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Australian Dance Council - Ausdance
ATSI culture specific Dance. To promote the status and quality of Australiandance so that it is attractive to private funding and sponsorship.
http://ausdance.org.au/ausdance/priorities.html

Extractions: priorities 2001-2002 Professional Dance OBJECTIVES * To assist in identifying options for career paths and infrastructure support through existing and alternative structures for all dance practitioners. * To provide professional opportunities which reflect the diversity of dance practice in Australia, including emerging and independent practice. YOUTH DANCE OBJECTIVES * To provide opportunities for the creative development of young people of all cultural backgrounds and in all settings, e.g. Community DANCE REGIONAL DANCE OBJECTIVES * To provide equal recognition to the dance of all cultures, and ensure that all Australians have access to a variety of dance experiences. * To encourage appropriate cultural representation on Ausdance boards and at forums, etc. through extensive consultation. * To encourage the professional development of community dance practitioners. * To provide opportunities for dance development in regional Australia.
The Opening Address Of The Conference On Religion And Culture In Asia Pacific
means in relation to a specific culture in the particular circumstances of a specifichistorical time and out of our contemporary australian experience, to
http://www.anglican.org.au/pctalks/speeches/opening_address_of_the_conferenc.htm

Extractions: 23rd October 2000 In this brief opening talk I want to make just two points. The same might be said of the use of the term "republic". We can speak in general terms of the minimal family likeness between the Peoples’ Republic of China and the Republic of the United States of America and of the future possibility of an Australian republic. But this is a very thin description. In each case we speak of what China, America and Australia might share in common as a republic by contrast with a monarchy. Scratch the surface, however, and underneath each of these republics will be highly different in terms of the specific ways they operate, and a specific and detailed description of each of them would be a "thick" description. Another American, Michael Walzer, a Jewish social scientist from Princeton, has taken this language of "thick" and "thin" and applied it to a discussion of social justice. It is possible to speak in very general or "thin" terms of the nature of justice of a common or garden variety. In broad terms, we know what justice means wherever it is used. On the other hand, it is possible to speak of what the achievement of social justice actually means in relation to a specific culture in the particular circumstances of a specific historical time and place eg, Australia today, given the treatment of refugees or the reality of mandatory sentencing. What is justice? The outcome would be a "thick" discussion of the meaning of justice…or the lack of it.
NIC - Soc.culture.*
soc.culture.australian australian culture and society. soc.culture.haitiHaiti specific development and cultural issues.
http://www.ibiblio.org/usenet-i/hier-s/soc.culture.html
Flinders University: Course Rules
in australian society and culture with practical sociocultural investigation ofaustralian life to circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit
http://www.flinders.edu.au/calendar/vol2/pg/GCAustSt.htm

Extractions: Australian Studies Program of Study INTRODUCTION The Graduate Certificate in Australian Studies is an 18 unit program offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology on a fee-paying basis. COURSE AIMS The course aims to: COURSE RULE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Applicants normally must hold an approved degree, diploma or equivalent qualification, although the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature. Candidature must be approved by the Head of Faculty or nominee. PROGRAM OF STUDY [amended: Sept/2002] A student's program of study must be approved by the Program Approver.
Australian FAQ Index
australianfaq/part6 Subject soc.culture.australian FAQ (Part 6 of 6) (monthly orcontribute to these documents, send email to the specific FAQ maintainers
http://isc.faqs.org/faqs/australian-faq/
Staff P.6
specific TOPICS Patrick White; Henry Handel Richardson women writers; popular literatureand culture; New Zealand novel and the media; australian printing and
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/english/area6.html
Staff P.7
australian literary culture, australian studies, twentieth century womens writing,cultural materialist and feminist literary theories. specific TOPICS
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/english/area7.html
Www.news2mail.com: News From Soc.Culture
australian, australian culture and society. Haiti, Haiti specific developmentand cultural issues. Hmong, Discussion of Hmong people and its culture.
http://www.news2mail.com/soc/culture.html

