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Social Research
- Author: Sarantakos, S.
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Published: 2012
Part. 1. Foundations of social research 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of social research 3. Feminist research 4.Principles of social research Part 2. Research planning 5. Research design 6. Initiating social…
Talk, text and technology: Literacy and social practice in a remote Indigenous community
- Author: Kral, I
- Publisher: Multiligual Matters
- Published: 2012
Talk, Text and Technology is an ethnography of language, learning and literacy in remote Indigenous Australia. This study traces one Indigenous group from the introduction of alphabetic literacy in the…
A Different Inequality
- Author: Austin-Broos, Diane
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Published: 2011
A Different Inequality
Aboriginal people and their plants - 2nd Edition
- Author: Clarke, P.
- Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd.
- Published: 2011
Aboriginal people and their plants - 2nd Edition
Adapting to difference: another look at Aboriginal-western interactions
- Author: Margaret S. Bain
- Publisher: BookPal
- Published: 2011
Contents: 1. Aboriginal-Western differences 2. Language 3. World view 4. Social relationships and interactions 5. Broader implications of the Aboriginal-western encounter
Assembling culture
- Authors: Bennett, Tony, Healy, Chris
- Publisher: Routledge
- Published: 2011
If the social does not exist as a special domain but, in Bruno Latour's words, as 'a peculiar movement of re-association and reassembling', what implications does this have for how…
An ethnography of stress : the social determinants of health in aboriginal Australia
- Author: Burbank, Victoria Katherine
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Published: 2011
This book examines the global issue of health inequality through an in-depth look at a remote
Social research methods : qualitative and quantitative approaches
- Author: Neuman, WL.
- Publisher: Pearson
- Published: 2011
Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods 7e is a highly regarded text that presents a comprehensive and balanced introduction to both qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research with…
Billy Benn
- Authors: Perrurle, Billy Benn, Peattie, Catherine
- Publisher: IAD Press
- Published: 2011
Since the late 20th century Aboriginal artist Billy Benn Perrurle has produced masterful paintings of his traditional Alyawarr/Akarre country in central Australia that have captured the attention of national and…
Radical Hope: Education and equality in Australia
- Author: Pearson, N
- Publisher: Black Inc.
- Published: 2011
Argues powerfully that underclass students, many of whom are Aboriginal, should receive a rigorous schooling that gives them the means to negotiate the wider world. He examines the long-term failure…
Practicing Leadership: Principles and Applications
- Authors: Shriberg, D., Shriberg, A.
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
- Published: 2011
this fourth edition. New profiles have been added throughout the book that incorporate people
Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have To Tell Us
- Author: Evans, Nicholas
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
- Published: 2010
The next century will see more than half of the world's 6000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the…
Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach.
- Author: Sayer, A.
- Publisher: Routledge
- Published: 2010
Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach.
The Economics of Cultural Policy
- Author: Throsby, David
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Published: 2010
innovation and economic dynamism. This book argues that an understanding of the nature of both the
Once upon a time in Papunya
- Author: Johnson, Vivien
- Publisher: UNSW Press
- Published: 2010
and school teacher Geoffrey Bardon play? In this compelling and personal book, Western Desert art
The Bush Tomato Handbook
- Author: Vincent, A.
- Publisher: Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
- Published: 2010
The emerging bush tomato industry faces many challenges. These include regularity of supply, food safety, appropriate nomenclature, correct identification of species, domestication, cultivation, quality assurance and traceability. The Bush Tomato…
Northern Territory Public Sector: Indigenous Employment and Career Development Strategy 2010-2012
- Author: Northern Territory, Government
- Publisher: The Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment, Northern Territory Government
- Published: 2010
The NTPS is one of the largest employers in the Territory, with over 18,000 staff employed in a broad range of occupations and professions. As a major employer, the public…
Aboriginal Knowledge Narratives and Country: Marri kunkimba putj putj marrideyan
- Author: Ford, Payi Linda
- Publisher: Post Pressed
- Published: 2010
. The thesis on which this book is based is a culmination of my research which drew on tyangi wedi tjan
The Australian Aboriginal Art Investment Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Investing in the Australian Indigenous Art, Art Trends and Art Markets
- Author: Nazvanov, Greg
- Publisher: ArtTrust
- Published: 2010
information found within this book rely on the objectivity of art, and the contents are in no way
Student Compendium 2009
- Author: Desert Knowledge CRC
- Publisher: Desert Knowledge CRC
- Published: 2009
Summaries of DKCRC postgraduate student projects