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News from the School of International and Political StudiesNews from the School of International and Political Studies
MELBOURNE GEELONG WARRNAMBOOL
The School of International and Political Studies is located in the Faculty of Arts and Education.
Campuses are at Burwood, Geelong and Warrnambool.
Editorial CommitteeMs Helen AndrewAssociate Professor Matthew ClarkeDr Sally TotmanDr Hans Lofgren
Contact Us:School of International and Political StudiesFaculty of Arts and EducationDeakin University221 Burwood HighwayVictoria 3125Australia
Tel: (03) 9251 7072Fax: (03) 9244 6323Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/sips/
Disclaimer:The editorial team reserves the right to refuse articles deemed inappropriate for inclusion in this publication.
Opinions expressed in this publication represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily refl ect the opinions of Deakin University.
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WELCOMEWelcome to the third edition of Enlighten for 2010. This edition provides a great summary of the achievements of SIPS staff and students over 2010. Once again, it makes impressive reading!
Of all the events that occurred within the School in 2010, the one that impacted upon us most has been the departure of Professor Gary Smith. Gary was the founding Head of the School of International and Political Studies and was therefore quite pivotal in its development over the past fi ve years. Indeed, the character of SIPS greatly aligns to Gary’s own character: under a laid back veneer lies a deep and thoughtful body of research and great interest in student outcomes. Gary’s own research interests evolved over time and spanned across most of the disciplines currently taught within the School. His PhD thesis concerned aspects of the economic development of Micronesia and his mid-career research was focussed on Australian foreign policy. More recently, Professor Smith started to investigate more global aspects of global citizenship. In this regard, he was able to eff ectively communicate with all staff about their research and teaching.
I sincerely believe that the School has much to thank Gary for and that the best way for us all to express that thanks to is to continue to ensure SIPS remains one of the Deakin’s most successful teaching and research Schools.
As the Christmas and New Year break quickly approaches, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all staff and students a restful period (however short!) and a safe return to Deakin in 2011.
Matthew Clarke
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Associate Professor Matthew ClarkeHead of School
RESEARCHThe School of International and Political Studies (SIPS) at Deakin University has developed in recent years to become a leading research school in its constituent fields. Academic staff in the school are actively engaged in publishing in high quality journals and with prestigious book publishers, in gaining research grants and consultancies, and give frequent public lectures, talks and seminars.
Academic staff from SIPS are regular contributors to the print and broadcast media, and are frequently interviewed by Australian and international media for their views on areas including regional politics and international relations, democracy and democratisation, public ethics, psychoanalysis, humanitarian and disaster relief issues, and community development. In particular, SIPS has among Australia’s foremost experts in the fields of psychoanalysis, democratic theory and practice, international and community development, and politics in particular in Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Burma, China/Taiwan/Tibet and in global strategic relations.
The school welcomes inquiries from the media, publishers and prospective research students.
Australian Journal of Political ScienceThe School is very pleased to report that a Deakin editorial team is responsible for the Australian Journal of Political Science for three years from 2011. This A-ranked journal, one of Australia’s top social science publications, is published by Taylor & Francis. It is the official journal of the Australian Political Studies Association and its content ranges across the major sub disciplines of political science including political theory, public policy and international relations.
The editorial team consists of Professor Geoffrey Stokes and Professor Marian Simms (editors), Dr Hans Lofgren and Dr David Hundt (associate editors) and Dr Peter Haeusler (review editor).
The editing of such a prestigious journal will further enhance Deakin’s reputation for research and teaching in the social sciences.
Dr Hans LofgrenAssociate Head of School(Research)
AJPS Editorial TeamEditors
Associate Editors
Review Editor
In 2010, the Arts and Education Faculty Executive introduced a “Researcher of the Month” award to celebrate and promote its excellence in research. From SIPS, Professor Baogang He was selected as May Researcher of the Month. In August, Professor Fethi Mansouri received the award.
Professor Baogang He is chair in International Studies.
Professor He was invited to attend Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s speech on his China policy and his announcement on the Federal government’s initiative to launch the ‘Australian Centre on the China in the World’ in ANU on 23 April 2010. After the speech Baogang had a chance to talk with him very briefly.
Professor He is a member of editorial board of New Political Science, China: An International Journal, Political Science Forum, Intellectual Series and Rural Studies. He holds several large research grants studying on village elections, and democratization and deliberative democracy; and Harry Mayer prize-winner awarded by the Australian Political Science Association in 1994.
Professor He is also adjunct professor in the Institute of Rural Studies, Huazhong Normal University, and in the Department of Political Science, Suzhou University; Honorary fellow of the Centre for Research on Provincial China at the University of NSW; senior research fellow at the national University of Singapore (March 2001-March 2004), Regan-Fascell Fellow in the National Endowment for Democracy, Washington (May-August 2003), visiting scholar in the Faculties of Social Science and Politics at the University of Cambridge, UK (Oct - Dec 1996;) visiting fellow in the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, Netherlands (July-Oct 1996); and a visiting fellow at the Sejong Institute, South Korea, December 1995.
Reaching beyond the academic world, Professor He has also sought to be of service to public and governmental organizations. He was invited by the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and the Ministry of Civic Affairs (MCA) in the PRC as an international expert to review the UN funded program ‘China Rural Official Training’ in August 2001 (two weeks); invited by the UNDP and the MCA to investigate an urban community construction project (December 2002, nine days), and invited by the Danish International Development Agency as an official delegation member to examine a political reform project in China in November 2003 and to examine the procedures for direct township elections in August 2004. He has served as an advisor to local governments for village elections, to the Wenling government for deliberative institutions, and to the Dejiang community for deliberative discussion forum.
Professor Fethi Mansouri holds a Chair in Migration and Intercultural Research and is the Director of the Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation, and Co-Director of the strategic research centre ‘Alfred Deakin Research Institute-Citizenship, Globalisation and Governance’.
Professor Mansouri’s interdisciplinary research agenda is underpinned by a fundamental commitment to social justice, human rights and inter-cultural understanding.
A number of research projects he is currently conducting are at the cutting edge of empirical research into acculturation, cultural citizenship and multicultural policies (applied in key case studies such as forced migration, education and local governance).
Professor Mansouri’s most recent publications include ‘Identity, Education and Belonging: Arab and Muslim Youth in Contemporary Australia’ (2008), MUP, Melbourne with S. Wood and ‘Youth Identity and Migration: Culture, Values and Social Connectedness’ (2009), Common Ground Publishers, Melbourne.
ProfessorGeoffrey Stokes
ProfessorMarian Simms
Dr David HundtDr Hans Lofgren
Dr Peter Haeusler
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Researchers of the Month
May 2010
August 2010
Professor Mansouri was named Faculty Distinguished Researcher of the Month for 2010 at the Faculty of Arts and Education General Meeting on Monday 6 December 2010
Fang, X (2010), Confucian Primers in Dynastic China: Tracing Ethical Molding to Earliest Times, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.Purchase Online
Clarke, M, Fanany, I & Kenny, S (eds), (2010), Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, Earthscan, London.Purchase Online
Kenny, S (2010) Developing Communities for the Future, Cengage Learning, Australia. Purchase Online
Kenny, S & Clarke, M (2010), Challenging Capacity Building: Comparative Perspectives Rethinking International Development, Palgrave Macmillan.Purchase Online
He, B (2010), Political Parties and Democracy: Volume III: Post-Soviet and Asian Political Parties. Anatoly Kulik & Kay Lawson (General Editor), Baogang He (Volume Editor), Santa Barbara, California.Purchase Online
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Ommundsen, W, Leach, M & Vandenberg, A (eds), (2010), Cultural Citizenship and the Challenges of Globalisation, Cresskill, New Jersey, Hampton Press.Purchase Online
Boucher, G & Sharpe, M (2010), Zizek and Politics: A Critical Introduction, Edinburgh University Press, UK.Purchase Online
Clark, M (2010), Maskulinitas: Culture, Gender and Politics in Indonesia, Monash Asia Institute, Melbourne.Purchase Online
Publications
Russell Grigg, Lacan, Language and Philosophy (SUNY, 2008), has just been released in Korean, translation by Jongju Kim, In-Gang-Sa-Rang Publishing, Seoul, 2010.Purchase Online
Akbarzadeh, S and Mansouri, F (2010), Islam and political violence : Muslim diaspora and radicalism in the West, Tauris Academic Studies, London, England. Purchase Online
Van Hooft, S & Vandekerckhove, W (2010), Questioning Cosmopolitanism, Springer.Purchase Online
HDR Higher Degree by Research
Dr David HundtHDR Co-ordinator
In 2010 the School launched an HDR seminar program on a regular basis so that candidates could learn about the approaches of others, and could present their work in progress to their peers and academic staff. As part of the seminar series, candidates make one public presentation per year of full-time study. Provisions are made for candidates who reside some distance from Melbourne or Geelong, but in principle it is expected that the HDR cohort will actively engage in the series.
The seminars are designed to encourage comment which will be helpful in progress toward completion of your thesis. In 2010, seminars took the form of Statements of Intent (for candidates in the initial stages of their research), Works-in-Progress (for those at the mid-point) and Research Findings (for those in the final stages). Candidates who have already submitted their theses were not expected to deliver seminars but some accepted the opportunity to discuss their work anyhow.
Dr Hundt and Seminar Convener, Dr Costas Laoutides, introduced a wide range of topics across the year from across the disciplines. Topics spanned from interpretation of the thought of Thomas Hobbes, Leo Strauss and Dietrich Bonheoffer, to problems in Australian foreign policy, the detention of asylum-seekers and the role of NGOs in local communities. A full list of the seminars, as well as seminar papers and recordings, is available from the School’s HDR website.
Feedback from participants in the seminars included the following comments: » “Writing a PhD means specialising on one topic in minute detail, and so it was
refreshing to look up from my desk once a week and engage with other ideas, some completely different from my own, but always interesting. As a presenter, the seminar was a great opportunity to discuss my work and get feedback with people other than my supervisors.”
» “The preparation and delivery of a presentation is an essential part of the PhD, but the task is often underestimated, and the seminars provided an unthreatening forum to practice these skills. For me, however, the greatest benefits of the seminars were less tangible and harder to measure: attending a weekly seminar and having regular contact with staff and other students developed a sense of belonging and the feeling that I was a valued part of the SIPS research community.”
The seminars will resume in Trimester 1, 2011. Details will be made available early in the new year. In the meantime, please email the HDR coordinator with any thoughts or queries you have about the seminar series.
Profiles and Stories
Patricia Gherovici has recently published Please Select Your Gender: From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism (Routledge, 2010). The book is based on her PhD, From Hysteria to Transgenderism: A Psychoanalytic Reconsideration of Sexual Difference, completed at Deakin in 2008 under the supervision of Associate Professor Russell Grigg.
Vincenzo Scappatura’s Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship was been transferred to an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA). The Australian Postgraduate Awards, funded by DEEWR, are allocated to the top candidates at participating Australian higher education institutions.
Jennifer Dennis received a 2010 Commendation for Excellence in Teaching which was presented on 3 December. Jennifer also lectures in Warrnambool in the politics area. Her principal supervisor is Associate Professor Kevin O’Toole.
Saleem Aljebori. Read his paper entitled An evaluation of the European Union’s foreign policy effectiveness during the Iraqi crisis 2001-09 in the April 2010 edition of Enlighten. Saleem’s principal Supervisor is Professor Fethi Mansouri.
Kim Dunphy. Read her paper entitled Students investigating the role of arts in social change in Timor-Leste in the MICD edition of Enlighten 2010. Kim’s principal supervisor is Dr Phil Connors.
Ruth Jackson. Read Ruth’s paper entitled (Un)safe routes: Maternal mortality and Ethiopia’s development agenda in the MICD edition of Enlighten 2010. Ruth’s principal supervisor is Dr Max Kelly.
Amy Nethery. Read her paper Immigration detention in Australia : administrative detention and executive control in the Research and PhD edition of Enlighten 2009. Amy’s principal supervisor is Professor Geoffrey Stokes.
Suzanne Keene. Read Suzanne’s paper Beyond Reaction —The Responsibility to Protect and the United Nations in the Research and PhD edition of Enlighten 2009. Suzanne’s principal supervisor is Dr Steven Slaughter.
Jonathan Redmond wrote on Bodily Symptomatology within Mild forms of Psychosis in the Research and PhD Edition of Enlighten 2009. Jonathan’s principal supervisor is Associate Professor Russell Grigg.
Chris James’ principal supervisor is Dr Phil Connors, and she wrote on Exploring the Transition Towns Model for Community Resilience in the Research and Phd edition of Enlighten in 2009
Andrew Forrest is supervised by Dr Ken Boutin. His paper Chinese Perceptions of Japan’s Security Strategy Post -11 September 2001 appeared in the Research and PhD edition of Enlighten in 2009.
Tim Martin (2010) In the wake of disaster: how the Haiti earthquake is likely to redefine the notion of port security, Strategic insights, vol. 21, pp. 6-10, Risk Intelligence, Vedbaek, Denmark.
