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Profiling Non-Executive Directors In Australia, C. L. Cortese, G. Bowrey Jul 2007

Profiling Non-Executive Directors In Australia, C. L. Cortese, G. Bowrey

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper presents a profile of non-executive directors of Australia’s largest public companies. Using descriptive data, it assesses the extent to which these companies adhere to the requirements set down in the Australian Stock Exchange’s Principles of Good Corporate Governance. In relation to these profiles, the generic roles of non-executive directors are discussed and evaluated in terms of their actual and perceived independence from management. The paper concludes with an examination of the need for independence and questions whether competence, among other characteristics, is a more valuable characteristic of a non-executive director than independence.

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The Non-Executive Director Of Australian Statutory Authorities, Graham Bowrey, C. L. Cortese Jul 2007

The Non-Executive Director Of Australian Statutory Authorities, Graham Bowrey, C. L. Cortese

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper is based on a review of the board composition of material Commonwealth Statutory Authorities with particular focus on the profile of non-executive directors. The analysis examines the mix of non-executive directors gender, remuneration, length of board membership and the number of other directorships held and The paper will review the roles of directors and outline a number of additional requirements these directors have in comparison to directors of private sector organisations and highlight the paradoxial requirement of independence. The paper concludes questioning the need for independent directors (if there are any) on the boards of Commonwealth Statutory Authorities.

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Composition Of Australian Red Meat 2002. 3. Nutrient Profile, P. G. Williams, V. Droulez, G. Levy, T. Stobaus Jul 2007

Composition Of Australian Red Meat 2002. 3. Nutrient Profile, P. G. Williams, V. Droulez, G. Levy, T. Stobaus

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Two 500g retail samples of thirteen beef, eleven lamb, four veal and two mutton cuts were purchased from 10 retail outlets (butchers and supermarkets) in different socio-economic areas of Sydney and Melbourne in 2002. One sample of each was cooked using standard low fat methods, and the lean and separable fat components of each raw and cooked sample were analysed by the National Measurement Institute in Melbourne for macronutrients, cholesterol, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B6, and beta-carotene as well as sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium, manganese, and phosphorus. This study also provides the first analyses of the vitamins …

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Intellectual Capital Reporting Practices Of The Top Australian Firms, A. Sujan, Indra Abeysekera Jul 2007

Intellectual Capital Reporting Practices Of The Top Australian Firms, A. Sujan, Indra Abeysekera

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Using content analysis of annual reports of the top 20 firms (by market capitalization) listed on the Australian stock exchange in 2004, this paper describes the state of intellectual capital reporting practices in Australia. The paper also compares the results with a previous Australian study by Guthrie and Petty (2000) and reconfirms that reporting of intellectual capital is yet to be done within a consistent framework. The IC reporting examined was not structured and systematic. There is still no established and generally accepted Australian framework for IC reporting, which could be a reason for inconsistency. Of the IC-related information reported, …

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New Understanding Of The Group A Streptococcus Pathogenesis Cycle, A. H. Tart, Mark J. Walker, J. M. Musser Jul 2007

New Understanding Of The Group A Streptococcus Pathogenesis Cycle, A. H. Tart, Mark J. Walker, J. M. Musser

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) has long been recognized as a human pathogen causing an exceptionally broad range of infections. However, despite intense research, the molecular mechanisms of GAS disease remain unclear. Recently, many important discoveries have been made that shed light on GAS pathogenesis and open exciting new avenues for future research. Advances in genome sequencing, microarray technology and proteomic analysis in combination with the development of more suitable animal models have dramatically increased the amount of data regarding the mechanisms of GAS pathogenesis. The information gained from these studies will translate into the identification of improved diagnostics and new …

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The Legitimising Power Of Regulation For Australian Banks: An Institutional Approach, H. Deo, Hemant J. Irvine, A. Abraham Jul 2007

The Legitimising Power Of Regulation For Australian Banks: An Institutional Approach, H. Deo, Hemant J. Irvine, A. Abraham

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The history of the Australian banking system has been one of a striving for legitimacy, against a cycle of boom, bust and public antagonism. Despite a series of banking inquiries and ensuing regulatory reform, banks continue to announce unexpected results. Over the past 15 years, each of the four major Australian banks, while complying with the increasingly stringent requirements of regulatory bodies, reported at least one major financial blunder. An institutional perspective demonstrates that rules and regulations play a powerful legitimising role in assisting banks to maintain their public image in the face of such disasters.