Extractions: Afghanistan Discussion of the Afghan society. African Albanian Albania and Albanians around the world. Algeria From A to Z about Algeria. Arabic Argentina All about life in Argentina. Asean Countries of the Assoc. of SE Asian Nations. Asian Assyrian Assyrian culture Asturies Asturian culture. Australian Australian culture and society. Austria Austria and its people. Baltics People of the Baltic states. Bangladesh Basque Basque culture and related issues. (Moderated) Belarus All things about Belarus. (Moderated) Belgium Belgian society Bengali Sociocultural identity of worldwide Bengali population. Berber The berber language Bolivia Bolivian people and culture. Bosna-Herzgvna The independent state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brazil Talking about the people and country of Brazil. Breton All about Breton culture and Brittany. British Bulgaria Discussing Bulgarian society. Burma Politics Cambodia Cambodia and its people. Canada Discussions of Canada and its people. Caribbean Life in the Caribbean. Catalan The Catalan language and the lands where it is spoken.
Culture And Policy Journal
the protection of indigenous culture and intellectual a doubly marginal positionwithin australian political and property law, with specific reference to the
http://www.gu.edu.au/centre/cmp/7_3_intro.html

Extractions: Mabo case. In this issue of Culture and Policy , we publish five papers which examine the intersection of aspects of intellectual property law with Aboriginal culture. In the main, these papers focus on questions around the visual arts, although other cultural practices - such as story-telling - are also examined. Carpets case' - Just as Culture and Policy sees a place for the publication of reports - such as 'Maintaining the news' - within its pages, we also believe that debate within the field will be enhanced by the publication of reviews and commentary on such material. In this respect, we hope that over the next few issues of the journal, we will be able to expand our reviews section to include not only reviews of new books, but also commentary on major research reports and key cultural policy documents. As such, we would be pleased to receive review copies of such material, and would welcome proposals from potential reviewers. Peter Anderson Peter Anderson is a Brisbane-based freelance writer and researcher specialising in the Arts and Cultural Policy. He is also currently the editor of
Division Of Society, Culture, Media And Philosophy
answer this, we consider aspects of the history of australian culture in relationto provincialism and colonialism, Aboriginal art, and work of specific artists
http://handbook.mq.edu.au/p4/pt4e_090.htm

Extractions: We look at questions such as the following: what do `the Arts' mean in Australian society today? To answer this, we consider aspects of the history of Australian culture in relation to provincialism and colonialism, Aboriginal art, and work of specific artists. We also endeavour to introduce a broad range of arts and topics, such as music, dance and multiculturalism, drama and acting, painting and photography, economics and the arts, the art of children, galleries and curatorial policy. In their final assignment, students are encouraged to use their own artistic skills in the presentation of their argument.
Www.efa.org.au/Publish/BSEG.txt
To use a specific example; an individual can set up a public access bulletin for serviceprovision will have all of the diversity of australian culture itself.
http://www.efa.org.au/Publish/BSEG.txt

