wollongong and the University of Newcastle. I was Director of the University of Newcastle node of CAPSTRANS from 2005 – 2008, and President of the Academic Senate at the University of Newcastle from 2002 – 2008. In 2008 I was appointed to the position of Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, taking up the position in January 2009.
Research
- Anthropological study of environmental change and energy transitions
- Ethnographic research in regional and rural Australian communities
- The contribution of anthropology and ethnographic method to interdisciplinary and cross-national research in climate change and renewable energy
- Anthropological research on development and environment in Bali, Indonesia, South and Southeast Asia, Germany
- Visual anthropology and ethnographic film
Project title | Research student |
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Taro or bread Postcolonial socio-environmental change in accessible rural Viti Levu Fiji | Gregoire RANDIN |
Selected publications
Publications
Books
- Goodman, J., Connor, L., Ghosh, D., Kohli, K., Marshall, J., Menon, M., Mueller, K., Morton, T., Pearse, R., Rosewarne, S. (2020). Beyond the Coal Rush: A Turning Point for Global Energy and Climate Policy?. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Connor, L. (2016). Climate Change and Anthropos: Planet, people and places. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Edited Books
- Marshall, J., Connor, L. (2016). Environmental Change and the World's Futures: Ecologies, Ontologies and Mythologies. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Albrecht, G., Higginbotham, N., Connor, L., Ellis, N. (2017). Social and Cultural Perspectives on Ecology and Health. In Stella R. Quah (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Public Health 2nd Edition, (pp. 551-556). Singapore: Elsevier. [More Information]
- Connor, L., Marshall, J. (2016). Ecologies, ontologies and mythologies of possible futures. In Jonathan Paul Marshall, Linda H. Connor (Eds.), Environmental Change and the World's Futures: Ecologies, Ontologies and Mythologies, (pp. 1-14). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Connor, L. (2016). Emergent ontologies: Natural scepticism, weather certitudes and moral futures. In Jonathan Paul Marshall, Linda H. Connor (Eds.), Environmental Change and the World's Futures: Ecologies, Ontologies and Mythologies, (pp. 214-230). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Journals
- Babidge, S., Eickelkamp, U., Connor, L. (2023). Water Futures in Australia: Materialities, Temporalities, Imaginaries. Oceania, 93(3), 196-215. [More Information]
- Hendryx, M., Higginbotham, N., Ewald, B., Connor, L. (2019). Air Quality in Association with Rural Coal Mining and Combustion in New South Wales Australia. The Journal of Rural Health, 35(4), 518-527. [More Information]
- Connor, L. (2016). Energy futures, state planning policies and coal mine contests in rural New South Wales. Energy Policy, 99, 233-241. [More Information]
Conferences
- Connor, L. (2010). Climate Change and the Challenge of Immortality: Faith, denial and intimations of eternity. Anthropology and the Ends of Worlds, Sydney: WordPress.
- Higginbotham, N., Connor, L., Albrecht, G., Freeman, S. (2005). Environmental Distress and Human Well-Being. The International Forum for Social Sciences & Health (IFSS) World Congress: Health Challenges of the Third Millennium 2005.
- Connor, L., Albrecht, G., Higginbotham, N., Smith, W., Freeman, S. (2003). Environmental change and human health: A pilot study in Upper Hunter Valley communities. Airs, Waters, Places Transdisciplinary Conference on Ecosystem Health in Australia, Australia: University of Newcastle.
Reference Works
- Albrecht, G., Higginbotham, N., Connor, L., Freeman, S. (2008). Social and Cultural Perspectives on Eco-Health. In Stella Quah, Kristian Heggenhougen (Eds.), INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SIX-VOLUME SET, 1-6. (pp. 57-63). USA: Academic Press.
2023
- Babidge, S., Eickelkamp, U., Connor, L. (2023). Water Futures in Australia: Materialities, Temporalities, Imaginaries. Oceania, 93(3), 196-215. [More Information]
2020
- Goodman, J., Connor, L., Ghosh, D., Kohli, K., Marshall, J., Menon, M., Mueller, K., Morton, T., Pearse, R., Rosewarne, S. (2020). Beyond the Coal Rush: A Turning Point for Global Energy and Climate Policy?. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
2019
- Hendryx, M., Higginbotham, N., Ewald, B., Connor, L. (2019). Air Quality in Association with Rural Coal Mining and Combustion in New South Wales Australia. The Journal of Rural Health, 35(4), 518-527. [More Information]
2017
- Albrecht, G., Higginbotham, N., Connor, L., Ellis, N. (2017). Social and Cultural Perspectives on Ecology and Health. In Stella R. Quah (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Public Health 2nd Edition, (pp. 551-556). Singapore: Elsevier. [More Information]
2016
- Connor, L. (2016). Climate Change and Anthropos: Planet, people and places. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Connor, L., Marshall, J. (2016). Ecologies, ontologies and mythologies of possible futures. In Jonathan Paul Marshall, Linda H. Connor (Eds.), Environmental Change and the World's Futures: Ecologies, Ontologies and Mythologies, (pp. 1-14). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Connor, L. (2016). Emergent ontologies: Natural scepticism, weather certitudes and moral futures. In Jonathan Paul Marshall, Linda H. Connor (Eds.), Environmental Change and the World's Futures: Ecologies, Ontologies and Mythologies, (pp. 214-230). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
2014
- Higginbotham, N., Connor, L., Baker, F. (2014). Subregional differences in Australian climate risk perceptions: coastal versus agricultural areas of the Hunter Valley, NSW. Regional Environmental Change, 14(2), 699-712. [More Information]
2013
- Connor, L., Higginbotham, N. (2013). "Natural Cycles" in lay understandings of climate change. Global Environmental Change, 23(6), 1852-1861. [More Information]
2012
- Peace, A., Connor, L., Trigger, D. (2012). Environmentalism, Culture, Ethnography. Oceania, 82(3), 217-227. [More Information]
- Connor, L. (2012). Experimental Publics: Activist Culture and Political Intelligibility of Climate Change Action in the Hunter Valley, Southeast Australia. Oceania, 82(3), 228-249. [More Information]
2010
- Connor, L. (2010). Anthroprogenic Climate Change and Cultural Crisis: An Anthropological Perspective. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 66, 247-267.
