ANU Student Journals
Not a member yet
293 research outputs found
Sort by
Ezra Pound’s Imagist theory and T.S. Eliot’s objective correlative
Get PDFEzra Pound and T.S. Eliot were friends and collaborators. The effect of this on their work shows similar ideas and methodological beliefs regarding theory and formal technique usage, though analyses of both theories in tandem are few and far between. This essay explores the parallels between Pound’s Imagist theory and ideogrammic methods and Eliot’s objective correlative as outlined in his 1921 essay, ‘Hamlet and His Problems’, and their similar intellectual debt to Walter Pater and his ‘cult of the moment’. Eliot’s epic poem, ‘The Waste Land’ (1922) does not at first appear to have any relationship with Pound’s Imagist theory, though Pound edited it extensively. Further investigation, however, finds the same kind of ideogrammic methods in ‘The Waste Land’ as used extensively in Pound’s Imagist poetry, showing that Eliot has intellectual Imagist heritage, which in turn encouraged his development of the objective correlative. The ultimate conclusion from this essay is that Pound and Eliot’s friendship and close proximity encouraged a similarity in their theories that has not been fully explored in the current literature
Just a little bit of healthy competition: An assessment of the neoliberal policymaking paradigm as it relates to the United States healthcare system
Get PDFInstead of creating perfect market conditions where Pareto optimality has been realised, the US healthcare system exists in a state of market failure. The US spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country in the world and yet it lags far behind all other industrialised nations in standards of public healthcare provision and health outcomes. I argue that three main elements endemic to the US healthcare market have created conditions in which it has necessarily failed. Firstly, consumers’ willingness to pay for healthcare is often disproportionate to their capacity to do so. The result of this behaviour is inelasticity of demand for health-related goods and services. Secondly, there exist a number of barriers to competition that would not occur in a ‘perfect’ free market system. Market monopolies conferred by intellectual property protections and regulatory processes mean that prices of healthcare and its related services can be raised to levels disproportionate to the actual value of the goods and services provided. Lastly, the US healthcare market is not an arena in which all parties to a transaction have access to perfect information. This informational asymmetry, compounded by the ‘agency relationship’ means that it is impossible for consumers to rationally compare competing options in the provision of health services
Changing Perceptions Over Time: The Influence of the European Fantasy of the Orient on Eugene Delacroix’s Femmes d’Alger dans leur Appartement
Get PDFThe two paintings of Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement by the French eighteenth-century artist Eugene Delacroix reflect variations in the artist’s desire for attempted realism and the implantation of fantasy. Primary evidence in the form of Delacroix’s journal entries and correspondence reveal his aim to accurately capture his surroundings during his 1832 trip to North Africa. There is a disparity between the artists stated aspiration for a candid depiction of North Africa and his fantasised representation of the Algerian women. His desire for realism is ultimately only half-consciously articulated and overshadowed by the European fantasy of the Orient. This paper will explore how time, nostalgia, and fictional perceptions warped the artist’s recollection of visual information from his 1832 trip, resulting in aspects of fantasy in his 1834 painting that become amplified in his later work
The legality of Australia’s plain packaging legislation: Cuban cigars and geographical indication rights under the TRIPS Agreement
Get PDFAustralia’s ‘plain packaging’ legislation mandates the removal of all promotional aspects of tobacco packaging, leaving only the brand name displayed in a standard font, size, colour and location on tobacco products sold in Australia. In response to this measure, Ukraine, Honduras, Cuba, Indonesia and the Dominican Republic have engaged in dispute consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming the Act violated their rights under several WTO Agreements, including the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement. This essay will analyse Cuba’s claims under Article 22 and 24 of this agreement regarding the plain packaging of Cuban cigars and their geographical indication rights in Australia. This essay will argue that given Australia’s strong legal framework to protect geographical indications, and the increasingly harmonious approach by the WTO to support the World Health Organization’s public health policies, Australia is likely to successfully defend Cuba’s claim