Access previous editions of Enlighten here
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Testimonial“The HDR Seminars over 2010 have been great. Having had very little interaction with other HDR students previously, these seminars have been a fantastic place to meet other HDR students and hear their research. Presentations have been of a good standard, and very interesting. The discussion after each paper has been really helpful. It has given us the opportunity to enter into academic critique ourselves, by way of asking questions and contributing to the discussion of student papers, and listening to the discussion of other papers has helped us think through our own methodology and thesis. As a presenter, the feedback and responses of others has been most helpful. These seminars have been an extremely positive addition to the HDR program and experience at Deakin.” Anthony Ware
HERCULES BANTAS
TITLE OF THESIS:Democratic Deliberation, Citizenship and Networked Computers: Power to the People?
ABSTRACT:Deliberative democracy is a relatively recent version of democratic theory that emphasises the empowering role of deliberation and dialogue among and between citizens. Given that computer mediated communication (CMC) has been heralded as a means for greatly enhancing communication fl ows between citizens, it is pertinent to ask whether CMC can assist in promoting the principles of deliberative democracy. The aim of this thesis therefore is to investigate whether and how CMC could enhance the power of citizens in a liberal democracy.
To this end, the thesis fi rst reviews diff erent theories of power, and determines that Steven Lukes’ three-dimensional conceptualisation of power can be best applied to the problem. The thesis then critically examines the work of three leading theorists of deliberative democracy – John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas, and John Dryzek – with a view to examining whether diff erent forms of CMC could conceivably enhance democratic dialogue and deliberation.
The fi rst two chapters examine the literature about CMC and citizen power to establish the problem and the method of investigation. First, in rejecting theories of technological determinism, it concludes that CMC does not necessarily diminish the political power of citizens. Second, it examines the problems of interactivity and identity, and concludes that the unstable identity encouraged by interactivity can be problematic for some democratic public spheres.
Rawls’s work is fi rst to be examined, with reference to his restricted conception of the public sphere. Rawls’s theory can incorporate CMC in two contradictory ways. First, citizens can use CMC to make informed decisions and to exercise their vote more eff ectively. Second, CMC can improve the methods of consultation among elites, strengthening their capacity to make non-decisions and frame political agendas.
Habermas’s theory of deliberative democracy has a stronger foundation in ideals about good communication and a less restricted public sphere. The exercise of the third dimension of power as domination would undermine ideal communication based on the exercise of communicative power and, in this context, CMC can enhance the communicative power of citizens to resist agenda setting by elites.
Dryzek develops Habermas’s ideas, and considers the problem of how to constitute forums for democratic deliberation that are not restricted to the nation state. Dryzek’s arguments about deliberative democracy extend beyond the realm of Lukes’s three dimensions of power and incorporate consideration of the constitutive power of discourses of right.
Together, these studies off er a multi-faceted and qualifi ed response to the question of whether or not, and to what extent, CMC can improve citizen power from the perspective of deliberative democratic theory. The thesis concludes that in particular circumstance, CMC can enhance citizens’ exercise of one and two-dimensional power, and thereby improve the quality of deliberation in liberal-democratic forums. It is unlikely, however, that CMC will both enhance the quality of deliberation and induce greater participation in democratic forums, while at the same time enhancing citizens’ communicative power, or their capacity to challenge a dominant ideology. Accordingly, these conclusions off er a more sophisticated contribution to stale debates between technophobic and technophiliac varieties of technological determinism.
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Andrew Vandenberg;
Dr Lucas WalshCurrent qualifi cations: BA (Hons)
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MICHAEL CRISPDegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Professor Baogang He; Dr Chengxin Pan; Dr Ken BoutinCurrent qualifi cations: BA (IR Politics and policy), BA (hons) International
and Political studies, Bachelor of Music Performance (Piano)
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TITLE OF THESIS:China Rising: Implications for Australian Grand Strategy
ABSTRACT:The aim of this thesis is to advance the debate in Australia on the implications of the rise of China for long-term Australian national strategy through highlighting and off ering innovative solutions to the major theoretical problems that arise in the course of in-depth investigation of the concrete practical issues. A grand strategic framework for analysis is employed as a way of linking and providing a synthesis and assessment of inter-linkages between areas of study usually treated separately – ie. geo-strategic and economic security issues; international and domestic branches of national strategy. While the term grand strategy can be used as a noun to denote a particular strategic doctrine and is to an extent used in this sense here in the development of an advocated framework and treatment of concepts; this study favours even more its use in the sense of a verb to denote the act of thinking holistically and gauging inter-relationships across issue areas – that is, as a fl uid and ongoing mode and process of analysis and debate. The fact of Australia’s continuously expanding economic relationship with the People’s Republic of China – a state whose sovereign territorial and maritime jurisdiction claims in maritime Asia have the potential to come in confl ict with the interests of Australia’s American defence ally – necessitates a more integrative assessment of the Australian national interest than is off ered in existing literature.
The thesis is being developed in three parts. Part one provides an in-depth analysis of the varied sources and contents of the PRC’s own contemporary grand strategy. Close and critical attention is given in turn to what the PRC defi nes as its core interests, to its contemporary ‘Peaceful Development’ narrative, and to the current lines of internal debate regarding the preferred strategic path towards becoming a major pole in world aff airs. Part two focuses on the geopolitical implications of the PRC’s irredentist claims in maritime Asia, from both whole-of-region and Australian national interest perspectives. Existing conceptions of the traditional status quo-revisionist dichotomy are reworked and developed in new directions in ways that seek to minimise or eliminate the tendency towards a preliminary bias against the revisionist state and towards the status quo. A new dichotomy between exclusive and inclusive revisionism is advocated as a means towards framing an assessment of the varied conditions for a more or less cooperative or confl ict-prone power transition, and as a guide for Australian contingency planning and interest defi nition. Subsequent work on part three will address itself to the question of the degree to which the Sino-Australian economic relationship is developing along asymmetric lines, and whether it is possible to conceive a future point of dependence that impacts on Australia’s ability to preserve its strategic agency and autonomy in regional aff airs. Major theoretical issues to be addressed include: the eff ects of symmetrical versus asymmetrical economic interdependence; the conditions under which liberal versus state-guided approaches to national development are preferable in the Australian context.
PhD AWARDED
PhD AWARDED
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AHMED HASSINDegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Professor Fethi Mansouri; Professor Sue Kenny; Dr David HundtCurrent qualifi cations: MBA (Management Practice and Change Management &
Organisation Development), MA (ICD)
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TITLE OF THESIS:Eff ectiveness of civil society in nation building and post-confl ict reconstruction in Iraq
ABSTRACT:The creation and maintenance of successful and vibrant civil society organisations represents a central role for the healthy functioning participatory society (Kingsbury, 2007: 17-18). Civil societies in many Arab countries have been held back by the restrictive legislation of authoritarian regimes and Iraq was no exception (Guardian, 2009). In Iraq, post 2003 war era, NGOs have played a central role in delivering humanitarian relief, capacity building, encouraging participation in new systems of government, and advocating on behalf of marginalised groups (Bolton and Jeff rey, 2008). After three decades of consecutive wars, political repression, international economic sanctions and the latest hostilities and civil unrest started after the US-led war in 2003 resulted in collapse of systems and services in Iraq, civil society has not been eff ective in achieving its role in nation-building. Therefore, this research aims to:
» Examine the extent to which civil society can play an eff ective role in nation building in a post-confl ict setting
» Explore and typologise the role of various elements of Iraqi civil society in recent nation-building and reconstruction activities
» Analyse and account for the perceived reasons for weakness of the civil society in Iraq and the social and historical challenges which may have impeded its greater impact on developing the country.
RUTH JACKSON
TITLE OF THESIS:(Un)safe routes: maternal mortality and Ethiopia’s development agenda
ABSTRACT:Of all the health statistics monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO), maternal mortality has the highest discrepancy between developing and developed countries. Maternal mortality and disability levels in many developing countries are similar to those of the more developed regions of the world at the late nineteenth century. The reduction of maternal mortality by three quarters by 2015 was endorsed as a Millennium Development Goal. Ethiopia’s National Reproductive Health Strategy 2006 - 2015 states that a ‘key factor contributing to both high maternal and newborn mortality is the low rate of skilled care during pregnancy and delivery’. This study employed qualitative techniques to determine how reproductive health, in particular the goal of reducing maternal mortality, fi ts into Ethiopia’s development agenda. In Kafa Zone in south-west Ethiopia, most women give birth with the assistance of their neighbour, mother, mother-in-law, or husband. Less than fi ve percent of women give birth in a health institution or with the assistance of a trained health worker or trained traditional birth attendant. Using semi-structured interviews with key personnel in government and non-government organisations, in health institutions, and with women in rural and semi-urban areas in Kafa Zone, the research juxtaposes women’s experiences of birth at home with that in a ‘modern’ health care setting. Women who give birth at home feel ‘safe’ because they are supported by close relatives and neighbours. It is likely women feel it is ‘unsafe’ to go to a health facility because of the very real possibility they will die on the way. For this reason, a picture emerges of ‘unsafe’ childbirth denoting those births that are transferred to a health facility. This view contradicts that of the health workers who argue that ‘unsafe’ birth takes place in the home and ‘safe’ birth is one that takes place in a health facility where they are in control. Because maternal health has been identifi ed as a key development goal, the thesis also considers development and the availability of infrastructure such as roads and health facilities as factors contributing to maternal outcomes.
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Max Kelly; A/Prof Rohan
Bastin; Prof Elizabeth EckermannCurrent qualifi cations: BA, BLitt (Hons)
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KIM DUNPHYDegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Phil Connors;
Dr Jacqui Dressens; Dr Max KellyCurrent qualifi cations: BA, Grad Dip Movt.Dance, M.Ed
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TITLE OF THESIS:Investigating the role of arts in social change in East Timor
ABSTRACT:The emerging nation of Timor-Leste faces many social, economic, political and cultural challenges since gaining its independence in 2002. Aid, development and other organisations, and individuals from other nations have been providing assistance to Timor-Leste in a range of ways. An emerging aspect of this work is the area of community based arts, often associated with social justice or social change agendas. Community-based arts is an area of arts practice that has been developing around the world throughout the twentieth century, gradually becoming more established as a professional fi eld since the 1970s. In this practice, artists work with communities through the medium of the arts on outcomes ostensibly of benefi t to those communities.
However best intentions will not guarantee desired outcomes for all parties in any relationship, and it is important that the outcomes of these arts initiatives are examined dispassionately. Host organisations can face competing agendas. While they need to ensure that their initiatives have a positive impact on host communities (individuals and institutions) and make the best use of resources, they must also fulfi l their own charter and the expectations of donors or funders, while also providing a safe and worthwhile experience for individuals involved in program delivery.
The practice of community cultural development can be fraught, especially in vulnerable communities, as artists’ training is often solely in the arts, and many have little experience with skills such as cross-cultural communication, negotiation, principles of therapeutic relationships or evaluation practice. Arts projects are often set up imperfectly; with common characteristics being low levels of funding, high expectations and short timeframes. Frequently there are values clashes between project artists and sponsors, and often the ‘theories of change’ between the project activities and desired outcomes are not well considered. While the art and science of the evaluation of arts programs is emerging, there is much improvement still to be made, and this also is often not a well developed aspect of arts project planning.
This research project will investigate current community-based arts programs in Timor-Leste; both initiatives that are connected with organisations and individuals from other countries, from aid organizations to overseas arts organisations and individual artists and artsworkers, as well as those led by Timorese citizens. Quantitative methodologies; in-depth interviews, Most Signifi cant Change and Theory of Change will be used to explore:
» what does the organisation or individual do? » what are the ‘theories of change’ (either implicit or explicit) about the work of these individuals
and organisations? » how are the impacts of that work considered? » what are the outcomes of the initiatives; from the perspective of various levels of stakeholders;
funders, hosts, organisers, leaders, participants, communities?
It is intended that research fi ndings will provide information about the impacts, at individual and community and national levels, of these arts projects, especially their contribution to desired social change. In synthesizing fi ndings, the researcher anticipates being able to develop and recommend strategies that could increase the positive impacts of current and future projects.
SUZANNE KEENE
TITLE OF THESIS:Beyond Reaction: The Responsibility to Protect and the United Nations
ABSTRACT:Central to my research is the use of military force by states to intervene in the domestic aff airs of a third party state in response to mass atrocity crimes, such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Conceptualised as humanitarian intervention, the decision to intervene continues to be one of the most legally, politically and ethically charged issues confronting states. In July 1994 confronted with a human tragedy in Rwanda where over 800,000 citizens were violently slaughtered, the United Nations Security Council faced a crisis of legitimacy. A lack of willingness among members to take collective action, withdrawal of peacekeepers during the crisis and lack of transparency within the decision-making process, served to highlight institutional barriers to realising the promise of justice associated with the increasing infl uence of international human rights standards.
