Leslie Butt, University of Victoria

Research

migration family reproduction culture technology Southeast Asia the state

Latest papers

Local biologies and HIV/AIDS in highlands Papua, Indonesia.
Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2013 · first author
Can you keep a secret? Pretences of confidentiality in HIV/AIDS counseling and treatment in Eastern Indonesia.
Medical anthropology · 2011 · first author
Rebel girls? Unplanned pregnancy and colonialism in highlands Papua, Indonesia.
Culture, health & sexuality · 2007 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Southeast Asian women, family and migration in the global era
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$357,879
Stateless Children, Parents, and Illegal Migration: An Indonesian Pilot Study
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$62,166
Women, stigma, and AIDS in Papua, Indonesia
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$58,462

All 4 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Local biologies and HIV/AIDS in highlands Papua, Indonesia.

Butt L

Culture, medicine and psychiatry2013First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11013-012-9299-2 PMID: 23242628

02

Can you keep a secret? Pretences of confidentiality in HIV/AIDS counseling and treatment in Eastern Indonesia.

Butt L

Medical anthropology2011First author

DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.560585 PMID: 21590584

03

Rebel girls? Unplanned pregnancy and colonialism in highlands Papua, Indonesia.

Butt L, Munro J

Culture, health & sexuality2007First author

DOI: 10.1080/13691050701515324 PMID: 17963098

Southeast Asian women, family and migration in the global era

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Butt, Leslie

Keywords: migration; family; reproduction; culture; technology; Southeast Asia; the state

$357,879

Stateless Children, Parents, and Illegal Migration: An Indonesian Pilot Study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Butt, Leslie

$62,166

Women, stigma, and AIDS in Papua, Indonesia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Butt, Leslie

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; stigma; mother-child transmission; gender relations; health care; Papua; Indonesia

$58,462

Sex work and parenting in Irian Jaya

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Butt, Leslie

Keywords: Sexuality; infants and children; health care; melanesia; state/indigenous relations; race; violence

$41,127

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: migration Dear Professor Butt, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Local biologies and HIV/AIDS in highlands Papua, Indonesia." (2013), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]