97 results
Search Results
2. From Gallipoli to Independence: Turkish and Australian Students' Perspectives
- Author
-
Sharp, Heather, Öztürk, Talip, and Öztürk, Filiz Zayimoglu
- Abstract
Given the broad public appeal of WWI commemorations and in consideration of their inclusion in school curriculum, the question is raised of how do Turkish and Australian students view the importance and ways of commemorating the Gallipoli campaign? This comparative study, the first of its kind approaches this current gap in understanding how high school students view this historical event. The focus of this paper is to report on research conducted in Australian and Turkish high schools during the centenary years of WWI commemorations. 185 high school students agreed to participate and share their perspectives on commemorating Gallipoli and to respond to a series of five sources provided to them as part of the research activity. How students responded to the sources and engaged with questions of commemoration is detailed throughout this paper.
- Published
- 2020
3. Skilling Up: Providing Educational Opportunities for Aboriginal Education Workers through Technology-Based Pedagogy
- Author
-
Jackson-Barret, Elizabeth M., Gower, Graeme, Price, Anne E., and Herrington, Jan
- Abstract
Over the past decade Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies and perspectives have been mandated across the Australian national curriculum and all teachers are now required to demonstrate strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and have a broad knowledge of Aboriginal histories, cultures and languages. This paper describes a project focused on enabling Aboriginal Education Workers (AEWs) to play a critical role in transforming these initiatives into real and sustainable change through authentic, technology-based pedagogy. Indigenous research methodologies and design-based research (DBR) were used to investigate the potential educational roles for AEWs enabled by elearning and new technologies. The project, called "Skilling Up: Improving educational opportunities for AEWs through technology based pedagogy" was funded by the Office of Learning and Teaching. This paper reports on the findings of the study conducted in Western Australia, including pre-study survey results, together with a description of a unit of study to provide opportunities for AEWs to use technologies in their work, and to create authentic digital stories for use in teacher education. The development of design principles for the design of such environments is also discussed.
- Published
- 2019
4. Reframing the Policy Discourse: A Comparative Analysis of Teacher Preparation for Rural and Remote Education in Australia, South Africa, and Mexico
- Author
-
Ledger, Susan, Masinire, Alfr, Delgado, Miguel Angel Diaz, and Burgess, Madeline
- Abstract
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has highlighted a 'vicious cycle of decline' in rural, regional and remote (RRR) regions, with significant inequalities in educational outcomes between rural and urban areas. However, interventions have not resulted in transformative or lasting improvements to education in rural contexts. This paper presents a cross-comparative country analysis of current global policy on RRR education. We used a policy analysis framework to interrogate national policy texts concerning teacher education for RRR contexts in three countries - Australia, South Africa and Mexico. A rigorous selection process of the literature yielded 17 key policy texts, which were examined for the influences, practices, language and outcomes relating to teacher education preparation for RRR locales. Findings highlighted a legacy of historical influences and a metrocentric bias in policy texts, with limited examples of assets-based education. We argue that these factors may be perpetuating the significant and persistent disadvantage in RRR education. We recommend an alternative policy discourse that recognises the productivities and potentialities of an assets-based approach within the local context, where school leaders and teachers are positioned as central change agents in RRR education.
- Published
- 2021
5. Learning from Our Neighbours: The Value of Knowing Their Number History
- Author
-
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia and Owens, Kay
- Abstract
Recent research has supported and extended earlier research on how and for how long Indigenous people of Australasia have been counting. This history values the long history of Indigenous knowledge and re-writes the limited and sometimes false history that many Australian teachers accept and teach about number systems. The current views on the spread and innovation of number systems are critiqued in terms of how oral cultures used and represented large numbers.
- Published
- 2017
6. Whose History and Who Is Denied? Politics and the History Curriculum in Lebanon and Australia
- Author
-
Maadad, Nina and Rodwell, Grant
- Abstract
This paper seeks to explain and develop a better understanding of the relationship between the History curriculum and the consequences of political motive. It compares the History curricula of Australia and Lebanon, and is relevant to understanding the purpose of the History curricula in the two countries as well as, more generally, other countries. In Lebanon, the teaching of that nation's experience of the 1975-90 Civil War has been withdrawn from schools. In Australia, meanwhile, it now appears that the national curriculum that took shape in 2010 under the Rudd Labor Government has been replaced by what the new Federal Coalition Government wants. Important changes have been made to the nations' History curricula with different political groups urging the inclusions of different topics. This paper considers the question of the effect of wholesale deletions from the curriculum of a nation's history, as in the case of Lebanon. Will such changes affect the development of students' higher-order historical understanding, historical consciousness and historical literacy? And will such changes influence students' appreciation of historiography? Advanced in this paper is an argument that, generally, History curricula are so politicised that there should be a historiographical component that requires students to understand that history is about many different points of view. Furthermore, students should be taught that it is the understanding of the development of evidence for the various perspectives that matters.
- Published
- 2016
7. Popularising History: The Use of Historical Fiction with Pre-Service Teachers
- Author
-
Howell, Jennifer
- Abstract
This paper will explore the recent trend in the popularising of history and its impact on teaching and learning. There has been a steady increase in the amount of fiction, films, television shows, documentaries and children's programs situated in or concerned with historical events, eras or historical figures. The evident popularity among the wider public for these popularised forms requires teachers of history to re-evaluate their use in the classroom. They might also be tools in which we can reengage pre-service teachers and students into the subject area. This paper will present the findings of a pilot study concerned with exploring the use of historical fiction in pre-service teacher education programs. What emerged from the findings suggests that the inclusion of historical fiction in pre-service teacher education programs, and within history classrooms, may potentially have a positive impact on learning and result in higher levels of engagement with the subject.
- Published
- 2014
8. Coronavirus, the great toilet paper panic and civilisation
- Author
-
Jon Stratton and Stratton, Jon
- Subjects
Cultural Studies ,History ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Sociology and Political Science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,coronavirus ,050801 communication & media studies ,Panic buying ,medicine.disease_cause ,0508 media and communications ,050602 political science & public administration ,medicine ,toilet paper ,Psychiatry ,education ,media_common ,Coronavirus ,Toilet ,education.field_of_study ,Civilization ,05 social sciences ,Australia ,Panic ,0506 political science ,Political Science and International Relations ,civilisation ,Toilet paper ,medicine.symptom ,panic buying - Abstract
Panic buying of toilet rolls in Australia began in early March 2020. This was related to the realisation that the novel coronavirus was spreading across the country. To the general population the impact of the virus was unknown. Gradually the federal government started closing the country’s borders. The panic buying of toilet rolls was not unique to Australia. It happened across all societies that used toilet paper rather than water to clean after defecation and urination. However, research suggests that the panic buying was most extreme in Australia. This article argues that the panic buying was closely linked to everyday notions of Western civilisation. Pedestal toilets and toilet paper are key aspects of civilisation and the fear of the loss of toilet paper is connected to anxiety about social breakdown, the loss of civilisation. This is the fear manifested in the perceived threat posed by the virus. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
- Published
- 2021
9. Contemporary Multi-Modal Historical Representations and the Teaching of Disciplinary Understandings in History
- Author
-
Donnelly, Debra J.
