784 research outputs found
New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia
No full textLessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K. (2013): New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 3680 (1): 118-129, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.
Scaptia (Myioscaptia) lambkinae Lessard, sp.n.
No full textScaptia (Myioscaptia) lambkinae Lessard, sp.n. (Fig. 3) Type material. Holotype female (1), WA, Karijini National Park, Juna Downs Road, Callitris Gorge, 3 km W of Mt Mossenson, at light, 22 ° 48 ’S 118 ° 26 ’E (GPS), 18 May 2003, K. Pullen & A. Zwick (ANIC). Paratype female (1), WA, Mount Meharry summit, hand net, 22 ° 58 ’ 50 ’’S 118 ° 35 ’ 18 ’’E (GPS), 1257 m, 19 May 2003, C. Lambkin, D. Yeates & J. Recsei (ANIC). Paratype female (1), WA, Pyramid Hill summit, hand net, 21 ° 35 ’ 41 ’’S 117 ° 33 ’00’’E (GPS), 229 m, 10 May 2003, C. Lambkin, D. Yeates & J. Recsei (ANIC). Paratype female (1), WA, Summit of Mt Meharry, 22.59 °S 118.35 °E, 28 June 1984, R.P. McMillan (WAM # 79410). Diagnosis. A small, dark species superficially similar to Scaptia (Myioscaptia) gibbula (Walker, 1848), but distinguished as being less hairy, with bright orangey brown flagellum, legs entirely black, scutal vittae less obvious, limited to front of transverse suture only, and abdominal tergites with sparser apical fringes of short black hairs. Length 11 mm. Female: Length 11 mm. Head. Eyes with dense brown hairs. Frons parallel, slightly diverging, index 2, black with dark brown hairs; ocellar tubercle slightly raised, black. Subcallus dark brown to black, shiny; parafacials black with yellow hairs, becoming brownish towards lower margins; face dark brown to black, shiny with dark brown hairs on each side below antennae. Antennae. 1 st and 2 nd segments dark brown to black with long black hairs; 3 rd segment dark orangey brown, darkening on apical flagellomere. Palpi. 1 st segment black, with dense golden yellow hairs; 2 nd segment brown, short, rounded and slightly pointed apically, with lateral concavity and very short brown hairs at margins. Beard golden yellow. Thorax. Scutum and scutellum dark greyish black, shining, without obvious median and dorsocentral lines or lateral margins; hairs on disc grey to dull yellow; scutellum, supra- and postalar tufts conspicuous, mostly dull yellow, occasionally mixed with brown hairs. Pleura dark brown to black, hairs predominately golden yellow, except for anepisternal and katepisternal tufts mixed with dark brown to black. Legs. Coxa and femora black, tibiae and tarsomeres dark brown, knees pale yellowish brown; hairs on coxa long, mixed dull yellow and brown, long dull yellow on femora, short dense brown on tibiae and tarsomeres. Wings. Grey, more yellowish and brown towards apical basal cells; stigma brown, subtle; veins brown; R 4 with short appendix; cell R 5 closed on wing margin. Abdomen. Shining metallic black, unbanded; disc hairs black, with dense golden yellow hairs towards lateral margins of all tergites, hairs black on apical tergite. Venter. Shining black; hairs dense, predominantly golden yellow. Distribution. Inland central west Western Australia (Fig. 1). This species further extends the known distribution of the subgenus over 700 km NE into central of Western Australia. Etymology. This specific epithet is in honour of Dr Christine Lambkin who collected several specimens of the species and for consistently providing material for examination.Published as part of Lessard, Bryan D. & Yeates, David K., 2013, New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia, pp. 118-129 in Zootaxa 3680 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/39981
Figure 4 in Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa
No full textFigure 4. Formosargus melanogrammus Lessard & Woodley, sp. nov. holotype ♀ (AMS K.478681): (a) dorsum; (b) lateral; (c) head, frontal; (d) head, anterolateral.Published as part of Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K. & Woodley, Norman E., 2020, Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa, pp. 23-43 in Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2) on page 29, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683, http://zenodo.org/record/465432
Scaptia (Scaptia) aurinigra Lessard, sp.n.
