Doctor Helena Onnudottir
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology,
Anthropology & Sociology
Biography
Born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1961
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Qualifications
- PhD Macquarie University
Professional Memberships
- AAS (2001 - 2024)
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Anthropology & Sociology
Contact
| Email: | H.Onnudottir@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9772 6633 |
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| Location: | 3.8.11 |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 101330 Self and Society, 2019
- 102344 Different Ways of Being in the World: Introduction to Social Anthropology, 2019
- 102349 The Anthropologies of Gender and Sexualities, 2019
Publications
Books
- Onnudottir, H., Possamai, A. and Turner, B. (2013), 'Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Making of Religious Identities', : Ashgate 9781409448679.
- Darcy, M., Garland, D., Schraner, I., Richardson, R., Bolzan, N., Onnudottir, H. and Brooker, R. (2010), 'Homeless In Parramatta', : Parramatta City Council and University of Western Sydney 9781741082135.
Chapters in Books
- Onnudottir, H. and Hawkins, M. (2020), 'Margt by'r i ?okunni : what dwells in the mist?', Monster Anthropology: Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters, Bloomsbury Academic 9781350096257.
- Hawkins, M. and Onnudottir, H. (2020), 'Iceland : summer houses and listening to scientists', State Responses to COVID-19: A Global Snapshot at 1 June 2020, Western Sydney University .
- Onnudottir, H. (2020), 'Tradition', The Sage Encyclopaedia of the Sociology of Religion, SAGE Publications 9781473942202.
- Piracha, A., Onnudottir, H. and Dunn, K. (2016), 'Urban-rural geographies of Aboriginal religious and non-religious identification', Religion and Non-Religion Among Australian Aboriginal Peoples, Routledge 9781472443830.
- Onnudottir, H. (2014), 'The workings of monsters : of monsters and humans in Icelandic society', Monster Anthropology in Australasia and Beyond, Palgrave 9781137472793.
- Onnudottir, H., Possamai, A. and Turner, B. (2012), 'Islam and Indigenous populations in Australia and New Zealand', Muslims in the West and the Challenges of Belonging, Melbourne University Press 9780522861624.
Journal Articles
- Kantek, J., Onnudottir, H. and Veljanova, I. (2023), ''I partied my way to [my] Hungary' : the agency-driven engagements of Hungarian-Australians to shape feelings of place and belonging outside their diaspora tourism programme', European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, vol 10, no 3 , pp 457 - 479.
- Kantek, J., Kantek, J., Veljanova, I. and Onnudottir, H. (2021), 'Constructing Hungarian 'good-will ambassadors' : the collaborative soft power efforts of Hungary's Balassi Institute and the Hungarian community in Australia', International Journal of Cultural Policy, vol 27, no 7 , pp 920 - 935.
- Vu, T., Huppatz, K. and Onnudottir, H. (2021), ''Although I had a failed marriage, I won't be a failure as a mother' : an analysis of Vietnamese single mothers' involvement in their children's schooling', Women's Studies International Forum, vol 89 .
- Onnudottir, H. (2020), 'The value of water in Iceland', Issues: A Multilingual Journal of Short Essays, vol 2 .
- Kantek, J., Kantek, J., Veljanova, I. and Onnudottir, H. (2019), 'Local engagements, transcultural belonging : the lived experiences of second-generation Hungarian Australian adults through the formation of a simultaneous self', Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol 13, no 2 , pp 79 - 96.
- Hawkins, M. and Onnudottir, H. (2018), 'From Resurrection and New Dawn to the Pirate Party : political party names as symbolizing recent transformations in the political field in Iceland', Politics, Religion and Ideology, vol 19, no 4 , pp 546 - 561.
- Hawkins, M. and Onnudottir, H. (2017), 'Land, nation and tourist : moral reckoning in post-GFC Iceland', Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, vol 26, no 2 , pp 110 - 126.
- Onnudottir, H., Possamai, A., Turner, B. and Kennedy, M. (2013), 'Australian Aboriginal Muslims in prison', Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol 34, no 3 , pp 280 - 294.
- Onnudottir, H., Possamai, A. and Turner, B. (2010), 'Islam: A New Religious Vehicle for Aboriginal Self-Empowerment in Australia?', International Journal for the Study of New Religions, vol 1, no 1 , pp 49 - 74.
Change and Continuity: Constructing Icelandic Identity in the 21st Century (with A/prof Mary Hawkins)
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Previous Projects
| Title: | Improving the lives for Vietnamese single mothers: from the perspective of social policy |
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| Western Researchers: | Kate Huppatz and Helena Onnudottir |
| Years: | 2017-03-20 - 2020-12-31 |
| ID: | P00023974 |
Supervision
Doctor Onnudottir is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Australian Art Therapy - An Inquiry into our Professional Identity after Two Decades of Practice and an Exploration into Areas of Future Possibility |
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| Thesis Title: | Improving the quality of lives for Vietnamese single mothers: from the perspective of social policy |
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| Thesis Title: | The Lived Experience of Migrants: An Ethnographic Exploration of Bangladesh-Born Migrants' Settlement Experiences in Australia |
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Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | How are we able to be here? A Creative and Narrative Inquiry into Anzata-Registered Art Therapy Practitioner Personal Histories |
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| Field of Research: | Education Studies; Other Society And Culture |
Media
| Title: | Monster Anthropology in Australasia and Beyond |
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| Description: | Chapter in book |
| Title: | Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples |
| Description: | Book |