2017

Barnwell, Ashley. "Method Matters: The Ethics of Exclusion," in Kirby, Vicki (ed.,). What if Culture was Nature all Along? Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

New materialisms argue for a more science friendly humanities, ventilating questions about methodology and subject matter and the importance of the non-human. However, these new sites of attention – climate, biology, affect, geology, animals and objects - tend to leverage their difference against language and the discursive... While this collection of essays is in kinship with this radical shake-up of how and what we study, the aim is to re-navigate what constitutes materiality. More information...

Biggs, Simon. Negotiating Ageing: Cultural Adaptation to the Prospect of a Long Life. Routledge, 2017.

The world is growing older and this is a historically unprecedented phenomenon. Negotiating such change, personally, socially and for governments and international organisations requires an act of cultural adaptation. Two key questions arise: What is the purpose of a long life? and How do we adapt to societies where generations are of approximately the same size? In this book Simon Biggs discusses ways of interrogating these questions and the adaptations we make to them. More information…

Craig, Lyn et al. "Is it just too hard? Gender time symmetry in market and nonmarket work and subjective time pressure in Australia, Finland, and Korea," in Connelly, Rachel and Kongar, Ebru (eds.,). Gender and Time Use in a Global Context: The Economics of Employment and Unpaid Labor. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

This edited volume uses a feminist approach to explore the economic implications of the complex interrelationship between gender and time use. Household composition, sexuality, migration patterns, income levels, and race/ethnicity are all considered as important factors that interact with gender and time use patterns. More information…

Farquharson, Karen, Nolan, David and Marjoribanks, Timothy. "'Race' and the lived experiences of Australians of Sudanese background," in Boese, Martina and Marotta, Vince (eds.,). Critical Reflections on Migration, 'Race' and Multiculturalism: Australia in a Global Context. Routledge, 2017.

Migration and its associated social practices and consequences have been studied within a multitude of academic disciplines and in the context of policies at local, national and regional level. This edited collection provides an introduction and critical review of conceptual developments and policy contexts of migration scholarship within an Australian and global context. More information...

Holleran, Max and Holleran, S. "Pop-up Engagement: Design Thinking, Museum 'Labs,' and Urban Problem-Solving," in Iannelli, Laura and Musarò, Pierluigi (eds.,). Performative Citizenship Public Art, Urban Design, and Political Participation. Mimesis International, 2017.

The book moves from the first outcomes of a two-years interdisciplinary research programme on the Italian contemporary Public Art, funded by the Sardinia Region (Italy). Moving beyond the traditional ladders of formal citizen participation to territory governance, the research investigates how public artists have involved citizens in creative performances that aim to modify citizens’ perceptions of the places where they live, to create new relations within and toward the territory, and to transform (often temporarily) the physical spaces. More information...