- Abstract
Traditional privileging of the printed text has been considerably eroded by rapid technological advancement and in Australia, as elsewhere, many History teaching programs feature an array of multi-modal historical representations. Research suggests that engagement with the visual and multi-modal constructs has the potential to enrich the pedagogy and make the classroom encounters significant and relevant to students' world life outside and beyond school. However, these multi-modal creations of the past are often compromised with agendas and pressures beyond traditional historical evidence, research and writing. This leaves the history teacher to navigate the tension that arises from the cognitive, affective and "beyonds the classroom" appeal of these historical representations and the quest to teach evidence-based, memorable history. This pedagogical dilemma was the focus of an Australian research project that used survey, interview and case study to investigate the utility of these historical-based contemporary representations in the teaching of disciplinary concepts in the History classroom. This paper presents a synoptic model of the broad research findings and uses case studies to provide examples of effective pedagogies. The unit plans from the case studies are also appended.
- Published
- 2018
10. Measuring Research Impact in Australia
- Author
-
Gunn, Andrew and Mintrom, Michael
- Abstract
The implementation of the national Research Engagement and Impact Assessment in Australia provides a timely opportunity to review attempts to improve the non-academic impact of academic research. The impact agenda represents a new phase in academic research evaluation and funding, characterised by a heightened need to demonstrate a return on public investments in research. New imperatives seek the reorientation of some academic research towards more directly driving national innovation, meeting the needs of business, and contributing to improved social and economic outcomes. This paper reviews the policy journey of research impact in Australia from the proposed, but never implemented, Research Quality Framework (RQF) to the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA). Our analysis of policy developments from the Howard to the Turnbull Governments highlights the controversial nature of research impact assessment and the political and methodological challenges that have accompanied its implementation.
- Published
- 2018
11. Teaching for 'Historical Understanding': What Knowledge(s) Do Teachers Need to Teach History?
- Author
-
Tambyah, Mallihai M.
- Abstract
Recent curriculum reform in history in Australia promotes "historical understanding" through discipline-based teaching practice. However, many middle school teachers are new to the scope of historical knowledge and skills required. This paper reports on a case study of five Queensland teachers in one secondary school who undertook a school-based trial of the Year 8 Australian Curriculum: History in 2012-2013. Drawing on notions of historical consciousness and frameworks for curriculum alignment, the case study indicates that the intent of the stated curriculum to develop concepts of "historical understanding" is undermined by two factors--first, teachers' inadequate knowledge of the scope of the curriculum and second, a patchy understanding of how key substantive and procedural historical concepts contribute to "historical understanding". The research identified significant gaps in the disciplinary knowledge of history teachers and makes recommendations for pre-service and in-service history teacher education.
- Published
- 2017
12. Enhancing Intercultural Communication and Understanding: Team Translation Project as a Student Engagement Learning Approach
- Author
-
Yang, Ping
- Abstract
This paper reflects on a team translation project on Aboriginal culture designed to enhance university students' intercultural communication competence and understanding through engaging in an interactive team translation project funded by the Australia-China Council. A selected group of Chinese speaking translation students participated in the project and two English books on Australian Aboriginal history and culture were translated to Chinese from August 2011 to May 2012. The two bilingual books were published by Aboriginal Studies Press in May 2013. After the one-year translation project was completed, the author conducted a survey and audio-taped interviews about the participants' translation experience. Using social constructivist theory (SCT), the author coded the data, conducted critical analysis of the contents, and categorised the themes. It was found that the participants not only improved their translation skills through combining theories with practices, but also got better knowledge of Australian Aboriginal cultural tradition and history than before. Having understood cross-linguistic differences, they combined translation theory with practice and raised their intercultural awareness after going through various organized learning activities centering on the translation project. Such an interaction-based student engagement learning approach helped student translators achieve meaningful communication and learner autonomy through individual reflections, group discussions, and seminars. Finally the pedagogical implications of the team translation project were discussed.
- Published
- 2015
13. History on Trial: Evaluating Learning Outcomes through Audit and Accreditation in a National Standards Environment
- Author
-
Brawley, Sean, Clark, Jennifer, Dixon, Chris, Ford, Lisa, Nielsen, Erik, Ross, Shawn, and Upton, Stuart
- Abstract
This paper uses a trial audit of history programs undertaken in 2011-2012 to explore issues surrounding the attainment of Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) in an emerging Australian national standards environment for the discipline of history. The audit sought to ascertain whether an accreditation process managed by the discipline under the auspices of the Australian Historical Association (AHA) could be based on a limited-intervention, "light-touch" approach to assessing attainment of the TLOs. The results of the audit show that successful proof of TLO attainment would only be possible with more active intervention into existing history majors and courses. Assessments across all levels of history teaching would have to be designed, undertaken, and marked using a rubric matched to the TLOs. It proved unrealistic to expect students to demonstrate acquisition of the TLOs from existing teaching and assessment practices. The failure of the "light-touch" audit process indicates that demonstrating student attainment under a national standards regime would require fundamental redevelopment of the curriculum. With standards-based approaches to teaching and learning emerging as international phenomena, this case study resonates beyond Australia and the discipline under investigation.
- Published
- 2015
14. GEOPOLITICS OF THE 2016 AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE WHITE PAPER AND ITS PREDECESSORS
- Author
-
Bert Chapman
- Subjects
History ,Political History ,Geography ,Australian Studies ,International Relations ,Peace and Conflict Studies ,Political Science ,Australia ,Industrial Organization ,geopolitics ,Public Policy ,security ,Defense and Security Studies ,International and Area Studies ,Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration ,Public Economics ,History of the Pacific Islands ,Political Economy ,Military Studies ,defense ,white paper ,Comparative Politics ,Economic Policy ,Military History - Abstract
Australia released the newest edition of its Defense White Paper, describing Canberra’s current and emerging national security priorities, on February 25, 2016. This continues a tradition of issuing defense white papers since 1976. This work will examine and analyze the contents of this document as well as previous Australian defense white papers, scholarly literature, and political statements assessing their geopolitical significance. It will also examine public input into Australian defense white papers and the emerging role of social media in this public involvement. It concludes by evaluating whether Australia has the political will and economic resources necessary to fulfill its geopolitical and national security aspirations.
- Published
- 2016
15. History and Korean studies work-integrated learning library internships: Past students and host-supervisors' reflections.
- Author
-
DEWI, ANITA and VELASQUEZ, DIANE L.
