Staff Profile
Dr Fernanda Claudio
Position: Lecturer
Phone: +61 7 334 64659
Fax: +61 7 336 55599
Email: f.claudio@uq.edu.au
Location: 432
Building: Public Health Building
Centre or Group: ACITH
Biography:
Fernanda Claudio was born in Portugal but migrated to Montreal at the age of three. Her interest in anthropology developed out of her experience as a migrant at the crossroads of Portuguese and Canadian social identities. Both her B.A. (Hons) and M.Sc. theses focussed on aspects of migration to Canada. Her Honours thesis addressed issues of migrant health, while M.Sc. work considered socio-cultural aspects of second generation migration. Dr. Claudio's Ph.D research was based in Africa in a remote part of the Zambesi Valley, Zimbabwe. Her work there addressed processes of political and economic domination in the context of drought and international development programs. In the past she has also participated in a study on the place of culture in the clinical encounter in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Claudio coordinates the Health and Development course at the Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health. She is currently engaged in AusAID-funded research on aspects of skills and training important to Australian overseas humanitarian workers. Current emerging research includes issues in African refugee health in Southeast Queensland and mental health aspects issues in areas of prolonged drought in Australia.Qualifications:
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B.A. (Hons) McGill, M.Sc. Montreal, Ph.D. Lond. (2005)
London School of Economics
Research Interests:
- Anthropology
- Indigenous Health
- International and Tropical Health
- Social Determinants of Health
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- Claudio F. Review of: DS Moore, Suffering for Territory: Race, Place and Power in Zimbabwe. Australian Journal of Anthropology. 2007; .
- Claudio F. Operation Murambatsvina and the Erosion of Citizenship Rights in Zimbabwe. The Australasian Review of African Studies. 2007; 28.
- Claudio F. The CAMPFIRE Scheme in Zimbabwe during the 1990's: Local Responses to Community Conservation. South Pacific Journal of Philosophy and Culture. 2006; 9.
- Claudio F. Cloth, Hoes, and Beads: Chikunda Domination, the Warlord Kanyemba, and the Chapoto Chieftaincy in Dande, Zimbabwe. In: Lampeter E, editor. Magical Practices, Witchcraft and Warfare in the African Continent XIX-XX Century. Mellen Press; ;
