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The Homo Floresiensis Controversy, Robert Cribb
The Homo Floresiensis Controversy, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
The 2004 announcement of the discovery of a new species of hominin in the form of sub-fossil remains from Liang Bua cave in Flores aroused immediate excitement and controversy. The discovery attracted sceptical attention from dissenting palaeontologists. The sometimes acrimonious debate addressed the relative importance of apparently archaic and apparently modern features of the remains.
Kevin07, Web 2.0 And Young Voters At The 2007 Australian Federal Election, Dylan Kissane
Kevin07, Web 2.0 And Young Voters At The 2007 Australian Federal Election, Dylan Kissane
Dylan Kissane
While Australian political parties have maintained official websites for some years, the 2007 Australian Federal election saw the first significant integration of Web 2.0 technologies into a national election campaign. The two major parties – the conservative Liberal Party and the socialist Labor Party – both embraced blogs, flash animation, online video and popular social networking sites in an attempt to win votes, particularly in the 18 to 35 year-old demographic. The Labor Party was far more successful in using Web 2.0 and their online efforts were judged to have played a large role in winning the absolute majority of …
Constructing Indigenousness In The Late Modern World, Robert Cribb, Li Narangoa
Constructing Indigenousness In The Late Modern World, Robert Cribb, Li Narangoa
Robert Cribb
Examines changing meanings of the term 'indigenous" in relation to other ideas that have been valued in various (mainly Western) philosophical system, such as priority, attachment to the land, and technical knowledge.
'A Little Knowledge Is A Useful Thing': Paradoxes In The Asian Studies Experience In Australia, Robert Cribb
'A Little Knowledge Is A Useful Thing': Paradoxes In The Asian Studies Experience In Australia, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Asia has increasingly become a routine part of the educational and research curriculum in Australia, with the consequence that the importance of the specialist skills of Asianists has diminished.
Genocide In The Non-Western World: Implications For Holocaust Studies, Robert Cribb
Genocide In The Non-Western World: Implications For Holocaust Studies, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
The example of the Holocaust has tended to dominate genocide studies, but the broader study of extreme violence makes it difficult to exclude the mass killing of indigenous peoples and mass killing on political grounds from the category of genocide.
Remembering, Forgetting And Historical Injustice, Robert Cribb, Kenneth Christie
Remembering, Forgetting And Historical Injustice, Robert Cribb, Kenneth Christie
Robert Cribb
No abstract provided.
Self-Defense: The Equalizer, David B. Kopel, Linda Gorman
Self-Defense: The Equalizer, David B. Kopel, Linda Gorman
David B Kopel
Experiments in tightening gun-control laws have eroded the right of self defense and failed to stop serious crime. Studies Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
A Revolution Delayed: The Indonesian Republic And The Netherlands Indies, August-November 1945, Robert Cribb
A Revolution Delayed: The Indonesian Republic And The Netherlands Indies, August-November 1945, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Article discusses relations between the Indonesian Republic, the Netherlands and Great Britain in the months immediatelty after the Japanese surrender at the end of the Second World War. It argues that the strategies of all three sides were driven by their profound military weakness.
The Nationalist World Of Occupied Jakarta, 1946-1949, Robert Cribb
The Nationalist World Of Occupied Jakarta, 1946-1949, Robert Cribb
Robert Cribb
Describes the atmosphere in Jakarta during the Dutch occupation, 1946-1949.