Extractions: Mr Geoff Luther, Manager - Secretariat, Broadband Services Expert Group, GPO BOX 2154, Canberra ACT 2601. Dear Mr Luther, I am pleased to forward this submission for the Broadband Services Expert Group on behalf of Electronic Frontiers Australia. Electronic Frontiers Australia are an association of people with a common interest in the "binary community", computer based communication systems, online information services, electronic mail networks, and similar media. "Born" on Fidonet and the Internet last year, EFA arose out of a growing awareness by its founding members of the need for a community based organisation to become involved in the establishment of the national agenda for the delivery of data communication and broadband services to and within the Australian community-at-large. It is loosely modelled on the American Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and has received a great deal of encouragement and support from that organisation in this crucial establishment phase. Electronic Frontiers Australia are a net-based organisation. We conduct the vast majority of our business via the electronic data communications medium, utilising both Internet and Fidonet systems. Our objectives, loosely stated, are; - To ensure that people have the same basic freedoms 'within' computer based communication systems as without, - To educate the public at large about computer based communication systems and their use, - To support, encourage and advise on the development and use of computer based communication systems (and related innovations), and - To research and advise on the law as applied to computer based communication systems and related technologies. To these ends, we are corresponding with the media, representatives of the government, including the Right Honourable Minister for Social Security, Peter Baldwin, the law community, and other interested groups. We have created mailing lists, USEnet newsgroups and Fidonet-based echomail conferences to foster discussion of these issues. Why are Electronic Frontiers Australia interested in making a submission to the Broadband Services Expert Group? Some of the major goals of EFA are to ensure that in the development of existing and any future networks: - Universal service rules are adopted, - Connections to networks allow two way communications, - Privacy of communications is ensured, - Content is regulated to no greater extent than in other media, and - Laws and regulations governing the digital equivalents of speech, written and visual materials are no more onerous than those for their physical counterparts. The time to get these issues resolved is now, whilst broadband services are being planned. The way in which they are implemented will have a major impact on the development of our society. It could lead to more diversity of opinion and information sources, and greater democracy or it could lead to reduced diversity of opinion and information sources, and increased bureaucratic control over the population. If we (as a nation) don't get it right now, it will be very difficult to fix later. The "cornerstones" of our submission are that: The broadband network must be fully bi-directional. Many of the proposed services to be offered over the broadband network will require two-way communication. A low-bandwidth "back channel" will, for most of these services, simply not suffice. Lack of broadband transmission abilities will, moreover, prevent network users from offering their own services. It must be easy for any person to provide services. We believe that any person or corporate entity connected to the network must be able to become an information provider with relatively little effort over that required to become an information consumer. Our commentary on items raised in the Discussion Paper on various Terms of Reference will reflect and expand upon these points. Firstly, though, we must draw your attention to the submissions made by the Australian Computer Society, Inc and Pegasus Networks Communications Pty Ltd. The ACS and Pegasus submissions jointly cover most of what Electronic Frontiers Australia would otherwise feel compelled to say. Electronic Frontiers Australia supports their contributions wholeheartedly. As such, we will not waste your time through repetition of material they have covered. This submission will instead focus on those areas about which we are especially concerned. Please do not hesitate to contact Garth Kidd for any further information or discussion. His personal phone number is (08) 234-0908 and his email addresses are: Fidonet: 3:800/828 Internet: garth@cleese.apana.org.au Garth Kidd, Michael Baker, Spokesman, Chairman, Electronic Frontiers Australia. Electronic Frontiers Australia. 1. Nature of, and Demand for, Broadband Services ================================================ Australians are avid information consumers. We read books, magazines, newspapers and newsletters; we watch television, hire movies and documentaries on video, go to the movies, and listen to the radio. An increasing trend is "niche information"; provision of information services intended for specific markets rather than general consumption. This trend has been characterised by the proliferation of fax newsletters, free "street mags" supported by advertising specific to their target culture, and the growing popularity of community radio and television. We believe that niche information services will constitute a significant part of the use of a public data network. The keys are diversity and low cost. The greater the diversity of services and the lower the cost of connecting to them, the more likely that any given person will find at least one service on the network which, alone, justifies their connection to it. In other words, we believe that demand for services on the public data network will be roughly proportional to the diversity of services available on that network. The only way to encourage this diversity and keep costs down will be to make provision of services as easy as possible. To use a specific example; an individual can set up a public access bulletin board system for little more than the cost of a computer, modem and phone line. Creating a similar service on the public data network should be similarly inexpensive. 6. Impacts on the Australian Community ====================================== Benefits to the community - The community at large can only benefit from the provision of accurate information on which to base their decisions. Education services and online reference materials (the "binary library") will be especially useful. Widespread availability of speedy and efficient transfer of business information over the public data network via mechanisms such as EDI will make Australian industry more efficient in general by eliminating many sources of error and delay. Associated with this will be "telecommuting", in which people will perform most of their work at home and communicate with their employers and clients via the public data network. There are many advantages to telecommuting, including increased flexibility for employees, reduced need for child-care, a decrease in physical commuting via private or public transport, and the ability of geographically disparate people to work productively together. Reducing the effects of the "tyranny of distance" is of special importance to Australians, especially those living in fringe suburban or rural areas. The public data network will allow these people to remotely access services hitherto available only to those living close to capital cities. Equity of Access and Universal Service We expect the public data network to become as ubiquitous as the public telephone network. Indeed, a well designed public data network would reflect the telephone network in many ways, providing low-cost transmission of information between any two sites. "Universal service" rules must be adopted, designed to provide a basic service to all Australians for low cost. Cross-subsidization may be necessary. Without universal service, we may well see the development of new social classes orientated on information boundaries, the "information rich" and "information poor", those who have access to lifestyle- and productivity-enhancing information services and those who do not. The basic service must be competitive with modem technology over the PSTN. Cost of connection to the public data network should be on par with that of connection to the PSTN, and the equipment cost should be comparable to that of a high- speed modem. The bandwidth of the basic service should, we believe, be at least 32 kilobaud. Privacy Issues The existing potential for connecting discrete databases of personal information together to assemble highly accurate and perhaps invasive details of a person's lifestyle and activities would scare many Australians. Witness the often angry reaction to the sale of customer information to direct advertisers. With the provision of a broadband public data network, the ability to perform this data-matching will only be enhanced. To prevent the development of a culture in which nothing is truly private, it may become necessary to enact legislation preventing the distribution or sale of personal information without the permission of the individual concerned. Legislation might also be provided requiring the maintainers of databases of private information to allow people to access their own records and ensure that they are correct. Incorrect information has the potential to wreak havoc upon those individuals to whom it refers. Cultural Policy Objectives We do not believe that governmental intervention, say to ensure adequate Australian content or access for community services, will be necessary. A well designed and ubiquitous public data network with minimal barriers for service provision will have all of the diversity of Australian culture itself. 12. Role of Government ====================== "Common Carrier" Status - The rights and responsibilities of a provider of a public access information service to which the public can contribute are, presently, legally ambiguous and confusing for these providers. For example, having no "Common Carrier" status, a bulletin board sysop may well be held responsible for the contents of his or her system even if the contents are provided from without by users of the service. A typical response to this is to regularly check the system, including the contents of personal mail between users, for illegal activities. This has two disadvantages. Firstly, the sysop is violating the privacy of users of the system. Secondly, by exercising what is essentially editorial control over the contents of the system, the sysop may well be held responsible for anything s/he misses. Respecting the privacy of users and attempting to avoid exercising editorial control over the contents of the system may, on the other hand, constitute neglect or lack of reasonable precautions against misuse. It may be appropriate for Government to provide an analogue of common carrier status to providers of online information services, both over the PSTN and the public data network. Government as an Information Supplier We believe that Government should publish as much information as possible over the public data network as a public service. This would include Hansard, discussion papers such as that published by the Broadband Services Expert Group, White and Green Papers, legislation text, court schedules and rulings, and other public information.
People And Place Research Centre
social relationships to place within the greater australianPacific region the colonisation,landscape relationships and material culture of specific regions
http://www.amonline.net.au/centres/cntrpeop.htm
Australian International Cultural Council - Promoting Australia's Culture Abroad
The specific needs identified are reliable and regularly and regularly updated informationon australian art and definition of 'arts and culture' for trade
http://www.dfat.gov.au/aicc/paca/appendix3.html