- Subjects
HISTORY ,SUPERVISION of employees ,TEAMS in the workplace ,QUALITATIVE research ,RESEARCH funding ,ACADEMIC libraries ,INTERNSHIP programs ,INTERVIEWING ,STUDENTS ,COLLEGE teacher attitudes ,RESEARCH methodology ,ABILITY ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,STUDENT attitudes ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,TRAINING ,EMPLOYMENT ,VIDEO recording - Abstract
The paper presents an evaluation of History and Korean Studies WIL internships at Monash University Library, focusing on past students' views of the program in relation to their future career, and past host-supervisors' perceptions of its benefits. Data collection for the qualitative research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with past students and host-supervisors. The results revealed that both past students and hostsupervisors expected the internships to facilitate students to gain hands-on experiences and develop 'soft-skills.' There was a gap where past host-supervisors consistently mentioned teamwork in their expectations, yet none of the past students had teamwork as one of their expectations. Both past students and host-supervisors view the program as beneficial for students, therefore, they suggested that the programs continue to be offered. Upon being asked what the benefits of internships were for themselves however, the host-supervisors put forward benefits that were more related to the library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2023
16. Australian medical imaging and world war one.
- Author
-
Barclay, Luke C. and Mandarano, Giovanni
- Subjects
WORLD War I ,DIAGNOSTIC imaging ,X-ray imaging ,AUSTRALIAN history ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,TECHNOLOGICAL progress - Abstract
Twenty years after the birth of medical imaging from Röntgen's 1895 discovery, military authorities understood the advantage of visualising injuries of wounded soldiers and monitoring their treatment. In World War One, medical imaging equipment was difficult to use and had to be operated in challenging environments. The most common use of x‐rays was the imaging of metallic foreign bodies such as bullets and shrapnel lodged within a soldier's body. The need to diagnose, manage war injuries and return soldiers to battle, led to medical imaging innovations including alternate means to record an image, better x‐ray tubes and an early form of tomography. Such technological advancements were made by scientists serving their respective countries. With information sourced from the Australian War Memorial archives, this paper also focusses on the experiences of an Australian wartime radiographer. This investigation demonstrates the importance, sacrifice and skills of men and women who took on the difficult task of medical imaging in the first truly world‐based conflict. It highlights how a new profession and associated technology emerged as an important tool in military medicine. Importantly, our profession's history within the context of military history should be preserved, while also honouring the legacy of individuals who contributed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
17. The Experiences of Nikkei-Australian Soldiers During World War II.
- Author
-
WHILEY, SHANNON
- Subjects
MILITARY personnel ,WORLD War II ,NATIONALISM ,MILITARY service ,CULTURAL identity - Abstract
This paper is a biographical case study that explores the distinct experiences of three Australian-born Japanese (hereafter, Nikkei-Australians) who volunteered for Australian military service during World War II: Mario Takasuka, Joseph Suzuki and Winston Ide. It examines the social and political context in which these soldiers lived, concluding that they faced a disconnect between the way they were viewed by the government, their local communities and themselves. Notions of identity and nationalism are also explored in the context of World War II and the White Australia Policy, and are compared with the experiences of non-European soldiers in Australia and Nikkei soldiers abroad. The paper also highlights the ambiguous position of Nikkei-Australian soldiers with respect to military enlistment. At the time, legislation allowed for Nikkei-Australians to be variously classified as loyal citizens capable of enlistment, as not sufficiently 'Australian' for duty, or as enemy aliens, depending upon how it was applied in each case. Because there was no uniform approach within the government for applying these laws, the experiences of Nikkei-Australians vastly differed, as illustrated by the stories of the individuals profiled in this study. These stories are important as they add to the growing body of knowledge around non-white Australians who served in World War II, and remind us of how the pro-white, anti-Japanese atmosphere within Australia at the time affected those within the community who did not fit the mould of the White Australian ideal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2018
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
18. The Survival of Aboriginal Australians through the Harshest Time in Human History: Community-Strength.
- Author
-
Charles, James A. and O'Brien, Lewis
- Subjects
ABORIGINAL Australians ,BIOLOGICAL extinction ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,ANTHROPOMETRY ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
Aboriginal People have inhabited the Australian continent before time began, but archaeologists and anthropologists state there is evidence for approximately 51,000 to 71,000 years of continual habitation. During this time, the Australian continent has experienced many environmental and climatic changes, which have contributed to mass animal extinction. The skeletal remains of Aboriginal Australians were examined for evidence, which may be indicative of fast running which would assist survival. The skull and mandible bones of the Kaurna People were examined for signs evolutional traits related to survival. Aboriginal culture, knowledge of medical treatment and traditional medicines were also investigated. Oral storytelling of factual events, passed down unchanged for millennia, contributed to survival. The Kaurna People exhibited evolutionary facial features that would have assisted survival. Kaurna People had excellent knowledge of medicine and the capacity to heal their community members. The process of mobility and relocation may have embedded the need to be mobile in some Aboriginal Australian cultures, and why many Aboriginal tribes did not invest too much time and resources in building permanent structures and dwellings. Navigating these extremely harsh, rapidly changing conditions is an incredible story of survival of Aboriginal Australians. The findings of this investigation suggest that Aboriginal Australians' survival methods were complex and multi-faceted. Although this paper could not examine every survival method, perhaps Aboriginal Peoples' knowledge of flora and fauna, (for nourishment and medicine) living in clans, and avoiding mass cohabitation was paramount to our survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2020
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
19. Australia's Minor Concessions to Japanese Citizens under the White Australia Policy.
- Author
-
TOMOKO HORIKAWA
- Subjects
JAPANESE people ,CITIZENS ,IMMIGRATION law ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
This paper explores concessions made by Australian authorities concerning Japanese immigration during the era of the White Australia Policy in the early twentieth century. Australia's Immigration Restriction Act was introduced in December 1901. As the major piece of legislation in the White Australia Policy, the act made it virtually impossible for non-Europeans to migrate to Australia. However, Japanese people enjoyed a special position among non-Europeans under the White Australia Policy thanks to Japan's growing international status as a civilised power at the time, as well as its sustained diplomatic pressure on Australia. While the Commonwealth was determined to exclude Japanese permanent settlers, it sought ways to render the policy of exclusion less offensive to the Japanese. In the early 1900s, two minor modifications to the Immigration Restriction Act were implemented in order to relax the restrictions imposed on Japanese citizens. Moreover, in the application of Commonwealth immigration laws, Japanese people received far more lenient treatment than other non-Europeans and were afforded respect and extra courtesies by Australian officials. Nevertheless, these concessions Australia made to Japanese citizens were minor, and the Commonwealth government maintained its basic policy of excluding Japanese permanent settlers from Australia. This paper shows that, despite continued diplomatic efforts, Japan was fundamentally unable to change pre-war Australia's basic policy regarding the exclusion of Japanese permanent settlers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2020
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
20. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANTENNAE-FLOWERED UTRIOULARIA OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA.
- Author
-
NUNN, RICHARD
- Abstract
In northern Australia there grows a most remarkable group of 6 species of Utricularia with flesh-coloured flowers and an upper or lower corolla lip that has transformed into a pair of tall, erect antennae-like flower lobes. These characters are quite unusual for the genus, and there are numerous hypotheses as to the reasons for these adaptions, the most likely being sexual floral mimicry to attract a pollinator. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of this highly unusual complex, which includes a botanical history and summarised treatments of each species to provide the reader with the key characters necessary to identify these taxa in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
21. “Volatile, feral and glamorous": Australia's Women's Warehouse.
