Conference Presentations

Mason, P.H. (2011) The Degeneracy of the Creative Process: the diverse musical structures and movement repertoires of West Sumatran and Afro-Bahian fight-dancing, The annual conference of the Australian Anthropological Society (AAS), the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), and the Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa / New Zealand (ASAANZ), 5-8 July.

Mason, P.H. (2010) Modes of Transmission: Traditional West Sumatran and Contemporary West Javanese Practices of Indigenous Martial Arts, 1st Symposium of the International Council of Traditional Music Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia, 10-13 June.

Mason, P.H. (2009) Fight-dancing and the Festival: An exploration of the internal dynamics of fight-dancing in regional festivals, Paper presented at The Ethics and Politics of Engagement: the Annual meeting of the Australian Anthropological Society, 9-11 December.

Mason, P.H. (2009) Movements into Neuroanthropology: The use of music and movement to study the relationship between brain and culture, Poster Presentation at The Ethics and Politics of Engagement: the Annual meeting of the Australian Anthropological Society, 9-11 December.

Mason, P.H. (2008) The Neuroanthropologist and the Self-Accompanied Dancer, Speed-paper presented at the Music and Movements in Indonesian Cultures Conference, Workshop and Performance at the Consulate of Indonesia in Maroubra, 7-9 October.

Mason, P.H. Pencak Silat: The International Mobilisation of Indo-Malayan Tradition. Second International Conference on Southeast Asia: Rethinking Regionalism, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3rd – 4th December 2007. p36.

Mason, P.H. (2006) The Neuroanthropology of Non-verbal communication. Paper presented at the Second Language Culture and Mind Conference, Paris, France. Language Culture and Mind: Integrating perspectives and methodologies in the study of language, published abstract, 85-86.

Mason, P.H. (2006) Music, movement and metaphor: An investigation of degeneracy in human behaviour, Human Communication Sciences (HCSNet) SummerFest ’06, Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney, 62.

Seminar Presentations

Mason, P.H.(2010) Indonesian and Brazilian Fight-dancing, Anthropology Colloquium, Macquarie University.

Mason, P.H. (2010) Fight-dancing and the Festival: An exploration of the internal dynamics of fight-dancing in regional festivals, Macquarie Anthropology Research Showcase, 11-13 May.

Mason, P.H. Fighting for Peace of Mind: A cross-cultural comparison of Capoeira and Pencak Silat. Cross-cultural Dance Seminar: Choreographies of Identity and Difference, Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University, 11-Dec-2006, pp88-97.

Mason, P.H. The Primal Metaphor: Music, Movement and the Problem of Meaning Construction. MMM Seminar MARCS Auditory Laboratories, Conference Room 1, Building 23, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus, 20 November, 2006.

Nazareth College

  • Careers and Goals Presentation, “What is Anthropology?”, for the Year twelve students, 31 March 2011.

Centres Internationaux Francophones

Director, Centres Internationaux Francophones des Rencontres Universitaires (CIFRU): Les Institutions Publiques Locales, Regionales et Departementales, Saint Etienne, France, July 2010.

Representative of Oceania, Centres Internationaux Francophones aupres du conseil de l’Europe, Strasbourg, France, July 2008.

Host, Centre International Francophone de Rencontres Universitaires (CIFRU): Saint-Etienne, métamorphose d’une métropole industrielle, Saint Etienne, France, July 2006.

AMICIF

Participant, Centre International Francophone de l’Environnement (CIFE): L’eau, de la source à l’océan. L’air et l’eau, sources de vie, Bordeaux, France, July 2005.

L’Amicale