Dr Àngels Trias i Valls
Full list of Publications, Seminar and Conference Papers and
Multimedia Work
Publications
1996 'Anthropological debates in the construction of Romantic
Love' in University of Barcelona, Antropologies 5.
Barcelona University: Barcelona
2000 'Review article' of Joy Hendry's Introduction to Social
Anthropology. Other People's World. (1999 Routledge:London) in
Japan Forum. The British Association for Japanese Studies.
Volume 12. Number 1
2000' Review article' of Joy Hendry's An Anthropologist in Japan.
Glimpses of Life in the Field. (1999 Routledge:London) in Japan
Forum. The British Association for Japanese Studies. Volume
12. Number 1
2001 Wrapped Gifts. Ritual Prestations and social obligations
in contemporary Japan. CSAC Monographs online 19.
Center for Social Anthropology and Computing: The University of
Kent
2002 ‘The Dangers of Wrapping gifts: El Perill d’ embolicar regals’
in Identidades, Relaciones y Contextos (ed. J Bestard)
Barcelona:UB 2002:93-113 ISBN: 84-457-2724-7
2002 ‘Online teaching: The role of visual media in the delivery of
Anthropology online’ in Visual Learning, Visual Teaching
(ed. S.Pink, L Kurti) Anthropology in Action 2002, Volume 9, Issue
2. ISBN: ISSN 0967-2019.
2009 ‘Escaping the ‘modern’ excesses of Japanese life: critical
voices on Japanese rural cosmopolitanism’ in “United in
Discontent: Local Responses to Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism
and Globalisation” Kirtsoglou, E and Theodossopoulous, D
(Eds.) Routledge: London.
2009 Book review (2008) Diez, T, Albert, M and Stetter, S (Eds)
The European Union and Border Conflicts. The power of
Integration and Association. Cambridge University Press: New
York. In 'Research Review: The Cultural Politics of Borders
and Kinship in Europe' Contemporary Europe. iCES
Publications, ISSN: 2040-6495
2009 Book Review (2009) Edwards, J and Salazar, C (Eds)
European Kinship in the Age of Biotechnology.
Berghahn Books: New York. In 'Research Review: The Cultural
Politics of Borders and Kinship in Europe' Contemporary
Europe. iCES Publications, ISSN: 2040-6495
2009 ‘Normalising Japan’. Book Review for Democracy and
Security. Volume 6 Taylor & Francis ISSN 1741-9166
2009 ‘Globalisation & Europeanisation in Education’ Book
Review in Power and Education, Symposium Journals, ISSN
1757-7438
2009 Editor 'Why Social Science Matters: Employability after
the Crash'. C-SAP:Higher Education Academy Subject Network for
Sociology, Anthropology, Politics, University of Birmingham, Issue
2. ISBN 1902191374
2009 'Last in Line: When employability is not enough' in Why
Social Science Matters: Employability after the Crash.
C-SAP:Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Sociology,
Anthropology, Politics, University of Birmingham, Issue 2. ISBN
1902191374
2010 'Beyond Gender? A New Minister for a Transformative
Post-Lisbon Agenda. e-International relations (e-IR), WordPress http://www.e-ir.info/?p=3163
2010 Editor 'Altermodern: journeys, global cultures,
fragmentations' in ARDAC, Anthropology Journal: Dissent and
Cultural Politics, Issue n.1, Open Access Journals ISSN:
2041-1405 May 2010
2010 'Open Access Anthropology 2.0 as a type of altermodern
experimentation' in Anthropology Journal: Dissent and Cultural
Politics, issue n.1, Open Access Journals ISSN: 2041-1405
May 2010, pp.40-49
Accepted in Press
2009 ‘Japan in Love’. Romantic ideologies, gender, markets
and national subjectivities in contemporary Japan. New York:
Mellen Press
2010 ‘Consenting to Gender and Sexuality in Anthropology’
in Teaching Gender in the 21st Century. CSAP
Monographs. University of Birmingham.
2010. ‘Introduction: Interrogating Consent and
Dominance’ Special series of Learning and Teaching: the
International Journal of Higher Education in the Social
Sciences. Berghahn Publishers.
2011. ‘Exploring consent in Europe: transnational borders and the
citizenship of the body, Special series of Learning and
Teaching: the International Journal of Higher Education in the
Social Sciences. Berghahn Publishers.
In
Preparation
2009 ‘European Research: Anthropological perspectives’ in
Contemporary Europe. iCES Publications, ISSN:
2040-6495
2011 'Found and Lost: loss, miscariage
and queer infertility' in Mothering: anthropological perspectives'
in edited volume by Walks, M and MacPherson,
N (proposal)
‘Objects that move’: the role of
auctions in rural Wales; material boundaries, fluidity and markets
(Journal of Material Culture)
‘Dealing with new contemporary desires:
embodied capacities for negotiating male and female subjectivities
in the UK’ (Journal of Cultural Politics)
‘International Manga festivals: gender, play and media
representation of ‘otaku’ in The International Journal of Media
and Cultural Politics.