- Author
-
Mayhew, Louise R.
- Subjects
SOCIAL conditions in Australia ,SOCIAL conditions of women ,LESBIAN activists ,LESBIAN separatism ,HISTORY - Abstract
The Women’s Warehouse (1979–1981) provided a short-lived and unofficial headquarters for the social and cultural activity of the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) in Sydney, Australia. This paper writes an introductory history to the Women’s Warehouse through the case study of the Women’s Warehouse Screenprinters, one of the most significant collectives to operate in the space. This approach allows for a focused understanding of how feminist ideologies were interpreted and implemented by members of the house via, for example, collective ownership, group authorship, commitment to local community concerns and the non-sexist representation of women. The Women’s Warehouse was an unproclaimed, yet undeniably, lesbian feminist space. This paper begins research into the feminist politics, presentation and perception of the house. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2015
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
22. Crowdsourcing Downunder.
- Author
-
Hendery, Rachel and Gibson, Jason
- Subjects
- *
CROWDSOURCING , *ANTHROPOLOGY , *DIGITAL humanities , *DATA analysis , *AUTOMATION - Abstract
In this paper we report on the experience of two research projects that intended to experiment with crowdsourcing models for opening up their scholarly materials to the wider public. Both the Howitt & Fison project, and Mapping Print; Charting Enlightenment were designed to take into consideration particularities of the Australian academic environment: in the former case, sensitivities around materials relating to First Peoples; in both cases, geographical distance from potentially interested communities, and the difficulties of formal recognition and categorisation of time spent on activities that lie at the intersection of research and outreach. They had similar challenges in terms of needing to process a large amount of data before analysis and progress towards the projects' main research goals could begin. They also had similar goals in terms of eventual use of the project data, for example, making historical texts available online, and producing maps, networks, timelines and digital exhibitions of images and texts. In the end, one project has found crowdsourcing invaluable for building connections with interested publics the other discovered that crowdsourcing was not necessary to produce the results the project needed, and has moved away from this to focus its efforts instead on the linking of existing data and automation of structuring and categorisation. This paper discusses how the projects came to take these different directions, and how the above-mentioned Australian contexts contributed to their evolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
23. A PRIORI AND A POSTERIORI GEOLOGICAL MAPPING. THE GEOLOGICAL MAPS OF THE WORLD BY AMI BOUÉ (1843) AND JULES MARCOU (1861)--THE AUSTRALASIAN ASPECTS.
- Author
-
OLDROYD, DAVID
- Subjects
GEOLOGICAL mapping ,WORLD maps ,NINETEENTH century ,HISTORY ,MAPS - Abstract
The paper describes and discusses the work done in producing the first geological maps of the world--by Ami Boué (1843) and Jules Marcou (1861)--and their later editions. Boué had a remarkably wide knowledge of geology through his own field investigations and his vast knowledge of the geological literature. The same may be said of Marcou. But their approaches to 'global mapping' were very different. Boué was greatly influenced by Elie de Beaumont and also the idea that geographical knowledge could in itself facilitate the formulation of geological hypotheses and make possible producing geological maps for areas that had not yet been examined by geologists. He did, however, also make use, where possible, of written reports of areas that he had not visited. He described his work as a priori mapping, with the use of analogical reasoning. Marcou's geological mapping likewise drew on his extremely extensive field experience and geological reading, but he did not colour in the parts of the globe for which he lacked any information. Coming eighteen years after Boué, there was inevitably more information available to Marcou. Their two efforts, procedures and results are examined for Australia and New Zealand, which neither of them ever visited. An attempt is made to identify the sources that each of them might have used. The paper provides reproductions of the maps that Boué and Marcou produced, and discusses the successes and failures of their enterprises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2014
24. Crowdsourcing Downunder.
- Author
-
Hendery, Rachel and Gibson, Jason
- Subjects
- *
CROWDSOURCING , *PUBLIC sector , *SENSITIVITY analysis , *DIGITAL humanities , *SOCIAL history - Abstract
In this paper we report on the experience of two research projects that intended to experiment with crowdsourcing models for opening up their scholarly materials to the wider public. Both the Howitt & Fison project, and Mapping Print; Charting Enlightenment were designed to take into consideration particularities of the Australian academic environment: in the former case, sensitivities around materials relating to First Peoples; in both cases, geographical distance from potentially interested communities, and the difficulties of formal recognition and categorisation of time spent on activities that lie at the intersection of research and outreach. They had similar challenges in terms of needing to process a large amount of data before analysis and progress towards the projects' main research goals could begin. They also had similar goals in terms of eventual use of the project data, for example, making historical texts available online, and producing maps, networks, timelines and digital exhibitions of images and texts. In the end, one project has found crowdsourcing invaluable for building connections with interested publics the other discovered that crowdsourcing was not necessary to produce the results the project needed, and has moved away from this to focus its efforts instead on the linking of existing data and automation of structuring and categorisation. This paper discusses how the projects came to take these different directions, and how the above-mentioned Australian contexts contributed to their evolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2018
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
25. Challenges for ethics committees in biomedical research governance: illustrations from China and Australia.
- Author
-
Cao Huanhuan, Ming Li, Mingxu Wang, Roder, David, and Olver, Ian
- Subjects
- *
ETHICS committees , *BIOETHICS , *MEDICAL research , *RESEARCH ethics , *CULTURAL values , *CLINICAL governance , *DATA privacy - Abstract
In this paper, the evolution of the ethics committees for health research, their history, membership, and function in China and Australia is described. Investigators in each country compared the history and governance of their ethical systems based on the published evidence rather than personal opinions. Similarly, examples of challenges were selected from the literature. In both countries, the aim was to maximize the social benefits of research and minimize the risk imposed on the participants. Common challenges include maintaining independence, funding and delivering timely ethical reviews of the research projects. These challenges can be difficult where research ethics committees rely on voluntary contributions and lack a strong resource base. They must adapt to the increasingly rapid pace of research as well as the technological sophistication. Population health research can challenge the conventional views of consent and privacy. The principles of the sound ethical review are common in both countries; governance arrangements and operational procedures, however, can differ, reflecting the cultural values and norms of their host countries and in respect of legal environments. By studying the evolution and function of ethics committees in the two countries, we established the differences in the governance and health systems, while similar ethical objectives helped sustain collaborative research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2021
26. The historian activist and the Gift to the Nation project: Preserving the records of the Australian Red Cross
- Author
-
Oppenheimer
- Published
- 2020
27. Sorting out nuclear concerns: The Australian uranium debate from Jervis Bay to Ringwood's Synroc.
- Author
-
Candela, Andrea
- Subjects
NUCLEAR energy ,URANIUM ,SYNROC ,RADIOACTIVE waste disposal ,NUCLEAR nonproliferation ,TWENTIETH century ,GOVERNMENT policy ,HISTORY - Abstract
This paper critically considers the history of nuclear energy in Australia, placing particular emphasis on the strong debate about uranium mining and exporting which occurred between the late 1960s and early 1980s. Though this topic has been already analyzed by different historical studies and through numerous methodological approaches, some issues of the Australian as well as international 'atomic debate' which involved civil uses of nuclear power in the second half of the 20th century remain under-investigated. This article, for instance, focuses on the little-known and seldom popularized history of Synroc which, in the late 1970s, was presented as the 'geological perspective' to deal with radioactive waste disposal. The matters under discussion here are particularly important because of their links with some key issues still prevalent in the international nuclear debate, such as nuclear safety, atomic weapons proliferation and the safe disposal of nuclear wastes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2017
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
28. Foundations built of sand: historical reflections on contemporary concerns in Australian library and information science.