No full textScaptia (Scaptia) aurinigra Lessard, sp.n. (Figs. 4 & 5) Type material. Holotype female, Qld, Rockpool Gorge, Mount Walsh National Park, Biggenden, 4 Oct., 1976, H. Frauca (ANIC). Paratype male same data as for Holotype (ANIC). Diagnosis. A small, dark, muscoid-like species superficially resembling S. (Myioscaptia), but placed within S. (Scaptia) due to its long sabre-like palpi exceeding half the length of the proboscis shaft, most similar to Scaptia (Scaptia) minuscula Mackerras, 1960, but distinguished by its scutum without vittae, unbanded abdomen, mostly clear to slightly greyish wings, orange to yellow antennae, and dark brownish black beard and legs. Length 8–9 mm. Female. Length 9 mm. Head. Eyes with short, brown hairs. Frons parallel, index 2.2, dark brown-black, with dull golden fawn around eye margins that meets at median callus, hairs dark brown-black; ocellar tubercle black. Subcallus brownish fawn, becoming darker towards base of antennae; parafacials brownish fawn with dark brown hairs at lower margins; face brownish fawn, darker at centre, with short brown hairs on each side below antennae. Antennae. Scape and pedicel pale brownish fawn to orange, with black hairs; flagellum bright yellow to orange, concolorous, and tapering at tip with segmentation less conspicuous. Palpi orange to brown; 1 st segment with large, black hairs; 2 nd segment with distinct pale orange-brown concavity and very short black hairs at margins. Beard dark brown-black. Thorax. Scutum and scutellum black, with a vague blueish hue, rather shiny, without grey median, dorsocentral and lateral margins lines, hairs on disc entirely black, post-alar tuft predominantly black. Pleura dull greyish brown-black, with hairs entirely black, including propleural, hypopleural and squamal tufts. Legs. Coxae, femora, tibiae and tarsomeres entirely dark brown to black, concolorous, hairs dark brown, except for pale ventral zone on all tarsi and fore tibiae only. Wings. Clear to faintly greyish; stigma brown; veins brown; R 4 angulate, without appendix; cell R 5 widely open. Abdomen. Shining metallic black, with a vague blueish hue, becoming slightly duller and greyish towards apical tergites, hairs black on disc and on abdominal margins, without banded appearance, with somewhat lighter at apical margins on tergites. Venter. Black with blusih hues on apical half of sternites, brown on basal half, becoming duller grey from sternites four onwards, with predominantly black hairs. Male. Length 8 mm. Upper facets of eyes enlarged, hairs very dense, golden brown. Parafacials browner than females, with dense brown hairs. Palpi rod-like, long, slightly pointed with large apical lateral bare area with long brown to black hairs. Apical segments of abdomen shining with a slightly deeper purple to blueish hue than females. Distribution. Known only from the type locality of south eastern Queensland. Etymology. This specific epithet is derived from the latin auri, gold, and nigra, black, referring to the bright yellow antennae which sharply contrast the black scutum, abdomen and legs. Remarks. This species is keyed out in couplet 11 of Mackerras (1960, p. 39) key to the Australian S. (Scaptia) species. Furthermore, it may provide a link between S. (Scaptia) and S. (Myioscaptia) as it shares the general muscoid-like appearance of the latter subgenus, and only substantially differs in its long sabre-like palpi conserved to S. (Scaptia) species.Published as part of Lessard, Bryan D. & Yeates, David K., 2013, New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia, pp. 118-129 in Zootaxa 3680 (1) on pages 125-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/39981
Review of Australian Sarginae soldier fly genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with first records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa
No full textLessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.168
Figure 14. Sargus meridionalis White, 1916 in Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa
No full textFigure 14. Sargus meridionalis White, 1916 non-type ♀ (ANIC 29-037455): (a) dorsum; (b) lateral; (c) head, frontal; (d) head, anterolateral.Published as part of Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K. & Woodley, Norman E., 2020, Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa, pp. 23-43 in Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2) on page 41, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683, http://zenodo.org/record/465432
Microchrysa wrightae Lessard & Woodley 2020, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Microchrysa wrightae</i> Lessard & Woodley, sp. nov. <p>http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ C3A3DED4-14DB-4E3E-8920-4866B5B1939C</p> <p>Figs 5, 6</p> <p> <b>Holotype</b> ♂, “Ingham, Qld. / Light Trap / 15 Mar. 1961 / K.I. Harley ”; “ HOLOTYPE ♂ / <i>Microchrysa wrightae /</i> Lessard & Woodley, 2020 ” ANIC 29-037422. The specimen is in excellent condition. <b>Paratypes</b> 13♀♀ [ANIC 29- 037423, 29-059047 to 29-059057, 29-059077], same data as holotype: “ PARATYPE ♀ / <i>Microchrysa wrightae /</i> Lessard & Woodley, 2020 ”; ANIC 29-059047, 29-059048 and 29-059052 collected 21 Mar.; ANIC 29-059049 and 29-059057 collected by R. Straatman on 20 and 27 Apr., respectively. 16♂♂ [ANIC 29-059032 to 29-059046, 29-037462], same data as holotype: “ PARATYPE ♂ / <i>Microchrysa wrightae</i> / Lessard & Woodley, 2020 ”; ANIC 29-059039 collected 5–12 Feb. 1963; ANIC 29-059040 and 29-059042 collected 21 Mar.; ANIC 29-059046 collected 27 Apr. by R. Straatman.</p> <p> <b>Other material examined:</b> Qld: 1♂ [ANIC 29-059058], 1♀ [ANIC 29-059059], 17.17S 145.34E, Curtain Fig, Feb 1988, D. C. F. Rentz; 1♂ [ANIC 29-059060], 2♀♀ [ANIC 29-059061, 29-059062], Mt. Bartle Frere (East Base), 80 ft, 25 Apr. 1955, Norris & Common; 1♂ [AMS K.453229], Whitfield Range, near Cairns, 3 April 1975, M. S. Moulds; 3♂♂ [ANIC 29- 059065, 29-059066, 29-059068], Ayr, 12-10-1950, E. F. Riek; 1♂ [ANIC 29-059067], same data as previous, 11-10-1950; 1♀ [ANIC 29-059070], same data as previous, 4-9-1950; 1♀ [ANIC 29-059072], same data as previous, 12-10-1950; 2♀♀ [ANIC 29-059069, 29-059071], Ayr, 30.ix.1960, R. Hughes; 3♂♂ [AMS K.453218–K.453220], 2♀♀ [AMS K.453216, K.453217], 15.50S 145.20E, 3 km N of Bloomfield, 21 Sep 1992, at light, P. Zborowski & L Miller; 1♂ [ANIC 29-059073], 3 mls W of Mossman, 13 Mar 1964, I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton; 1♀ [AMS K.453224], Windsor Tableland, NW of Mossman, 810 m, 16°12'51"S 145°0.4'09"E, 4 Jan 1994, site 1, G. & A. Daniels, R. Eastwood mv lamp; D. H. Colless, at light: 1♀ [ANIC 29-059063], 15.04S 145.145.07E, Mt Webb Nat Pk, 29 Apr 1981; 1♀ [ANIC 29-059064], 15.03S 145.09E, 3 km NE of Mt Webb, 1 May 1981; 1♂ [ANIC 29-059074], 12 km SE of Daintree, 22 Nov 1981; 2♂♂ [ANIC 29-059075, 29-059076], 17.20S 145.31E, Wongabel State Forest, nrAtherton, 18 Nov. 1981; 2♂♂ [ANIC 29-059078, 29-059079], 15.50S 145.20E, Gap Ck, 5 km ESE Mt Finnigan, 14 May 1981; 1♂ [ANIC 29-059080], 15.29S 145.16E, Mt Cook Nat Park, 10 May 1981; 1♂ [ANIC 29-059082], 16.30S 145.00E, McLeod R., 14 km W by N of Mt. Carbine, 23 Nov 1981; 1♀ [ANIC 29-059081], 15.49S 145.14E, Little Forks Annan River, 18 Oct 1980, D. H. Colless, Malaise trap.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. A small (length 5.0– 5.5 mm) species, with metallic golden or purplish green thorax, pale yellow legs with a dark brown marking on the apical half of the hind tibiae, and antennae and palpi yellow in males, darker brown in females. This species can be distinguished from <i>M. flaviventris</i> by the abdomen without green colouration in males (tergite 5 with green colouration in <i>M. flaviventris</i>), and both sexes with anterior portion of discal cell between <i>r-m</i> and <i> M 1</i> well developed and distinctly visible (faint in <i>M. flaviventris</i>; Woodley 2009), and hind femora entirely yellow (marked with dark brown apically in <i>M. flaviventris</i>), and the male terminalia with the posterior margin of the synsternite with a bilobed process with the lobes narrowly separated (deeply emarginate in <i>M. flaviventris</i>; Nagatomi 1975: fig. 4B).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <i>Male.</i> Length 5.0– 5.5 mm. <b>Head</b>. Eyes holoptic, contiguous about one-third the length of frons from vertex, with distinct demarcation of change in size of ommatidia just above antennae. Upper frons blackish, bare, lower frons diverging ventrally at margins, with a distinct linear impression, cuticular surface subshining, upper half pale brown, lower half black, hair-like setae relatively short, dense, golden; ocellar tubercle relatively bulging at each ocellus, ocelli almost in the shape of an equilateral triangle, slightly elongated anteriorly, black with reflections of green, hair-like setae relatively short, yellowish. Occiput not visible in lateral view, occipital plate relatively bare, with short, yellowish hair-like setae limited to lateral margins. Face wide, narrowly visible in profile, shining metallic green and gold, hair-like setae relatively short, dense, golden yellow. Antennae relatively s, scape+pedicel+flagellum about equal to length of head, scape about equal to length of pedicel, pedicel slightly expanded and curved gently apically on inner surface, both segments pale yellow, flagellum basal complex yellow, with small, irregular, circular presumably sensory pits, apical margin with short, golden hair-like setae, apical flagellomere yellowish brown, about 1.7 times as long as scape+pedicel. Palpi very short, yellow, with short, yellowish hair-like setae. Proboscis yellowish, with short, yellowish hair-like setae.</p> <p> <b>Thorax</b>. Scutum shining metallic golden green, occasionally with purplish reflections, with relatively short, dense, appressed, golden hair-like setae; scutellum slightly raised relative to scutum, same colour as scutum, with relatively short, dense, golden hair-like setae; mediotergite same colour as scutum, with a few moderately long, golden hair-like setae; pleura brownish with reflections of green to gold, with a prominent, narrow, whitish horizontal strip encompassing postpronotal lobe and upper margin of anepisternum, hair-like setae pale yellow to whitish. Legs with pale yellow coxae, femora, tibiae and tarsi, brown on apical half of hind tibiae, hair-like setae pale yellowish on all segments. Wings hyaline; cell <i> r 1</i> stained entirely pale yellow; <i> R 2+3</i> arising distal to <i>r-m,</i> exceeding length of discal cell; discal cell small, slightly elongate, about 1.3 times as long as wide; all medial veins terminating before reaching margin, <i> M 1</i> and <i> M 3</i> the weakest, both occasionally reduced to appendices or appearing as absent, <i> M 4</i> issued separately from discal cell by <i> dM 3+4</i> ; <i>CuA</i> relatively straight, curving at extreme end toward margin, petiole vein <i>CuA+CuP</i> short; alula large, slightly expanded and relatively pointed apically, surface without microtrichia; post-tegula yellowish, with yellowish hair-like setae; lower calypter with small straplike lobe present, hair-like setae dense, relatively long, pale golden yellow.</p> <p> <b>Abdomen</b>. Ovoid, about 1.2–1.4 times as long as wide, tergites 3–5 relatively quadrate, widest at tergite 5, cuticular surface pale yellow, contrasting with golden green thorax, hair-like setae short, dense, appressed, brown, becoming more yellow and erect at lateral margins, most obvious on tergites 2, 3 and apical margins of tergite 6. Sternites pale yellow, hair-like setae short, dense, appressed and entirely golden yellow. Terminalia yellowish brown: gonostyli semitriangular, relatively acutely pointed posterolaterally, with a depressed groove at centre, hair-like setae relatively long, dense, brownish; gonocoxites nearly quadrate, evenly tapered anteriorly, posterior margin of genital capsule emarginate with a pair of rounded sublateral processes separated by a deep, quite narrow emargination, gonocoxal apodemes relatively short, not reaching anterior margin, anteriorly pointed; epandrium relatively short, anterior margins blunt, rounded laterally, proctiger wider than long, semi-triangular, cerci longer than wide, rounded at tip, exceeding length of proctiger, hair-like setae long, dense, brownish.</p> <p> <i>Female.</i> Length 5.0– 5.5 mm. Similar to males, but slightly more bluish purple in colouration on the thorax and the abdomen, abdomen is concolorous with the scutum. Eyes with ommatidia of uniform size, with extremely sparse, short, whitish hair-like setae. Frons wide (index 1.4–1.5), with a strong medial impression, margins converging ventrally, shining metallic purplish to aqua blue, with relatively sparse, short, dull yellowish white setae, lower frons with a pale yellowish brown horizontal band. Occiput well developed, shining metallic purplish to aqua blue, dorsal half visible in lateral view. Antennae darker yellowish brown. Palpi dark brown. Abdomen with tergites blackish with strong reflections of green to purplish blue, concolorous with thorax, lateral hair-like setae whitish; sternites dark brown to black, with subtle bluish reflections, hair-like setae whitish.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Northern Qld (Fig. 2).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. This specific name is in honour of Susan Wright, Collection Manager of Entomology, QM, for assistance and access to the collection.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. At least four undescribed species of <i>Microchrysa</i> are known in collections from: <i>(a)</i> Pine Creek and Curtain Fig, Qld [ANIC 29-059299 to 29-059301]; <i>(b)</i> Townsville to Brisbane, Qld [7♂♂ ANIC 29-059289, 29-059290, 29- 059291, 29-059292, 29-059293, 29-059295, 29-059298; 3♀♀ ANIC 29-059291, 29-059294, 29-059295; 1♀ AMS K.453226, 3♂♂ AMS K.453230–K.453232; 1♀ USNM; 2♂♂ QM] and Carnarvon Golf Club, NSW [9♀♀ AMS K.478683–K.478691]; <i>(c)</i> Davies Creek, Qld, [N.E. Woodley Collection donated to USNM]; and <i>(d)</i> Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park [AMS K.453227, K.453225]. Material is also known from Berry Springs, Larrakeyah, Casuarina Point, Black Point, and Rimbija Islands, NT, that superficially resemble <i>M. wrightae</i>.</p> <p> Although little is known regarding the biology of the Australian sargine fauna, this genus appears to be associated with vegetation, based on collection labels of specimens belonging to three undescribed species: two specimens from Brisbane (AMS K.453231, K.453232) were collected from leaves of <i>Physallis peruviana</i> (Solanaceae); a series of females from Carnarvon Golf Club, NSW (AMS K.478683–K.478691) were collected from a woodchip pile, and; a female from Snake Bay (presumably NT; ANIC 29-059096) and male from Melville Island (NT, ANIC 29-059101) were collected from the native shrub <i>Opilia amentacea</i> (Opiliaceae).</p>Published as part of <i>Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K. & Woodley, Norman E., 2020, Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa, pp. 23-43 in Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2)</i> on pages 30-33, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4654320">http://zenodo.org/record/4654320</a>
Figure 1 in Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa
No full textFigure 1. Updated wing terminology of the Stratiomyidae annotated on Ptecticus rogans (Walker, 1858), male, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A1, first branch of anal vein; al, alula; dM1+2, discal vein between r-m and M1; dM2, discal vein between M1 and M2; dM3, discal vein between M3 and M4; dM3+4, vein between M3+4 and m-cu, or m-cu and M4; bc, basal costal cell; bm, basal medial cell; br, basal radial cell; C, costal vein; c, costal cell; Cu, cubital vein; CuA, anterior branch of cubital vein; cua, anterior cubital cell; CuA+CuP, anterior branch of cubital vein + posterior branch of cubital vein; CuP, posterior branch of cubital vein; cup, posterior cubital cell; d, discal cell; H, humeral crossvein; M, medial