Interest Group Advocacy: An Analysis of Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Minerals Council of Australia\u27s Advocacy Strategies
Get PDFThis article examines the advocacy strategies of two prominent interest groups in the Australian political landscape, one being a highly active environmental group and the other a mining lobby group. Whilst one enjoys a high public profile and is classified by many as an outsider group, the other is considered an insider by virtue of the way in which it strategises influence. It argues that their choice of strategy is what dictates their status as effective insider and outsider groups respectively
Uncanniness and the everyday: Exploring the uncanny through vernacular photography and painting
Get PDFHow can painting express the concept of uncanniness, as discussed by philosopher Martin Heidegger and surrealist writer Haruki Murakami? This research question is the basis of my Honours project. I am making a series of figurative paintings based on a personal collection of photographs that depict ostensibly routine everyday scenes. Using artistic techniques such as abstraction and illusion, I explore different ways of amplifying what I see as possible instances of the uncanny in these photographic sources
Australian student visas: Assessing how the GTE requirement is assessed
Get PDFAustralia is a country that has long sought to be competitive in the international education sector, for the purposes of both revenue generation and contribution towards Australia’s social fabric. However, it has also historically had ambivalent views concerning migration, since the days of the ‘White Australia’ policy. Given this socio-legal background, on 5 November 2011 the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requirement was introduced as part of Australia’s Student Visa Program. It sought to maintain the integrity of Australia’s international education sector, as well as enhance the sector’s global competitiveness. However, industry experts have expressed concern over the requirement, suggesting that its application has been subjective and lacked transparency. This essay examines the GTE requirement through two cases submitted for review to the Migration Review Tribunal (MRT), to consider whether these concerns are evident at an appellate level. The essay will compare Australia’s requirements with Canada’s, taking into account broader policy objectives and the aforementioned goals. It will conclude that Australia’s GTE test is subjective, evidenced by unclear and inconsistent decisions that lack transparency
Evening Air
Get PDFEvening air settles thin on the quieter side of a second hand’s flirtation with three. Eyes, choosing to abandon dreams, are left alone on mattresses dressed only in single white sheets. In the night, the windowsill of 412 frames a face and titles it ‘Perplexed’. Look at its gaze. How it moves between the swing set and its rust soaked skin. The radio tower resting on the pinnacle of the towns stone and dirt, and the light emanating from buildings not yet succumbed to sleep. The rays make the pavement glow an early shade of dawn. The face, belonging to Simon James Kingston, produced jointly by Amelia Thorne Kingston and (the late) Robert Dave Kingston lowers the corner of its lips a barely discernible amount. For a moment, you’d think it was about to cry
Justice, Janus-like: The future of Australian personal injury compensation
Get PDF‘Justice, Janus-like’ is a comparative assessment of the ability of the negligence system and the pure no-fault system to provide ethical, fair and adequate compensation to victims of personal accident in Australia. This paper arose from a concern that neither of these schemes fully satisfies the needs of victims and society. The comparative assessment focuses on three key goals of personal injury compensation schemes: adequate and quick compensation, deterrence potential, and the ability to achieve social justice. By evaluating the tort of negligence and a pure no-fault compensation scheme against these criteria, this essay found each system is fundamentally flawed. As such, this paper proposes that the fairest, most effective and socially useful mechanism to compensate victims of personal injury is through the implementation of a hybrid system: the tort of public liability. This alternative is capable of achieving all the key goals of personal injury compensation, while at the same time avoiding the challenges faced by both the negligence and no-fault systems. Australia is quickly moving into the future of personal injury compensation, with more jurisdictions considering the implementation of full no-fault schemes. This paper demonstrates that this approach is imperfect and, as such, an alternative scheme, such as the public liability tort, must be considered. As we move into the future, we must seriously consider the shortcomings of our current legal system, and find a way of compensating victims that achieves all three aims of compensation: deterrence, ethical justice and fair compensation