150 research outputs found
NSW Crime Statistics and Trends Seminar 24 April 2012
No full textThis seminar explored the trends emerging from the latest New South Wales (NSW) crime statistics and considered reasons for the significant decline in particular offences (such as break, enter and steal and motor vehicle theft) over the last decade in NSW. Presenters included: • Dr Don Weatherburn, Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research • Ray Carroll, Executive Director, National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council • Detective Superintendent Greig Newbery, Property Crime Squad, NSW Police Force • Jason Payne, Manager, Violent and Serious Crime Monitoring, Australian Institute of Criminology The NSW Chapter of ASIS was kindly sponsored this seminar.The NSW Chapter of ASI
David Greig: dramaturgies of encounter and engagement [special issue of Contemporary Theatre Review]
No full textA special edition of Contemporary Theatre Review focusing on the theatre works of playwright David Greig. Produced following the University of Lincoln's Annual Playwright's Festival 2014.</p
David Greig: dramaturgies of encounter and engagement [special issue of Contemporary Theatre Review]
No full textA special edition of Contemporary Theatre Review focusing on the theatre works of playwright David Greig. Produced following the University of Lincoln's Annual Playwright's Festival 2014.</p
They Came to Murramarang: A History of Murramarang, Kioloa and Bawley Point
No full textThey Came to Murramarang was first published in 1994, providing the New South Wales South Coast villages of Bawley Point, Kioloa and the surrounding area with an authoritative history from colonial settlement through to the contemporary era. In considering another reprint, two decades after its initial release, the author Bruce Hamon was aware that the region has experienced considerable
development since the early 1990s and it is appropriate to consider these changes. Bruce was also aware of research conducted into particular historical episodes associated with the region since the original publication, which augments his account presented in They Came to Murramarang. Furthermore, he felt that the original text provided only a brief glimpse into the rich story of the Indigenous custodians of the country, even though the book presented a fascinating account of early colonial frontier conflict. In incorporating these changes and discoveries, Bruce sought assistance from sociologist Dr Alastair Greig, along with that of Dr Sue Feary, an archaeologist with extensive knowledge of Indigenous history and environmental policy in the region
Metamorphosis in Polarities: The Impact of Kawai Kanjirō on New Zealand Potter James Greig
No full textJames Greig (1936–1986), a New Zealand potter active between 1958 and 1986, was greatly inspired by Kawai Kanjirō (1890–1966), who was one of the founding members of the Mingei (Japanese folk crafts movement). To date, Greig’s achievement has received insufficient scholarly attention. This thesis aims to explore Greig’s philosophy and artwork through mixed empirical methods, qualitative oral histories, and analysis of archival materials, letters, images and films. After documenting the contexts of the historical interactions between Japanese and New Zealand potters, Greig’s career in pottery is framed through an analysis stretching from his early life, encounters with Japan and on to personal and institutional support for his later learning, writing and exhibitions.The development of New Zealand studio pottery when Greig began his career in the early 1960s was shaped by the visits of advocates of Mingei movement from Britain and Japan. This thesis examines the integration of Japanese-style pottery into the ceramic art practice of New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s. It also explores significant figures within the New Zealand and Japanese art scenes who facilitated an active pottery movement in New Zealand. These initiators inspired Greig’s motivation for creating Japanese-style pottery and his discovery of Kawai’s work.Japan’s rapid economic growth in the 1970s led to the formation of a new relationship with New Zealand and created a favourable environment for potters, whose artworks were displayed at Expo ’70 in Osaka. This study reveals Greig’s critical role as a cultural ambassador between Japan and New Zealand that he played at the time of the opening of the new cultural relationship between the two nations. Examining Greig’s career between 1969 to 1986 creates another lens through which his underlying intentions and idiosyncratic approach (his “gesture”) become clear and should be better appreciated. The heart of this thesis is the transcription and analysis of Greig’s handwritten manuscript (four unpublished notebooks) for a planned book on Kawai in 1983. It details Greig’s spiritual vision for handcrafted pottery as enabling “access to the universal spirit” and creating a new “universal language of forms” to express “the formative forces” of the “archetypes and real sources of art”. The discussion also shows the influence of Rudolph Steiner (1861–1925), the founder of anthroposophy, on Greig. Steiner’s ideas on the polarities of life and consciousness, body/soul/spirit and his interpretation of The Metamorphosis of Plants (1790) by German Romantic author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) further inspired Greig and his subsequent development of pottery as a transformative practice. This thesis also offers a technical analysis of Greig’s artwork with a focus on his exhibitions in New Zealand. Greig’s key concepts of “life growth, intersecting planes, polarities, ‘solid and void’, emblem and transformations”, are explored through his manuscript, catalogue, his artworks and their impact on Japan and New Zealand (Greig 1982h).Greig’s life and work demonstrate that he worked in an environment which was moving rapidly, both economically and culturally. His achievement as an artist potter and his philosophy and artworks themselves transcended his times.</p
IRI-Scotland academic author survey
No full textIRIS academic author survey pt1: Survey Overview.
Number of respondents: 488
Expected number of respondents: 500
Response rate: 97.6%
Launch date: 15 Mar 2006
Close date: 25 Apr 2006
IRIS academic author survey pt2: Survey Overview.
Number of respondents: 53
Expected number of respondents: 50
Response rate: 106.0%
Launch date: 19 May 2006
Close date: 28 May 2006The IRI-Scotland project (http://www.iriscotland.lib.ed.ac.uk/) carried out a series of online questionnaires in 2006 to assess the attitudes towards open access and institutional repositories within the higher education community in Scotland. In total, three questionnaires were targeted at different stakeholder groups within the community - academic authors, technical staff responsible for repository development, and senior management from academic libraries.
For logistical reasons the first survey was undertaken during two different time periods and was aimed at academic authors from the following higher education institutions in Scotland; Abertay University, Dundee University , Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh University, Glasgow University, Glasgow Caledonian, Heriot Watt University, Robert Gordon University, St Andrews University, Stirling University, Strathclyde University, University of Aberdeen, University of Dundee, and University of Paisley. Library or Information services staff arranged for an email to be sent to as many research staff as possible from the target community.
We present here anonymous data from the two parts of the academic author survey in comma separated value format.JISC Digital Repositories Programme 2005 - 200
Evaluation of metadata workflows for the Glasgow ePrints and DSpace services
No full textThe institutional repositories at the University of Glasgow which began as part of the DAEDALUS project have developed into an integral part of Glasgow University Library's services. Using both EPrints.org and DSpace, they provide access to, and permit management of, the University's academic digital assets. This evaluation analyses and comments on the metadata workflows of these services, their support for metadata quality, and how changes in purpose, which have accompanied their transition from project to service, have influenced the repositories. This evaluation will be of benefit not only to DAEDALUS but also to other institutional repositories facing the transition from project development to operational service. The metadata workflows supporting the management and retrieval of ePrints offer a number of paths for metadata creation - each of which has seen shifts in their relative importance as the purpose of the repository has evolved and become clear. The management and retrieval of other academic content in the DSpace service is entirely mediated by repository staff and follows a basic workflow. The quality of metadata in both services has been maintained through staff training and the ongoing involvement of professional cataloguers. The strengths of both repository services lie in their clarity of purpose, utilisation of appropriate software to support those purposes and their successful integration into Glasgow's institutional context. Although they also present a significant opportunity, the new challenges faced by the repository services arise from the emerging involvement of non-specialists in the creation of records and their potential involvement in the administration of sections of the DSpace repository. To address these challenges, the repository services will have to maintain their clarity of purpose, monitor metadata quality, capitalise on opportunities for efficiency, and continue to significantly engage in advocacy and user training
12th-century Philosophers and the Filioque: The Case of Nicholas of Methone's Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
No full textQuesto capitolo esamina il corpus di scritti teologici di Nicola di Metone dedicati alla processione dello Spirito Santo, con particolare attenzione al suo ruolo nel dibattito sul Filioque nel XII secolo. Alessandra Bucossi dimostra come Nicola elabori una teologia coerente e articolata, volta a difendere l’ortodossia bizantina contro le posizioni latine, integrando riferimenti patristici e filosofici. Attraverso l’analisi dei quattro trattati principali (Ad magnum domesticum, Adversus Latinos de Spiritu Sancto, Refutationes theologicae doctrinae Latinorum, Memoriae contra Latinos), l’autrice mette in luce il rapporto tra il pensiero teologico e quello filosofico di Nicola, evidenziando l’influenza di Proclo e del Corpus dionisiano e l’originalità della terminologia teologica impiegata. Il capitolo mostra come, pur utilizzando strumenti concettuali di derivazione neoplatonica, Nicola riesca a ridefinirli in chiave cristiana per sostenere la monarchia del Padre e l’unicità del principio divino nella Trinità, offrendo così un contributo fondamentale alla comprensione della filosofia e della teologia bizantina del XII secolo.This chapter examines Nicholas of Methone’s corpus of theological writings on the procession of the Holy Spirit, focusing on his role in the twelfth-century Filioque controversy. Alessandra Bucossi shows how Nicholas develops a coherent theological system aimed at defending Byzantine orthodoxy against Latin positions, while integrating patristic and philosophical sources. Through an analysis of the four main treatises (Ad magnum domesticum, Adversus Latinos de Spiritu Sancto, Refutationes theologicae doctrinae Latinorum, Memoriae contra Latinos), the author highlights the interplay between Nicholas’s theological and philosophical thought, emphasizing the influence of Proclus and the Dionysian corpus as well as the originality of his theological vocabulary. The chapter demonstrates how Nicholas, while employing Neoplatonic conceptual tools, reinterprets them within a Christian framework to affirm the Father’s monarchy and the unity of the divine principle within the Trinity, thus offering an essential contribution to the understanding of twelfth-century Byzantine theology and philosophy
La consumatrice in rivolta. La politicizzazione del consumo e il ruolo della donna nel pensiero di Teresa Billington-Greig
No full textIn Gran Bretagna, tra la fine del XIX e l’inizio del XX secolo, il consumo era un argomento sul quale si confrontavano
vari movimenti femminili e pensatrici radicali. Teresa Billington-Greig, autrice prolifica e per un certo periodo anche
attiva suffragetta, attribuì al consumo, ma soprattutto alle consumatrici, un ruolo politico centrale nella lotta contro il
capitalismo. Nei suoi scritti analizzò soprattutto le cause dell’esclusione delle donne dalla sfera politica e le ragioni per cui
la workers’ revolt non fosse, fino ad allora, avvenuta. Secondo l’autrice il “divorzio economico” tra produzione e consumo
era un artificio creato dalla classe dominante per dividere consumatori e lavoratori, e ciò aveva contribuito all’esclusione
delle donne, che erano fortemente connesse alla sfera del consumo, dalla lotta politica. Rivalutare il consumo come momento
politico era quindi un modo per combattere il dominio del profiteer e per rivalutare il ruolo delle donne nella sfera
politica, perché solo una piena emancipazione femminile avrebbe permesso di creare una società libera nel suo insieme.Between the end of the Nineteenth and the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Great Britain consumption was a relevant topic
on which various women’s movements and radical thinkers spoke their mind. Teresa Billington-Greig, a prolific author and
for a certain period also a fervent suffragette, gave to consumption and consumers a central political role in the struggle against
capitalism. In her writings she mainly analyzed the causes of the exclusion of women from the political sphere and the reasons of
the failure of the workers’ revolt. According to the author, the “economic divorce” between production and consumption was an
artifice created by the ruling class, which resulted not only in the division of consumers and workers, but also in the exclusion of
women, a category strongly connected to the sphere of consumption, from the political struggle. Re-evaluating consumption as
a political moment was therefore a way to fight against the domination of the profiteer and to re-evaluate the role of women in
the political sphere, because only women’s liberation would have allowed the creation of a free society
Report of a mission of inquiry to Lebanon in 1870, undertaken at the request of the Foreign Missions Committee of the Free Church of Scotland and the Lebanon Schools Committee,
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