Arts Papers and Journal Articles

Using the Internet to Support International Collaborations for Global Geography Education

Michael N. Solem et al. — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:43:52 PDT

This paper reports the results of a pilot study that evaluated a prototype instructional module designed to support international collaborative learning in the World Wide Web. The module, Migration, was tested at four higher education institutions in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Students valued the opportunity to learn global geography by collaborating electronically in multinational teams, yet many students complained about confusing instructional procedures and uncooperative team members. The results of the module evaluation provide useful suggestions for managing pedagogical issues related to the process of online international collaborative learning.

“What in Me is Dark/ Illumine”(PL 1:22-23): The “Other” Body of Samson Agonistes

Jane L. Fernandez-Goldborough — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:24:47 PDT

At the heart of Samson Agonistes lies a constellation of losses that cannot be overcome by any virtue that critics may accrue for Samson's 'heroic' end. I wish to investigate the nature and significance of these losses to demonstrate how the text collapses, builds and overextends itself, and in so doing, anticipates its Other: a new paradigm of “peace and consolation” ('SA’ 1757). What can we make of the wilful death of a colossal giant like Samson, whose image tutored, crafted and developed through concepts of 'consecrated' violence, ends his life embroiled in the spoils of his own carnage?

Accepting that the grand close of the Samson drama lies in the force of its narrative imagery, which powerfully depicts for us the colluding of two ideologically opposed worlds we must ask, what have we missed here?! What is the ideological breach/excess scripted in Samson's mutilated frame? How can the text be retrieved to 'illuminate' for us the trajectories of our dark histories? How can the text lead us to the pregnant Silence, the Stillness encrypted in the in-between spaces of the text‟s framing, to enable, encourage and facilitate a purposeful and energetic 'pursuit of global religious accord'.

The Changing Anzac Legend in Three Key Australian Films

Daniel Reynaud — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:23:11 PDT

How to choose what we watch

Daniel Reynaud — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:39:34 PDT

Literary Theory and Biblical Interpretation

Daniel Reynaud — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:43:31 PST

A Christian Worldview of the Geographer's World

Harwood A. Lockton — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:07:43 PST

The Effectiveness of Australian Film Propaganda for the War Effort 1914-1918

Daniel Reynaud — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:29:23 PDT

The Postmodern Classroom: Inhabiting the 'Extra-territorial' Space

Jane L. Fernandez-Goldborough — Thu, 26 May 2011 22:18:56 PDT

South Pacific Cultures and the Concept and Practice of History

Daniel Reynaud — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:31:43 PDT

The practice of history is often assumed to be transparent and universal, but in fact it is a highly specialised phenomenon which exists only in certain societies. This raises problems for those writing about cultures where the practice of history has not traditionally existed, one such region being the South Pacific. A better understanding of the oral nature of Pacific societies and the way in which this affects one’s understanding of the past will be helpful to the historian of this region, and others like it.