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Conclusioni - La Diaspora Italiana Dopo La Seconda Guerra Mondiale, James Hagan, Gitano Rando Jun 2007

Conclusioni - La Diaspora Italiana Dopo La Seconda Guerra Mondiale, James Hagan, Gitano Rando

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

Provides a conclusion to the Italian section of the edited book.

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From Bicycles To Mercedes. Italians In Rural Nsw And Political Choice: Griffith 1947-1984, James Hagan Jun 2007

From Bicycles To Mercedes. Italians In Rural Nsw And Political Choice: Griffith 1947-1984, James Hagan

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

There were a few Italians in Griffith when the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Scheme began in 1913, but they did not arrive in large numbers until after the Second World War. They joined over a thousand people of Italian birth or direct descent who had succeeded at small-scale farming and displaced the majority of Australians who had been the original block-holders. This produced some resentment and discrimination, which led to Italians setting up their own economic and social networks. They did not however act as a single community ; fundamental divisions between Northern and Southern immigrants remained and persisted, and so …

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Liminarietà E Temporalità Nelle Interpretazioni Cinematografiche Della Diaspora Italoaustraliana Di Giorgio Mangiamele, Gaetano Rando Jun 2007

Liminarietà E Temporalità Nelle Interpretazioni Cinematografiche Della Diaspora Italoaustraliana Di Giorgio Mangiamele, Gaetano Rando

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

La presente relazione intende partire dai concetti di liminarietà e temporalità elaborati da Hamid Nacify (2001) per analizzare i temi relativi alla diaspora italoaustraliana trattati nell’opera cinematografica di Giorgio Mangiamele con particolare riferimento alla due versione di The Spag. Caso più unico che raro del primo periodo immigratorio del secondo dopoguerra si rivela l’esperienza di Giorgio Mangiamele, nato al Catania nel 1926 e emigrato a Melbourne nel 1952 dove la sua passione per il cinema lo portò a dare un contributo notevole all’emergente cultura cinematgrafica australiana anche se è stato poi poco riconosciuto nonostante la sua induscitibile bravura come cineoperatore …

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Introduzione - La Diaspora Italiana Dopo La Seconda Guerra Mondiale, James Hagan, Gitano Rando Jun 2007

Introduzione - La Diaspora Italiana Dopo La Seconda Guerra Mondiale, James Hagan, Gitano Rando

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

This paper provides a critical introduction to the Italian section of the edited volume La Diaspora italiana dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. The Italian Diaspora after the Second World War, Bivongi [RC], International AM Edizioni, 2007.

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Conclusion - The Italian Diaspora After The Second World War, James Hagan, Gitano Rando Jun 2007

Conclusion - The Italian Diaspora After The Second World War, James Hagan, Gitano Rando

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

The Conference at Bivongi followed on others that had raised some serious questions about the Italian diaspora that occurred after the Second World War. We asked contributors to submit papers in three broad divisions, the first relating to the migrants' experience before departure, the second to experience in the host country, and the third to the cinematographic and literary interpretation of that experience. The papers contributed that successfully completed the peer review process are arranged in that sequence in this book.

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Dalle Bicilette Alle Mercede. Gli Italiani Nel New South Wales: Scelte Politiche A Griffith 1947-1984, James Hagan Jun 2007

Dalle Bicilette Alle Mercede. Gli Italiani Nel New South Wales: Scelte Politiche A Griffith 1947-1984, James Hagan

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

There were a few Italians in Griffith when the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Scheme began in 1913, but they did not arrive in large numbers until after the Second World War. They joined over a thousand people of Italian birth or direct descent who had succeeded at small-scale farming and displaced the majority of Australians who had been the original block-holders. This produced some resentment and discrimination, which led to Italians setting up their own economic and social networks. They did not however act as a single community ; fundamental divisions between Northern and Southern immigrants remained and persisted, and so …

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Hofstede - Culturally Questionable?, M. L. Jones Jun 2007

Hofstede - Culturally Questionable?, M. L. Jones

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Hofstede’s work on culture is the most widely cited in existence (Bond 2002; Hofstede 1997). His observations and analysis provide scholars and practitioners with a highly valuable insight into the dynamics of cross-cultural relationships. However, such a groundbreaking body of work does not escape criticism. Hofstede has been dogged by academics discrediting his work in part or whole. On the other side of this contentious argument are academics that support his work. Far more scholars belong on the pro-Hofstede team than don’t, most quote Hofstede’s work with unabashed confidence, many including his findings as absolute assumptions. This paper takes an …

