Chris Ballard is a researcher at The Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and

Chris Ballard is a researcher at The Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. He has conducted long-term research as an archaeologist, historian, and anthropologist in Papua New Guinea and West Papua, and is author or editor of books and collections on anthropology (Fluid Ontologies, 1998; Myth and History in the New Guinea Highlands, 1999), agriculture (Agricultural Intensification in New Guinea, 2001), history (Historical Perspectives on West New Guinea, 1999; Race to the Snow, 2001), and mining (Mining and Mineral Resource Policy in Asia-Pacific, 1995; The Ok Tedi Settlement, 1997).