Matt Barlow
Curriculum Vitae
Email: mattpbarlow@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2016-current: PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Adelaide.
2015: Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology Honours, first class), Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Adelaide.
2014: Bachelor of Development Studies, University of Adelaide.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental anthropology, multi-species ethnography, feminist science and technology studies, postcolonial theory, contemporary art, media and sound studies, art history, curatorial studies.
Areas of Interest: South Asia, Australia.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-review Journal Articles
Barlow M & Georgina Drew (2020). ‘Slow infrastructures in times of crisis: unworking speed and convenience’, Postcolonial Studies (SCIMAGO Quartile 1, impact factor .79, 1150 views as of Nov 30, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/13688790.2020.1804105
Barlow, M (2018). ‘Madison Bycroft’s mollusc worlds’, Artlink: Australian Contemporary Art Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp 54-57.
Barlow, M (2017). ‘Enchanted Bee-ings: Encounters and Movements Beyond the Human’, Humanimalia, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 150-166.
Book Chapters
Barlow, M (2020). ‘Floating (under) Ground’, Monsoon (+other) Grounds, edited by Lindsay Bremner and John Cook, University of Westminster Press, pp. 99-112.
Web-based Publications
Barlow, M (2020). ‘On the social nature of toilet paper’, Platypus (blog of the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology & Computing), March 25.
Barlow, M (2019). ‘Anonymity, Silence and Insurrection: Reflections on the 2018 Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life’, fine print, No 18.
Barlow, M (2019). ‘Natura Urbana: The Brachen of Berlin (review)’, Entanglements: Experiments in Multimodal Ethnography, No. 2, Vol. 1, pp. 202-206.
Barlow, M (2017). ‘Finally facing our water-loo: it’s time to decolonise sewage systems’, The Conversation.
GRANTS
Full Registration Waiver, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science, 2020 (US$100).
Conference Travel Grant, Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Adelaide, 2019 ($500).
Travel Bursary, Deakin Science and Society Network, AusSTS Conference, 2019 ($300).
Higher Degree Researcher Fieldwork Grant, University of Adelaide, 2017 ($3000).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Macquarie University, New South Wales.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology.
- ANTH 2003: Food Across Cultures (Semester 2, 2020).
Course Coordinator: Dr. Eve Vincent.
University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology and Development Studies.
- ANTH 1104: Introduction to Anthropology: Society and Culture (Semester 2, 2020).
Course Coordinator: Dr. Dianne Rogers.
- ANTH 2036: Anthropology of Violence and Crime (Semester 1, 2020).
Course Coordinator: Dr. Alison Dundon.
INVITED TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Workshop: “Telling other people’s stories”, University of Sydney, October 21, 2020.
Workshop: “Environmentality After Recognition”, Deakin University, September 19, 2019.
Guest Lecture: “Science and policy in a neoliberal world”, University of Adelaide, May 8, 2019.
Roundtable: “Urban India and Climate Change Research”, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, December 20, 2018.
CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED
‘From wasted energy to waste-to-energy’, at the annual Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) virtual conference, August 18-21, 2020.
‘Waste movements: discards, infrastructure, and the sacred’, at Distribute 2020 virtual conference hosted by the Society for Cultural Anthropology and the Society for Visual Anthropology, May 7-9, 2020.
‘Slow infrastructures in times of crisis: unworking convenience, speed, and temporal pressure’, co-presented with Dr Georgina Drew at the ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Crisis’ conference organized by the Humanities Research Centre, ANU, December 7-8, 2019.
‘Elements of Waste in Kochi, Kerala’, Australian Anthropological Society annual meeting, ANU Canberra, December 4-7, 2019.
‘Waste and management in the Anthropocene’, AusSTS Interdisciplinary Workshop, Deakin University, July 3-5, 2019.
Poster exhibition and paper presentation ‘Floating (under) Ground)’, Monsoon (+ other) Grounds Conference, University of Westminster, London, March 21-22, 2019.
‘In the world that sewers proposed’, Australian Anthropological Society annual meeting, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Dec 11-15, 2017.
‘Anthropology in and of the Anthropocene’, Knowing the Anthropocene, University of Tübingen, Germany, July 26-28, 2017.
OTHER EXPERIENCE (ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, ARTISTIC)
Co-producer, Conversations in Anthropology podcast (2020 – ongoing).
Curating and producing interviews with key figures in contemporary anthropology, audio editing (Audacity), website maintenance (WordPress), and producing social media content.
Postgraduate Representative, South Asian Studies Association of Australia (2020-2021).
An elected position that involves providing leadership for post-graduate students whose research is focused on the South Asian region or diaspora, along with committee responsibilities and producing social media content.
Research Assistant, Deakin University, Melbourne (October-December 2019).
Assisting Dr Timothy Neale in organizing a workshop, film screening, and public lecture, for two visiting anthropologists, Associate Professor Cymene Howe and Professor Dominic Boyer, both from Rice University, USA.
Convener, Feminist Science and Technology Studies Reading Group, University of Adelaide (2019).
Representative, Faculty of Arts postgraduate sub-committee (2019).
Production Assistant, Colomboscope Interdisciplinary Arts Festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 25-31, 2019.
Coordinator, ‘Natura Urbana’ Indian premiere screening and roundtable, Pepperhouse, Fort Kochi, India, October 21, 2018.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Australian Anthropological Society
Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)
Institute of Postcolonial Studies
South Asian Studies Association of Australia