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The Carrick Exchange: Not Just Another Repository, Geraldine E. Lefoe, Meg O'Reilly, Dominique R. Parrish, S. Bennett, M. Keppell, C. Gunn Jun 2007

The Carrick Exchange: Not Just Another Repository, Geraldine E. Lefoe, Meg O'Reilly, Dominique R. Parrish, S. Bennett, M. Keppell, C. Gunn

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers

In 2004, the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education was established by the Australian government to “promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education.” (Carrick Institute, 2006). One aspect of the role of this institution is to establish the Carrick Exchange, “a new online service that will provide learning and teaching resources and functions to support communication and collaboration across the national and international higher education sector” (Carrick Institute, 2007a). This paper provides an overview of the purpose of the Carrick Exchange and will focus on the research contribution of ascilite, a professional association in …

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The Carbon Disclosures Project: Accounting Information Beyond 2007, Jane Andrew Jun 2007

The Carbon Disclosures Project: Accounting Information Beyond 2007, Jane Andrew

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The carbon disclosures project is founded on a simple idea – if corporations are asked to disclose greenhouse gas related information, a number of benefits should ensue. Most importantly, firms will build greenhouse gas related strategies into their planning and it is hope this will have positive environmental outcomes. The project has grown significantly, and in 2007 firms have been asked specifically about their greenhouse gas accounting systems. Although, the results of this new information request haven’t been published, this paper considers how this may help enhance the legitimacy of the information corporations are disclosing.

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Innovation And Inertia: The Emerging Dislocation Of Imperatives Within The Australian Wine Industry, D. K. Aylward Jun 2007

Innovation And Inertia: The Emerging Dislocation Of Imperatives Within The Australian Wine Industry, D. K. Aylward

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

A common theory in current innovation literature, and one that this paper supports, is that spatially defined industry clusters provide incubation for ‘competitive advantage’. It is the heightened interaction between ‘actors’, the intense vertical integration and concentration of resources that creates enclaves of innovation within which activity is leveraged in an efficient and productive manner. A less studied aspect of such activity, however, is the structural and organizational inertia that may result as imperatives of cluster participants dislocate from those of their host industry. A sector in which this is becoming apparent is the Australian wine industry. It appears that …

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Applying Authentic Learning To Social Science: A Learning Design For An Inter-Disciplinary Sociology Subject, Fiona Borthwick, Sue Bennett, Geraldine E. Lefoe, Elaine Huber Jun 2007

Applying Authentic Learning To Social Science: A Learning Design For An Inter-Disciplinary Sociology Subject, Fiona Borthwick, Sue Bennett, Geraldine E. Lefoe, Elaine Huber

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers

As universities move towards more vocationally oriented courses, students expect pedagogic practices that make closer ties to potential workplaces. The pedagogical approach of authentic learning is well suited to this purpose as it proposes an apprenticeship-type model and a model that brings simulated work tasks into the classroom. In the social sciences, authentic learning is under-utilised and under-theorised as these subject areas do not fit easily into these models. An alternative model of authentic learning aims to offer students opportunities to .enmind. the requirements of a discipline, be critically reflective about that discipline, and to develop the skills to bring …

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Gambling Participation In Australia: Findings From The National Household Expenditure Survey, A. C. Worthington, K. Brown, M. Crawford, D. Pickernell Jun 2007

Gambling Participation In Australia: Findings From The National Household Expenditure Survey, A. C. Worthington, K. Brown, M. Crawford, D. Pickernell

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Regression modeling is used to predict gambling patterns in Australia on the basis of the unit record files underlying the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Household Expenditure Survey of 6,892 households. The four largest categories of gambling expenditure are examined, namely: lottery tickets, lotto-type games and instant lottery (scratch cards), TAB (pari-mutuel wagering) and related on course betting, and poker (slot) machines and ticket machines. Determining factors analyzed include the source and level of household income, family composition and structure, welfare status, gender, age, ethnicity and geographic location. Apart from the determinants of expenditure varying widely across the different types of …

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Oculog: Playing With Eye Movements, Juno Kim, Greg Schiemer, Terumi Narushima Jun 2007

