Henrietta Byrne

Henrietta Byrne

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

I am a PhD Candidate in Gender Studies and Anthropology at the University of Adelaide. I completed a Bachelor of Arts with double majors in French and Anthropology, also at the University of Adelaide, with first class Honours in Anthropology for my thesis 'Dialysis in the Desert: Blood, biopower, and biomedical technologies in Central Australia' which explored relationships between land, machines, and bodies for anangu and warlpiri people using dialysis to manage End-Stage Renal Disease. My current PhD work draws on Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, and Science and Technology Studies to investigate settler colonialism and biopower in relation to discourses of intergenerational trauma and epigenetics.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2023 Keaney, J., Byrne, H., Warin, M., Kowal, E., Meloni, M., Gilbert, S., . . . Brown, A. (2023). Epigenetic science and Indigenous health: key issues and considerations for future research. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 14(3).
    2023 Keaney, J., Byrne, H., Warin, M., & Kowal, E. (2023). Refusing Epigenetics: Indigeneity and the Colonial Politics of Trauma. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences.
    2023 Warin, M., Keaney, J., Kowal, E., & Byrne, H. (2023). Circuits of time: enacting postgenomics in Indigenous Australia. Body and Society, 29(2), 20-48.
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  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2024 Keaney, J., Byrne, H., Warin, M., Kowal, E., & Meloni, M. (2024). Intergenerational Trauma.. In M. Pentecost, J. Keaney, T. Moll, & M. Penkler (Eds.), The Handbook of DOHaD & Society: past, present and future directions of biosocial collaboration.. Cambridge University Press.
    2020 Byrne, H. (2020). Dialysis in the desert: blood, biomedial technologies, and transformation in Central Australia. In R. Vokes, & A. Dundon (Eds.), Shifting States New Perspectives on Security, Infrastructure, and Political Affect. Routledge.
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