Publications
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Touring Pacific Cultures
(2016)
"Tourism is vital to the economies of most Pacific nations and as such is an important site for the meaningful production of shared and disputed cultural values and practices. This is especially the case when tourism ...
Gender Violence & Human Rights: Seeking Justice in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu
(2016)
The postcolonial states of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu operate today in a global arena in which human rights are widely accepted. As ratifiers of UN treaties such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms ...
Australia goes to Washington: 75 years of Australian representation in the United States, 1940–2015
(2016)
Since 1940, when an Australian legation was established in Washington DC, Australian governments have expected much from their representatives in the American capital. This book brings together expert analyses of those who ...
Indigenous Data Sovereignty
(2016)
"As the global ‘data revolution’ accelerates, how can the data rights and interests of indigenous peoples be secured? Premised on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this book argues that ...
Harnessing the Bohemian: Artists as innovation partners in rural and remote communities
(2016)
Harnessing the Bohemian takes a fresh and interdisciplinary perspective on the intractable problem of shrinking populations and resources in remote/rural communities. It challenges the conventional wisdom of community ...
An Archaeology of Early Christianity in Vanuatu (Terra Australis 44)
(2016)
Religious change is at its core a material as much as a spiritual process. Beliefs related to intangible spirits, ghosts, or gods were enacted through material relationships between people, places, and objects. The archaeology ...
Bridging Australia and Japan: Volume 1. The writings of David Sissons, historian and political scientist
(2016)
This book represents volume one of the writings of David Sissons, who for most of his career pioneered research on the history of relations between Australia and Japan. Much of what he wrote remained unpublished at the ...
Measuring and Promoting Wellbeing
(2014)
"Australia continues to be at the forefront of international work on measuring and promoting wellbeing, Ian Castles being a significant contributor over the last forty years as an official and academic. This book combines ...
Dharmalan Dana
(2014)
A Yorta Yorta man’s seventy-three-year search for the story of his Aboriginal and Indian ancestors including his Indian Grampa who, as a real mystery man, came to Yorta Yorta country in Australia, from Mauritius, in 1881 ...
Planning and Managing Scientific Research
(2014)
Although there are many books on project management, few address the issues associated with scientific research. This work is based on extensive scientific research and management experiences and is designed to provide an ...