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Ian Willis deposited ISAA Work in Progress 2024 Lecture in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoTopic: The memory landscape of the Cowpastures in memorials, monuments, and murals.
Lecture by Dr Ian Willis OAM.
Abstract
All around the community in the Macarthur region are cultural artefacts that are representations of the settlercolonial narrative of the Cowpastures, which was variously a colonial frontier, a government reserve, and a…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Cobbitty water supply legacy of second World War in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 1 year, 11 months agoThe Camden Historical Society has published a new anthology of the Camden History Journal. There are many stories of events and local personalities from the Camden area.
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Ian Willis deposited Iconic council buildings were built on hope in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 1 year, 11 months agoIn 1964, the Campbelltown-Ingleburn News ran a banner headline on its front page, Symbol of Progress, over a story about opening a new council administration building as part of a proposed civic centre precinct in the town centre.
The newspaper headline expressed confidence in Campbelltown’s planned declaration as a satellite city by the state…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Tribute to mining and industrial heritage in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 1 year, 11 months agoThis newspaper article examines the history of the teamsters that operated on the Yerranderie Road between the Yerranderie silver mines in the Burragorang Valley and the railhead at Camden NSW. The carriers’ teams of horses supported an ecology of farmers growing hay and corn for stock feed, blacksmiths at The Oaks and Camden, horse breeders, w…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden modern, the mid-century Camden cottage in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 1 year, 12 months agoThis blog post discusses the mid-century houses of the Camden NSW area that were built as part of the economic growth and development created by the Burragorang coalfields. These houses were built between the Second World War and the early 1970s, have a variety of residential architectural styles and are located south of the town centre, in…[Read more]
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Chris A. Kramer deposited New Populism, New Conspiracism, and the Old Rhetoric of Purity in the group
Feminist Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis entry investigates the connections between neo-populism and neo-conspiracism in the USA. One central thread is the rhetoric of purity that fosters rigid dichotomies of thought about identities, contributing to both populism and conspiracism, eliciting a neologism: conspirapopulism.
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Matthew Korpman deposited “Can Anything Good Come from Sodom? A Feminist and Narrative Critique of Lot’s Daughters in Gen. 19:30-38,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.3 (2019): 334-342. in the group
Feminist Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years agoFor centuries, the story of Lot’s daughters in Genesis is one which has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this paper draws attention to overlooked details in the narrative. The story is also contrasted with that of the Levite’s Concubine in Judges 19. The res…[Read more]
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Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón deposited Civil Wars: Escalation and De-Escalation in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoWhen we study civil wars and conflicts we tend to conceptualise them as occurring in stages: starting from domestic political disagreements, to demon-strations and protests escalating into violence and war. How armed conflicts end is often seen as the reverse process, moving from high intensity armed interaction, to a drawing down, war weariness,…[Read more]
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Michail St. Fountoulakis (Μιχαήλ Φουντουλάκης) deposited Unlocking the Potential of Language Learners: Effective Strategies for Lifelong Achievement and Personal Development in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis study presents innovative strategies for EFL educators aimed at cultivating resilience and growth mindsets in learners. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, we engaged 200 learners aged 11-20 from varied linguistic backgrounds. The methodology comprised surveys and interviews, enabling customized interventions that significantly improved…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Garçonne, but Make Her Flapper. Using American Femininity Models to Re-Fashion the Romanian ‘Modern Girl’ in the group
Feminist Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis chapter examines the reception of the American ‘flapper’ model and how it was interpreted and translated into the interwar Romanian fashion and beauty discourse, into the 1920s model termed as the ‘modern girl’, as opposed to the ‘new woman’ of the 1930s. It follows the evolution of 1920s styles, including Jazz and Hollywood cultures, J…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Creative Negotiations. Romania – America 1920-1940 in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThroughout the interwar period, America’s interest in Romania grew and encompassed not only political, diplomatic, and historical aspects but also financial, cultural, and educational contributions. Thus, the Romanian- American ties throughout the interwar period suggest innate complexity and dynamism. This volume presents novel techniques and i…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited The Persian Whitman: Beyond a Literary Reception (translated into Persian by Mostafa Hosseini) in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoویتمن ایرانی: فراتر از پذیرش ادبی ــ که به پذیرش والت ویتمن، شاعر نامدار آمریکایی، در یک دورۀ تقریباً صد ساله در ایران معاصر میپردازد ــ دارای نُه فصل، مقدمه، مؤخره و ضمیمه است. کتابِ حاضر تحقیقی بینارشتهای است: از سویی ادبیات تطبیقی (پذیرش ادبی، تأثیرپژوهی و تصویرشناسی) و نقد ادبی (تاریخگرایی نو)، و از سوی دیگر مطالعات ترجمه (ترجمه و ای…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden Teamsters Memorial, when the horse was king on the Yerranderie Road in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis blog post tells the story behind the Camden Teamsters Memorial in John Street, Camden, NSW.
The memorial is a tribute to the teamsters, bullockies and carriage drivers who travelled the Yerranderie Road between the mining town of Yerranderie and Camden through the Burragorang Valley.
The memorial has a rear wheel from a flat-top wagon, a…[Read more] -
Titus Stahl deposited Social Structure and Epistemic Privilege. Reconstructing Lukács’s Standpoint Theory in the group
Frankfurt School Critical Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years agoLukács is widely recognized as being the first critical theorist to have explicitly developed the idea of a “standpoint theory”. According to such a theory, members of oppressed groups enjoy an epistemic privilege regarding the nature of their oppression. However, there is no agreement regarding what precise argument Lukács offers for his claim…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden Material and Colour Guide, a heritage building guide in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis blog post gives an overview of the Camden Material and Colour Guide. The guide provides property owners of heritage buildings in the Camden Heritage Conservation Area with tips and hints on restoration and conservation of their houses. The guide provides colour schemes on building exteriors and interiors by housing styles between 1840 and…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Celebrate Camden 93, a spring festival in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis blog post is about a spring festival in Camden, NSW, called Celebrate Camden.
The brainchild of Vicki Sutherland from the Camden Chamber of Commerce, it aimed to promote Camden as a viable tourist and shopping destination.
The festival had mixed success and was held in 1994 and 1995, to be replaced by the Cowpastures Bicentennial. -
Ian Willis deposited The Memory Landscape of the Cowpastures in memorials, monuments and murals in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoAll around the community in the Macarthur region are cultural artefacts that are representations of the settler-colonial narrative of the Cowpastures, which was variously a colonial frontier, a government reserve, and a formal region.
Today, the material culture of the Cowpastures is hidden in plain sight and appears to have been ‘forgotten’ by…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Conclusion (preprint) in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis is a preprint of the Conclusion to a book called A History of Camden Chinese Market Gardeners 1899-1993 edited by Ian Willis and others
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Gabriela Méndez Cota deposited Infrapolitical Epimetheia: A Wondrous Machine in the group
Feminist Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis essay derives from a conference paper in Spanish titled Figuras de Epimeteo, which revisited interpretations of the Greek myth of Epimetheus, the forgetful brother of Prometheus and the forgotten husband of Pandora. Ivan Illich (1922-2002) and Bernard Stiegler (1952-2020) borrowed the figure of Epimetheus in the process of elaborating an…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited “Too Much Loose Sand:” Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoComprised of soft glacial cliffs and sandy beaches, the southeastern coastline of Ireland is dominated by unconsolidated Quaternary-aged sediments with fewer rock exposures than Ireland’s other coasts. Facing Britain across a rough sea, County Wexford has been prone to incursions from both political and environmental forces throughout history. T…[Read more]
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