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Patrick White recovered (Nobel Laureate for Literature 1973)
Wednesday 9 May 7.00pm to 8.30pm Bldg 2 room 4.13 Professor Peter McNeil, Professor Margaret Harris and David Marr draw on recently-uncovered archives to reconsider Whites writing, social activism and life.
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Wednesday 9 May 2.00pm to 4.30pm Bldg 1 room 4.06 Professor Ross Gibson, Kate Richards and Dr Peter Doyle present a seminar on two projects using the Police and Justice Museum archive of crime scene photographs to explore creative processes in using archival material in historical accounts and art.
03 UTS and Beautiful Minds: Vicki Sara Pushing the boundaries of Australian literature 04:05 Cane toads with personality Gender equity slides: Emma Partridge 06:07 True migrants What you do and dont want: Conrad Walters 08:09 Where fashion and architecture collide: Vicki Karaminas The brain drain 10 Comic cuts: the UTS cartoon Oztalk Fewer complications for relaxed patients Materials conservation explained 11 1967 looking back: Nicole Watson 12:13 Telling interactive tales Building networks A healthy love of the law 14:15 U: read it Getting the basics right U: said it Welcome to new staff U: toon: Nick Van Doninck 16 U: Endevour
Media enquiries: Terry Clinton 02 9514 1623 Editor: Frances Morgan 02 9514 1971 u@uts.edu.au Editorial team: Manisha Amin Su McInerney Jacqui Wise Art direction and design: Linda Roumanos Cover photo: Sung-Eun Park
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9.00am to 5.00 pm 26 and 27 May 2007 Investigates and explores the role that fashion has played in fictional narratives from the 19th century to the present. All Welcome. For details see www.dab.uts.edu.au/newsevents/
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BEaUtifUl miNDS.
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Cane toads
Toad of Toad Hall (of Wind in the Willows fame) and so too do some real life toads.
Dr Peter Biro, who has researched the evolution and behaviour of fish, has turned his gaze to Cane Toads. The toads were imported from Hawaii and introduced to Australia in 1935 to control beetles that damaged or killed sugar cane. They failed and reproduced themselves at such a rate they have since invaded more than a million square kilometres. Biro suggests that toads may be evolving greater boldness, and that boldness traits are facilitating the rapid invasion of Australia. The indications are that animals have personalities like humans. Some are shy while others are bold, some are more active and others arent. These predispositions determine how well they survive in an environment. For example, bold and aggressive animals feed rapidly, reproduce well, but are eaten by predators more often than shy individuals. Animal populations often display variation in behavioural traits particularly when adapting to changing conditions. Research suggests that the way animals balance the need to feed with the risk of being eaten is important. Its a trade off between the two that affects populations. If we know how species balance their survival prospects we can predict population sizes. Biro suggests that a genetic component to behaviour provides a basis on which natural selection can act. Sometimes being bold is good for population sustainability but when a lot of predators are around its better to be shy of them. We imagine this variation in behaviour is the insurance mechanism. Cane toads, which are large and toxic, have disrupted native competitors and competitors that might eat them have declined in numbers. Biro suggests the invaders have
Gender equal
Gender equity and participation are vital elements of a socially sustainable society one that is just, equitable, inclusive and democratic and that provides a decent quality of life for current and future generations. Emma Partridge, social researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, teamed up with Dr Sarah Maddison at UNSW to write a gender report for the Australian National Universitys Democratic Audit of Australia. They found that Australia, once a leader in establishing equality between men and women, has slid backwards over the past decade. Australia once set benchmarks in increasing womens influence over public decisionmaking; in promoting gendered analysis of public policies to ensure equal benefit for women; in enshrining the principle of participatory democracy through a wellfunded and oft-consulted womens nongovernment organisation sector, and in a national commitment to legislative and policy innovations designed to enhance womens human rights and civil liberties. The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 prohibits discrimination against women, but the structures and processes that enable effective legislation administrative practices, policies and programs have been undermined. In 1996, the government cut funding to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission by 40 per cent, with the loss of half the staff of the Sex Discrimination Unit. From February 1997, the
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evolved an increase in their ability to disperse. Fellow researcher Professor in Evolutionary Biology Richard Shine from the University of Sydney measured some individuals at the invasion front that move up to 1.8 kilometres per night and found they had grown longer hind legs than toads far from the invasion front. Our theory is that the high dispersal ability of toads at the front indicates natural selection for generally bold individuals. To test their thesis Biro and his colleagues raised toad tadpoles from both the founding and invaders population under laboratory conditions and quantified activity rates and boldness under predation risk. The results showed that tadpoles from the invasion front were significantly more active in the presence and absence of risk. There is a strong indication that the behavioural differences we observed are genetic rather than a response to environmental challenges. While its generally thought that bolder individuals make better invaders our results suggest invasion makes bolder individuals. We think its possible multiple behavioural traits will be selected towards boldness. Many traits that make a species highly invasive may only be found in recently colonised regions and may be rapidly selected out after population equilibrium, Biro said. This study was undertaken by Biro and colleagues at the University of Sydney Mattias Haman, Dr Ben Phillips and Professor Richard Shine. Biros participation in this research project was supported by a UTS Chancellors Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Su McInerney Marketing and Communication Unit Photographer: Christa Beckmann