Oculog: Playing With Eye Movements, Juno Kim, Greg Schiemer, Terumi Narushima

Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)

In this paper, we describe the musical development of a new system for performing electronic music where a video-based eye movement recording system, known as Oculog, is used to control sound. Its development is discussed against a background that includes a brief history of biologically based interfaces for performing music, together with a survey of various recording systems currently in use for monitoring eye movement in clinical applications. Oculog is discussed with specific reference to its implementation as a performance interface for electronic music. A new work features algorithms driven by eye movement response and allows the user to interact …

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Emergent Cooperative Activity In Distributed Team Performance In Go*Team, Helen M. Hasan, L. Warne, K. Crawford Jun 2007

Emergent Cooperative Activity In Distributed Team Performance In Go*Team, Helen M. Hasan, L. Warne, K. Crawford

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The need to cooperate in self-directed, distributed teams is fundamental to the concepts of Network Centric Warfare (NCW), where collective activity comprises communication and shared understanding, leading to innovative decisions and actions. While technical components have an important role in enabling a NCW configuration, the organisational and behavioural components generate value. Go*Team, a computerised client-server team version of the ancient Chinese strategy game of Go, is designed to help researchers understand this phenomenon and then to be a means of training individuals and teams for cooperative activities. The goal of Go*Team is the development of a micro-world simulation of a …

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National Exuberance: A Note On The Melbourne Cup Effect In Australian Stock Returns, A. C. Worthington Jun 2007

National Exuberance: A Note On The Melbourne Cup Effect In Australian Stock Returns, A. C. Worthington

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This note examines the presence of a Melbourne Cup effect in Australian daily stock returns over the forty-five years from 3 January 1961 to 30 December 2005. First run in 1861, the Melbourne Cup is Australia’s premier horse race and one of the world’s leading handicaps. Parametric tests of differences in means and a regression-based approach are used to test for the effect alongside a conventional day-of-the-week (Tuesday) and month-of-the year (November) effects. The results indicate that the mean Melbourne Cup Day return of 0.1916 is significantly higher than the mean return for other Tuesdays in November (–0.2345), Tuesdays in …

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Elucidation Of Double Bond Position In Unsaturated Lipids By Ozone Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (Ozesi-Ms), M. C. Thomas, Todd Mitchell, J. M. Deeley, D. G. Harman, R. C. Murphy, Stephen J. Blanksby Jun 2007

Elucidation Of Double Bond Position In Unsaturated Lipids By Ozone Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (Ozesi-Ms), M. C. Thomas, Todd Mitchell, J. M. Deeley, D. G. Harman, R. C. Murphy, Stephen J. Blanksby

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The position(s) of carbon-carbon double bonds within lipids can dramatically affect their structure and reactivity and thus has a direct bearing on biological function. Commonly employed mass spectrometric approaches to the characterization of complex lipids however, fail to localize sites of unsaturation within the molecular structure and thus cannot distinguish naturally occurring regioisomers. In a recent communication [Thomas, Mitchell, Blanksby in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 58-59] we have presented a new technique for the elucidation of double bond position in glycerophospholipids using ozone-induced fragmentation within the source of a conventional electrospray ionization mass spectrometer. Here …

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Lessons From Go*Team Simulations On Shared Situation Awareness, Helen M. Hasan, L. Warne, H. Mitchard Jun 2007

Lessons From Go*Team Simulations On Shared Situation Awareness, Helen M. Hasan, L. Warne, H. Mitchard

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The ancient game of Go is traditionally played by two opposing players (black and white) who take turns laying stones on a board of up to 19x19 squares. The stones can be laid so they eventually encircle stones of the opposing colour, thereby capturing territory and stones. Go has been the inspiration for Go*Team which has been developed as a web-based application for two or more teams; each team with a number of players. Go*Team emulates some of the issues that a Network Centric (NC) environment might bring and consequently allows investigation of issues such as situation awareness. It is …

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Socio-Cultural Aspects Of Mobile Communication Technologies In Asia And The Pacific: A Discussion Of The Recent Literature, Mark J. Mclelland Jun 2007

Socio-Cultural Aspects Of Mobile Communication Technologies In Asia And The Pacific: A Discussion Of The Recent Literature, Mark J. Mclelland

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

This paper reviews the recent literature published on mobile communications, cell phones and the Internet in Asian cultural contexts.