Extractions: AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COUNCIL A three-year strategy for the coordination and promotion of Australian cultural activity overseas Foreword Members of the Australian International Cultural Council Introduction Aims ... Key to abbreviations Activities planned under the strategy 1.1 Priority regions The strategy identifies the following four priority regions for the promotion of Australian cultural activity: Western Europe, North America, North Asia and South East Asia. 1.2 Priority events Key opportunities for image projection and arts market development as identified by the AICC and the CICP include: 1.3 Foreign cultural promotion agencies 2.1 Olympics media
Articles On The Culture Of Australian Aborigines - Aboriginal Art Online
Articles on the art and culture of australian Aborigines Visual Arts Writer for Theaustralian newspaper (note The specific sources of the power are refereed to
http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/forum/articles.html

Extractions: Articles on the art and culture of Australian Aborigines by guest writers currently available on our Web site are: The title of this collection of paintings by father and son Charlie Matjuwi Burarrwanga and Peter Datjin Burarrwanga has a strong sound and an authoritative meaning. Gumatj is one of the largest clan groups of the Yolngu people from north east Arnhem Land. Rom is law, the ancestral law of the Yolngu people. Rom provides the moral basis for human existence; it also lays down the rights that people have in property, land, sacred objects, and designs. Art is part of this ancestral inheritance, intimately connected to the land.
ACU: Theology By Distance Education
as well as Religion in australian Media is an introduction to the background history,culture and narrative situations that gave rise to specific Pauline letters
http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/~yuri/UNITS.htm

