If you enter ‘solastalgia’ into a Google search, the staggering number and range of results illustrates just how widely the influence of Professor Glenn Albrecht’s concept has spread. From academic research projects to media articles, via papers for the United Nations to punk rock songs, solastalgia has caught the attention and imaginations of many. Professor Albrecht, who heads… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Arts and Humanities
Sir Donald Bradman given out as world’s best
It’s just not cricket. Sir Donald Bradman has been dislodged from the top of cricket’s batting order by India’s Little Master, according to a Griffith University researcher. Dr Nicholas Rohde claims statistics prove Indian batsman, Sachin Tendullkar, not Bradman, is the greatest test batsman who ever lived.
Feminist questions impact of religion on women’s human rights
Well known feminist and University of Melbourne academic Professor Sheila Jeffreys has questioned the impact of region on women’s human rights. Her new book Man’s Dominion: the rise of religion and the eclipse of women’s rights is sure to ruffle feathers in Australia and other countries. Her book focuses on various practices of the world’s… Continue Reading
English teaching in Asia needs radical revision
The teaching of English in south-east Asia needs a radical new approach according to Griffith University languages expert Professor Andy Kirkpatrick. Professor Kirkpatrick says there are now more non-native speakers of English than native. ”In Asia alone, there are more than 800 million multilinguals who use English as a common form of communication, or as a lingua… Continue Reading
Two new Australian films help bring into focus men’s health issues, say experts
Two newly released movies in cinemas this week, ‘The Tall Man’ and ‘Burning Man’, are raising the profile of important men’s health issues in society. Father Paul Hanna and Professor John Macdonald from the Men’s Health Information and Resource Centre (MHIRC) based at the University of Western Sydney are available for comment on these films… Continue Reading
UWS researcher challenges depiction of public housing tenants on SBS TV
UWS researcher Dallas Rogers has urged Australians to question the view of public housing tenants as the “suburban underbelly” of dole bludgers depicted on SBS’s new comedy Housos. Mr Rogers is a Research Fellow with the Australian Research Council funded Resident Voices study, which links public housing tenants in Sydney, Adelaide and Chicago through collaborative research… Continue Reading
Interactive Media Institute event reveals videogames have grown up
A free seat was hard to come by at last week’s GAME event. Consisting of a public debate, ‘The Politics of Play’, and a one-day academic symposium, ‘Theorycraft’, and a festival day, GAME brought together world leading academics, senior industry figures, students and members of the public in unprecedented numbers.
Study backs supported playgroups as a sound start towards literacy
The availability of community-based supported playgroups can be an effective way of enhancing children’s emergent literacies according to the results of a new study with Pacific communities in south-eastern Sydney. Languages researchers from the University of Technology, Sydney have looked at the benefits of an organised community program that focuses on children’s development of language,… Continue Reading
Young Australians engaged and active theatre-goers
A major study into young Australians’ attendance at live theatre, launched this week, shows a love of theatre remains alive in our youth. TheatreSpace is the largest study of its kind in Australian history, surveying the views 2779 young theatre-goers from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne across four years. It is led by the University of… Continue Reading
QUT receives $4.85m art gift
Australia’s leading landscape artist William Robinson has donated to the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) his entire collection of Archibald Prize entry artworks. The gift was formally announced in a ceremony held at Old Government House. Valued at some $4,850,000, the collection is made up of the seven artworks Mr Robinson submitted for Australia’s premier art… Continue Reading
Our earliest ancestor?
Magnetic dating of rocks by La Trobe University archaeologist Dr Andy Herries has helped firm up a date of almost two million years ago for a number of South African fossils that made world headlines last year when hailed as some of the most complete early human fossils ever found. Dr Herries is part of… Continue Reading
A place to call home
Over 100 000 people are currently homeless in Australia. 16 000 of these people live in the greater Sydney region. New research by Dr Catherine Robinson into the causes and long-term effects of homelessness show understanding personal trauma could be the key to redefining social perceptions and assisting with government and community responses.