ality slides:
position of Sex Discrimination Commissioner was left vacant for fourteen months. The act cannot compel governments to continue to remove obstacles to womens equal citizenship, including balancing our work and family lives. Australia today is one of only two countries in the OECD not to have a national paid maternity leave scheme. Women formally achieved the right to equal pay in 1972, but in reality it seems to be moving further out of reach. Currently, on average, women working full time are paid almost 15 per cent less than their male colleagues. The gender pay gap, the disproportionate number of women in low paid and casual work and the low proportion of women compared to men who have adequate superannuation, are key indicators that womens access to economic resources is unequal. In a different sphere, parliamentary representation, Australias current international ranking is its lowest ever (33rd). In 1999 we were 15th and in 1903, we were the first country in the world where women stood as candidates for the national parliament. Today, women comprise only 28.3 per cent of federal parliament. Beyond the poor numbers, however, is evidence to suggest that increasing the level of parliamentary representation of women does little to improve gender equality. While womens presence in parliament is important for symbolic reasons, an increase in the number of women in parliament does not mean that governments are more likely to introduce policies aimed at removing barriers to gender equality. Exceptional circumstances, such as the recent conscience vote in the federal parliament concerning the abortion pill (RU486), challenge this status quo, but in general, women in both major parties are bound to toe the party line. How Well Does Australian Democracy Serve Women? (available at www.democraticaudit. anu.edu.au), is Report #8 in the ANUs Democratic Audit of Australia series which aims to assess Australias strengths and weaknesses as a democratic society.
ann Hobson Institute for Sustainable Futures Photographer: linda Roumanos A presentation of the report , given by Emma Partridge, is taking place on Tuesday 15 May from 12.00pm to 2.00pm in training Room 1, Level 6, Building 10. To register your attendance email women@uts.edu.au
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There is a strong indication that the behavioural differences we observed are genetic rather than a response to environmental challenges.
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True migrants:
A new study shows that Australian migratory birds may have more in common with their European counterparts than previously thought. The PhD study, which is in its final stages, is being undertaken by Julie Funnell under the supervision of leading Australian ornithologist Dr Ursula Munro. This is the first time that the behaviour and physiology of a southern hemisphere migratory and non-migratory subspecies has been compared for a whole annual cycle, said Funnell. In the northern hemisphere, migratory birds have been studied for hundreds of years. It was only 50 years ago that it was recognised that Australian native birds undertake annual migrations. The researchers set out to prove that Tasmanian silvereyes, which migrate as far as north as Queensland, are truly migratory. They did this by comparing the activity, moult, body weight, fat levels, diet and orientation patterns of the Tasmanian silvereye to its non-migratory counterpart, the mainland silvereye. Sixteen of the tiny Tasmanian silvereyes (which weigh up to 12 grams each) were captured near Hobart and flown to Sydney to be studied for 17 months. Thirteen mainland birds were captured to be monitored over the same period. The birds were placed in special cages designed to measure their movement and orientation. We found that the migratory birds did orient in the right direction at the right time of year. They did that for over a year in captivity which shows that its an internal thing that they spontaneously develop, which strongly suggests a genetic basis. The moult patterns of the Tasmanian silvereyes also showed similarities to northern hemisphere migratory birds. The Tasmanian silvereyes moulted earlier and faster than the mainland birds, this is because theyve got to get it all done in time to migrate. The Tasmanian birds also carried more fat than the mainland birds. This, says Funnell, is what you would expect from migratory birds; they need to store fat for their long trip. The researchers found silvereyes to share similarities with northern hemisphere birds known as blackcaps, which also have migratory and non-migratory subspecies. One of findings that set Tasmanian birds apart from their migratory northern hemisphere counterparts, however, was a strong pattern of nectar consumption but a relatively low consumption of fruit. Australian native vegetation is not heavy on fruit so the birds diet is different. Studies on some northern hemisphere birds indicate that they eat a lot more fruit before migration but the nectar consumption of Tasmanian silvereyes does not appear to be linked to migration. Tasmanian
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Tasmanian silvereyes
silvereyes ate more mealworms (beetle larvae) and this appeared to be linked to migration. It is important for us to understand their dietary patterns because these birds are seen as pests in some areas like vineyards. With the advent of global warming, it has become more important than ever for us to find out more about the migratory patterns of Australian birds, said Funnell. Understanding their diet and patterns of migration will assist in planning for the effects of climate change.