- Author
-
Carroll, Mary
- Subjects
LIBRARY school students ,LIBRARIES ,LIBRARY education ,HISTORY of education ,DIVERSITY in the workplace - Abstract
This opinion piece reflects on some critical questions being asked today about Australian library and information science (LIS). It explores some of the foundations of such questions to provide an historical perspective on contemporary Australian LIS practice. This paper contends that lack of historical perspectives amongst recent graduates contributes to a sense of professional isolation, and there is a need to place contemporary concerns within a broader and deeper professional landscape if the profession is to successfully address contemporary concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2016
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
29. The Experiences of Nikkei-Australian Soldiers During World War II
- Author
-
Shannon Whiley
- Subjects
Australia ,Japan ,Japanese Australian ,diaspora ,history ,military history ,White Australia Policy ,Nikkei ,politics ,Second Australian Imperial Force ,social and cultural identity ,soldiers ,state ,minorities ,stereotypes ,race ,nationality ,World War II ,Japanese language and literature ,PL501-889 - Abstract
This paper is a biographical case study that explores the distinct experiences of three Australian-born Japanese (hereafter, Nikkei-Australians) who volunteered for Australian military service during World War II: Mario Takasuka, Joseph Suzuki and Winston Ide. It examines the social and political context in which these soldiers lived, concluding that they faced a disconnect between the way they were viewed by the government, their local communities and themselves. Notions of identity and nationalism are also explored in the context of World War II and the White Australia Policy, and are compared with the experiences of non-European soldiers in Australia and Nikkei soldiers abroad. The paper also highlights the ambiguous position of Nikkei-Australian soldiers with respect to military enlistment. At the time, legislation allowed for Nikkei-Australians to be variously classified as loyal citizens capable of enlistment, as not sufficiently ‘Australian’ for duty, or as enemy aliens, depending upon how it was applied in each case. Because there was no uniform approach within the government for applying these laws, the experiences of Nikkei-Australians vastly differed, as illustrated by the stories of the individuals profiled in this study. These stories are important as they add to the growing body of knowledge around non-white Australians who served in World War II, and remind us of how the pro-white, anti-Japanese atmosphere within Australia at the time affected those within the community who did not fit the mould of the White Australian ideal.
- Published
- 2018
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
30. Crowdsourcing Downunder
- Author
-
Rachel Hendery and Jason Gibson
- Subjects
Crowdsourcing ,anthropology ,history ,digital humanities ,Australia ,Bibliography. Library science. Information resources - Abstract
In this paper we report on the experience of two research projects that intended to experiment with crowdsourcing models for opening up their scholarly materials to the wider public. Both the 'Howitt & Fison' project, and 'Mapping Print; Charting Enlightenment' were designed to take into consideration particularities of the Australian academic environment: in the former case, sensitivities around materials relating to First Peoples; in both cases, geographical distance from potentially interested communities, and the difficulties of formal recognition and categorisation of time spent on activities that lie at the intersection of research and outreach. They had similar challenges in terms of needing to process a large amount of data before analysis and progress towards the projects’ main research goals could begin. They also had similar goals in terms of eventual use of the project data, for example, making historical texts available online, and producing maps, networks, timelines and digital exhibitions of images and texts. In the end, one project has found crowdsourcing invaluable for building connections with interested publics the other discovered that crowdsourcing was not necessary to produce the results the project needed, and has moved away from this to focus its efforts instead on the linking of existing data and automation of structuring and categorisation. This paper discusses how the projects came to take these different directions, and how the above-mentioned Australian contexts contributed to their evolution.
- Published
- 2019
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
31. Documenting Australian Society: Progress report on an initiative of the UNESCO Australian Memory of the world committee
- Author
-
Cunningham, Adrian
- Published
- 2023
32. Responses to government-imposed restrictions: The sound of Australia's church bells one year after the onset of COVID-19
- Author
-
Murray Parker and Dirk H R Spennenmann
- Subjects
Value (ethics) ,geography ,Soundscape ,Government ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,History ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Social distance ,Australia ,Declaration ,COVID-19 ,Special Issue on Covid-19 Pandemic Acoustic Effects ,Public domain ,Silence ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Law ,Humans ,Pandemics ,Sound (geography) - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how a stochastic disruptive event can dramatically alter community soundscapes. Whilst religious bells have symbolism in many worldwide faiths, the sound emanating from church bells can be considered public domain and therefore, is not exclusive to the church. Pandemic-related interruption of these sounds impacts not only the church involved, but both the surrounding soundscape and any members of the community who ascribe value to these sounds. This paper examines the soundscape of Christian churches in the states of New South Wales and Victoria, to give an Australian perspective one year after the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. It provides an update of the situation in Australia, building on our previous work from August of that year. In doing so, it explores the activity of church tower bell ringing, and how this “non-essential” activity has been affected, both during and subsequent to the heavy community restrictions applied in Australia. The paper also explores what lengths bellringers have undertaken to be permitted to conduct such activities, such as the use of adaptive measures due to “social distancing”, and considers what implications this enforced silence has in similar soundscapes elsewhere in the world.
- Published
- 2021
33. Usurping Indigenous sovereignty through everchanging legal fictions
- Author
-
McKenna, Beth and Wardle, Ben
- Published
- 2019
34. Australian medical imaging and world war one
- Author
-
Luke C. Barclay and Giovanni Mandarano
- Subjects
Australia ,history ,medical imaging ,radiography ,World War one ,Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine ,R895-920 - Abstract
Abstract Twenty years after the birth of medical imaging from Röntgen's 1895 discovery, military authorities understood the advantage of visualising injuries of wounded soldiers and monitoring their treatment. In World War One, medical imaging equipment was difficult to use and had to be operated in challenging environments. The most common use of x‐rays was the imaging of metallic foreign bodies such as bullets and shrapnel lodged within a soldier's body. The need to diagnose, manage war injuries and return soldiers to battle, led to medical imaging innovations including alternate means to record an image, better x‐ray tubes and an early form of tomography. Such technological advancements were made by scientists serving their respective countries. With information sourced from the Australian War Memorial archives, this paper also focusses on the experiences of an Australian wartime radiographer. This investigation demonstrates the importance, sacrifice and skills of men and women who took on the difficult task of medical imaging in the first truly world‐based conflict. It highlights how a new profession and associated technology emerged as an important tool in military medicine. Importantly, our profession's history within the context of military history should be preserved, while also honouring the legacy of individuals who contributed.
