57 research outputs found
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES IN THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF ANDI JEMMA MASAMBA AIRPORT
No full textAirport management always poses challenges in its administration. In addition to requiring high-security standards, airport management must provide well-standardized services. This research was conducted to understand how a well-planned airport management development aligns with existing standards. In this study, the author tested the hypothesis regarding the importance of commanding/charismatic leadership in ensuring the implementation of an airport management system that meets service standards. The research was conducted at Andi Jemma Masamba Airport in Sulawesi, and the results showed a strong correlation between commanding/charismatic leadership and the improvement of quality at Andi Jemma Masamba Airport
Prophylactic effects of mindfulness: the role of mindfulness in the treatment of anxiety
No full textMindfulness derives from meditative traditions and is a form of mental training that is increasingly incorporated into Western treatment approaches for common mental health problems. This thesis addresses the prophylactic effects of mindfulness practice and the implications for the treatment of anxiety. The first paper considers the role of attention as a predominant mechanism of mindfulness. The paper reviews the evidence for the effects of mindfulness on attentional subsets and suggests that mindfulness may in part exert its benefits by ameliorating maladaptive attentional processes that have been implicated in the aetiology of anxiety. The empirical paper reports the results of a randomised controlled trial that directly compared the prophylactic and differential effects of two mindfulness practices on pharmacologically-induced state anxiety and negative affect through inhalation of 7.5% carbon dioxide (CO2). 60 participants engaged in 10 minutes of focused mindfulness, open mindfulness or relaxation prior to a 20-minute inhalation of 7.5% CO2 or air. Consistent with the evidence-base, this study found that mindfulness reduced self-reported state anxiety and negative affect significantly more so than a period of relaxation. In the context of non-significant reductions in autonomic measures of arousal, these findings support that mindfulness exerts its benefits through specific rather than non-specific effects. The results are consistent with contemporary conceptualisations of mindfulness mechanisms that highlight the key role of attention and suggest that clinical effects are exerted through top-down control mechanisms that support emotion regulation
Anti-Chinese violence in Indonesia, 1996-1999
No full textDeposited with permission of the author. © 2002 Dr. Jemma Elizabeth Purdy.Anti-Chinese violence in Indonesia reached a climax in Jakarta and elsewhere in May 1998 against a background of dramatic social and political change. This study presents close analysis of selected incidents that occurred mainly in Java in the years prior to this and in its aftermath. It tests explanations of anti-Chinese violence based on economic resentment, religious difference or state-sponsorship. By highlighting ethnicity as the single constant, as well as the importance of locating agency and responsibility, and the sources of representations of events of mass violence, the study challenges existing understandings of “anti-Chinese” violence. The approach taken recognises that violence against ethnic Chinese Indonesians must be viewed within the context of Indonesian nationalism and alongside other violence in Indonesia. It cannot be separated from the national political, social and economic turmoil of that time. In addition, it emphasises the competing representations of “Chineseness” and anti-Chinese violence for what they reveal about the motives behind certain explanations of violence and the events themselves. Of central significance is the way in which anti-Chinese violence is represented and perceived in Indonesian society as normal, natural and everyday. This study stresses the importance of listening to the voices of victims of violence and seeks to recognise the moral concerns related to scholarly and “official” generalisations about violence and suffering in particular. Framed in this way this approach poses the fundamental question, “Is there anti-Chinese violence in Indonesia?