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Good writing is good writing, right? Not necessarily says Conrad Walters.
During that long night, we culled our pile to 65 pieces, which we subsequently re-read and re-ranked. Opinions shifted, but not by much. Two long meetings later, we finally agreed what to accept and, of course, what to reject. So, why is that result a cause for optimism? Because what I learned is this: rejection ensures diversity. Every piece in the anthology had passionate supporters. (I wept twice reading one nonfiction piece, but please dont tell the hardnosed journalists I work with). In the end, none of us supported every piece that made it through, and no single piece was universally endorsed. Given our lack of consensus, you could say the 2007 UTS Anthology contains 32 pieces that were rejected. I prefer to see it as a diverse book with 32 pieces that inspired passion.
Conrad Walters Student, MA in Creative Writing Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
In November 2006, I joined six other UTS postgraduate writing students who volunteered to assess nearly 300 student submissions and whittle them into a book of 32 pieces. For the most part, these were short stories, but we also received scripts, non-fiction, poetry and various hybrids. Every editor read every piece. All up, I estimate each of us read
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Fashion fulfils its fundamental function when worn by humans. Whether that function is to protect the body or to create a symbolic meaning, it displays its worth when met by a body, claims Park. The action of choosing clothes and wearing them - the action of making style - is a kind of art as well as a sphere within design. I think that all individuals are a living form of artwork. Parks work considers the dialogue between modern architecture and contemporary fashion in concept as well as practice. By borrowing devices from both disciplines such as the spiral, the fold and zippers to provide the structural basis for her soft sculptures, her designs are no longer static structures for wearing but metaphors for urban life. As a postgraduate researcher in the School of Design, Shinmi Park considers the dialogue between fashion and architecture as a form of cultural expression in her everyday design practice and thinking. From my perspective,
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For your chance to win one of two Shinny mobile phones and one of three Touch Me MP3 players visit: www.uts.edu.au/new/index.html and tell us in 20 words or less, what fashion and design means to you.
architecture
US.01 Six months ago I was offered a job in India. They wanted
someone who had studied at an Australian university who could guide Indian students about the courses offered. The salary was approximately $60 000 Australian, which is excellent in India. I refused because Im a research student.
Prashant Gami, Student, M Engineering (Research)
travelled and wanted the opportunity to work internationally. International trade is huge and the Australian market is small.
Jacqueline Hugill, Student, B Business (International Business)
waste of government expenditure if we go overseas to work. You export the profit. I work for customs and a lot of those people have been headhunted so there is a depreciation in these activities. It costs $50 000 to train a customs cadet and if that person quits to work overseas its a wasted investment. This problem has been on my mind.
mark Holden, Student, B Law
US.04 Yes. The way the fashion industry is going its all about copying
European and international designers. Theres not much in terms of new markets here. I think it would be more inspiring to work overseas.
Bianca Reis, Student, B Design (Fashion and Textile)
US.05 Yes at some stage but not straight away. I may go to the US.
ian Carmen, Student, B Science (Biomedical Science)
study nursing because I intend to stay and work here. My aunt who is a nurse here encouraged me to come and study here.
such that more and more jobs are increasingly influenced by and interacting with forces outside of Australia. To rise up near the top, you can expect to need a stint of at least a few years working overseas in this sort of environment. But the employers I talk to are usually quick to dampen the expectations of graduates for overseas work placements. Most say these opportunities will come after five to ten years of service. They arent asking for overseas experience.
Gareth Prosser, Program Manager, Bachelor of Accounting, Faculty of Business
0.2 Oztalk
A database of over one million words of contemporary spoken English is being developed by Professor Diana Slade, Dr Christopher Nesbitt of the Faculty of Education and Professor Christian Matthiessen at Macquarie University. OZTALK contains spoken texts that were recorded, over the last eight years, in social contexts ranging from dinner conversations to service encounters to workplace meetings and educational settings. The recordings are then digitised, transcribed and stored in a customised multilevel database which allows, for the first time, for the data to be analysed at all levels of meaning and form: from the analysis of the social context to the analysis of the speakers choice of intonation. The OZTALK research team are continuing to expand and extend the database as a resource and tool for researchers as well as for applied understanding of the central role of spoken English in our daily lives.