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The Role Of Capital Formation And Saving In Promoting Economic Growth In Iran, R. Verma, E. Wilson, Mosayeb Pahlavani Jun 2007

The Role Of Capital Formation And Saving In Promoting Economic Growth In Iran, R. Verma, E. Wilson, Mosayeb Pahlavani

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper estimates the interdependencies between capital formation, saving and output for Iran. The analysis is complicated because of the conflicting theoretical and empirical findings of their relative roles in other studies, the lack of research on Iran whose turbulent history makes it difficult to disentangle the complex and changing interrelationships between output, saving and investment for the period of our study, 1960 to 2003. The analysis uses Lee and Strazicich (2004) procedure to endogenously determine that structural breaks occurred in 1979 for real output, 1983 for saving and 1977 for investment. These dates coincide with the effect of the …

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What Motivates Which Volunteers? Psychographic Heterogeneity Among Volunteers In Australia, Sara Dolnicar, Melanie J. Randle Jun 2007

What Motivates Which Volunteers? Psychographic Heterogeneity Among Volunteers In Australia, Sara Dolnicar, Melanie J. Randle

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Six psychographic segments of volunteers in Australia are constructed on the basis of their volunteering motivations. The resulting segments include “classic volunteers”, whose motivations are three-fold: doing something worthwhile, personal satisfaction, and helping others. “Dedicated volunteers” perceive each one of the motives for volunteering as relevant, while “personally involved volunteers” donate time because of someone they know in the organization, most likely their child. “Volunteers for personal satisfaction” and “altruists” primarily wish to help others, and finally,” niche volunteers” typically have fewer and more specific drivers motivating them to donate time, for example, to gain work experience. The segments are …

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Segmenting The Volunteer Market: Learnings From An Australian Study, Melanie J. Randle, Bettina Grun, Sara Dolnicar May 2007

Segmenting The Volunteer Market: Learnings From An Australian Study, Melanie J. Randle, Bettina Grun, Sara Dolnicar

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The volunteering industry in Australia contributes over 42 billion dollars to society each year. It is facing increasing pressures due to reduced funding and growing competition for limited resources. This study provides valuable information to volunteer managers by segmenting what is otherwise an extremely heterogeneous market into homogenous subgroups based on peoples’ motivations to volunteer. This is useful in the development of targeted marketing campaigns to identify, attract, and retain volunteers. Three segments are identified with distinctive motivational patterns – ‘social volunteers’, ‘community volunteers’ and ‘altruistic volunteers’. These segments are then profiled so that managers can identify the most effective …

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Superoxide Does React With Peroxides: Direct Observation Of The Haber-Weiss Reaction In The Gas Phase, Stephen J. Blanksby, G. B. Ellison, V. M. Bierbaum, S. Kato May 2007

Superoxide Does React With Peroxides: Direct Observation Of The Haber-Weiss Reaction In The Gas Phase, Stephen J. Blanksby, G. B. Ellison, V. M. Bierbaum, S. Kato

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Reactions of superoxide with hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides are observed as efficient processes in the gas phase and yield products – including the ozonide anion – that are consistent with the one-electron reduction of the peroxide.

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The Triple Helix And Institutional Change: Reward, Risk And Response In Australian Cooperative Research Centres, Samuel E. Garrett-Jones, T. Turpin May 2007

The Triple Helix And Institutional Change: Reward, Risk And Response In Australian Cooperative Research Centres, Samuel E. Garrett-Jones, T. Turpin

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The paper examines 370 participants’ experience with one well-established organizational embodiment of the ‘triple helix’ - the Australian Cooperative Research Centres program - considers its effect on researchers and organizations in the public research system and draws management and policy implications.

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Pocket Gamelan: Swinging Phones And Ad Hoc Standards, Greg Schiemer, Mark Havryliv Mh675@Uow.Edu.Au May 2007

Pocket Gamelan: Swinging Phones And Ad Hoc Standards, Greg Schiemer, Mark Havryliv Mh675@Uow.Edu.Au

Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)

In this paper, we discuss how mobile phones have been used as devices for active music making, how mobility affects sound and how communication between phones has been integrated into the fabric of a new genre of interactive performance by groups of musicians. We identify some of the issues that stood in the way of developing two new musical applications for mobile phones, discuss aspects of performance works developed so far using this technology and point the way to future development.

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