Book launch recognises scholarly projects
Published on 20 March, 2008
A launch was held this week for Research into 21st Century Communities, a book made up of current scholarly work by CQU academics and students.
The new publication was edited by Professor Bruce Knight and Dr Bernadette Walker Gibbs along with former staff member Dr Jeannette Delamoir.
Editors Prof Bruce Knight and Dr Bernadette Walker-Gibbs celebrate the book's launch
About 30 people attended the wine-cheese event, with the launch performed by Professor John Thompson, the Roger M Bale Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Huddersfield in the UK.
The edited collection reflects the relevance and quality of current work by the scholars and graduate students in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education at Central Queensland University.
Its inclusive theme of 'Creative Communities' combines a commitment to performance, education and community partnerships in the arts and cultural industries with a wider understanding of emerging technology, institutions and wider audiences.
Free copies of the book can be obtained by phoning Rebecca Lentell on (07) 49309951.
Book contributors (from left) Christina Hunt, Rickie Fisher and Julie FlemingChapters include:
-Wayne Ah-Wong & Denis Cryle ‘Out of sight, out of mind': a comparative study of race and labour in the Mackay district, 1930s -1940s.
-Julie Bradshaw & Wendy Madsen Gender and domesticity in Woogaroo Asylum, Queensland 1865-1869.
-Mingjing Chen & Denis Cryle Comparing Olympic coverage of Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008: a preliminary cross-cultural analysis of two national dailies.
-Peter Kay & Wally Woods Problems and politics of a non-realist, fictional revisioning of the 1942 Darwin bombing.
-Jane Macdonald & Denis Cryle Press coverage of the Australian environment: a literature review.
Cover design by BCE student Ashley Muldoon
-Peter Scottney-Turbill & Wally Woods Complexities of writing a Chinese based historical novel in English.
-Brian Mackness & Errol Vieth Picturing science: illustrations as discursive artefacts.
-Julie Fleming & Bernie Walker-Gibbs Bringing pedagogy back to the forefront of online teaching: Old principles, new medium.
-Teresa Moore & Pamela Gargett Pairs, peers and pep talks: Mentoring in contemporary times.
-John Meldrum Teachers' engagement in change of practice.
-Paul Richardson & John Dekkers Developmentally Appropriate Programming in a Primary School: A Case Study.
-Pam Savage & Bruce Allen Knight Adapting Legal Principles to Clinical Nurses.
-Rickie Fisher, Bobby Harreveld & Jenny McDougall Conceptualising communities of practice through embedded professional learning in pre-service teacher education.
-Stacey Tabert & Ken Purnell Making energy a priority in schools: An evaluation of the Queensland Solar Schools Initiative.
-Tanya Nitins & Jeannette Delamoir Looking, just looking: James Bond and the objectification and commodification of the human form.
-Sandra Arnold & Wally Woods Parental bereavement: From grief theory to a creative nonfiction perspective on grieving the death of a young adult child from cancer.
-Derrin Kerr, Glen Hodges & Bruce Knight Jazz education performance training: Contemporary jazz educators and performers perceptions of performance training in the 21st century.
-Christina Hunt & Errol Vieth ABC People: The Making of Early Documentary Filmmakers.