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the 1967 referendum was primarily concerned with giving the Commonwealth power to pass special laws for indigenous people.
The referendum was the culmination of campaigns such as the Freedom Rides through rural New South Wales, and those that had been fought decades earlier by the Aborigines Progressive Association. Like the African American civil rights movement, the campaign was also dependent upon the courageous actions of everyday people who were inspired by the promise of racial equality.
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Building networks:
If you ask UTS Master of Business Administration student, Allen Lui what he did in the nineties, hell tell you, I built the internet in Australia. As an internet network engineer working for some of Australias largest telecommunication companies, Lui travelled all over the country, making the physical connections that formed Australias internet network. Today, as a UTS Peer Networker and Tandem buddy, Lui is most interested in the human elements of communication. A part-time student at UTS since 1999, Lui joined the Peer Network and Tandem programs after a year of full-time study in 2006 changed his perspective on university. I realised UTS has two lives, says Lui. In the daytime, people are friendly and have time to interact. At night its like a corporation, swarming with business people who attend classes then just want to go home. As an experienced UTS student, Lui saw a chance to contribute to the UTS community, fostering connections between students as a trained volunteer. Lui says he has relished the chance to form close connections with the several hundred other volunteers in the Peer Network, who assist thousands of new students during orientation. Through Tandem, he has established a strong friendship with a new international student from Vietnam, helping his buddy to settle in at UTS. In March, Lui organised a hugely successful Tandem and Peer Network walk for the 75th anniversary of the Harbour Bridge. Lui says, Some people tell me I cant wait to get out of uni, but Im dreading the day I finish. This is a great community.
Rachael Quigley Student Services Unit Photographer: Joanne Saad To learn more about the Peer Network and Tandem programs, or to join, visit: www.ssu.uts.edu.au/ peernetwork or www.ssu.uts.edu.au/tandem
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the system using your remote control. Its bringing the internet into home entertainment. Studying interactive multimedia, says Drago, has provided her with a sound understanding of digital media technology. The course is designed for people from different disciplines to utilise their skills in individual projects, which is very similar to how it works in the commercial world. Although a self-described technology geek, Drago does not espouse the use of technology for technologys sake. It doesnt matter what medium youre using, its about how you tell an engaging story with it. In that sense online is no different to reading a book.
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So Many Selves
By: Gabrielle Cary Publisher: Allen and Unwin
A Curious Intimacy
By: Jessica White Publisher: Penguin Australia
The act of writing is the ritual of confession reconfigured for a secular society. Gabrielle Carey confesses herself (herselves?) to us in this series of three autobiographical essays. Literary and media attention has focused on the first of these Confessions of a teenage celebrity, which recounts her intense friendship and writing partnership with Kathy Lette as the Salami Sisters; a partnership which created the notorious novel (and film), Puberty Blues. Occasionally ribald, this essay made me laugh a lot, mostly wryly, through the grimy lens of my own often painful teenage memories (The tribes of the Salami Sisters Shire and of my own country town bear strange resemblances). The two pieces which follow detail Careys continuing search for spirituality, authenticity and love, in Ireland and in Mexico. Thoughtful and thoughtprovoking throughout, this book of reflections on a life very thoroughly lived will satisfy on many levels.
Jaine Stockler Research and Innovation Office Gabrielle Carey is a sessional lecturer in the postgraduate writing program of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Sustainability, climate change, corporate social responsibility and corporate governance are on all lips at the moment. How are we to live without impairing the ability of future generations to satisfy their needs? This important collection addresses the challenges presented by and for the business corporation as the principal player in economic development. What transformation of corporate governance systems is necessary if business behaviour is to achieve sustainability and meet wider social expectations? Several essays explore weaknesses in the dominant model of economic liberalism and its conception of corporate purpose in terms of maximising shareholder value. Others point to new governance models and emerging practices compatible with sustainability criteria. The collection nicely joins practical with theoretical perspectives especially in the spine of contributions by Benn and Dunphy. Their UTS colleague Thomas Clarke argues persuasively for a revitalised stakeholder model that embeds sustainability in governance. The collection offers thoughtful diagnoses and directions for what is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time.