Knowing Indonesia Inside and Out: Herb Feith and the Intellectual Search for Understanding
No full textHerb Feith was one of Australia's first and most prominent scholars of Indonesia. His books and articles dating from the late 1950s are still read by students of Indonesian politics today, and his opinion on Indonesia's future was sought until the day he died by people both in Australia and in Indonesia. He was also among the first to teach peace studies in Australian universities and is remembered for his activism on human rights, peace, and environmental issues as well as his scholarship. Jemma Purdey is researching and writing a biography of Herb Feith with particular focus on his engagement with Indonesia, both as scholar and humanist. This article endeavours to open up one of the areas explored in the biography, the relationship between the ‘foreign’ scholar and his subject, Indonesia. How does the initial point of engagement with Indonesia impact on the scholars’ way of ‘knowing’ it? The article is also a preliminary reflection on the process of writing, as the author negotiates her approach as biographer
The violence situation: a descriptive model of the offence process of assault for male and female offenders
No full textDeposited with permission of the author © 2006 Dr. Jemma ChambersPrevious research concerning violent offending has been fragmented considering different elements of violent offending separately. The aim of this thesis is to consolidate the different areas of previous research into one cohesive model of assault offenders and offences. This model will consider the developmental, cognitive, behavioural and environmental constituents of assault offenders and offences in a temporal framework. Interviews were conducted with 35 male and 13 female offenders who had a conviction for assault. Grounded Theory analysis was used to categorise the data and construct a model of assault including developmental factors, the time preceding the offence, the offence and the time after the offence producing the Pathways Model of Assault (PMA). Initial construction of the PMA was conducted using 25 of the male participant interview transcripts. The PMA was then validated across gender through inclusion of the 13 female participant transcripts. The PMA was also subject to an inter-rater reliability test, which provided high consistency between the coding of two researchers using the final 10 male participant transcripts and 10 randomly chosen female participant transcripts. The PMA consisted of 10 stages where the individual differences of the participants could be mapped, thus providing “pathways” through the model. Five major pathways were found. Further exploration of the PMA through quantitative analyses provided validation of four of the pathways, with significant associations found between two of the offender types and two of the offence types. The offender types reported were under-controlled, representing persistent repeat violent offenders and over-controlled, representing onetime violent offenders. (For complete abstract open document
I wish I could tell you but I can’t: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV and their dilemmas around self-disclosure
No full textSeeing in flowers : Ecofeminism and the Victorian Gothic
No full textAuthor: Jemma Stewart
Title: Seeing in Flowers: Ecofeminism and the Victorian Gothic
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, English and Humanities
This thesis investigates the role of a popular literary genre, the language of flowers, in the
construction of British femininity in the nineteenth century. Imported from France,
translated and reproduced in the same vein as gift books and annuals, the language of
flowers anthologies aimed to provide a floral code that lovers might use to communicate
covertly and cultivate a romance. Considering the dominant male editorial imperative within
language of flowers books in Britain, the genre may be viewed as an extension of a
phallocentric, patriarchal culture that promoted the conflation and oppression of women
and flora. The genre’s influence expanded to include dictates on ‘appropriate’ female
behaviours, expectations, fashions and remits of learning, and as such, I ask how this was
received by a female audience. As it becomes clear that a reaction to the conservative
leanings of the language of flowers could not be found within the pages of the florilegiums
themselves, I turn to the subversive literature of the Female Gothic to uncover a response
from women writers. Incorporating the language of flowers or floriography into the Gothic
may appear a jarring interpolation, given the stark contrasts between the sentimental,
romantic and chaste (language of flowers) and the transgressive, frightening and uncanny
(the Gothic). However, the methods used by women writers of the Gothic ensure an
effective manipulation of floriography as part of their plots, provocations and reprovals. This
thesis then traces the inception and development of the language of flowers in Britain from
1834 through to the early twentieth century. Within these developments, I consider the
impact of Charles Darwin’s botanical works on the sentimental flower genre and the Gothic
mode. As the language of flowers evolved, the Gothic response from women writers in turn
adapted, and the mainstream language of flowers continually found its dark reflection in the
Female Gothic. Turning to a range of authors, beginning with L.E.L. and ending with Edith
Nesbit, this thesis looks at how floriography was reshaped by authors of the Female Gothic,
and finally debates floriography’s afterlives
Breuer House Iterations: An Analysis of Breuer’s Abstract and Relative Stylistic Development
No full textThis study contributes to the understanding of Breuer's architectural style and provides insight into the evolution of modernist architecture in the mid-twentieth century whereby it examines the progression of Marcel Breuer's architectural style using Breuer House I (1939), Breuer House II (1948), and Breuer House, New Canaan II (1951) as case studies. Using Viollet le Duc's conceptual framework of absolute and relative style, Breuer's correspondences from the archive about the project are analysed to classify his style accordingly. Thereafter, a comparison is made between the dwellings to extract his progression. The study finds that Breuer's style is characterised by astute attention to detail, an emphasis on materiality, and a strong economic awareness. Breuer's style also progressed in terms of layout and organisational principles, with a shift towards prioritising all spaces in the dwelling, as opposed to just served spaces.AR2A011Architectural History ThesisArchitecture, Urbanism and Building Science
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