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Shell Artefacts And Shell-Working Within The Lapita Cultural Complex, Katherine A. Szabo
Shell Artefacts And Shell-Working Within The Lapita Cultural Complex, Katherine A. Szabo
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
Despite a consistent presence in the archaeological record of the Lapita cultural complex, and their omnipresence in the associated literature, the nature and range of shell artefacts recovered from Lapita sites has only been partially summarized at best. Considering the categories of raw material choice, working techniques, formal artefact types and curation, this article summarizes our current knowledge and points to areas for further research.
An Australian Feeling For Snow Towards Understanding Cultural And Emotional Dimensions Of Climate Change, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray
An Australian Feeling For Snow Towards Understanding Cultural And Emotional Dimensions Of Climate Change, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
In Australia, snow is associated with alpine and subalpine regions in rural areas; snow is a component of ‘natural’ rather than urban environments. But the range, depth and duration of Australia’s regional snow cover is imperilled by climate change. While researchers have considered the impacts of snow retreat on the natural environment and responses from the mainland ski industry, this paper explores associated cultural and emotional dimensions of climate change. This responds to calls to account for local meanings of climate, and thus localised perceptions of and responses to climate change. Accordingly, this paper presents a case study of reactions …
Introduction - Doing Rural Cultural Studies, Clifton Evers, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray, Emily Potter
Introduction - Doing Rural Cultural Studies, Clifton Evers, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray, Emily Potter
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
In 2008, a themed section of Australian Humanities Review began the task of establishing the emerging field of ‘Rural Cultural Studies’. As the editors pointed out, ‘contemporary cultural studies researchers internationally and in Australia have been massively biased towards urban popular cultures’.