Paul Redmond Sir Gerard Brennan Professor of Law Faculty of Law Dr Suzanne Benn is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Business Professor Dexter Dunphy is Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Business
What can a contemporary writer tell us about the late nineteenth century that writers of the time didnt, or couldnt? A Curious Intimacy is touted as a sensuous story of forbidden love and longing. Forbidden, in not only being adulterous but between women. Under Ingrid Markhams influence Ellyn Ives learns to reconsider her rejection of the bizarre, sinister and ugly Australian bush to realise that beauty exists beyond her beloved English rose garden. It seems Ingrid and Ellyn are intended to inspire the reader. Ingrid is an accomplished botanist and illustrator who is conversant with English literature (Middlemarch is published during the course of the novel); she can ride and shoot, understands the local indigenous languages and (notwithstanding her comfortable home with its domestic servants in staid Adelaide) she can cook, wash, and fix water pumps and chicken coops. She acts with integrity and strength on every occasion and, unlike the heroines of my favourite nineteenth century novels, seems to have nothing to learn or regret. It is an interesting read and if, as a matter of principle, you believe in encouraging new writers, by all means buy and read A Curious Intimacy. But if you want an incomparable literary exploration of strong and intelligent women who struggle for independence in a confining society, (re)read Middlemarch.
Helen Juillerat Governance Support Unit Jessica White is a graduate of the MA in Writing.
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US.01 It would be nice to think that our graduates can be
responsible designers and help change our societys terrible throw away habits.
alison Gwilt, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. Ragtrader
Welcomestaff: to new
adrian Bancilhon, IT Support Officer, Information Technology Division Bert Bongers, Associate Professor, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building Dr Suzanne Brownhill, Research Assistant, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences mark Capogreco, Research Associate, Faculty of Business Elita Carlucci, Student Administrator, Institute for International Studies Ben Casimir, Serials and Interlending Assistant, University Library Dr John Geweke, Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Business tiffany Hambley, Research Assistant, Faculty of Law Suyin Hor, Research Assistant, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rob Joyner, AVS Officer, Audio Visual Services Dr Boda Kang, Research Associate, Faculty of Business marilyn Katrib, Lecturer, Faculty of Science Hugo lazo, AVS Officer, Audio Visual Services Keirin mcCormack, Administrative Officer, Faculty of Education Jenni millbank, Professor, Faculty of Law anna Neo, Executive Assistant, Faculty of Education Gauri Pradhan, Administrative Assistant, Faculty of Engineering Odessa Saukuru, Administrative and Finance Officer, Marketing and Communication Unit Beryl Segers, Executive Assistant, Information Technology Division fiona Smith, Academic and Cultural Activities Officer, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning Deva thevarajah, Manager, Student Systems, Student Administration Unit Dr Sally Varnham, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law Professor Kenneth Waldron, Professor, Faculty of Engineering
maureen Grinter Human Resources Unit
US.02 If you recycle aluminium you get a lot more benefit than
from recycling glass but, overall, glass is better [for the environment].
Professor Stuart White, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures. The Sydney Morning Herald
common thread among the laureates. Theyve had someone in their childhood who allows them to be experimental to some degree.
Peter mcNeil, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building on Beautiful Minds the centennial exhibition of the Nobel prizes. The Australian
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Dr Glen Searle, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building on the unpopular progress of urban consolidation in Sydney since the 1980s. The Sydney Morning Herald
US.07 How, in this country, have we got our public policy into such a
situation that universities are restricted to that level of funding per student but we let the school system flourish with that diversity, he said. That public policy is a disgrace.
Ross milbourne, Vice Chancellor. The Australian
Letters must be 100 words or less, contain the writers full name and daytime telephone number and may be edited for purposes of clarity or space. The writer of the letter judged best, by the editorial team, published in June will win a Hoyts Cinema pass.
Nick Van Doninck is a former stand- up comedian and broadsheet comic artist. He is alos a recent graduate of the Master of Animation.
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Endeavour:
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In March this year Katrina Schlunke and Stephen Muecke sailed on the replica HMB Endeavour for a week from Hobart to Devonport. Their trip was a part of their ARC Discovery Grant Voyages of Myth: Captain Cook in the Popular Imagination.
Our interest was in how Cook is made known to so many different people in often quite intimate and emotional ways where he becomes an experience rather than an historical figure. On the Endeavour some people wanted to think they were re-enacting history, with comments like: Imagine what it must have been like for Cooks sailors in the Southern ocean, up on the yards furling the sails in the sub-zero temperatures! We slept in hammocks just like we imagined Cooks sailors did. We swabbed the decks in the morning. But there were always moments of incongruity. The cleaning period was ironically called Happy Hour, and, incidentally, there was no issue of rum. For us, working in cultural studies, the trip, between extreme sport (scrambling up the shrouds), naval routine and tourism you pay good money for, was a voyage into Australian identity. Circling around the figure of Cook are ideas about indigenous sovereignty, about white peoples still nervous belonging, and there is excitement in reassessing our western philosophical and scientific traditions. There are too many Captain Cooks!
Dr Katrina Schlunke and Professor Stephen muecke, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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