Tras exponer una de las más influyentes críticas del victimismo en la cultura política tardomoderna, la de Wendy Brown, este capítulo analiza un incidente de confrontación discursiva, en torno al acoso sexual y la victimización, entre «nuevos» y «viejos» feminismos mexicanos, para concluir con una reflexión orientada a des-esencializar la condici…[Read more]

This essay argues that an examination of comedy in the USA reveals the extent to which collective memory of the Holocaust evolved during the 20th and early 21st centuries. Using sources taken from the domain of mainstream American comedy since the 1930s, the analysis evidences how, following an initial reluctance to represent the genocide within…[Read more]

This article contributes to the story of festivals and their importance to local communities in New South Wales.
In September this year, a local history festival, Unlock Camden, was held in the community of Camden at
the beginning of History Week. In its fifth year, the festival has aimed to unlock the stories and images
of the local area and…[Read more]

This paper contributes to the history of small communities in Australia by examining the life and times of a local pharmacist and his wife in a small country town, the business they ran and their contribution to the local community. Colin and Dorothy Clark were local identities and made a significant contribution to the Camden community. Colin as…[Read more]

Beards were part of a visual matrix of expressing masculinity during the NeoAssyrian period (ca. 934–612 BCE). But masculinity does not exist in isolation and interacts with other aspects of identity. I will examine the beard as an indicator of masculine status during the Neo-Assyrian period. This will be done through investigating the visual a…[Read more]

During the Neo-Assyrian period (approximately 934-612 BCE, based in modern Iraq) the annals and royal inscriptions of several kings mention women with a curious title: ‘Queen of the Arabs’. These women have been included in previous discussions regarding Assyrian interaction with the ‘Arabs’, but a full investigation into their roles as rulers…[Read more]

In 2023, a new museum opened in Tbilisi, at the Writer’s House of Georgia that previously house the Soviet Writers’ Union: The Museum of Repressed Writers. The museum honours the executed poets from Georgia’s Soviet past, poets whose identities Soviet authorities tried to destroy. This article examines the story the museum tells about Soviet l…[Read more]

Kongruenz, Sorge und Technologie. Tricks des Verschwindens: Dienstleistung als eine Kulturtechnik des Delegierens. #Syllabi und Schattenbibliotheken: Mittel der kollektiven Gestaltung. Eine durch das Wissen um ihre Werkzeuge und Quellen definierte Gemeinschaft werden.

El estudio de la comunicación de bien público constituye un imperativo para aumentar la conciencia crítica de las audiencias sobre determinadas problemáticas. En cambio, constituye una categoría con limitada fundamentación teórica, conceptual y metodológica. En la producción de los medios de comunicación latinoamericanos se fragmentan las probl…[Read more]

The role of the internet in fomenting male supremacist ideology must be understood within the larger cultural context that undergirds and naturalizes such rhetoric. Traditional conservative (TradCon) sections of the manosphere valorize a patriarchal social order centering traditional gender roles. According to TradCon reasoning, men, under attack…[Read more]

The role of the internet in fomenting male supremacist ideology must be understood within the larger cultural context that undergirds and naturalizes such rhetoric. Traditional conservative (TradCon) sections of the manosphere valorize a patriarchal social order centering traditional gender roles. According to TradCon reasoning, men, under attack…[Read more]

CAMDEN HISTORY, Journal of the Camden Historical Society Inc.
Ian Willis (editor)
Contents
Ian Willis, ‘Graeme Clark, a world-famous Camden identity’. p237
Graeme Clark, ‘Laureate Professor Graeme Clark AC, Pioneer of the Multi-channel Cochlear Implant /Bionic Ear’. p3242
Julianne Figar, ‘Yellamundie (the storyteller)’ p 255
Aidan Whittard,…[Read more]

Two colourful mural artworks are along the Queen Street frontage of Narellan Library. These artworks were commissioned by Camden Council in 2017 as a collaboration between mural artist Mandy Salter and the area’s young artists as part of a Youth Participation Public Art Project.

Small museums contribute considerable value to the economy through unpaid voluntary labour. According to the latest research, unpaid voluntary labour to the Camden Museum is worth around A$580,000 a year. Volunteers completely run the Camden Museum and the Camden Historical Society. They are some of the many voluntary community organisations in…[Read more]

New research shows that cultural and heritage tourism is worth around $6.3 million per year to the Camden Local Government Area.
Within cultural and heritage tourism storytelling is an essential feature of the visitor experience.