The couple: commitment and durability in the era of marriage equality

这个项目旨在审视婚姻平等时代的夫妻观念。人们普遍认为夫妻长寿在社会、心理和经济上都是一件无可争辩的好事。同性婚姻在澳大利亚的出现让我们有机会重新思考，为什么一般的文化利益被认为只来自于夫妻的亲密关系。这个项目并没有忽视婚姻的价值，无论是异性恋还是同性恋，而是着眼于当代表现的档案，在这些表现中，夫妻形式呈现为一种公共利益，而不是一种私人利益。这项人类学研究测试了亲密伙伴关系与集体繁荣之间的假想联系。

This project aims to examine the notion of the couple in the era of marriage equality. It is generally thought that couple longevity is an incontestable good socially, psychologically, and economically. The advent of same-sex marriage in Australia provides the occasion to reconsider why it is that general cultural benefits are thought to devolve from coupled intimacy alone. Rather than dismiss the value of marriage, either straight or gay, this project looks at an archive of contemporary representations in which the couple form presents as a public good, not a private good. This anthropological study tests the supposed connection between intimate companionship and collective thriving.