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Displaying from Friday, March 15, 2019
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March 2019
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Friday 15 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Singapore’s Early Industrialisation and myths of openness (and borderedness)
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This paper discusses aspects of Singapore’s early industrialisation (1970s
and 80s) and myths around notions of openness (and borderedness) with
respects to migrant labour. The paper examines the often contradictory
policies the Singapore state pursued in its efforts to rapidly industrialise
its (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar Series : Facilitated but Avoided: Why bilinguals shun the easiest words
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There is substantial evidence that doppels - words in two or more languages sharing similar forms and meanings, such as English fish and German Fisch - are produced by bilinguals more quickly and easily than non-doppels like English duck and German Ente. Ellison & Miceli (2017) recently argued (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series : Torres Strait Islander Cultural Dance: Research, ethics and protocols
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Research into Torres Strait Islander cultural dance has traditionally focused on the music and songs of Islanders and rarely on the movements themselves or the cultural protocols of dance. This seminar presents a new Torres Strait Islander perspective on the ethics of research as well as the (...)
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Tuesday 19 |
15:00 - EVENT - Unveiling of Aboriginal artwork : Harmony Week Event - Pharmacy Division
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Pharmacy has purchased a number of Aboriginal art works to be displayed in its building. This Harmony Week event is an unveiling of these paintings, followed by afternoon tea.
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Wednesday 20 |
17:30 - EVENT - Panel: Migrant and Refugee Health : Harmony Week Event - Panel discussion of health issues for migrants and refugees in WA focussing on social aspects of health.
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Migrants to Australia often experience diverse health and mental health needs which may not be met by mainstream services. Addressing such needs involves understanding complex social and cultural specifics. Instead of treating people as generic bodies, a social approach to health recognises that (...)
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Thursday 21 |
12:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - �So what do we mean by multiculturalism anyway?� : Harmony Week Event - Panel discussion about Multiculturalism
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Panel discussion on multiculturalism theory, multiculturalism in Australia vs the rest of the world and discussing how successful multiculturalism is in 21st Century Australia. The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A. Snacks provided.
With the support of: UWA Alumni, the UWA CaLD (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Geoarchaelogical investigation of prehistoric site use, occupation intensity and settlement patterns in Blombos Cave, South Africa
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The archaeological assemblage recovered from the Middle Stone Age
(MSA) levels in Blombos Cave (BBC, c. 101–70 ka BP), South Africa, is
central to our current understanding of the technological and cultural
development of early modern humans in southern Africa during the
Late Pleistocene. In this (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - Discussion forum: Responding to Islamophobia post-Christchurch attacks
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Responding to Islamophobia post-Christchurch terror attacks
On 15 March 2019, what Prime Minister Jacinda Arden described as ‘one of the darkest days’ of New Zealand’s history, a man in his 20’s stormed into Al-Noor Mosque and later a second nearby mosque in Christchurch and (...)
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Thursday 28 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Identifying diachronic changes in ochre behaviours throughout the Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 40-12.5 kya) of Southwestern Germany
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Though many European Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 40-12.5 kya)sites boast early examples of symbolic expression in the form of “artistic” materials (e.g. cave art, personal ornaments,figurines), comparatively little research has been conducted on the intricacies surrounding the use of ochre (...)
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Friday 29 |
14:30 - EVENT - ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES : Planetary (and post-planetary) futures in the ‘shit soup’ of Antarctica
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The Antarctic Treaty System – which came into force in 1959 – has relatively little to say about sewage. It states only that (to paraphrase): effluent from any Antarctic research station with 30 or more occupants must be macerated before disposal, and discharged at sea in a location in which it (...)
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April 2019
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Thursday 04 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : BHP Minerals Australia Heritage Strategy – Case Studies from WA Iron Ore
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BHP first presented on its Sustainable Heritage Strategy at Toowoomba AAA 2011. This presentation outlined
how BHP was applying Bunting’s “Sustainability Model” as an important, viable, and value-adding framework
for heritage practice in its Iron Ore operations. Eight years later this model (...)
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - CMSS Public Lecture : Domestic Violence and Islam
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Domestic violence is a global issue considered to be a heritage of
the patriarchal system. While domestic violence is not a new
problem, it has only started attracting attention comparatively
recently. Even with women being more powerful than ever, the
modern world is still faces this issue.
In (...)
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Friday 05 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar Series : Revisiting the language-culture nexus: Difference and repetition in language shift to a creole
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It has become commonplace to state that language and culture are intimately interwoven, and that therefore losing one’s language – as it happens in situations of colonization for instance – implies losing one’s culture. However, few scientific studies have tackled the consequences of (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Looking Back to the Future: Some Reflections on Researching and Writing an Urban Social History of Singapore
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James F. Warren is the author of two critically acclaimed social histories of the city:
Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940 (1986) and Ah Ku and
Karayuki-san: Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940 (1992). In this seminar, Warren
considers the two books’ reception in (...)
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Thursday 11 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Moving public service motivation research two steps forward and on step back : A review of past research, current issues and future strategies for explaining individual behavior in public institutions
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Public service motivation refers to the motivation of individuals to contribute to society. Since its inception almost 30 years ago, a lot of research has been done. In fact, it has proven to be one of the most studied topics in public administration and management research. However, despite its (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Fire and Fauna: Holocene Aboriginal land management in the northern Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia
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The Holocene was a time of substantial environmental and cultural
change across Australia, due to the combined effects of post-glacial
sea level rise and climatic shifts. However, not all observed
environmental changes can be explained by climatic variation.
Ethnographic and historical records (...)
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Friday 12 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - The Green Schools Movement around the World: Stories of success and frustration
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The green school movement under various names (Eco Schools, Enviroschools, Green Schools, Sustainable Schools, ResourceSmart Schools etc) began as a response to needs identified at the 1992 United Nations (UN) Conference on Environment and Development, or even longer ago if the schools that (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar Series : Maintenance of Identity in an Adopted Language: Development and Use of Aboriginal English
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The phenomenon of the maintenance of Aboriginal English despite significant counter-pressures in the wider society, shows an unwillingness, on the part of its speakers, to allow themselves to be linguistically identified with Australian English.
This presentation explores elements in (...)
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Thursday 18 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Reducing Risks to Heritage in Times of Crisis
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To communities heavily impacted by natural and
man-made hazard induced events, cultural
heritage provides a sense of identity and continuity
in the aftermath of a disaster. Often a source of
revenue and livelihood for communities, cultural
heritage and its associated industries are
vulnerable to (...)
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Friday 26 |
11:00 - EVENT - Linguistics Seminar Series : Debunking urban myths Language and conceptions of time in Aboriginal Australia
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The idea that ‘for Aboriginal people in Australia, time is cyclic’ has been floating around for a long time, mostly as a folk commonplace, but also occasionally in scholarly contributions. Reference is regularly made in these contexts to the concept of ‘Dreamtime’, which is supposed to (...)
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