Set against this backdrop and born out of a desire to fi nd consensus between proponents of intervention and opponents, the doctrine of The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) articulated by the Canadian-sponsored International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001), appeared to provide a principled framework for resolving the dilemma between the defence of sovereignty and humanity. Often misunderstood as a licence for humanitarian intervention, it is the sum of knowledge contained in the three elements of R2P (the responsibilities to prevent, react and rebuild) which illustrate the seminal contribution of the Commission report to resolving the dilemma between a liberal notion of human rights and a realist notion of absolute sovereignty. Most notable, is increasing the depth of international understanding towards the legal and normative obligations associated with the use of force for human protection purposes; such as, the notion that the responsibility to protect implies not just a responsibility to react, but also a responsibility to rebuild. Taking this understanding of R2P as its point of departure, my thesis seeks to develop an interpretive understanding of the relationship between the principle of R2P and post-confl ict peacebuilding within the Security Council. For example, how the principle of R2P has shaped international engagement with mass atrocity crimes. Methodologically, it represents a philosophical refl ection upon the gap that exists between theory (the principle of R2P) and the practice of UN-mandated intervention for human protection purposes.
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Steven Slaughter;
Dr Scott BurchillCurrent qualifi cations: BA (Hons)
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GREG MCCARTENDegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Craig Snyder; Dr Andrew
Vandenberg; Dr Steven SlaughterCurrent qualifi cations: M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., M.A.
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TITLE OF THESIS:Post-communist transitions: a comparative analysis of post-Soviet states
ABSTRACT:The collapse of the Soviet Union created fi fteen post Soviet states, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Now, twenty years later, only the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia function as stable democracies. The remaining states, however, exhibit widely divergent modes of governance, including totalitarianism, authoritarianism and hybrids of democracy and autocracy.
The focus of this research is to provide a comparative analysis on the forms of governance in Georgia, Ukraine, Russia and the Baltic States, and test ‘transition theory’ against their respective post Soviet pathways.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia exemplify post Soviet states which have transitioned from authoritarianism into stable functioning democracies, while Russia, after taking early steps towards democratisation, has fi rmly retreated towards authoritarianism.
Georgia and Ukraine are ‘hybrid regimes’ containing semi-democratic and semi-autocratic elements. They are both states of high geopolitical value that have been unwilling or unable to completely democratise, and both have recently experienced challenges to their ruling regimes during the recent ‘colour’ revolutions, (‘Rose’ in Georgia and ‘Orange’ in Ukraine).
The forms of governance of these four states are widely divergent, yet all emerged from under the same authoritarian regime prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989-1991.
Whilst the governance of the Baltics and Russia is stable, Ukraine and Georgia have been beset with instability and remain fragile. Indeed, their ongoing evolution provides fertile ground for a contemporary comparative analysis of their trajectories from communism, and also permits a detailed examination of the typologies of non-democratic regimes.
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ANDREW MARRIOTT
TITLE OF THESIS:Lawyers, Guns and Money – Advocacy and Politics in Post-confl ict Development
ABSTRACT:The purpose of this doctoral project is to determine and analyse the various roles that local legal professionals play in the process of post-confl ict development. Previous (and sometimes controversial) experience has shown that lawyers and judges can be instrumental in advancing a social reform agenda, especially in countries that have suff ered recent confl ict. Nation-building contributions of this kind, however, are often subject to political pressures and can lead to co-option or tacit control of emerging legal cultures and institutions. Equally, the rise of a local legal profession may involve competition between vested interests that determines, in part, the public role and character of representative bodies. International encouragement of an activist, or advocacy-oriented, function will also leave open a liability to concerns over lingering colonialism and subversion of process.This project will consider how such legal personnel may best be supported to make an independent and locally relevant contribution to development. Fieldwork has been conducted in Cambodia, Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste – each of these locations having experienced (relatively) recent confl ict and an ongoing period of recovery. Additionally, all three countries have seen a large, international impact on their justice sector. To map the issues facing local practitioners, a series of sixty interviews was conducted with key legal personnel, exploring perceptions of their role, their intentions and expectations in entering the profession, and the extent of their social, political and international engagement. It is hoped that this research will better enable both government eff orts and foreign aid partnerships to address the human dimension of justice sector reconstruction.
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Prof Damien Kingsbury; Dr Scott Burchill;
Dr John Morss
Current qualifi cations: BA, LLB, GradDipLP, MPubPolMgt, MAIR
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GREG MCCARTENDegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Professor Geoff rey Stokes;
Professor Fethi Mansouri Current qualifi cations: BA (hons)
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TITLE OF THESIS:Immigration detention in Australia: administrative detention and executive control
ABSTRACT:Immigration detention is used to regulate the entry of non-citizens who arrive in Australian territory without a valid visa, and remove non-citizens living in the community whose visa is no longer valid. Immigration detention persists as a key element of Australia’s immigration policy with bipartisan support, despite not fulfi lling its policy objectives. It also incurs high social and fi nancial costs, and breaches international refugee law. This thesis explains the use of immigration detention in Australia, demonstrates the punitive consequences of immigration detention for detainees, and indicates the signifi cance of the policy for Australian democracy.
The thesis provides three explanations for the social and political function of immigration detention in Australia. The fi rst is a genetic explanation that locates immigration detention within a longer history of administrative detention in Australia. Aboriginal reserves, quarantine stations, and enemy alien internment camps are institutional predecessors to immigration detention. Wherever Australian governments considered particular categories of people as internal or external threats to the social and political health of the country, the strategy was to invoke administrative detention, and incarcerate those considered to pose the threat. There are also strong continuities in the character of these institutions.
Second, the thesis draws on social theories of incarceration, classifi cation and control to explain how and why certain categories of people are subject to administrative detention. Since administrative detention is one of the powers of the Executive arm of government, and not the Judiciary, whole categories of people may be incarcerated, indefi nitely and without trial. In any society, where particular groups are perceived as threats to social order, national security, or identity, administrative detention provides a convenient political and institutional practice to manage the problem.
The third explanation focuses on the contemporary politics of immigration detention in Australia. It is argued that immigration detention is deployed to respond to actual and perceived political anxieties about Australian identity, the impact of globalisation, and economic security for its citizens. In support of its policies, the Executive draws on populist ideas about immigration, protecting the Australian people, and setting the conditions of membership to the Australian community.
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These vulnerable regimes have recently attracted Russian geopolitical and military responses, as has their desire to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the European Union (EU). This research will focus on Russia’s contemporary interaction and infl uence over the forms of governance within these states.
This study will ‘fi ll the gaps’ in existing knowledge by addressing the signifi cant changes and rapidly changing dynamics within the region since the advent of the colour revolutions, as the East and West both seek to court and coerce Georgia and Ukraine.
An increasingly confi dent and outward looking Russia, focused on maintaining its strategic leverage over the EU through control of its energy supply, has aggressively inserted itself into the geopolitics of the region.
The Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 has left vast debt in its wake. While its ramifi cations are not yet clear, Georgia and Ukraine do not have the economic shelter of the EU, exposing their vulnerability to Russia’s current policy of geopolitical enhancement through purchasing assets from, and extending loans to, fi nancially distressed neighbours.
While organised crime, fraud and corruption remain endemic problems, the recent rise of populist radical right parties noted at the 2009 EU elections introduces another dynamic. The evolving communications revolution and now pervasive use of social networking websites have also played signifi cant roles in recent uprisings.
The Western courtship of Georgia and Ukraine will be altered by the Obama administration, with its apparent shift away from unilateralism, positive engagement with Russia and support for these states to gain NATO and EU membership. The potential for further expansion on NATO and the EU introduces yet another dynamic.
Additionally, transition theory has not been tested against this time frame, or against the eff ect of the contemporary variables outlined above.
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NATALIE RALPHDegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: A/Prof Linda Hancock;
Dr David Mellor; Adj Prof. George LittlewoodCurrent qualifi cations: BA (Hons), MA (IR and Diplomacy)
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TITLE OF THESIS:Oil and Mining Transnational Corporations: 21st Century Peacemakers?
ABSTRACT:Natalie’s background is in International Relations (with a particular focus on the European Union and East Asia) along with Corporate Responsibility. Her current research is located in the new area of Business and Peace, exploring the potential role for oil and mining transnational corporations in peacemaking between warring parties in intra-state confl ict. Her wider interests lie in Peace and Confl ict Studies, Diplomacy and Peace Psychology.
CHRISTOPHER POLLARD
TITLE OF THESIS:Husserl, Merleau-Ponty and the Inevitability of Naturalism
ABSTRACT:The tradition of classical phenomenology stands as a major opponent to philosophical naturalism, as well as the origin of some of the radical anti-naturalisms advanced by recent European philosophers. Given this pivotal position I ask the question: How eff ective is its critique of naturalism and realism?
I answer this question by fi rst establishing that Merleau-Ponty’s ‘Existential Phenomenology’ represents the most viable form of a general philosophical position based primarily around the phenomenological method. And, secondly, I go on to demonstrate that his existentialist phenomenology fails to articulate a viable alternative position because:
1) Its critique of naturalism and realism is not strong enough to undermine causal explanation in the requisite fashion to necessitate a transcendental turn
2) His transcendental explanation for the possibility of science can give no adequate account of actual historical science, arguing essentially that it rests on our intrinsic tendency to misunderstand the process of perception in terms of its results – determinate objects. Thus when we theorise in science we make the mistake of ‘objective thought’, attributing determinate subject-independent spatio-temporal existence to the world and its contents.
3) His alternative theory relies on the provision of an account of the structure of pre-predicative experience which he cannot coherently provide. This is because he cannot formulate this account independently of the structure of the language which he must use in order to frame it.
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Matthew Sharpe;
A/Prof Stan Van Hooft; A/Prof Russell Grigg
Current qualifi cations: BA (Hons) Philosophy, BA Philosophy and Social theory
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VINCE SCAPPATURADegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Scott Burchill;
Professor Gary Smith; Dr Chengxin PanCurrent qualifi cations: BA DipEd, MA Int. Relations
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TITLE OF THESIS:Structural Limits of the Australia-US Alliance: An Institutional Analysis of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue.
ABSTRACT:The US alliance has been the cornerstone of Australian defence policy for more than half a century. The bipartisan acceptance of the alliance as an uncompromising facet of Australian foreign policy has typically demanded unqualifi ed adherence by political leaders and severe political punishment for those who reveal an intent to deviate from the “special relationship.” This thesis is dedicated to revealing how a key component of the alliance structure operates within the Australian foreign policy making process.
The AALD (Australian American Leadership Dialogue) is the most signifi cant private initiative undertaken to strengthen the relationships between the key players involved in the management of the Australia-US alliance. By bringing together journalists, academics, political and business elites from both sides of the pacifi c into an annual private forum, it aims to ensure the alliance continues to occupy a prominent place in the minds of Australia’s foreign policy and opinion makers. Successfully enduring over nearly two decades, it has emerged as a central component of the Aus-US alliance structure. By means of an institutional analysis including interviews with a wide range of key participants of the dialogue, Australia’s foreign policy approach towards the alliance is re-examined to include the role played by the AALD.
SALEEM ALJEBORI
TITLE OF THESIS:The European Union’s Foreign Policy towards Iraq“An evaluation of the European Union’s foreign policy eff ectiveness during the Iraqi crisis 2001-09”
ABSTRACT:The aim of this study is to investigate and analyse the eff ectiveness and coherence of the EU’s foreign policy in the context of the Iraq crisis. Iraq has been chosen as a case study because the foreign policy of the EU towards this country seemed to be inconsistent and variant in its outlook since 2001. There are an increasing number of studies on the EU’s foreign policy towards Iraq, with the majority focusing on individual member states’ attitudes towards this crisis instead of the EU’s overall foreign policy. These studies conclude that largely member states’ interests, as will be discussed in the theoretical approaches section, have driven the change in the EU’s foreign policy towards Iraq. This study will therefore focus on the key domestic elements that aff ected the EU’s foreign policy. In particular, it will focus on the relationships and interactions between EU institutions themselves and between these institutions and key member states to provide a better understanding of the EU’s foreign policy in general, and its positions towards Iraq in particular.
To this end, this study will review the relevant literature on the EU’s foreign policy towards Iraq, and will analyse its foreign policy performance using a theoretical approach that can isolate and examine the key factors in the EU’s foreign policy behaviour. To achieve this objective, the following elements will be explored:
a. To study the infl uence of the relationships among the EU institutions on the foreign policy formulation of the EU.b. To investigate the nature and scope of coordination between the EU’s foreign policy and its key member states’ foreign policies.c. To examine the impact of rivalries between EU institutions on foreign policy-making.d. To analyse the eff ect of the nationalist tendencies of key member states on the EU’s foreign policy formulation and decision-making.
The project aims to explore and if possible, answer the following key research questions:What are the key factors (domestic and external) that shape and impact the formulation of foreign policy within the EU?
» What is the level and nature of coordination and interaction between the EU’s institutions and key member states during foreign policy formulation and implementation processes?
» Have these interactions and coordinations among the EU’s foreign policy actors aff ected the EU’s foreign policy towards Iraq during the 2001-2009 period?
