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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
BA(Hons) Prehistory 1977, MSc Biological Computation 1979. ANU PhD 1985 [ANU Digital Theses: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49431]
Lecturer, at Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Papua New Guinea, 1985-1991. Taught courses in human origins, research methods, cultural ecology and economic anthropology. Research topics in customary land studies, comparative ethnography, and census, and developed social mapping techniques on secondment to the Western Highlands Province government.
Canberra-based consultant 1992-2001, specialising in social mapping and the social impacts of mining at Ok Tedi, Kutubu, Lihir and Hidden Valley; development assessments in Papua New Guinea.
Senior Anthropologist for the Torres Strait Regional Authority, 2001-2003.
Fellow in the Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, 2004-2013.
Independent consultant, 2014.
Professor & Deputy Vice President Research, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea, 2015-2019
Independent consultant, 2020.
Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, 2021-
Career highlights
- Professor & Deputy Vice President Research, Divine Word University, 2015-2019
- Fellow, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, ANU, 2004-2013
- Visiting Professor, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie, Aix-Marseille Université, November 2012.
- Senior Anthropologist, Native Title Office, Torres Strait Regional Authority, Thursday Island, 2001-2003
- Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Papua New Guinea, 1985-1991
Qualifications
BA (Hons)(Sheffield), MSc (York), PhD (ANU)
Research interests
Social mapping and land ownership in Melanesia; development in the Pacific; social impacts of mining; governance and traditional politics in Papua New Guinea; Native Title research in Torres Strait and among rainforest Aboriginal groups in North Queensland; genealogy in Australia and Melanesia.
Publications can be downloaded at
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Burton2
- https://anu-au.academia.edu/JohnBurton
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Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New Guinea
Bainton, N., Owen, J. R., Kenema, S. & Burton, J., Oct 2020, In: Resources Policy. 68, 101805.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
23 Citations (Scopus) -
Agency and the «Avatar» narrative at the Porgera gold mine, Papua New Guinea
Burton, J., 2014, In: Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes. 138-139, 1, p. 37-51 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access22 Citations (Scopus) -
Evidence of the "new competencies"?
Burton, J., 2012, Dilemmas of development: the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold mine, 1989-1994. C. F. (ed.). 1 ed. Australia: ANU ePress, Vol. 1. p. 280-301Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Muluridji Native Title Application: Supplementary Report for North Queensland Land Council
Burton, J., 31 Dec 2008, Canberra.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Scoping study for a program of social mapping around the Kokoda Track and adjoining parts of the Owen Stanley Ranges and the Brown River Catchment
Filer, C. & Burton, J., 2008, Canberra.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
Projects
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Communication for Development Curriculum Building in Papua New Guinea
Filer, C. & Burton, J.
31/03/11 → 31/07/14
Project: Research
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