vein; M1, first medial branch; m1, first medial cell; M1+2, discal vein between r-m and M; M2, second medial branch; m2, second medial cell; M3, third medial branch; m3, third medial cell; M4, fourth medial branch; m4, fourth medial cell; m-cu, medial-cubital crossvein; m-m, medial crossvein; R1, anterior branch of radius; r1, first radial cell; R2+3, fused second and third radial branch; r2+3, second + third radial cell; R4, upper third radial branch; r4, fourth radial cell; R5, lower third radial branch; r5, fifth radial cell; Rs, radial sector; r-m, radial-medial crossvein; Sc, subcostal vein; sc, subcostal cell.Published as part of Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K. & Woodley, Norman E., 2020, Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa, pp. 23-43 in Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2) on page 24, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683, http://zenodo.org/record/465432
Ethical Awakenings: Stories of White Male Educators’ Commitment to Social Justice and the Interruption of Privilege
No full textThis study is an anti-racist counter-story of white male educators’ commitments to social justice and their attempts at interrupting privilege. The author uses a qualitative methodological approach to unite personal narrative essay and phenomenological interviewing to collate narratives around the exploration of whiteness and power. At the heart of the project is a deep interest in seeking an ethic that fosters a social justice praxis for educators by exposing the underlying structures of whiteness through “witness” testimony. Using Butler's (2005) theory of subject formation, the author advances a theory of social justice that focuses on relation.
The author makes active the context for tensions between his white male subjectivity and social justice praxis and then interweaves the narratives from participant interviews to elucidate how white subjectivity works with and against social justice in complex ways, especially within educational contexts. A close look is given to white educators’ experiences in communities of color and the connections between the participant narratives and the author’s own. The author highlights the significance of personal rupture, in which the self is exposed to new ontological, epistemological, and ethical possibilities at critical junctures on the life journey. A case is made for the curricular value of utilizing self-study – examples of which include personal narrative essays, autoethnography, and autobiographical approaches – in shaping students’ ethical commitments to responsibility towards others as well as potentially exposing fissures at the ontological horizon that might lead authentic personal and social changes. The author draws meaningful interpretations by discussing relevant themes shared among the personal narratives and identifies key experiences that led participants to new ways of understanding and relating to others, exemplifying ethical responsibility. By drawing connections between white subjectivity and ethical commitments to social justice, the author makes a case for the curricular value in considering new and creative ways of fostering student interaction with difference and how those interactions might draw students towards responsible action. Conclusions from the interpretations suggest the importance of relation as a key component of ethical responsibility, highlighting the significance of recognizing the self’s opacity as a form of social justice activism
Review: fire impacts on Australian invertebrates
No full textSupplemental materials for:
Insufficient evidence limits understanding of increasing bushfire risk on Australian invertebrates
Manu E. Saunders, Philip S. Barton, James R. M. Bickerstaff, Lindsey Frost, Tanya Latty, Bryan D. Lessard, Elizabeth C. Lowe, Juanita Rodriguez, Thomas E. White, Kate D. L. Umbers
Review of empirical studies measuring fire effects on Australian invertebrates. Review conducted at Sysrev: https://sysrev.com/u/992/p/2455
- …