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Professor Fethi Mansouri; Dr Sally Totman;
Dr Craig Snyder; Dr David Hundt
Current qualifi cations: BA Political Sciences, MA International Politics
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BELINDA TOWNSENDDegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Hans Lofgren; Prof Geoff Stokes;
Professor Evelyne de LeeuwCurrent qualifi cations: BA (Hons), BAppsc (HealthSc)
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TITLE OF THESIS:Global Health Governance: Markets, Democracy, and Access to Medicines (Tentative)
ABSTRACT:In obtaining my combined Health Science/Arts degree at Deakin I majored in Politics and Policy Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Health Promotion, and Family and Society Health. My favourite topics of research from this experience are theories of democracy and citizenship, medical anthropology, theories of global governance, and health policy. During this time, I completed an internship at the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), where I produced the report A Case to ‘Close the Gap’ in Aboriginal Health Inequality; Review of policies which are infl uencing the professional development of Aboriginal Health Workers within the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector in Victoria’. This was an internal document for VACCHO member organisations to use for future policy in regards to Aboriginal Health Worker development and workforce needs.
After completing my undergraduate degrees I volunteered in Nepal, where I lived with a local Nepalese family and worked on a health promotion team in various orphanages run by Volunteer Service Nepal (VSN). After completing my Honours degree in Political Science at Deakin, I volunteered in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Kenya with Volunteer International Community Development Africa (VICDA), whilst living with a Kenyan family. These experiences overseas motivated me to undertake a PhD in politics.
In my thesis I am investigating the new political domain of Global Health Governance. Despite global eff orts, health inequalities have continued to rise worldwide, along with the re-emergence of old diseases. Global health governance has been deemed a ‘failure’ by scholars. I am using political theory to investigate these claims, in particular I am interested in the work of Australian theorist John Dryzek, and his and other theorists work in Global Environment Governance. I am analysing this political domain from a democratic perspective, looking in particular at global medicines policy, global disease surveillance, and global health public-private partnerships.
SAY SOK
TITLE OF THESIS:State building in Cambodia
ABSTRACT:This study examines the factors aff ecting limited state capacity in post-confl ict Cambodia illustrated in natural resources (land and inland fi sheries) management and administration, by investigating the relationships between the distribution of social control, lack of state autonomy, state structure, state-society relations, indigenous political culture, legal framework underdevelopment, a quest for political legitimacy, and state’s historical development and limited state capacity. It is hypothesized that the state capacity in post-confl ict Cambodia in general, and state capacity in land and inland freshwater fi sheries management and administration in particular, are rather limited. The researcher’s tasks, by and large, are threefold. First, the researcher proves that the Cambodian state capacity in general is limited. Next, he investigates the relationships between the factors listed above and limited state capacity. Finally, probing the post-confl ict land acquisitions and inland freshwater fi sheries exploitation management and administration, he explores how the aforementioned factors impact state’s capacity in these two sectors before drawing a conclusion on their similarities and diff erences.
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Professor Damien Kingsbury;
A/Prof Matthew Clarke; Dr Scott Burchill
Current qualifi cations: B.Ed., M.A Political Science
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ANDREW FORRESTDegree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Ken Boutin
Dr Chengxin PanCurrent qualifi cations: BA (Hons) International Studies
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TITLE OF THESIS:Chinese perceptions of Japan’s security strategy post 11 September 2001
ABSTRACT:The purpose of my research is to better understand how Chinese perceptions of Japan as a security actor have evolved since September 2001, what factors have shaped them (in particular memory and identity issues and developments in the character and structure of the U.S.-Japan security alliance), and how they have changed Chinese thinking on the essential features and direction of the Sino-Japanese relationship. During my candidature I developed a strong commitment to understanding Japanese and Chinese history and politics and the historically based sources of enmity between the two countries. Refl ecting this commitment, my thesis blends empirical research with theoretically sound policy-relevant analysis of Chinese perceptions on Japan’s evolving security role.
Organisationally, I have chosen the post-11 September 2001 period as the starting point of this project because the events of that day have forced Japan to make some very diffi cult choices. While it is clear with the benefi t of hindsight that the terrorist strikes did provide some quarters of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with a readily defi nable short-term ‘anti-terror’ pretext to quickly increase Japan’s international security contributions (and that this strengthened Japan’s security links to the United States), the extent to which Japan’s subsequent related policies and actions have changed Chinese perceptions of the broader evolution of the Sino-Japanese relationship is less clear. Although China has long been wary of Japan’s military capabilities and intentions, the post-11 September emergence of a more assertive or proactive Japan coincident with both strengthening U.S.-Japan security arrangements and a state of fl ux in the regional and global international security environments has given rise to some very serious strategic soul searching in Beijing. As my thesis demonstrates, this refl ects (and represents) a growing awareness among China’s fourth generational leaders that their reactions and responses to Japan’s push to become a more active military power will have profound long-term implications for not only the scope and direction of the Sino-Japanese relationship, but also China’s global security diplomacy.
ANTHONY WARE
TITLE OF THESIS:Context-Sensitivity in the Implementation of International Development Principles to Challenging Contexts: A Case Study of Myanmar
ABSTRACT:International development principles are generally presented as universal ideals. This thesis examines the implementation of such principles by International Non-Government Organisations (INGOs) in their operations in Myanmar in the light of the need for context sensitivity. This thesis therefore examines the contextualisation undertaken by INGOs to implement development principles within the diffi cult context of Myanmar, as a case study of context-sensitive development. Myanmar is a developing country with signifi cant humanitarian needs, but international assistance is complicated not just by particular historical, cultural and religious factors, but more particularly by a complex internal and international political context.
This thesis examines the historical, cultural and religious context, looking especially at Burmese political values and relationship with the West (in particular) over a long time perspective, to understand the context in which INGOs operate. The thesis then analyses new primary data collected through interviews both within Myanmar and across the region which highlights the adaptations INGOs make in the implementation of widely-held development principles and approaches in order to become most eff ective in this particular context.
Forty-seven interviews were conducted with key individuals from INGOs, UN organisations and local NGOs. As there is no defi nitive list of best-practice development principles for project-based INGO development interventions, a list of widely-held principles is compiled from interview responses and compared to existing sources. The adaptations to these principles made by INGOs because of the context of Myanmar are discussed in terms of this list of derived principles: adaptations in the way they work in local communities (participation, equity, sustainability, context sensitivity and active citizenry), and the way they work with civil society, NGOs, donors and offi cials (partnerships, capacity building, advocacy, rights-based approach and accountability).
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophyGraduate Certifi cate of Higher Education
Supervisors: A/Prof Matthew Clarke; Dr Heather Wallace
Current qualifi cations: BS (hons) Chemistry/ Genetics, BMin (Missiology), MA (Missiology), Asia Pacifi c Theological Seminary (summa cum laude)
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PhD AWARDED
PhD AWARDEDBA (Hons) International Studies
PhD AWARDEDBA (Hons) International Studies
Deakin Three Minute thesis competition winner calls for tripling of aid to Myanmar
Australia could double or triple its aid funding to Myanmar (Burma) – and thus further help its poverty-stricken people – without compromising its political ideals, a Deakin University PhD candidate and the winner of Deakin University’s Three Minute Thesis believes.
Anthony Ware, a PhD candidate in the School of International and Political Studies, said Myanmar, better known to many as Burma, is a desperately poor country.
“At least half the population live on less than $1 a day – some suggest that fi gure could be as high as 90%,” he said.
“Defi nitely 90% of births are unattended in village houses, while 75% of children are underweight.
Mr Ware’s research asks, how do the most eff ective development agencies operate in Myanmar, in particular, in what ways do they change what they do – or how they do it – because of the Myanmar’s unique characteristics.
Mr Ware said the biggest obstacle to the work of these agencies in alleviating poverty in the country is actually not the Myanmar government, whatever we want to think of them, but the low amount of aid being donated and the restrictions placed on its use by Western countries.
“If you listen to most of the press about Myanmar you would come away with the view that getting anything done in the country is impossible, but it isn’t.”
Mr Ware said the cyclone in 2008 had actually seen an increase in the number of aid agencies.
“What actually happened was that Myanmar processed more applications for access in half the time they usually do.
“In fact they ended up with twice as many aid agencies in the country than ever before.”
Mr Ware’s research will document for the fi rst time the experience of aid agencies in Myanmar and he hopes from this to develop a set of principles which will show how they can operate successfully.
“The signifi cance of my research is in identifying strategies that will assist the aid agencies trying to help the 60-odd million people living in deep poverty on our doorstep.”
Mr Ware said one of the most surprising fi ndings from the research is that the most successful ways agencies worked with the local population was by using participatory methods which involve villagers in key decision-making.
“It is a vexed question - how do you do participatory work in a country with an authoritarian regime without creating complications for the villagers,” he said.
“What my research has found is that the NGOs that are most eff ective in Myanmar do use a highly participative process, more so than in places like Cambodia and the Philippines, and it is defi nitely eff ective in Burma.”
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TIMOTHY MARTIN
TITLE OF THESIS:Maritime Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia and the Caribbean Sea
ABSTRACT:In the post-Cold War era, maritime security issues have changed from emphasising strategic deterrence to becoming a regional issue with greater weight given to the infl uence of international maritime law and cooperation between states. This thesis argues that while enforcing law at sea requires a degree of cooperation between states, such security cooperation is still a refl ection of, and tailored to, the national interests and priorities of individual states. Cooperation theorists, including regime theorists have argued that converging interests and expectations of actors can lead to their acceptance of being restrained in their behaviour if they perceive that other actors will do the same. When maritime law enforcement cooperation between states is sought there is a symbiosis between the sovereignty of the state and the ideals of international institutions; while states are signifi cant independent actors, they have nevertheless turned to agreement mechanisms that depend on existing framework instruments of cooperation and consensus, particularly those codes and conventions created under the auspices of the United Nations. This research will seek to compare and analyse the diff erent development of maritime law enforcement mechanisms in both the Caribbean Sea and South East Asian regions; although states prefer to take responsibility for the way that maritime law enforcement is coordinated within their immediate region they nevertheless cannot avoid cooperation with other states, nor the infl uence or interests of major foreign powers.
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Degree being studied for: Doctor of PhilosophySupervisors: Dr Craig Snyder;
Dr Ken Boutin; Dr Chengxin PanCurrent qualifi cations: BA (Hons)
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3MT3 Minute Thesis Competition
Anthony WarePHD StudentAfter winning the Faculty and University competition, Anthony Ware went on to represent Deakin in the trans-Tasman 3-minute thesis (3MT) competition involving 33 universities on 21 September 2010. His presentation was entitled “How do international development agencies operate in Myanmar?”
InterviewAnthony was interviewed about the potential release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the direction of Burmese politics on SYN Radio, 90.7 FM.
LANGUAGESNews from the Arabic Co-ordinatorNew Scholarships for Arabic
Pearson Research and Assessment Division has recently provided 3 Travel Grants ($1000 each) to Deakin Arabic students. The new scholarships, in addition to the existing scholarships Deakin Arabic receives from industry partners such as the Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are important contribution and valuable in making the benefi ts of the in-country program accessible and fi nancially viable for our students.
Review of Arabic Online Learning Material
Early this year, the School of International and Political Studies appointed an external reviewer, Dr Anne Morrison, to undertake a formal review of the Arabic Online language material. The review was mainly conducted in order to off er informed suggestions to enhance the language learning material, in order that Arabic language learners can experience a more satisfying and rewarding learning experience. The fi nal report of the review was received in late August with very positive fi ndings and a valuable set of recommendations.
Appointment of Arabic Online Material Developer
As a result of the external review the School of International and Political Studies has just appointed Ms Lamees Jaber as an Arabic Online Material Developer for 12 months to work on implementing some of the key recommendations of the external review, and also to carry out a range of tasks aimed at enhancing and improving the quality of the Arabic Online material.
Arabic In-Country Program
Concluded an agreement with Tunis Al Manar University to facilitate the 2010 Arabic In-country Program. This year, a total of 21 Deakin students will be traveling to Tunisia later this month to undertake the Arabic In-country Program. The program consists of 120 hours of Modern Standard Arabic in addition to 18 hours of local Tunisian dialect. The program is also supplemented by a very rich cultural program and activities. The experience provides excellent opportunities for students to heighten linguistic competence and enhance cultural understanding. Furthermore, it allows students to develop their academic potential, build their credentials as global citizens and obtain employment in Australia or internationally on completion of their degree.
Mr Hakeem Kasem(Recently promoted to Associate Professor, eff ective January 2011)
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An International Workshop on Teaching Chinese at Universities held at Deakin
During 29-30 October 2010, Associate Professor Guo-qiang Liu, Chair of Tertiary Chinese Teachers’ Association of Australia, organised and chaired an international workshop “Teaching Chinese at Universities in the Global Context at Deakin University”. Participants included academics from both Australia and China. The workshop was fi nancially supported by Hanban, an organisation in China responsible for promoting teaching of Chinese as a second language.
At the workshop people discussed a range of issues encountered in teaching Chinese at universities. Presentation of papers included titles such as:
» Global Context, University Education and Undergraduate Chinese Language for Foreigners;
» National Language Policy in Australia and China; » Integrated Approaches to Teaching Language and Culture; » An Cooperative Model of Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign language; » Development of Teaching Materials in the Context of Globalisation”; and » Learning Chinese Culture through Chinese Characters.
Dr Lin Zheng presented a paper entitled “Teaching Chinese at Universities in Australia: A 15-year Teaching Pedagogy Retrospective”. Through a review of her 15 years of teaching at four universities in Australia since 1994, she evaluated the tertiary teaching pedagogy required to engage distinct kinds of students productively. A critical component in the pedagogy she used relates to the role that code-switching among Chinese-Australian bilingual children had in their achieving language profi ciency. Her review was divided into three parts:
» contextual factors and intercultural communication; » grammatical structures and profi ciency-oriented approach; and » tonal constraints and standard pronunciation and intonation.
Additionally, for students for whom Chinese was a completely new language, the role of practice, social simulations and situating Chinese language in terms of culture were also reviewed. On this last matter, Chinese characters could be deconstructed to ‘tell a story’ about culture that engaged students. While theory has helped in this teaching practice, the sheer richness of the practical challenges engaged has been a major source of innovation and indeed inspiration to improve teaching.
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Associate Professor Guo-Qiang LiuCo-ordinator and Senior Lecturer
Dr Lin ZhengLecturer
Dr Lin ZhengLecturer
Dr Xiangshu FangLecturer
Dr Fengqi QianLecturer
The Chinese group received the Faculty of Arts and Education Dean’s Award for Excellence in Team Teaching at the Faculty General Meeting on Monday 6 December 2010.
A SNAPSHOT
Deakin has had a longstanding and productive partnership in senior offi cer training with the Department of Defence. This stretches back to the days when Deakin ran courses for the Army Staff College at Queenscliff . Currently, Deakin is involved in delivering a one year-long Masters course in Strategic Studies at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS) for senior Australian and overseas military offi cers (colonel-level rank) and equivalent civilian Government offi cials engaged in strategic and security issues. See http://www.defence.gov.au/adc/cdss_home.htm
CDSS is part of the Australian Defence College (ADC) Campus located at Weston Creek in the south-west of Canberra. It was opened in January 2001, and has replaced the Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies and the Joint Services Staff College, both of which previously operated at Weston Creek.
CDSS is responsible for providing Australian and overseas participants with the knowledge and skills required to operate at the strategic and senior management level in a complex and modern security environment. To achieve this, the principal activity of the CDSS is the delivery of the Defence and Strategic Studies Course - a senior course which includes about 400 presentations by senior military and civilian Australian and overseas offi cials, internationally-recognized Australian and overseas academics, politicians and NGO offi cials.
The current Deakin-CDSS arrangement has been in place since 2006 when Deakin won the contract to provide a Master of Arts (Strategic Studies) at the senior offi cer course. This followed on immediately from another four-year contract between Deakin and the CDSS under which Deakin was principal contractor for the development and delivery of the 30 week curriculum.
Dr Claude Rakisits, as Director of the MA (Strategic Studies) program for Deakin University, manages a wide (and growing network) network of experienced Australian and overseas academics who supervise and examine the two major 10,000 word projects each CDSS course members needs to complete to obtain a Deakin MA in Strategic Studies. Many SIPS staff are involved in this process. It is estimated that at least 100 senior Australian and overseas military offi cers have obtained a Deakin MA (Strategic Studies) degree since Deakin began its association with CDSS. CDSS publishes some of the course members’ major papers. Links to the latest publications and introduction by the Principal, Dr Alan Ryan:http://www.defence.gov.au/jetwc/publications/shedden.html and http://www.defence.gov.au/jetwc/publications/management.html
PARTNERSHIPSThe Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS)
2002-2005: Deakin had 4 years of contract to develop the curriculum for the whole course, as well as bring in all the speakers (250 senior academics for 300 or so sessions a year).
2006-2009: The CDSS took over development and delivery in-house. Deakin maintained the supervision. 2010: The contract was won by competitive tender for a further two years
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SIPS CongratulatesDr Ismet Fanany on his recent promotion to Associate Professor Dr Marshall Clark on his recent promotion to Senior Lecturer. ADRI SeminarsA series of lunchtime seminars held by the Alfred Deakin Research Institute recently looked at Australia from the perspective of researchers visiting Deakin University from Iran, Japan, Indonesia and India. Dr Ismet Fanany talked about the intense relationship between Australia and Indonesia and how Indonesian perceptions of Australia have been changing.Listen to the forums here:
Book LaunchDr Marshall Clark launches his new book “Maskulinitas” on 10 December. The book will be launched by Associate Professor Ariel Heryanto at the ANU Co-op Bookshop, Bldg 17, Union Court, Canberra, ACT 0200.
Indonesian In-Country ProgramIn T3, 2010 the Indonesian in-country program will be held in at the Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim (UIN Maliki) in Malang, East Java. A Memorandum of Understanding between Deakin and UIN Maliki provides scope for such academic collaboration. In addition, a specifi c agreement is enacted for the in-country program, for which Alistair Welsh is program director.
Deakin students are provided a unique opportunity to live on campus and attend a state Islamic university. This year, 38 Deakin students will undertake the intensive 6 week program, at third year level. This group includes a cohort of 11 teachers or prospective teachers undertaking retraining under the National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program (NALSSP), with DEEWR funding. This cohort is undertaking the Graduate Diploma of Language, in an accelerated program that allows them to complete the equivalent of three years of language study in 13 months.
The program will run from 20 December 2010 – 28 January 2011. As an intensive learning experience the program is academically rigorous and well-complemented with a cultural program and excursions. Accelerated language skills and enhanced intercultural understanding are made possible by a high level of engagement with the local community. Students often cite the in-country program as one of the most enriching experiences of their university study.
Asian Languages Teachers Qualifi cations Project (ALTQP)Ismet Fanany will coordinate an intensive Indonesian language program for teacher retraining at Burwood campus in January. This program is the result of a successful tender bid through the Centre for Teaching Asian Languages and Cultures (CTALC) to obtain funding from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD).
The program will retrain 15 Victorian teachers to complete an Indonesian language major. Participants will undertake the Graduate Diploma of Language, in an accelerated program that enables them to complete the equivalent of three years of Indonesian language study in 13 months.
Ismet will be assisted by two visiting scholars from Universitas Negeri Padang (the State University of Padang), one of our partner universities in Indonesia. Similar to the in-country program, the academic component will be complemented with additional cultural-related activities that extend language use beyond the classroom setting.
Dr Ismet FananySenior Lecturer
Dr Marshall ClarkLecturer
Mr Alistair WelshLecturer
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PAKISTAN- FROM CRISIS TO CRISISIn addition to his offi cial role as Program Director for the Master of Arts (Strategic Studies) at the CDSS, Claude is also engaged in research on developments in Pakistan, a subject he has been observing for almost 30 years. He has prepared a short analysis of the latest developments in Pakistan below:
Dr Claude RakisitsSenior Lecturer in Strategic Studies andDirector – Master of Arts (Strategic Studies)
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“In the delivery of social services, medical care and education...Pakistan is failing its people. “
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Pakistan has been in the headlines a lot recently and usually for the wrong reasons. The recent devastating fl oods have been another body blow to an already weak state. Although the country’s economy grew reasonably well at an average of six per cent per annum in 2004-2007, since then it has had diffi culties recovering from the Global Financial Crisis. So with 170 million people - making it the world’s sixth most populous country - and growing at well over two per cent per year, Pakistan is having great diffi culties feeding its people. Children are particularly vulnerable, with some 30 per cent of them suff ering malnutrition in the rural areas. This is on top of a country which will be unable to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. In the delivery of social services, medical care and education, to name just a few, Pakistan is failing its people.
Complicating the dire socio-economic situation, Pakistan has had to deal with a growing home-grown militancy problem which has resulted in the death of an estimated 10,000 people in the last four years. The growth of this security issue is directly related to developments in neighbouring Afghanistan. Following the ouster of the Taliban from power in Kabul, the Afghan Taliban fi ghters
and their Al-Qaeda allies found refuge in the semi-autonomous tribal areas of north western Pakistan. Given the physical remoteness of the tribal areas and their lack of economic and political integration with the rest of the country, it was relatively easy for these jihadist fi ghters to embed themselves among the local population. Not only have these fi ghters ruthlessly imposed their extremist ideology by eliminating any opposition, but their world outlook has been embraced by some of the local tribal leaders who are now actively seeking to impose - through force and fear - the Shariah on the rest of the country. Worrisomely, these tribal-based militants have joined forces with Punjab-based extremists, confi rming that Pakistan’s Taliban problem is driven by religion as opposed to the Afghan Taliban’s which is very much Pakhtun-focussed.
However, notwithstanding these diff erences in focus, the Afghan Taliban and some of the Pakistani Taliban groups have been collaborating in their confrontation with the Pakistani state and the US-led Coalition forces in Afghanistan.
He said: “unmanned drones are the single most important factor for the rampant anti-Americanism in Pakistan”. Commenting on the eff ect of precision drone attacks against insurgents and civilians in Pakistani tribal areas, Dr. Rakisits described the complex ethnic, religious and historical factors that have caused instability in the region. These factors have allowed the Taliban, seeking sanctuaries outside Afghanistan, to gain a foothold in Pakistan’s northern mountain ranges.
Dr. Rakisits referenced high levels of corruption within the government and the omnipresence of the state’s military as reasons why Pakistan could be considered a failed state. He described the Pakistani police force as “corrupt, incompetent, badly trained”. He claimed these factors and the recent disastrous fl oods are the main causes of instability in the fragile state.
Pakistan stands to win from capture of Taliban leader, February 22, 2010 LINK
Congo’s 50 years of utter misery, July 5 2010 LINK
Pakistan’s political cancer grows, July 8, 2010 LINK
Disaster takes Pakistan close to collapse, August 12, 2010 LINK
World cannot allow Pakistan to collapse, October 12, 2010 LINK
Accordingly, Washington has put a lot of pressure (sugar-coated with billions of dollars) on the Pakistani army to fl ush these Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda fi ghters out of their safe havens in the tribal areas (especially in North Waziristan). Needless to say, as long as they are able to come and go over the border, the Coalition’s military eff orts in Afghanistan will be negated. But the Pakistani army, looking ahead to the day Western forces leave Afghanistan, has no appetite to hunt down these Afghan militants who could be useful allies were they to eventually return to power in Kabul.
These issues – socio-economic and security - have put a lot of stress on already weak state institutions. And, while nuclear-armed Pakistan is not about to fall apart and will probably ‘muddle through’, it is progressively getting worse on many fronts. The only good news is that the Taliban is not unifi ed; it’s divided along tribal, ethnic and operational lines. Of course, that could always change. But, even so, the Taliban would have to contend with the country’s most stable and powerful institution – the 600,000 men-strong armed forces - before hoping to take over the reins of power in Islamabad.
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Follow the links to Claude’s various presentations and press during 2010:
Claude presented Pakistan in Crisis – a Failed State? at the Australian Institute on International Aff airs (AIIA) on 6 October 2010. He said “Pakistan is in deep crisis” and highlighted the high level of anti-Americanism in Pakistan.
“The only good news is that the Taliban is not unifi ed; it’s divided along tribal, ethnic and operational lines.”
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CONFERENCESThe World In Crisis- business as usual?
Sponsored byThe School of International and Political Studies in association with
The Centre for Citizenship and Human RightsDeakin University
2010 International Public Lecture and Workshop Series11-13 November 2010
Following 18 months of planning, the School of International and Political Studies hosted a series of Public Lectures and Workshops over three days in November as our Top Third project. This international event World in Crisis – business as usual? involved various local panel workshops and three internationally acclaimed keynote speakers.
Professor Bob Jessop, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Lancaster opened the Conference on Thursday 11 November with his presentation “Crisis, What Crisis? Reflections on Crisis, Crisis-Management and Crises of Crisis-Management”. Professor Jessop has published extensively on state theory and political economy.
Major works include: » The Capitalist State: Marxist Theories
and Methods, Oxford: Blackwell 1982 » Nicos Poulantzas: Marxist Theory and
Political Strategy, London: Macmillan 1985
» Thatcherism: a Tale of Two Nations, Cambridge: Polity (co-authors—Kevin Bonnett, Simon Bromley, & Tom Ling) 1988
» State Theory: Putting the Capitalist State in Its Place, Cambridge: Polity 1990
» The Future of the Capitalist State, Cambridge: Polity 2002
» Beyond the Regulation Approach Putting Capitalist Economies in their Place (co-authored with Ngai-Ling Sum) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2006. Winner of the Gunnar Myrdal Prize awarded given by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy for the best book published in 2006 broadly in line with its aims and objectives.
» State Power: A Strategic-Relational Approach, Cambridge: Polity 2007
Professor John Mueller presented “Maintaining the Catastrophe Quota” on Friday 12 November. He is Woodrow Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Mershon Center and Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University
His recent books include: » The Remnants of War, Ithaca, NY:
Cornell University Press, 2004. » Overblown. How Politicians and the
Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them. New York: Free Press, 2006.
» Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
On Saturday 13 November, Ms Malalai Joya presented “Afghanistan 2010: Winners or losers?” Ms Joya is the youngest woman elected to the Afghanistan Parliament, in 2004, who then faced death threats for her outspoken criticism of tribal warlords. She has survived a number of assassination attempts as she travels the world speaking out against the corruption in present-day Afghanistan and against the current war in her country. Throughout her public life, she has suffered enormous hardship on behalf of improving
the circumstances of her people. Deakin has hosted her to Australia before and so it was no surprise that we attracted a large group to hear her speak on the Saturday morning. There was much press surrounding her visit, please follow the links:The Age 12/11/2010The Guardian 2/11/2010ABC Australia 11/11/2010Sydney Morning Herald 17/11/2010Defence Committee for Malalai Joya 11/11/2010
The workshops were equally distinctive, highlighting the School’s strengths with its eminent academics showcasing key discipline strengths and drawing in colleagues and visitors from overseas, national and local universities. Information about the event is available here.
We will shortly be uploading more powerpoints, recordings and photos to the site.
Helen AndrewEditorial Coordinator
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Pharmaceuticals in Developing and Emerging Economies: Production, Innovation, and Access to Medicines in the wake of TRIPS
Deakin was the co‐sponsor of the international conference at the University of Hyderabad, India: Pharmaceuticals in Developing and Emerging Economies: Production, Innovation, and Access to Medicines in the wake of TRIPS on 17‐19 September.
Several hundred researchers and academics, policy makers, activists, students, professionals and corporate executives, participated over three days. The conference was followed on the fourth day by a study trip to a manufacturing cluster close to Hyderabad, one of India’s major pharmaceutical industry centres. The conference had been initiated by Dr Hans Lofgren (SIPS) during previous visits to Hyderabad, and he was the conference co‐chair jointly with Professor Manohar Rao.
Around 70 conference papers, a number of key note addresses and fi ve panel sessions, addressed the challenge of providing access to appropriate and aff ordable medicines in India and the Global South, and the implications of the imposition of product patents for drugs through the Trade‐Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement. The aim was to provide a landmark assessment of key issues in this critical area in global health and development. This was achieved through a remarkable range of high quality presentations complemented by many informal discussions. Deakin has accepted responsibility for ensuring that a selection of these papers be published in two monographs.
Deakin was highly praised for bringing together such an eminent group of key researchers and activists and our organisational capabilities. We are now asked by many of the participants, including Dr Mira Shiva, one of India’s most high profi le and infl uential social activists, to continue to provide leadership in this fi eld. Deakin has a unique opportunity to position itself at the centre of policy debates and networking in the medicines policy fi eld in India and internationally – an enormously important area for India, both in terms of both public health and economic development. The event was inaugurated by Professor Seyed E. Hasnain, Vice‐ Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, a renowned expert on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. The keynote
The Deakin organisers wish to acknowledge support from the School of International and Political Studies, Strategic Research Centre (CCSR), Professor Lee Astheimer, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), the Faculty of Arts and Education, Ms Ravneet Pawha, Country Director (India) and Mr Pawan Solanki, Manager ‐ Research Services, Deakin India.
Please click here to access video and recordings from the event.
Organising Committee MembersFrom left: Mr Dean Coldicott, Ms Chippy Kurian Sunil & Dr Hans Lofgren
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International Multiculturalism Symposium: Comparative Multiculturalism from Transnational and Global Perspectives
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Thursday 25 November- Friday 26 NovemberOrganised by:
The Centre for Citizenship and Globalisationin partnership with
The Audiovisual Media Lab for the Study of Cultures and Societies
Immigration debates and the rise of human mobility in many European and North American countries, but as well in Australia and New Zealand refl ect a number of transnational discursive productions, such as the perception of porous national borders, socio-economic insecurity, and rising political instability. As a response to this rise in immigration fl ows and human mobility, many émigré-societies have heavily relied on multiculturalism as a social policy response to deal with settlement’s related issues of new immigrants. The symposium explored diff erent issues such as the meaning of citizenship, social justice, intercultural tensions and related social problems.
More recently, multiculturalism has come under attack and gradually started to retreat as a socio-political concept for dealing with cultural and religious diversity in the wake of today’s economic diffi culties and security risks and the rise of human mobility. Indeed, multiculturalism is now being undermined by stronger discursive practices, which tend to encourage a commitment to particular mainstream values of national identity. Within this retreating version of multiculturalism, whose discursive trajectories seem to move from cosmopolitanism to assimilationism, migrant communities in Western émigré countries, as well as western nationals with visible and invisible non-western markers, are increasingly engaging and challenging notions of representations, national belonging, and cultural identity.
This symposium featured a number of prominent international scholars who discussed and presented their latest research and refl ections on multiculturalism. Among others themes, the participants will address the following key issues:
» Rethinking multiculturalism in/for the context of 21st century » Transnational multiculturalism » Multiculturalism and cultural representations » Visibility/invisibility of racial, cultural, and religious minorities in émigré societies » The state of multiculturalism and indigenous communities » The contradictory manifestations of multicultural ideologies and the ethics of political membership
Re-Conceptualising Development Workshop29 October 2010, Deakin University
The Alfred Deakin Research Institute and the Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights sponsored the event, which considered how our thinking and practice of development is being challenged and is changing its successes and failures, and critiques of where it has gone and is going, and where it might go into the future.
Invited Speakers included:
Professor Sue Kenny, Deakin UniversityProfessor Damien Kingsbury, Deakin UniversityProfessor Jim Ife, Emeritus Professor, Curtin University & Honorary Fellow, Deakin UniversityProfessor John McKay, Analysis International & Honorary Fellow, Deakin UniversityDimity Feifer, Australian Volunteers InternationalAssoc Professor Rohan Bastin, Deakin University
Jackie Mansourian, Society for International DevelopmentDr Craig Thorburn, Monash UniversityAndrew Hewitt, Oxfam AustraliaMark McPeak, ChildFund, AustraliaPaul Ronalds, Dept of Prime Minister & CabinetDr Helen Hill, Victoria University
Professor Fethi MansouriDirector, Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation
PHILOSOPHY
Dr Matthew Sharpe
Dr Sharpe was awarded the Faculty Researcher of the Year (Level B/C) at the Faculty of Arts and Education General Meeting on Monday 6 December 2010
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Philosophy 2010
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Trimester 2 has been a busy and productive time for the Philosophy discipline at Deakin. Alongside our usual teaching off erings, this year the discipline has been included in the “Beliefs, Ethics, and Ideologies” Cluster in the Alfred Deakin Research Institute (ADRI). This was a new experience for the group and involved hosting several events throughout the year. Individual staff members have continued their very productive research eff orts, with notable publications and imminent and already-submitted Grant applications. Members of the group have travelled, or are preparing to travel around the world, in order to undertake research and to produce new teaching materials for students.
Using funds from ADRI to stimulate scholarly culture and activity, the Philosophy group has been active in running an extremely successful series of ‘Philosophy and the Public World’ lectures. These lectures have brought leading Australasian speakers to Deakin to discuss a series of topics of contemporary concern, including philosophy and fi lm,
philosophy and biology, philosophy and religion, and philosophy and the good life.
Notably, invited speakers this Trimester include Liezl Van Zyl, lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Dr Van Zyl presented a seminar in mid-September on Virtue Ethics at Burwood and is collaborating in research work with Deakin’s Associate Professor Stan van Hooft.
Another exciting event that the Philosophy discipline has recently held is the Camus Day. The purpose of the event was to honour the 1957 Nobel Prize winner for literature on the 50th anniversary after his death. The colloquium on Camus was held at the Burwood Campus of Deakin University on Wednesday October 13. Academics from philosophy and literary studies from around Australia, came together to talk about “Camus today”; his relevance to our times, those dimensions of his philosophy beyond the familiar philosophy of the absurd, and why his literary stature continues to grow. The conference was
attended by academics and students from other universities as well as teachers and students from secondary schools in Melbourne.
The “Secularisation and Its Discontents” stream was another key event hosted by the group at the “World in Crisis” event on November 12. Deakin was honoured to have leading authors and scholars Dr. John Rundell (Melbourne Social Theory), Dr. Tracey Rowland (John Paul II Institute), and Professor Wayne Hudson (Philosophy, University of Tasmania) speak at the event. An edited collection of papers will also come out of the workshop in 2012.
Members of the “Beliefs, Ethics, and Ideologies” ADRI Cluster that includes philosophers, will also be submitting a 2012 ARC Grant Application on Literature, Aesthetics and Public Culture, in a research subgroup headed by Dr. Geoff rey Boucher (Deakin Literature).
In the meantime, members of the Discipline have not been idle in their individual research travails, continuing
to present papers at conferences and to publish their work in leading venues. Notably, Stan van Hooft’s book on “Hope” has been accepted for publication and will appear in early 2011. Stan’s collaborative work, with Wim Vandekerckhove from Belgium, also recently saw their edited volume Questioning Cosmopolitanism published by Springer. Dr. Geoff rey Boucher and Matthew Sharpe’s book Zizek and Politics (Edinburgh University Press) went to press over the winter break period. Purushottama Bilimoria is presently, with the aid of our hard-working Research Cluster Assistant Dr. Leesa Davis, completing the book-length monograph Transnational Indian Diaspora: Hindus and Sikhs in Australia with Jayant Bapat and Phillip Hughes. Dr. Leesa Davis, a longtime sessional teacher for our Discipline, has also produced her fi rst book this year, Leesa S Davis, Advaita Vedanta & Zen Buddhism: Deconstructive Modes of Spiritual Inquiry, with the prestigious publisher Continuum UK.
Associate Professor Bilimoria presented the key note plenary at this year’s Australasian Philosophy of Religion Association in July, under the title: ‘Why is there Nothing Rather than Something: Cross-Cultural Impossibilities’. Associate Professor Russell Grigg was also an invited speaker at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil) on November 22nd to 25th 2010. In addition, he has recently recorded an interview for an SBS series in fi ve parts on “Sex: An Unnatural History” that is scheduled for screening in June/July 2011.
The Discipline’s members have also continued to publish journal articles and book chapters and present their work at leading conferences. We can mention only a few of these articles here: Associate Professor Grigg is presently completing an article on “Interpretation in Analysis” for the new journal Culture/Clinic, and has published this year also “LanguageFE
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Central Images (Clockwise from left) Ruins of Temple of Apollo, Naxos, Greece; Remains of the Sanctuary of Delphi and the Ancient Agora at Athens, Birthplace of Philosophy. Courtesy of Matthew Sharpe, September 2010.
Above Albert Camus, 1957 Nobel Prize winner for Literature.
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Australian Museum Eureka PrizeProfessor Stan van Hooft was this year a � nalist in the prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics. His 2010 book Cosmopolitanism: A Philosophy for Global Ethics has been hailed internationally and described as demonstrating the ”technical skills of the trained philosopher, the pedagogic qualities of the committed and experienced teacher, and the moral convictions of the concerned citizen”. His research outputs are signi� cant, and when coupled with his substantial contribution to teaching and learning, Stan has made a great contribution to the university. He has recently been promoted to Professor (e� ective January 2011).
From left: Dr John Forge (winner) who wrote on the ethical responsibilities of scientists; Dr Deborah Zion and Associate Professor Bebe Lo� and Professor Linda Briskman, who, together, wrote on the health problems of asylum seekers; and Associate Professor Stan van Hooft, who wrote on Cosmopolitanism. Link
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as symptom in ordinary psychosis” (in. Psychoanalytical Notebooks. 19(2009): 33-44 and simultaneously published in French in Quarto nos. 94-95 (2009). Dr. Sharpe has recently had a two-part article on the medieval Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides published in the journal Sophia; and his article on Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss was recently published in the international collection The Legacy of Leo Strauss (edited by Tony Burns and James Connelly, Imprint Academic). Leesa Davis’ “ Zen in Australia: Tradition, Challenges and Innovation” appeared in Rocha, C & Barker M (eds) Buddhism In Australia (Routledge UK 2010).
Finally, to the individual group member’s travel. Like the universality of thought herself, the Deakin philosophers continue to jetset around the globe in their ceaseless pursuit of wisdom. Associate Professor Stan van Hooft spent four months of Outside Studies Program (OSP) in France, Belgium and England in the � rst half of the year. Professor Douglas Kirsner has been working in New York this Trimester on OSP and Associate Professor Grigg is about to travel to South America. Dr. Sharpe recently took time out from a family holiday in Greece, the home of philosophy, to make a series of short documentaries for students on Plato and the birth of Philosophy, Nietzsche and the birth of Greek drama, and Martin Heidegger and the philosophy of art.
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Philosophy 2010
Associate Professor Purushottama Bilimoria
Professor Douglas Kirsner
Associate Professor Russell Grigg
Associate Professor Stan van Hooft
Dr Matthew Sharpe
DeakinPhilosophy
Team
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELEASE, July 30, 2010Cosmopolitan view for Deakin Eureka Prize � nalist
Deakin University Associate Professor Stan van Hooft admits he is something of an idealist, but his philosophy that individuals have a responsibility to shape world events has won him a place as a � nalist in the 2010 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes – the Oscars of Australian science. The awards recognise the year’s most innovative and in� uential scientists, together with the country’s top science communicators and teachers. Associate Professor van Hooft was nominated as a � nalist in the ethics category, for his book Cosmopolitanism: A Philosophy for Global Ethics. In the book he argues that people should adopt a cosmopolitan view, embracing the whole world into their moral concerns and applying these standards impartially and equitably regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion and gender.
“It then goes on to unpack the implications of that argument,” he explained.
“Cosmopolitanism is a demanding and contentious moral position.
“For instance, with the refugee crisis I challenge the way we put national boundaries around our concern for others.
“One of the � rst things we think about is our national interest, yet for a cosmopolitan the � rst thing we should think about is the needs and rights of the refugees. It’s about their moral status. To an Australian cosmopolitan who lives here the fact that there is a national border between them and us is morally irrelevant.
“With the environment, the argument that we mustn’t place too many restrictions on our carbon emissions because of its e� ect on Australian business is also ethically questionable.
“A cosmopolitan would say ‘why does it matter that the business that is a� ected is an Australian one?’
“Everyone has a responsibility on this issue; it is not about putting the national interest � rst.”Associate Professor van Hooft credited his colleagues in Deakin’s School of International and Political Studies for inspiring him to write the book.
“Philosophers often sit outside the real world and think about the ideal and whether we can live up to those ideals,” he said.
“They clarify problems and propose moral stances for people to live by. I found myself with colleagues who taught politics and international relations and was exposed to their interests. As a result I found that I acquired a much more practical and global outlook.”
Associate Professor van Hooft said everyone had a role to play in world events.
“World poverty and global injustice, for example, are problems that we are all involved in and which we can all do something about. But we need to see the victims of poverty in the developing world as just as deserving of our assistance as the poor in our own country.“There is always a question about how much you can do and whether you can do enough,” he said.“So individuals can do something as simple as sponsoring a child through Oxfam, or making a political decision by supporting the party which has the better policy on what you believe in.”
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Mansouri, Fethi (2010) Local governance, intercultural tension and the racialisation of Muslims in the West, in Yasmeen, Samina (eds), Muslims in Australia : the dynamics of exclusion and inclusion, pp. 250‐269, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic.
Sharpe, Matthew (2010) “ Zizek, Slavoj (1949-) in Jon Howard ed. Contemporary Critical Theorists (Edinburgh University Press: UK, 2010).
Sharpe, Matthew (2010) “On Plato as Origin and Periagoge in Strauss and Arendt”, in Tony Burns and James Connolly eds. On Leo Strauss’ Legacy(Imprint Bokos: UK, 2010).
Journal Articles
Bleiker, Roland and Hundt, David (2010) Ko Un and the poetics of postcolonial identity, Global society, vol. 24, no. 3 pp. 331-349, Routledge, Abingdon, England.
Boutin, J. D. Kenneth (2010) Network centric warfare and coalition operations: the new military operating system (Book Review), Australian journal of international aff airs, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 372-373,
Routledge, Melbourne, Vic. ERA 2010 Journal Ranking A.
Boutin, J. D. Kenneth (2010) Regional insights from Europe/ Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael Parnwell, Asia Pacifi c Viewpoint, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 116-117, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia,
Richmond, Vic. ERA 2010 Journal Ranking C.
Boutin, J. D. Kenneth (2010) Book Review: globalization and defence in the Asia-Pacifi c: arms across Asia, Australian Journal of International Aff airs, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 487-488, Routledge, Melbourne, Vic. ERA
2010 Journal Ranking A.
Ghazarian, Zareh (2010) Open and Closed: an analysis of the organisations of senate-based minor parties in Australia, APSA 2010: Proceedings of the Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference: Connected Globe: Confl icting Worlds, pp. 1-11, Australian Political Studies Association, Melbourne, Vic.
Mansouri, Fethi and Jenkins, Louise (2010) Schools as sites of race relations and intercultural tension, Australian journal of teacher education, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 93-108, Edith Cowen University, Katoomba, NSW. ERA 2010 Journal Ranking: A
O’Toole, Kevin, Schoo, Adrian and Hernan, Andrea (2010) Why did they leave and what can they tell us? Allied health professionals leaving rural settings, Australian health review, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 66-72, Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Strawberry Hills, NSW. ERA 2010 Journal Ranking: C
O’Toole, Kevin, Dennis, Jennifer, Kilpatrick, Sue and Farmer, Jane (2010) From passive welfare to community governance: youth NGOs in Australia and Scotland, Children and youth services review, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 430-436, Pergamon, Oxford, England. ERA 2010 Journal Ranking: C
O’Toole, Kevin (2010) Knowledge Diff usion and integrated coastal zone management, Proceedings of the 2010 New Zealand Geographical Society Conference, , pp. 1-8, Christchurch, New Zealand.
O’Toole, Kevin and Keneley, Monica (2010) Forgotten outcomes for rural areas in central policy-making: the case of blue gums in Australia, Australian journal of public administration, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 190-201, Wiley Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond, Vic. ERA 2010 Journal Ranking: B.
Book Chapters
Clark, Marshall (2010) The Ramayana in Southeast Asia: fostering regionalism or the state?, in Krishnan, Gauri Parimoo (eds). Ramayana in focus: visual and performing arts of Asia, pp 216-225,
Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore.
Clarke Matthew, Fanany Ismet & Kenny Susan, (2010) Reconstructing the Invisible Landscape in Clarke, M., Fanany, I., Kenny, S. (eds).(2010) Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, Earthscan, London. Washington DC.
Clarke Matthew & Murray, Suellen (2010) The Voices of International NGO Staff in Clarke, M., Fanany, I., Kenny, S. (eds).(2010) Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, Earthscan, London. Washington DC.
Fanany Ismet (2010) Towards a Model of Constructive Interaction between Aid Donors and Recipients in a Disaster Context: The case of Lampuuk in Clarke, M., Fanany, I., Kenny, S. (eds).(2010) Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, Earthscan, London. Washington DC.
He Baogang (2010) “Introduction to Political Parties and Democracy: Part II: Asian Parties”, “China’s Step toward Democratization: Intraparty Democracy”, in Political Parties and Democracy: Volume III: Post‐Soviet and Asian Political Parties, Kay Lawson, general editor; volume editors, Baogang He, Anatoly Kulik and Kay Lawson, Santa Barbra, California: Praeger Publishers, 2010, pp. 115‐125; pp. 127‐147.
He Baogang (2010) “September 11, 2001 and Cultural Equality”, in Wenche Ommundsen, Michael leach and Andrew Vandeberg, eds., Cultural Citizenship and the Challenges of Globalization, (New Jersey: Hampton Press. Inc), 2010, pp. 93‐108.
He Baogang (2010) Chinese book chapter “Chaoyue Duoyuan de Yishi Xingtai” (“Beyond Ideologies”), in Xu Jilin, ed., Qimeng de Yichan yu Fansi (Refl ection on the Enlightenment and its Legacy), Nanjing: Jiangsu People’s Press, 2010, 34‐39.
Kenny Susan, Clarke Matthew, Fanany Ismet & Kingsbury Damien (2010) Deconstructing Aceh’s Reconstruction in Clarke, M., Fanany, I., Kenny, S. (eds).(2010) Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, Earthscan, London. Washington DC.
Kenny Susan, Clarke Matthew (2010) Lessons from Aceh in Clarke, M., Fanany, I., Kenny, S. (eds).(2010) Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, Earthscan, London. Washington DC.
Kenny Susan (2010) Reconstruction through Participatory Practice? in Clarke, M., Fanany, I., Kenny, S. (eds).(2010) Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, Earthscan, London. Washington DC.
Kingsbury Damien (2010) Political Reconstruction in Aceh in Clarke, M., Fanany, I., Kenny, S. (eds).(2010) Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, Earthscan, London. Washington DC.
Kingsbury, Damien (2010) ‘Decentralisation and Democratic Engagement in Timor‐Leste’, in Farram, S. ed. Locating Democracy: Representation, Elections and Governance in Timor‐Leste, Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin.
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Dr Phil Connors (2010) was invited speaker and facilitator at an Education Forum presenting and discussing the research report ‘Covering the Costs of Education: Research results on the access to education for low income families in the Geelong region’. 21st of April, Geelong.
Associate Professor Russell Grigg (2010) ‘Colonising Camus: or, the Arab as the true outsider in L’Étranger’, Colloquium, Deakin University, Australia, Wed 13 October 2010.
Professor Baogang He and Dr M. Warren (2010) ‘Authoritarian Deliberation: The deliberative turn in Chinese political development’ presented at Australian Political Studies Association, forthcoming publication in Perspective on Politics.
Associate Professor Stan van Hooft (2010) in late March participated in an invitee-only international seminar on the normative role of caring in nursing and other caring professions held over three days in Rome. Papers from the seminar will be edited and published in the journal “Nursing Ethics” in December, 2010.
Associate Professor Stan van Hooft (2010) presented two seminars in Singapore in March. At the National University of Singapore he presented a paper on “Hope and Religion” and at the Singapore Management University, he presented a seminar on “Hope and Politics”. “Hope and Politics” was also the topic of a lecture he gave at the Institute for Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence in France on April 22nd. Stan’s OSP leave is proving very productive.
Professor Sue Kenny (2010) ‘Community development and post-disaster reconstruction - Lessons for development practice’, paper delivered at International Association of Community Development (Victorian division) Seminar, Australian Volunteers International, Fitzroy, Wednesday 17th November 2010.
Professor Sue Kenny (2010) ‘Cosmopolitanism through practical international solidarity’ Keynote address at the launch of Women’s International Solidarity (Aust), Fitzroy.
Dr Michele Lobo presented a paper titled “Acts faith in the secular city” at the New Zealand Geographical Society/IAG Conference held from 5 – 8 July, 2010 at Christchurch, New Zealand. (The paper is co-authored by Professor Fethi Mansouri and Dr Michele Lobo.)
Professor Fethi Mansouri was a Chair and distinguished participant at the national symposium on ‘Migrant Security: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era’. The event was held at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) on 15 -16 July 2010.
Professor Fethi Mansouri was a plenary speaker at the Eighth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities to be held at the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) USA from 29 June to 2 July 2010. Professor Mansouri presented a paper on ‘Transnational Practices and Active Citizenship: Muslim Migrant Integration in the West’.
Professor Fethi Mansouri chaired a panel discussion on ‘Supporting Muslim communities in Australia’ at the Diversity in Health 2010 on Wednesday 9 June 2010 at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). Diversity in Health 2010 was held from 7-9 June 2010.
Professor Fethi Mansouri (2010) invited speaker at the Inaugural Forum of Global Dialogue Foundation, Melbourne on “Unity in Diversity ‐ 10.10.10” Bridging Cultures, Building Peace Grassroots Solutions for Understanding and Cooperation Among People and Cultures held on Sunday 10 October 2010 to Tuesday 12 October 2010. Prof. Mansouri spoke at the roundtable on Cultural Diversity and Inclusion, as seen from the Asia Pacifi c Region.
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Pan, Chengxin (2010) Westphalia and the Taiwan conundrum : a case against the exclusionist construction of sovereignty and identity, Journal of Chinese political science, vol. 15, no. 4, pp.
371-389, Springer Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ERA 2010 Journal Ranking B
Pan, Chengxin (2010) China and the global politics of regionalization, Australian journal of political science, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 522-523, Routledge, Melbourne, Vic. ERA 2010 Journal
Ranking A.
Rakisits, Claude (2010) Why Pakistan is important to the world, in Singh, Col. Herjeet (eds), Pentagon’s South Asia Defence and Strategic Yearbook 2010, pp. 111-117, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, India.
Reyner, Amy and Bilimoria, Purushottama (2010) Dying: an approach to care from dying from the Hindu and Buddhist Perspective, in MacKinlay, Elizabeth (eds), Ageing and spirituality across faiths and cultures, pp. 138-151, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP), London, England.
Sharpe, Matthew (2010) “Thoughts of an Antipodean in Hellas: An Ancient Commentary on Democracy and Hubris”, in Arena Magazine, no. 106.
Sharpe, Matthew (2010) Who Stole the Cheese? or: How postmodernism can grow your business, Man in India,vol. 89, no.4, pp. 525-541, Serials Publications, New Delhi, India. ERA 2010 Journal Ranking B.
Research Papers
Search the Citizenship and Globalisation Research Papers which are peer-reviewed online and print publications that promote original and scholarly research on all aspects of citizenship and globalisation. The topics covered are diverse and represent the breadth of research excellence in this multidisciplinary academic fi eld. The following research papers were presented by SIPS staff in 2010.
CCG Research Paper No.1 Preliminary Remarks on the Institutional Structures of Secessionist Movements: The cases of PKK, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Transnistria Dr Costas Laoutides
CCG Research Paper No.2Humanity or Justice?Associate Professor Stan van Hooft
CCG Research Paper No.3Contextualisation of International Development Principles to Diffi cult Contexts: A Case Study of MyanmarMr Anthony Ware
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Professor Fethi Mansouri (2010) invited to attend the “Unity in Diversity”, Think‐tank, organised by the Global Dialogue Foundation on 1st of October 2010. The purpose of the think‐tank was to establish support for GDF Project” Unity in Diversity”, currently working under the auspice of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
Professor Fethi Mansouri (2010) plenary speaker at the ‘New Directions in the Humanities’ conference, University of California, Los Angeles, USA on “Transnationalism, Multiculturalism and the Limits of Normative Citizenship – The Case of Muslim Diaspora in the West.’
Professor Fethi Mansouri (2010) panel member at the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria ECCV 2010 State Conference. The conference discussed contemporary issues such as: social cohesion, racism and discrimination; services for international students; interpreting and translating services and youth engagement; identity and belonging. The conference was held at the Melbourne Town Hall on Tuesday 28 September 2010.Professor Fethi Mansouri (2010) ‘Race relations and anti-racism strategies’, invited paper presented to the Australia and New Zealand Race Relations Roundtable, Canberra, Australian Human Rights Commission, Wednesday 10 November, 2010.
Amy Nethery (2010) “Immigration Detention, Punishment, the Constitution, and a Bill of Rights” at the Refugees, History and Human Rights seminar organised by Deakin University and The University of Melbourne, State Library, 19‐20 August, Victorian state library.
Dr Matthew Sharpe presented a paper “On Klein’s Trilogy” at the Australasian Association for Philosophy conference on 4 July 2010
Dr Matthew Sharpe presented a paper “On Naming: Maimonides with Kripke” at the Australasian Philosophy of Religion Association conference on 16 July 2010.
Media
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) Herald Sun People’s Forum comment on the State Election on 10 November 2010.
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) ABC News 24 TV interview on the Victorian State Election on 10 November 2010.
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) ABC North Coast Morning Show interview on the Federal Election campaign on 18 August 2010.
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) Q&A interview on SBS regarding the possibility of a hung parliament in the Federal Election on 16 August 2010.
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) Live Blogging for SBS, responding to questions about Federal Election campaigning and election results on polling night on 21 August 2010.
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) Interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP), which appeared in all AFP subscribing outlets including Yahoo News and domestic and international papers such as the West Australian, Taipei Times and India Times on 26 September 2010.
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) SBS interview “What role does the speaker play?” on 16 September 2010. Link
Professor Fethi Mansouri was interviewed by Iman Riman, SBS Radio, Arabic Program, 24 April 2010. (Listen online)
Professor Fethi Mansouri (2010) interviewed by Darragh O’Keeff e for and cited in the following article ‘Culture Clash’, Education Review, October 2010. Link
Professor Fethi Mansouri (2010) SBS Insight Program, interview with Kate Mayhew, regarding ‘Islamophobia in Australia’ on 29 October 2010.
Professor Fethi Mansouri(2010) Perth Radio station RTRFM 92.1, interview with Peter Barr, ‘migrant youth and the social experiences of racism’ 12 October, 2010.
Professor Fethi Mansouri(2010) Perth radio station RTRFM 92.1, interview with Peter Barr, ‘asylum seekers proposed detention centre in Northam WA and the racist debate’ on 9 November 2010.
Dr Matthew Sharpe and Dr Geoff rey Boucher - Book event at Gleebooks Sydney on 4 July 2010.
Dr Craig Snyder (2010) Interview on the Alan Brough program on 774 Melbourne ABC Radio about ‘International Diplomacy’ (the reaction to the Australian expulsion of an Israeli diplomat over Mossad’s use of the forged Australian passport) on Sunday 30 May 2010.
Dr Craig Snyder (2010) Interview on the Alan Brough program on Radio Australia’s Connect Asia Program regarding the implications of the US-South Korean military exercise Invincible Spirit on 29 July 2010.
Dr Craig Snyder (2010) Crikey Clarifi er regarding ‘what South Korea’s war games mean for the region’ on 27 July 2010. Link
Dr Craig Snyder (2010) Interview on the Morning program on ABC North Queensland regarding North Korean shelling of Yeonyeong island in South Korea on 24 November 2010.
Dr Craig Snyder (2010) Interview on JJJ’s Hack program regarding North Korean shelling of Yeonyeong island in South Korea on 24 November 2010.
Professor Geoff Stokes was interviewed on issues surrounding the appointment of Julia Gillard as the new Australian Prime Minister for Sanlian Life Weekly Magazine, a national Chinese magazine based in Beijing.
Dr Andrew Vandenberg (2010) Interview with James Nunez from SBS Radio, World View, regarding the Swedish Elections, 20 September. Link
Dr Andrew Vandenberg (2010) Interview with Jennifer Macey from PM Radio National, regarding the Swedish Elections, 20 September. Link
Dr Geoff rey Boucher and Dr Matthew Sharpe - Book event at Trades Hall Victoria for ZIZEK AND POLITICS on 2 July 2010.
Dr Geoff rey Boucher and Dr Matthew Sharpe - Book launch at Reading bookstore Carlton with on 16 July 2010.
Dr Scott Burchill was interviewed on ABC Breakfast Show on 7 May 2010.
Dr Scott Burchill spoke about West Papua at the AIIA on 9 August 2010. Link
Dr Scott Burchill (2010) ‘Bring the boys back home’, The Drum Unleashed, 19 October, 2010. Link
Dr Scott Burchill(2010) ‘Shifting reasons for being at war’, The Age, 22 October, 2010.
Dr Scott Burchill(2010) comment on the Afghanistan war debate in Parliament.
Dr Scott Burchill(2010) comment on PM Gillard’s fi rst foreign policy
Dr Scott Burchill(2010) appearance on the 7pm Project (Channel 10) discussing Afghanistan Link
Dr Scott Burchill(2010) ‘Great Scott! Uni lecturer helps Assange’’, The Age, 8 December, 2010. Link
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) Television interview on First Up program, Bloomberg network on 28 September 2010.
Zareh Ghazarian (2010) ABC Victoria’s Statewide Drive Program, interview on the National Election Campaign on 11 August 2010.
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ABC’s Radio National Artworks Feature ‘The Talking Cure’ with Associate Professor Russell Grigg
Investigating whether there exists a connection between psychoanalysis and theatre.01/08/10 Link
Is there a connection between psychoanalysis and the theatre? Sigmund Freud gave us the Oedipus complex, a disorder he diagnosed on the basis of one of Sophocles’ characters. Now, this condition is part and parcel of popular culture. So it should be no surprise then, that playwrights have brought this diagnosis full circle by turning the Oedipus complex back into theatre.
Take for example Equus, Duet For One, Mrs Klein and Portrait of Dora. These are all plays that theatricalise sessions between doctor and patient. And following in this tradition is Her Private Theatre, a new play which has just been performed at La Mama, in Melbourne. It’s based on one of the first case studies that Freud and Breuer ever published, the case of ‘Anna O’.
Lyn Gallacher follows this incestuous relationship between psychoanalysis and theatre by talking to Laurence Stragio and Natasha Jacobs, the performance and production duo who devised Her Private Theatre. What emerges is a story which connects psychoanalysis to social justice and tracks the birth of ‘the talking cure’, a cure which remains a rich source of inspiration for many artists. Also in this program you will hear from author Elizabeth Anne Danto, and academic and psychoanalyst Russell Grigg.
From abc.net.au
Media Spotlight
Natasha Jacobs performing in ‘Her Private Theatre’
Mr Greg Barns, Professor Damien Kingsbury and Professor Marian Simms
Other ActivitiesLibrary Books for Timor-Leste Trivia Night
30/10/10 Guest Speaker Damien KingsburyThis was a sold out event, sponsored by Deakin University. All money raised was sent to libraries in Timor-Leste for the purchase of library and literacy materials and to the district of Viqueque to support the development of library and education programs
Deakin Speaking
Deakin Speaking is a blog for Deakin University’s academics to provide diverse and robust opinion and comment arising from their key areas of expertise as well as about issues and contemporary news in their areas of interest within society as a whole. Regular contributors from the School of International and Political Studies include Professor Damien Kingsbury, Associate Professor Matthew Clarke and Dr Scott Burchill. Click here to access the Deakin Speaking website.
Southern Rural Water’s Waterwise Awards
Dr Anne Wallis and Associate Professor Kevin O’Toole were awarded a runner-up position in the Waterwise Awards for their project entitled “Reshaping Water Saving Attitudes in South-West Victoria” They were also congratulated on their research in a project that investigated behavioural change tools.
Deakin Research’s IT’S NOT MY FAULT FORUM
Deakin Research’s fifth annual IT’S NOT MY FAULT FORUM was held in November in the wonderfully atmospheric atrium of the Alfred Deakin Research Institute in Geelong, watched over by the stern visage of Alfred Deakin himself.
Mrs Strangequeen, or how Professor Damien Kingsbury learned to stop worrying and love the Monarchy
The title this year was YES WE’RE STILL A MONARCHY BUT IT’S NOT MY FAULT and the speakers were former head of the Australian Republican Movement, Greg Barns and Deakin Professors Marian Simms and Damien Kingsbury.
“The impetus for this debate was, in part, the poll that was conducted during the last Federal election. Surprisingly, the results indicated that more than a third of Australians don’t want Australia to become a republic ever,” said Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Professor Lee Astheimer.
“Given that 11 years ago, interest in becoming a republic was so great that Australia held a major referendum on the issue, we thought it was important to see why things have changed.”The forum was recorded for broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Life Matters, and also videoed for both the ABC and Deakin Research Channel’s websites.
Damien’s bravura performance at the annual Deakin Research debate can be here.
From Deakin Research News November 2010.
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STUDENTSJustine Goh, a student of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts, has been awarded a Chinese Government Scholarship to enable her to study in China in 2010-2011.
Since July 2010, Ellen Bambang, a student of Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Arts, has been employed as assistant to the Marketing Manager of Makmur Enterprises Pty Ltd. She is required to read and write business letters in Chinese to the export department in China etc. It is a food manufacturing business and most recognizable from its Asian appetizers brand like “Homai”, “Golden Wok” and “Emperor” to which they produce dim sims, spring rolls etc sold at large supermarket chains such as Woolworths and Coles. Ellen says that she is really keen to brush up her Chinese.
Success with two students selected for the 2011 US Congress Washington Internship Program.
» Catherine Maher Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) » Sam Kealey Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) Sam
was selected to intern for the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Catherine will be hosted by the offi ce of Representative Alcee Hastings.
Sam Kealey Mount Sinai- 2009 Exchange Catherine (centre)
Student News and Achievements
2010 Shanghai World Expo- The Experience of a Lifetime
Nicholas John Clarke completed the Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Commerce and writes on his experience in Shanghai, attending the 2010 World Expo.
Please do not ask me ?(For a photo); (Where the exit is); or
? (Where to get the Australian Pavilion stamp).
Although doing Honours in International Relations was a long-term goal, such plans were temporarily superseded by representing Australia at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
Before setting off in early April I downloaded as many journal articles as possible for my last Honours unit, foreseeing the Communist regime’s tentacles restricting access to the units’ politically sensitive content. At the same time I was trying to brush up on my Mandarin as it had been three years since I studied in the Middle Kingdom. Collectively, my departure was chaotic and I was putting a lot on the line. In fact I changed my Honours topic to suit the job opportunity, leading me to the idea of interviewing Chinese students, in China and Australia, regarding their views on civil liberty issues imbedded in the Sino-Australian relationship.
The Australian Pavilion facilitated the smooth experience of approximately 45,000 people, or a packed Etihad Stadium, every day for 6 months. This included a daily VIP running sheet that at times included the likes of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, sporting great Roger Federer, along with a myriad of academics and Chinese Communist Party members. You never knew who would be dropping by and what curve balls the masses would throw at you – fainting in the simmering heat, lost kids, fi rst aid emergencies, toddlers and not so much toddlers with their code ‘yellow’s and ‘browns’; issues that needed swift attention before the aforementioned VIP’s passed through!
Most Australians lived in the Expo (party) Village. However, as I was balancing work and study I became the resident nerd. Fortunately (apologies Deakin Library) I borrowed many books pertaining to my last two units, enabling effi cient nerd time straight after work. Admittedly a challenge, when each day presented another Pavilion’s National Day Party (typically free beer), Maltese Pavilion drinks every Thursday night coupled by just arriving in the Paris of the East.
Not long before my fi nal exam I was promoted and silly or ambitious enough to accept. Thus it was fi tting my last exam location code was not BURV but HOPE. Although being alone in a hotel room writing your last paper sounds melancholic, rushing to lead my team in the Australian Pavilion thereafter made it all worthwhile.
After seeing 8.3 million people experience our little bit of down under in Shanghai and every punter asking the same questions for 184 days consecutively. I am more than ready to start my thesis, especially after 10 months of amending my application to gain ethical approval, meaning I am Shanghai bound again, yet before I return to the Paris of the East:
“The exit is at the bottom of the ramp, where you will also fi nd the stamp next to the crocodile and yes you can have a photo with me – say cheese!”
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