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Changing Cultures Of Water In Eastern Australian Backyard Gardens, Lesley M. Head, Pat Muir
Changing Cultures Of Water In Eastern Australian Backyard Gardens, Lesley M. Head, Pat Muir
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
Research into diverse cultural understandings of water provides important contributions to the pressing global issue of sustainable supply, particularly when combined with analysis of relationships between everyday household practice and larger sociotechnical networks of storage and distribution. Here we analyse semi-structured interviews with 298 people about their 241 backyards in the Australian east coast cities of Sydney and Wollongong, undertaken during the 2002-03 drought. Water emerged as an important issue in both consciousness and practice. In contrast to a number of other environmental issues which stimulate more polarised responses, a commitment to reducing water consumption was shared across the study …
A Pilot Study On The Impact Of Occupational Therapy Home Programming For Young Children With Cerebral Palsy, Iona Novak, Anne Cusick, Kevin Lowe
A Pilot Study On The Impact Of Occupational Therapy Home Programming For Young Children With Cerebral Palsy, Iona Novak, Anne Cusick, Kevin Lowe
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Occupational therapy home programs are a common approach used to provide interventions for children with cerebral palsy, but there is little evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of such programs. This singlegroup pretest–posttest design pilot study evaluated the impact of an occupational therapy home program implemented with 20 children who had spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy (ages 2–7 years, mean 3.8). We measured impact using Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI), and the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST). We measured participation amount through a parent self-report log. Significant changes following intervention occured in scores on …
Provincial Paradoxes: 'At Home' With Older Gay Men In A Provincial Town Of The Antipodes, Gordon R. Waitt, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray
Provincial Paradoxes: 'At Home' With Older Gay Men In A Provincial Town Of The Antipodes, Gordon R. Waitt, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
In this paper we explore the importance of ‘home’ in the everyday lives of older gay men living in Townsville, a provincial town in tropical north Queensland. To do this we deploy the work of Alison Blunt and Robin Dowling (2006), who present a spatialised understanding of home. Drawing on interview materials with ten men who identified as gay, and who are also over forty years of age, we demonstrate that home is a crucial site in the production of their subjectivities. We argue that a spatialised understanding of home reveals paradoxical qualities of Townsville-as-home for older gay men. Furthermore, …
Banking On Housing; Spending The Home, Susan J. Smith, Beverley A. Searle, Nicole T. Cook
Banking On Housing; Spending The Home, Susan J. Smith, Beverley A. Searle, Nicole T. Cook
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
British mortgagors hold more wealth in their homes than ever before. They are spending more freely from these assets now than they are likely to again. 'Banking on housing' is concerned with when, where, why and how people choose and use their mortgages to roll equity out of housing and into other things. It is a study of the consumption of housing, the consumption of mortgages, and the use of housing wealth in consumption more broadly.
My Island Home: Indigenous Festivals And Archipelago Australia, Lisa Slater
My Island Home: Indigenous Festivals And Archipelago Australia, Lisa Slater
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
It’s raining in sunny Queensland. Rain wasn’t on my mind when I left wintry Sydney; then I was wondering: why so many Indigenous festivals now? What are they doing? Where did they come from? To what effect? Having fled a chilly Sydney mid-morning, I arrive Friday afternoon (Day 1 of the Dreaming Festival): after an easy one-hour flight to Brisbane, a clean and surprisingly on-time train to Caboolture, a local school bus toWoodford, I shareWoodford’s only taxi to the festival grounds.My companions are a motley crew; only later do I appreciate that they are somewhat representative of the festivalgoer. John …
No Place Like Home: Staying Well In A Too Sovereign Country, Lisa Slater
No Place Like Home: Staying Well In A Too Sovereign Country, Lisa Slater
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
In Australia we do a lot of thinking about home. Or so it would seem from all the talk about belonging, home, being at home (see Read). A sure sign of displacement, some might say.