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
35. Public sector audit history in Britain and Australia.
- Author
-
Bunn, Michelle, Pilcher, Robyn, and Gilchrist, David
- Subjects
GOVERNMENT accountability ,PUBLIC sector ,AUDITING ,PUBLIC administration ,CONSTITUTIONAL reform - Abstract
The introduction of an independent public sector audit function was a critical element in the nineteenth century constitutional reforms of parliamentary and government accountability and created an essential precedent for current practice. By examining the extent of scholarly research on public sector audit history, findings reveal considerable research examined the teleological development of public sector audit and the modern history in a New Public Management context. However, there has been very little published regarding the complex rationales around the origins, development and importance of independent public sector audit notwithstanding that without an appreciation of these precedents it becomes very difficult to protect the Westminster-based system of democratic government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2018
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
36. The Promises of Pests: Wildlife in Agricultural Landscapes.
- Author
-
O'Gorman, Emily and van Dooren, Thom
- Abstract
This paper explores the place of pest species in agricultural landscapes in Australia. Drawing on historical, ethnographic and philosophical research, we consider the very particular-reductive, utilitarian, monological-ways of understanding and valuing landscapes that lead to some animals being classified as pests. We propose that paying attention to pests might offer a productive way into challenging these logics and opening up more creative and inclusive agricultural possibilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2017
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
37. The weather is never neutral: Then and now
- Author
-
Jeremy Rees
- Subjects
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,History ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Communication ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Cold War ,Communication. Mass media ,Media studies ,Australia ,COVID-19 ,P87-96 ,Pacific ,Journalism. The periodical press, etc ,PN4699-5650 ,Perception ,Cold war ,weather reports ,Reflection (computer graphics) ,media_common ,New Zealand - Abstract
Reporting on the weather may seem at first glance to be a very light story, but it can actually be a serious reflection of how we see ourselves and our changing perception of the world. In 1996, the author embarked on a light-hearted survey of 23 daily papers to find what New Zealand news-papers’ weather reports said about their attitudes to the world. In the middle of the 2020 COVID lockdown he reran the survey to see what had changed. © 2021, Pacific Media Centre, Auckland University of Technology. All rights reserved.
- Published
- 2021
38. Professionalisation and public relations education: Industry accreditation of Australian university courses in the early 1990s.
- Author
-
Fitch, Kate
- Subjects
- *
PUBLIC relations educations , *PROFESSIONALIZATION , *EDUCATIONAL accreditation , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges , *CURRICULUM , *VOCATIONAL guidance - Abstract
This paper investigates the Public Relations Institute of Australia's introduction in 1991 of a national accreditation programme for university courses. Drawing on an analysis of previously unstudied industry archives, it identifies four themes significant for industry perspectives of education: public relations knowledge; industry expectations and experience; public relations curricula; and academic legitimacy. While university education was perceived by institute members to demonstrate the professional standing of public relations, the findings reveal divergent understandings of its role and content and identify considerable resistance to the institutionalisation of public relations knowledge. At the same time, the expansion and marketisation of higher education led to the introduction of new, vocational courses such as public relations. The significance of this study is it offers new insights into the development of Australian public relations education and the role of the professional association. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2014
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
39. Australia’s Power Structures and the Legitimisation of Soccer (2003-2015)
- Author
-
Harper, Andrew
- Subjects
History ,Sociology ,Soccer ,Australia ,Football ,Theory - Abstract
The codification of the football games played in Australia is a hotly contested stream of sports studies. Whilst it is not clear when, where and why soccer was first played, what is not hotly contested is that from its establishment and until 2003 it was a marginalised game, certainly compared with the mainstream Australian football games (Rugby Union, Australian Rules football and Rugby League). This move to the mainstream commenced with the implementation of Crawford Report (2003). Soccer’s Australian story was thereafter divided into two eras, pre-and post-Crawford (2003). This PhD with publications set out to understand this transformation by accessing the very protagonists who were responsible for it. This included, amongst others, former Prime Minister John Howard, Frank Lowy and David Crawford as well as key funding stakeholders, sport administrators, media and television broadcast partners. The data generated from interviews with this purposive sample of powerful people was coded and analysed using thematic analysis as outlined by Braun and Clarke (2006). From this, Weber’s (1948) legitimacy theoretical framework was applied to understand the phenomenon. This theory posits that legitimacy has three key derivatives (charismatic, traditional, legal/rational). This data addressed the reasons why powerful people legitimised soccer whilst also providing the lens to better understand soccer’s place in Australia. From this thesis, six peer reviewed publications emerged in multi-disciplinary outlets, explaining the status and legitimisation of Australian soccer. These include a historiography of the literature that has thus far explained the sport, an historical paper which challenges the notion of ethnicity as being soccer’s key pivot, as well as a comparative papers that reinforce the legitimisation processes in different countries (China and the USA) and as they relate to Australia.
- Published
- 2020
40. Archives and the Australian Great War centenary: Retrospect and prospect
- Author
-
Piggott
- Published
- 2020
41. '‘The Tragedy of the Punch Drunk': Reading Concussion in Australian Sporting Newspapers, 1843–1954'
- Author
-
Stephen Townsend
- Subjects
sports related concussion ,history ,Australia ,newspapers ,media analysis ,concussion ,Sports ,GV557-1198.995 - Abstract
Australian cultural attitudes toward sports related concussion (SRC) are understudied. Australia has a long history of valorising combat, collision, and contact sports, in which SRC is a common occurrence. It is therefore vital to understand how sociocultural and historical factors shape Australian attitudes toward SRC, in order to more critically evaluate the decisions made by athletes, parents, coaches, and others with regards to risk and brain injury in sport. This paper analyzed historical representations of SRC in Australian sporting newspapers between 1803 and 1954. Using distant reading, this analysis revealed four distinct periods of increased press discourse about “concussion,” which were subject to interrogation via close reading. Close reading revealed that concussion was being reported in the Australian sporting press as early as 1859. Further analysis revealed critical and scientifically informed discussions about the delayed effects of concussion in 1901, systemic critiques of sporting organizations' response to concussion in 1906, and evidence of a limited concussion crisis in Australian boxing during the early 1930s. The findings of this research show that concussion was not only being reported in Australian newspapers throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but it was subject to critical and informed commentary that has striking similarities with current debates about SRC. Despite this, widespread systematic changes to Australian sport did not occur until recently. This raises important questions about the political and institutional factors that prevented a major concussion crisis from developing in Australia during the early twentieth century, and prompts us to further consider the distinguishing features that facilitated the development of the current crisis.