- Connor, L. (2010). Climate Change and the Challenge of Immortality: Faith, denial and intimations of eternity. Anthropology and the Ends of Worlds, Sydney: WordPress.
- Higginbotham, N., Freeman, S., Connor, L., Albrecht, G. (2010). Environmental injustice and air pollution in coal affected communities, Hunter Valley, Australia. Health and Place, 16(2), 259-266. [More Information]
2009
- Connor, L., Freeman, S., Higginbotham, N. (2009). Not just a coalmine: Shifting grounds of community opposition to coal mining in Southeastern Australia. Ethnos, 74(4), 490-513. [More Information]
2008
- Connor, L. (2008). Jero Tapakan and Other Teachers: Stories, Friendship and Ethnographic Practice. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 9(3), 177-188. [More Information]
- Albrecht, G., Higginbotham, N., Connor, L., Freeman, S. (2008). Social and Cultural Perspectives on Eco-Health. In Stella Quah, Kristian Heggenhougen (Eds.), INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SIX-VOLUME SET, 1-6. (pp. 57-63). USA: Academic Press.
- Connor, L., Higginbotham, N., Freeman, S., Albrecht, G. (2008). Watercourses and Discourses: Coalmining in the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Oceania, 78, 76-90. [More Information]
2007
- Albrecht, G., Sartore, G., Connor, L., Higginbotham, N., Freeman, S., Kelly, B., Stain, H., Tonna, A., Pollard, G. (2007). Solastalgia: the distress caused by environmental change. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(Supp 1), S95-S98. [More Information]
2006
- Everingham, C., Heading, G., Connor, L. (2006). Couples' experiences of postnatal depression: A framing analysis of cultural identity, gender and communication. Social Science and Medicine, 62(7), 1745-1756. [More Information]
- Higginbotham, N., Connor, L., Albrecht, G., Freeman, S., Agho, K. (2006). Validation of an environmental distress scale. EcoHealth, 3, 245-254. [More Information]
2005
- Higginbotham, N., Connor, L., Albrecht, G., Freeman, S. (2005). Environmental Distress and Human Well-Being. The International Forum for Social Sciences & Health (IFSS) World Congress: Health Challenges of the Third Millennium 2005.
2004
- Harris, G., Connor, L., Bisits, A., Higginbotham, N. (2004). "Seeing the Baby": Pleasures and Dilemmas of Ultrasound Technologies for Primiparous Australian Women. Medical Anthropology Quarterly: international journal for the cultural and social analysis of health, 18(1), 23-47. [More Information]
- Connor, L., Albrecht, G., Higginbotham, N., Freeman, S., Smith, W. (2004). Environmental Change and Human Health in Upper Hunter Communities of New South Wales, Australia. EcoHealth, 1(Suppl. 2), 47-58.
- Connor, L. (2004). Relief, risk and renewal: mixed therapy regimens in an Australian suburb. Social Science and Medicine, 59, 1695-1705. [More Information]
2003
- Connor, L., Vickers, A. (2003). Crisis, citizenship and cosmopolitanism: living in a local and global risk society in Bali. Indonesia, 75(April 2003), 153-180.
- Connor, L., Albrecht, G., Higginbotham, N., Smith, W., Freeman, S. (2003). Environmental change and human health: A pilot study in Upper Hunter Valley communities. Airs, Waters, Places Transdisciplinary Conference on Ecosystem Health in Australia, Australia: University of Newcastle.
- Connor, L., Asch, P. (2003). Subjects, images, voices: representations of gender in the films of Timothy Asch. In E. D. Lewis (Eds.), Timothy Asch and Ethnographic Film, (pp. 163-184). London, New York: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis.
Selected Grants
2018
- Renewables and Regional Communities: A Socio-Economic Study of Wind and Solar in North-West NSW, Connor L, DVC Research/Industry & Community Engagement Seed Fund (I&CEF)
2017
- Decarbonising Electricity: a Comparison in Socio-ecological Relations, Goodman J, Pearse R, Connor L, Rosewarne S, Bryant G, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
- Ethnographic research methods (0cp) and ethnographic research methods (2cp), High H, Connor L, DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant