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Item The Sea(Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, 2024) Lounsbury, LynnetteAbstract of anthology: "This collection ranges over a wide number of topics and themes: from a grueling interrogation in Mongolia to the rapture of speaking in tongues. There is horse-riding, choir singing, and perfect char bee hoon. There is a mysterious child who can foretell disaster. There is grief at many kinds of loss and the horror of a looming Plague Angel. There is hope everywhere: blossoming like pea flowers; and love in a coconut rough voice. There is a determined joy in a birthday cake and the wonder of a sneezing dragon. Featuring the work of both emerging and established writers, Seagift is a n initiative of the Sheridan Institute of Higher Education Creative Writing Program and includes work by students, graduates and staff as well as contributors from the wider writing community.Item The Rules(Cubic Films, 2024-04-27) Lounsbury, JimIvy Lewis has a problem with social constructs. She sees them. Even understands why most of them exist. But when you can’t feel fear, empathy or shame, what’s the point in following the rules? Post-pandemic, what our our new terms of engagement with the world? Our love lives are controlled by algorithms. Our social lives are curated for us by tech giants and our future is being planned by the people put us in this mess... The Rules addresses that frustration and scratches that itch.Item Jesus not Beasts: Reading Revelation for Who Matters Most(Signs Publishing, 2024) Reynaud, Daniel; Howie, IanWhat happens when a secondary teacher-turned-university professor and a retired primary teacher-administrator-pastor lead their home group in a thoughtful, Jesus-centred reading of the Bible’s book of Revelation? This book invites you to join this conversation and read Revelation together in a fresh way. Rediscover “The Revelation of Jesus Christ”—as the book was originally titled—and the assurance, hope and insights into the true character of God that the sometimes-daunting book of Revelation offers.Item Decolonising Qualitative Analysis: Collectively Weaving Understanding Using Talanoa and Fa’afaletui Pacific-Indigenous Research Methods(SAGE, 2024) Mafileo, Tracie; Vaka, Sione; Leau, Lotalo; Satele, Petra; Alefaio-Tugia, SiautuSense-making processes shape the messages and impacts of qualitative research. Using qualitative data analysis methods embedded within a Pacific-Indigenous research paradigm decolonises research. This article discusses the Pacific-Indigenous data analysis processes of talanoa and fa’afaletui employed within a study of Pacific elder care in Aotearoa New Zealand, conducted by scholars of Pacific/Moana heritage. While research literature has primarily identified talanoa and fa’afaletui as data collection methods, we discuss our use of talanoa and fa’afaletui as methods of analysis. Talanoa and fa’afaletui were engaged as collective processes of orality weaving understanding from the researchers’ lived experiences and navigating across languages. Enhancing authenticity and actionability are identified as benefits of talanoa and fa’afaletui collective data analysis. Considerations for implementing these methods are language, logistics and location.Item "Politics are Quite Beneath the Concern of the Average Billjim": Politics and the First World War Anzacs, 1914-1918(Wiley, 2024) Reynaud, DanielThe politics of Australia during World War One have been analysed in depth by many scholars, but little attention has been paid to the politics of the soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Though often assumed to have been not interested in politics, this article demonstrates that they engaged in politics at multiple levels. They were concerned about decision making and power relationships within the AIF, in international circles and within the British empire. They were also active on a range of domestic political issues, particularly around volunteering and conscription, but also with other federal, state and local issues. They engaged in the politics of shaping the ‘digger’ legacy. Pre-war ideologies, particularly on class issues and religion, were influential in shaping soldier political engagement and responses. Far from being political innocents, the Anzacs showed themselves to be interested and active in a range of political arenas.Item Preaching in Melbourne 1913-1918: What a Difference a War Makes(Cambridge University Press, 2024-11-04) Reynaud, DanielWhen evaluating factors shaping the Australian home front during World War One, the impact of preaching is generally overlooked, though historians have identified it as one of the most influential sources of public speech. This paper examines preaching in Melbourne just before and during the war, as reported in the influential Melbourne Herald. It asks how preaching was affected by the outbreak of war, and explores its developments, its reporting and its impacts. It points to conclusions about the nature and place of religion in the life of the city, and the interaction of preaching and war that highlight gaps in our understanding of the interaction of religion and war in Australia at that time. It challenges notions about Australian secularity, the degree of sectarianism, and the place of religion in our understanding of the war in both Australia and the wider British world.Item Game Cleared: Alice from Wonderland to Borderland(Sydney Literature and Cinema Network / Macquarie University, 2024-07-26) Lounsbury, LynnetteItem Resistance, Reclaiming and Reframing: Relationship-Based Pacific Social Work Practice(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, 2023-06-20) Crichton-Hill, Yvonne; Mafileo, Tracie; Veukiso-Ulugia, AnalosaEditorial.Item The ‘Sunshine Song’: The Biography of an Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Soldiers’ Chorus(Taylor & Francis, 2024) Reynaud, Daniel; King, AletaThe deep links between music and war demonstrate the centrality of music in wartime. However, most soldier compositions are ephemeral, lost because of their topicality and limited circulation. This article explores the history and significance of the ‘Sunshine Song’, a popular chorus with Australians in World War I. It further distinguished itself by making the transition to the civilian repertoire, something few war songs accomplished, remaining in circulation until at least the mid-1960s. This article offers an analysis of its merits, and its place in history as a rare surviving successful Australian wartime chorus.Item The Road from Stoney Creek(Mile Post Press, 2014-06) Clouten, KeithAnyone who believes that librarians live ho-hum lives should read this book. Keith's life has been filled with adventure and travel. Besides a life-long career as an academic librarian in three countries, Keith has volunteered in at least a dozen others. Librarianship was not Keith's original career choice, but his story reveals how God led him step by step into a life of rewarding experiences.