- Published
- 2021
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
42. Depositions, household space and ownership in colonial New South Wales
- Author
-
Byrne
- Published
- 2019
43. Women and Ultramodern Buddhism in Australia
- Author
-
Jayne Garrod, Laura Gobey, and Anna Halafoff
- Subjects
feminism ,060303 religions & theology ,060101 anthropology ,History ,Anthropology ,ultramodernity ,lcsh:BL1-2790 ,Modernity ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Buddhism ,Religious studies ,Australia ,06 humanities and the arts ,0603 philosophy, ethics and religion ,Feminism ,lcsh:Religions. Mythology. Rationalism ,Scholarship ,women ,modern Buddhism ,Edited volume ,0601 history and archaeology ,media_common - Abstract
Buddhists started arriving in Australia in large numbers during the mid-1800s, and the first Buddhist societies and centres began to be formed in the mid-late 1900s. This paper examines the role of women in bringing Buddhism to and establishing it in Australia. Women have featured prominently in a small amount of scholarship, including Paul Croucher’s (1989) Buddhism in Australia: 1848–1988 and Cristina Rocha and Michelle Barker’s (eds. 2011) edited volume on Buddhism in Australia: Traditions in Change. This paper draws on these sources, but primarily on more recent digital oral histories of prominent Buddhist women and men in Australia, recorded as part of the first stage of the Buddhist Life Stories of Australia project in 2014–2015. These first-hand accounts bring the early female pioneers of Buddhism in Australia to life and provide a rich re-telling of this history with emphasis on women’s contributions to it. We also argue that these women’s experiences can best be understood through a framework of ‘ultramodern Buddhism,’ built upon theories of modern and post-modern Buddhism, as many of these women were trailblazers bridging dualisms of tradition and modernity, Asia and the West, and adhering to both feminist and Buddhist principles.
- Published
- 2018
44. Ethnoarchaeology and Rock Art: Potential, Perspectives and Ethics
- Author
-
Sally K. May, Claire Smith, and Inés Domingo
- Subjects
Ethics ,Archeology ,History ,Etnoarqueologia ,Australia ,Ética ,Ethnoarchaeology ,Arte rupestre ,Training (civil) ,Ethnology ,Rock Art ,Rock art ,Northern territory - Abstract
Este artículo reflexiona de manera crítica sobre el potencial de la investigación etnoarqueológica para contribuir a la comprensión de los procesos de creación y el uso del arte rupestre. A diferencia de la mayor parte de los estudios arqueológicos, centrados en el estudio de materiales y objetos separados de sus autores desde hace mucho tiempo, la investigación etnoarqueológica implica trabajar con personas y restos contemporáneos y requiere una atención a sensibilidades culturales que pueden ser notablemente distintas a las del investigador. Por ello, también reflexionaremos sobre las implicaciones éticas y metodológicas de este tipo de investigación, que a nuestro juicio pueden resultar particularmente relevantes para los investigadores españoles, dada la falta de formación etnoarqueológica de las universidades españolas. Las reflexiones presentadas en este artículo son fruto de una larga experiencia colaborando y aprendiendo de los Ancianos y de los artistas de varias comunidades Aborígenes situadas en el oeste de la Tierra de Arnhem y en la región de Barunga (Territorio del Norte, Australia). This paper critically reflects on the potential of ethnoarchaeological research to contribute to our understanding of the creation and use of rock art. While most archaeology focuses on material culture separated through time from their makers, ethnoarchaeological research involves working with people and contemporary objects and requires an attention to cultural sensitivities that may differ significantly from those of the researcher. We also reflect, therefore, on the ethics of ethnoarchaeological research. This is particularly relevant to Spanish researchers given the lack of training available in this area at Spanish universities. The reflections summarized in this paper are built upon our long-term experience collaborating and learning from Aboriginal Elders and artists from several communities in western Arnhem Land and the Barunga region of the Northern Territory (Australia).
- Published
- 2018
45. Finding a Space for Women: The British Medical Association and Women Doctors in Australia, 1880-1939
- Author
-
Louella R McCarthy
- Subjects
History ,060106 history of social sciences ,education ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,BMA ,Space (commercial competition) ,Profession ,Physicians, Women ,1880s–1930s ,Group cohesiveness ,Humans ,0601 history and archaeology ,Sociology ,Association (psychology) ,General Nursing ,Societies, Medical ,Australia ,Gender ,Gender studies ,History, 19th Century ,06 humanities and the arts ,Articles ,History, 20th Century ,humanities ,United Kingdom ,060105 history of science, technology & medicine ,Medical profession ,Medicine ,Professional association ,Female ,Period (music) - Abstract
This paper examines the experiences of women in one professional organisation – the British Medical Association in Australia – during a significant period in the development of such bodies. In doing so it offers an opportunity to consider the relationship between professional societies and the construction of a gendered profession. For the medical profession in particular the time-frame of this study, from the 1880s to the 1930s, has been regarded by scholars as especially important. In this period various features of medical professionalism came to prominence: the status and authority of doctors, the processes of formally registering medical credentials, and the scope and cohesiveness of professional associations. Taking the third of these themes, the current paper extends previous analyses by uniting gender with history and medicine as the central point of examination, in order to evaluate the changing and contested positions of women within the profession. In this way we not only demonstrate how the history of professional societies can reveal the diverse beliefs and shifting priorities of their members, but also contribute to explaining the remarkable persistence of gendered differences in the medical profession.
- Published
- 2017
46. E-tailing in Australia: A preliminary analysis of David Jones
- Author
-
Jun Xu, Xiangzhu Gao, and John P. Hammond
- Subjects
History ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,David Jones ,Australia ,Omni-Channel ,Art history ,E-tailing ,E tailing ,lcsh:QA75.5-76.95 ,GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS ,Preliminary analysis ,ComputingMilieux_GENERAL ,Department Store ,Click-and-Mortar ,lcsh:Technology (General) ,lcsh:T1-995 ,lcsh:Electronic computers. Computer science ,Law and economics - Abstract
Compared with other countries, especially China, United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, Australiars online retail fall behind in terms of both its sale and percentage contribution to the total retail. This paper analyses David Jones, which is typical of large department store chains, and Australian e-tailing environment as a case study to identify enablers for and obstacle to the advancement of e-tailing in Australia. Based on the analysis, the paper provides David Jones with recommendations on internal improvement, supply chain, customer relationship, and adoption of emerging technologies. Future research will be conducted to investigate if the recommendations are also applicable for other Australian retailers.
- Published
- 2017
47. Migration, Continuity and Creativity in the Tropics
- Author
-
Alperhan Babacan and Hurriyet Babacan
- Subjects
Cultural Studies ,030506 rehabilitation ,History ,Literature and Literary Theory ,media_common.quotation_subject ,arts ,Immigration ,Social Sciences ,australia ,multiculturalism ,The arts ,lcsh:Social Sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,landscapes ,0302 clinical medicine ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,narratives ,Cultural diversity ,Nation-building ,Narrative ,indigenous ,Citizenship ,creativity ,media_common ,Literature ,business.industry ,Media studies ,tropical ,stories ,Art ,Creativity ,multicultural ,culture ,lcsh:H ,Urban Studies ,Multiculturalism ,cultural diversity ,0305 other medical science ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) - Abstract
Tropical Australia is a multicultural mosaic fashioned by various waves of migration and ancient Indigenous cultures. Migration, cultural diversity and multiculturalism have been at the heart of nation building in Australia. Tropical Australia represents a unique blend of cultures, landscapes and traditions. Stories of migration, by the host society and by the immigrants, themselves are embedded with celebratory and fearful narratives. Immigrants to Tropical Australia have used their culture, arts, food and handcrafts as the initial point of building bridges with the society they found themselves transposed into. The early policies of multiculturalism were founded on recognition of cultural practice. This paper explores the role of creativity and multicultural arts in contemporary Tropical Australia from an enriching or a critical perspective. It is argued that the role of multicultural arts has been under-estimated in Australia generally. The building of a pluralistic and inclusive society requires genuine representation (and voice) of all groups, shared experiences and a narrative that supports a deeper understanding of diversity. Using examples from tropical Australia, the paper posits that multicultural arts and creativity are important elements of identity development across generations of immigrant families and communities, legacy transmission and cultural preservation, social cohesion, social inclusion and citizenship and civic participation.