Extractions: The Program Australian Catholic University offers units in Theology by distance mode to enable you to reflect more deeply upon the Christian tradition and the Christian faith in the comfort of your home. Your distance from a University campus is not an issue! All the material you need will be sent to you. There are no attendance requirements, however, you will be able to contact a lecturer if you have any queries. Assessment is usually in the form of two essays posted to the Lecturer-in-Charge. The units are taken from the Bachelor of Theology degree course and are classified as non-award units at present. If at a later date you apply for and are accepted into the Bachelor of Theology course, the non-award units you have successfully completed by distance will be credited towards your degree. Students who complete four units by distance are eligible to be awarded a Certificate in Theology from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Students who complete eight units by distance are eligible to be awarded a Diploma in Theology from the Faculty. Students can receive these awards at an annual University graduation ceremony if they wish. Units Offered: The following URL's point to some of the theology units offered at the Australian Catholic University Should you be interested in enrolling in these or similar courses, or for further information relating to Distance Education through the
History And Culture Of Drums & Percussion: Part 1
logs and reptile skins, here's a history of australian Aboriginal instruments Althoughbells are universal, their use and meanings are greatly culture specific.
http://www.tigerbill.com/subjects/dhistory1.htm
Articles
and market their image of australian culture to the Eastern culture, Western Gaze The Cinema of Zhang Yimou. director Zhang Yimou, with specific reference to
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~freeman/articles.htm

Extractions: Home Reviews 2003 Articles Titles ... Links Articles Below are a range of articles written for various purposes and publications. They include theoretical discussions on issues such as orientalism, formalism and post-colonialism: name an "ism" and it'll be here somewhere. As well as this, you'll find films viewed from a range of other perspectives: sociological analyses, thematic and structural approaches, critical evaluations of articles and books, studies of genre, spectatorship, narrative, auteurism and national cinemas. Where appropriate I have included a bibliography for those keen on pursuing further research. Contact in relation to these articles can be made by email The Best Films of 2002 These were the ten best films I saw in 2002 (plus a few others I really liked and a couple I could have done without). Melbourne International Film Festival 2002 The 2002 program was something of a step down from the previous year. But there were still some tremendous films to be seen at the 2002 festival. The wrap up of MIFF '02 is right here. Best of 2001 The Top Ten Films of 2001 (plus some others I had to mention as well).
Help With Searching Using The Culture And Recreation Portal Cultural Search Engi
matching your search and for specific screens containing of the major categories forcontributing culture and recreation down list of the australian States and
http://www.acn.gov.au/searchhelp/

Extractions: The Culture and Recreation Portal lets you use a number of different search strategies, on the homepage, on the headers at the top of screens in the site, and on the Advanced search screen . The homepage also offers browse lists of websites and documents, which have been organised by specific subject category or location or for a particular target audience. Contents
Australian Volunteers International : What We Do : Prepare
Employers can now access australian Volunteers International's of living and workingin another culture. people, tailored to meet the specific requirements of
http://203.147.163.99/whatwedo/prepare.html

Extractions: PREPARE Professional pre-departure preparation brings definite benefits to both the employee and the company. Being informed about, and prepared for, new working and living environments enhances the performance of employees and minimises their personal stress - leaving them free to focus on achieving corporate business objectives. Employers can now access Australian Volunteers International's intercultural briefing expertise to help prepare their staff for the challenges of living and working in another culture. Our intercultural briefing consultants coordinate a team of resource people, tailored to meet the specific requirements of the organisation, the employee and the family. Experience Australian Volunteers International has recruited, prepared and supported Australian Volunteers to live, work and learn in partnership with people of other cultures for the past four decades. In that time, we've prepared more than 5000 people for a wide range of assignments in 50 countries throughout the world. We have direct and regular contact with all levels of government and the wider community in the countries where we work, providing us with a practical understanding of the environments in which businesses are operating successfully overseas.
Australian Volunteers International : What We Do : Recruit
is too often based on a culture of finance. australian Volunteers International isa market leader in the Advertising specific advertising is charged at cost.
http://203.147.163.99/whatwedo/recruit.html

Extractions: Testimonials "I've worked with several local councils and know the problems of getting good quality staff. Australian Volunteers International provides good people (with) a strong commitment to Aboriginal people as well as the right qualifications. They have an openness to learn. They like the culture and the region, and aren't just out to make a quick buck. I've used them half a dozen times and have put other councils on to them as well." Sean Heffernan, local council employer, Northern Territory, Australia "We probably requested an Australian Volunteer for completely different reasons to that put on the application form - reasons that have more to do with interaction and understanding The world is shrinking every day. We need to think of ways to collaborate rather than exploit each other. Right now the collaboration is too often based on a culture of finance. Australian Volunteers International's efforts go beyond this so that volunteers promote intercultural collaboration for a more humane world - a non-violent world."

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