‘The Three King’s Day: Throwing gifts to the children in
Catalonia’, gender, economic exchange and local politics at play in
children’s lives. Publication and Ethnographic film.
'Inequalities in Learning and Research, the case of blended and
visual learning in anthropology' (Article for Lattis
online).
‘Consenting to IVF and other reproductive technologies: LGBT
parenting across ‘medical’ and national european borders’
(Routledge Research: Gender and Society)
Seminar & Conference Papers
1991 'Looking at issues of sexuality and ethics. Methods and
field-research'. First International Anthropological Conference
of Students and Postgraduates in Spain, University of Seville,
Spain.
1994 'Gift-giving in Japan, the issue of obligations and
presentation of gifts'.Postgraduate Seminars.
Department of Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. The
Queen's University of Belfast.
1997 ' Editing the Ethics: Reflections on method and ethnographic
film during fieldwork research'. PG Department of Anthropology
and Ethnomusicology. The Queen's University of Belfast.
1998 'Wrapping and Unwrapping: Ritual Structures and gift giving in
Japan'. PG Department of Anthropology and
Ethnomusicology. The Queen's University of Belfast.
1998 'Bosses and Lovers: St. Valentine gifts in Japan. Romantic
Love, gender and gifts'.Department of Anthropology and
Ethnomusicology. The Queen's University of Belfast.
(2000)University of Wales, Lampeter.
1999 'What is a house?: the politics of house making in Japan.
Throwing gifts (omochinage) and the role of women's production in
house making rituals. School of Anthropological Studies.
The Queen's University of Belfast.
2000 ‘Teaching and Learning‘: Considering the role of interactive
media for Anthropology . Anthropological Association of
Ireland. Spring Conference. The Queen‘s University of
Belfast.
2000 'Gift Giving in Catalonia: The Three Kings'
Anglo-Catalan Association, Belfast.
2000 'Taming the racoon-dog in rural Japan'. In Are Animals good to
love? Crossing Symbolic Boundaries, EASA Conference,
Krakow, Poland.
2001 'Cosmological coincidences: wrapping money among Chinese and
Muslim in Malaysia'. Departmental Seminar. UW
Lampeter
2001 'Loving your boss: gifts, tradition and hierarchy on
Valentine's Day in Japan' Departmental Seminar. University
of Brighton - Sussex
2001 'The perils of wrapping gifts: obligation, capitalism and
tradition in Japan' Departmental Seminar Series.
University of Barcelona – Barcelona.
2001 'Omochinage: the politics of trowing cakes. Competing
neighbours, auspiciousnes and house making in Japan' Gregynog
Conference, Gregynog - Wales.
2002 ‘Face-to-face’ teaching. The role of visual media in the
delivery of Anthropology degrees online. Working Images. Visual
Anthropology Network and Teaching anthropology network of the
EASA. Lisbon
‘The Internet for Anthropology Students: publishing work on the
Internet’ Workshop C-SAP grant for the developing of NWAS
(Network for Welsh Anthropology Students). Birmingham.
‘At Home with Anthropology’: practicalities and visualisation of
UK’s first undergraduate and postgraduate degree scheme on e-
learning’. Management Unit. University of Wales,
Lampeter
2003 ‘Teaching and Learning Anthropology in Higher Education: the
case of e-learning’. C-SAP conference. Birmingham
2004 ‘ Sex Cities, Space, and Queer Spaces in Japan’. Dept of
Archaeology and Anthropology. UWL
2006 ‘Marginal Exchanges: Barter, friendship, and rural discourses
about escaping the growth of cosmopolitan Japan’ Cosmopolitanism
and its Discontents. ASA conference. Keel.
2007 ‘Your love is too sweet, my Valentine: Subjectivity and
Emotions on Valentine’s Day in Japan’. Department of
Anthropology. Durham.
2007 ‘Discriminate exchanges: ‘town making’ and the politics of
inclusion in a Japanese rural town’. Nissan Seminar
Series. University of Oxford.
2007 ‘Introducing Fetish Queer Bodies in the
curriculum: Consenting to Gender and Sexuality in
Anthropology’. Teaching Gender in the 21st Century.
London.
2008 ‘Ethnography for all?: interrogating ‘ethnographic
pedagogies’ in educational and anthropological practice’
University of Oxford
2008 ‘Interrogating Consent and Dominance: ethnicities,
citizenship and sexualities in research and teaching’: ‘Exploring
consent in Europe: transnational borders and the citizenship of the
body’. University of Wales, Newtown.
2008 'New Europe: Citizenship, Democracy and Social Identities'.
Regent's College.
2009 ‘Interrogating Consent and Dominance: ethnicities,
citizenship and sexualities in research and teaching’: ‘Exploring
the domain of dominance and power in social science theories’.
University of Wales, Newtown.
2009 Financial crisis, e-learning and the making of
unconventional sites of knowledge: universities as 're-usable
learning objects'. Education and Social Research Institute.