- Published
- 2016
48. Women, Football and History: International Perspectives
- Author
-
Jean Williams and Rob Hess
- Subjects
History ,Australian Rules ,Football ,Australia ,American football ,Gender studies ,Advertising ,United States ,Scholarship ,Britain ,American Football ,Soccer ,Women ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,New Zealand - Abstract
Special edition of the International Journal of the History of Sport The papers in this collection, however, have their focus on developments related to women and football that occur outside the locus of established scholarship. In particular, the studies concentrate on the geographic locations of New Zealand, Australia and the USA, and, unique for such a collection, the papers cover four major football codes. The investigations are also not limited to women playing football, but female spectators and coterie groups are also considered. In terms of variety, different methodological and theoretical approaches are adopted, and a range of time periods are reflected on, as outlined below. Jennifer Curtin kicks-off the collection with reflections on women’s engagement with rugby union in New Zealand, stretching her investigation back to some of the earliest newspaper references to female involvement in the code between 1870 and 1920. As she notes, a picture emerges. Women from both the lower and middle classes of New Zealand society clearly supported the game of rugby as spectators, supporters and fans. But the reception to this involvement was mixed, and sometimes seen as distinctly unsuitable. In addition, claims Curtin, women’s involvement was often informal and localized, and it is this feature, she says, that helps to explain women’s virtual invisibility in the histories of rugby union in New Zealand. Barbara Cox and Richard Pringle, while also focusing on New Zealand, hone in on a different code and on two particular time periods. In their study, they draw heavily on the works of Michel Foucault to examine how women’s bodies, exercise and motherhood impacted on the historical development of female soccer in New Zealand in 1921 and between 1973 and 1975. Employing Foucault’s genealogical framework they not only analyze newspaper reports, and historical documents, but they conduct in-depth interviews to demonstrate how medical/scientific discourses both inhibited and aided the involvement of women in football. Their conclusion is that while medical knowledge was used to publically disqualify the legitimacy of the female footballer in 1921, the absence of such medical knowledge in the early 1970s, combined with other factors, paved the way for the eventual ‘normalization’ of female football in New Zealand. A more general overview of women’s soccer in Australia is tackled by Greg Downes, Ian Syson and Roy Hay. They point out that women have fought to overcome active obstruction to their taking part in the sport and their paper provides an outline of the history of the game both nationally and in its international context. Making use of oral testimony, they attempt to capture the experience of some of the pioneers of the women’s game and its modern exponents, along the way revealing some of the ways in which overt and covert discrimination still hampers appreciation of what these women have achieved. In the penultimate paper, Andrew D. Linden mines his doctoral research to look at the contested space associated with women’s American football in the 1970s. Scholarship on the ‘women’s movement’ in the USA has grown in recent years, but as Linden acknowledges, this area has yet to fully incorporate women’s athletic experiences. His paper, based on 13 interviews, brings together these two areas of analysis of women’s experiences of playing professional football. His intent is not to force a feminist mantle on these women or to contest their own self-descriptions. Rather, he attempts to locate their experiences within the larger women’s movement using the notion of ‘contested space’. He convincingly argues that while female football players did not explicitly align with the feminist movement, they were a part of the larger revolution in women’s social rank. Competitive matches of women’s Australian Rules football have been played since 1915, when two workplace teams began a series of games in Perth, Western Australia, with the female code then diffusing east to South Australia and Victoria during the period of the Great War.37 While the women’s game is about to undergo a revolution with the advent of a national league in 2017, Lisa Gye turns her attention from the field of play to examine female coteries in Australian Football League (AFL) clubs. She explains that the AFL has made extensive efforts in the past decade to ensure that Australian Rules football is seen as an inclusive culture that respects and acknowledges the presence of female supporters in its membership base. However, given that women have constituted a significant proportion of the football audience since the inception of the game in the mid-1800s, her view is that this show of support for women is somewhat belated and underpinned by other motivations. In fact, Gye’s paper questions whether recent attempts to acknowledge women as an important constituent group in AFL football culture are genuinely aimed at making AFL club culture more inclusive of women. It remains to be seen how well the new embrace of women’s football by the AFL meshes with, or contradicts, the old attitude displayed towards women’s coterie groups. To conclude more generally, it should now be obvious that any research agenda which emerges from observations on international perspectives concerning the relationship of women with football will continue to resonate and add value to wider understandings of sport and gender. The field of play remains wide open.
- Published
- 2016
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
49. From Localism Towards Localism a personal journey of policy discovery.
- Author
-
Hartwich, Oliver
- Subjects
LOCALISM (Political science) ,GOVERNMENT policy ,NEW Zealand politics & government - Abstract
Localism has become a buzzword in New Zealand politics. Though well-established overseas, it is, however, still a relatively new concept here. In this essay, Oliver Hartwich explains how his experience of German localism shaped his policy work in Britain, Australia and now New Zealand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
50. The He(A)rt of the Witness: Remembering Australian Prisoners of War in Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- Author
-
Rūta Šlapkauskaitė
- Subjects
Linguistics and Language ,pows ,History ,Literature and Literary Theory ,haiku ,australia ,PE1-3729 ,English literature ,Ancient history ,affective remembering ,Witness ,Language and Linguistics ,postmemory ,English language ,richard flanagan ,trauma ,PR1-9680 ,Prisoners of war - Abstract
This paper engages Cathy Caruth’s thinking about trauma, Marianne Hirsch’s notion of postmemory, and Giorgio Agamben’s theorising of bearing witness to examine the affective performance of remembering in Richard Flanagan’s novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Reading the narrative as a postmemorial account of Japan’s internment of Australian POWs in Burma during the Second World War, I focus on the body as a site of both wounding and witnessing to show how the affective relays between pleasure and pain reanimate the epistemological drama of lived experience and highlight the ambivalence of passion as a trope for both suffering and love. Framed by its intertextual homage to Matsuo Bashō’s poetic masterpiece of the same name, the Australian narrative of survival is shown to emerge from the collapse of the referential certainties underlying the binaries of victim/ victimiser, witness/perpetrator, human/inhuman, and remembering/forgetting. In Flanagan’s ethical imagination, bearing witness calls for a visceral rethinking of historical subjectivity that binds the world to consciousness as a source of both brutality and beauty.
- Published
- 2021
Discovery Service for Jio Institute Digital Library
For full access to our library's resources, please sign in.