Journal articles

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Wood for the trees (with Moya Costello), Coolabah (2013)

Our paper focuses on the materiality, cultural history and cultural relations of selected artworks in...

 

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A scholarly affair: activating cultural studies (with Baden Offord), The Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies (Special Double Issue) (2012)

This special issue is a product of the 2010 Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Annual...

 

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A scholarly affair: activating cultural studies in the wilds of the knowledge economy (with Baden Offord and Grayson Cooke), Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies (2012)

This paper reflects on the conceptual framework of the CSAA 2010 conference, which was focused...

 

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Into the borderlands: unruly pedagogy, tactile theory and the decolonising nation (with Soenke Biermann and Baden Offord), Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies (2012)

Modern Australia has been defined as an immigrant nation, a settler society that is located...

 

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The Clearing: Heidegger's Lichtung and The Big Scrub, Cultural Studies Review (2010)

Clearings make settlement possible. Whether on a small scale using an axe and other hand...

 

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Social inclusion and local practices of belonging, Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (2009)

Social inclusion has been conceptualised as having two key aspects: distributional aspects relating to access...

 

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Communities: A review article, Australian Folklore (2007)
 

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Lismore’s Living Library: Building communities conversation by conversation (with Sabina Baltruiweit and Shauna McIntyre), New Community Quarterly (2007)
 

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The locals: a critical survey of the idea in recent Australian scholarly writing, Australian Folklore (2006)

This paper provides a critical survey and analysis of (more recent) scholarly literature that deals...

 

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White “Autochthony”, Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Journal (2006)

Western conceptualisations of autochthony — that is, of being born of the earth itself —...

 

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Local order, M/C Journal (2005)

A sense of in-between shapes contemporary theoretical perspectives on identity through concepts such as fluidity,...

 

Books

Activating human rights and peace: theories, practices and contexts (with Bee Chen Goh and Baden Offord), (2012)

Human rights and peace issues and concerns have come about at a critical time. The...

 

The locals: identity, place and belonging in Australia and beyond, Cultural identity studies (2011)

This book presents the first comprehensive survey of being a local, in particular in Australia....

 

Book chapter

Activating human rights and peace: an overview of theory, practice and context (with Bee Chen Goh and Baden Offord), Activating human rights and peace: theories, practices and contexts (2012)
 

Everyday peace, human rights, belonging and local activism in a 'peaceful' nation, Activating human rights and peace: theories, practices and contexts (2012)
 

Cultural studies in action: principled socially inclusive pedagogy and higher education equity projects (with Soenke Biermann and Baden Offord), Learning, teaching and social justice in higher education (2010)
 

Human rights and cultural studies: innovation through higher education equity support projects and community engagement (with Baden Offord), Activating human rights in education: exploration, innovation and transformation (2008)
 

Towards an ethics of location, School of Arts and Social Sciences Papers (2008)
 

Conference publications

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A scholarly affair: proceedings of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia 2010 national conference (with Baden Offord), Centre for Peace and Social Justice (2011)
 

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Activating Human Rights and Peace: Universal Responsibility Conference 2008 Conference Proceedings, Centre for Peace and Social Justice Papers (2008)

The papers in this proceedings are the result of presentations given at the international Activating...

 

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The living library: some theoretical approaches to a strategy for activating human rights and peace, Activating Human Rights and Peace: Universal Responsibility Conference 2008 Conference Proceedings (2008)
 

Community engagement: innovation through Higher Education Equity Support projects (with Baden Offord), AUCEA Refereed Conference Proceedings (2007)
 

White on white: surveying the boundaires of local whiteness, Proceedings of Placing race and localising whiteness conference (2004)
 

Reports

Aged care needs, Lismore and Alstonville: statistical profile and community consultation (with Michelle Wallace and Diane Newton), Maranoa Inc. (2003)