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

该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、心理和经济上都是无可争辩的好事。同性婚姻在澳大利亚的出现提供了一个机会，让我们重新思考为什么一般的文化利益被认为是仅仅从夫妻亲密关系中转移出来的。这个项目并没有忽视异性恋或同性恋婚姻的价值，而是着眼于当代表现形式的档案，在这些表现形式中，这对夫妇表现为一种公共利益，而不是私人利益。这项人类学研究测试了亲密陪伴和集体繁荣之间的假设联系。

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.