University of Manchester.
2009 Poster Presentation: Queering Spaces, Voices as
Cosmopolitan Materialities, London Southwark. Fieldwork in
London Network. Regent's College, University of Sussex.
2009 Workshop convenor: 'Open Access Anthropology and
non-conventional publishing' C-SAP conference, Rights, Roles
and Responsabilities. University of Birmingham
2009 Teaching Sensitive Topics SIG workshop C-SAP
conference, Rights, Roles and
Responsabilities. University of Birmingham
2009 'Ethnography: Doing Research in London' Regent's
College
2009 'From the Insider's point of view: Ethnography
and research'. Regent's College
2010 Conference convenor and chair 'Sub-State Nationalisms
in Contemporary Europe', iCES, Regent's College
2010 'Europeans with a Difference: Consensus, Distinctivness and
the Political Technologies of Sub-State Nationalisms' in
Sub-State Nationalisms in Contemporary Europe', iCES,
Regent's College
2010 Conference chair 'Work and Higher Education in Europe
and in the Global Market', iCES, Regent's College.
2010 'Different times' and other Altermodern possibilities:
Filming interviews with children as ethnographic 'wanderings'
at the Association for Social Anthropologist Conference (ASA) on
the theme of The Ethnographic Interview. The Queen's
University of Belfast, Belfast.
Multimedia work in Anthropology
(2000) Introduction to Anthropology. CD-ROMmultimedia
course - design and production (case study content QUB
authors/staff) School of Anthropological Studies. The Queen's
University of Belfast.
(2000) Introduction to Anthropology and Medical
Anthropology. CD-ROM multimedia course - design and
production (author content: Dr J Pettigrew). Department
of Health Studies. The University of Central Lancashire.
(2001 & 2008) Applied Medical Anthropology: Body,
Nerves and Knowledge. CD-ROM multimedia case studies author
content: Dr Ma Àngels Trias i Valls, Dr Callie Persic, Dr Gavin
McArthur, Dr Gay-y-Blasco), Queen's & University of Wales,
Lampeter.
2002 Key Debates in Anthropological Theory CD-ROM
multimedia course –design and production (Author content:
Anthropology Staff) Department of Anthropology. The University of
Wales Lampeter.
2002 Fieldwork, Methods and Ethics CD-ROM multimedia
course –design and production (Author content: Anthropology staff)
Department of Anthropology. The University of Wales Lampeter.
2003 Research Methods I and II course –design and production
(Author content: Anthropology staff) Department of Anthropology.
The University of Wales Lampeter.
2003 Globalisation CD-ROM multimedia course –design and
production (Author content: Dr David O’Kane) Department of
Anthropology. The University of Wales Lampeter.
2004 Cultural Tourism CD-ROM multimedia course –design and
production (Author content: Dr David O’Kane) Department of
Anthropology. The University of Wales Lampeter.
2004 Medical Anthropology CD-ROM multimedia course –design
and production (Author content: Dr Rachel Cassidy) Department of
Anthropology. The University of Wales Lampeter.
2005 Human-Animal Adaptations CD-ROM multimedia course
–design and production (Author content: Dr Sam Hurn) Department of
Anthropology. The University of Wales Lampeter.
2005 Welcome to the Department of Anthropology (Introducing
Anthropology) –Video and CD-ROM –design and production
(with Dr Elisabeth Kirtsoglou) Department of Anthropology. The
University of Wales Lampeter.
2007 Visual Anthropology (CD-ROM Multimedia) CD-ROM multimedia
course –design, content and production. Department of Anthropology.
The University of Wales Lampeter.
2008 PhotoEthnography: Fieldwork Locations
(Digital Media). Open Access Anthropology
2010 LGBT History Month: Tackling Homophobia in Schools
(Video presentation) Classroom Video Ltd, Bristol.
2010 Pedagogies of Visual
Anthropology (Video Production) C-SAP OER project, University
of Birmingham.
2010 Introducing Anthropological
Ideas (Video Production) C-SAP OER project, University of
Birmingham.
2010 Re-usability of Exploring Religions
and Cultures (Video Production) C-SAP OER project, University
of Birmingham.
Anthropological Websites, Virtual and E-learning projects
2000-2003 Departmental Website
2001 NWAS (Network of Welsh Anthropology Students)
Website
2001 Gregynog Staff-Student conference website
2001-2002 The Lampeter Link (Greek Recruitment)
website
2002 Ma in Nature (Philosophy and Anthropology)
website
2001-2008 At Home with
Anthropology. UWL Distance and E-learning
Anthropology Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degree
Programme
2008-Ongoing Anthropology-projects.co.uk
Open Access Anthropology
2008 Anthropology
Twitter
2009 ARDAC
Network - Anthropology Journal Network
2009 FiLO Network - Fieldwork in
London Network
2009-2010 C-SAP OER JISC - Participation on the Open Learning
Materials Anthropology - Project Lead for Regent's College within
OER JISC Project University of Birmingham
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