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Ian Willis deposited Celebrate Camden 93, a spring festival in the group
History on Humanities Commons 21 hours, 11 minutes ago
This blog post is about a spring festival in Camden, NSW, called Celebrate Camden.
The brainchild of Vicki Sutherland from the Camden Chamber of Commerce, it aimed to promote Camden as a viable tourist and shopping destination.
The festival had mixed success and was held in 1994 and 1995, to be replaced by the Cowpastures Bicentennial. -
Ian Willis deposited The Memory Landscape of the Cowpastures in memorials, monuments and murals in the group
History on Humanities Commons 21 hours, 11 minutes ago
All around the community in the Macarthur region are cultural artefacts that are representations of the settler-colonial narrative of the Cowpastures, which was variously a colonial frontier, a government reserve, and a formal region.
Today, the material culture of the Cowpastures is hidden in plain sight and appears to have been ‘forgotten’ by…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Conclusion (preprint) in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 days, 21 hours ago
This is a preprint of the Conclusion to a book called A History of Camden Chinese Market Gardeners 1899-1993 edited by Ian Willis and others
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Ian Willis deposited Motherhood -built communities and the nation in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 days, 21 hours ago
This article briefly examines the ideology of motherhood in the small country town of Camden, NSW.
Around the turn of the century in 1900, a direct link was made between infant welfare, motherhood, patriotism and nationalism. Motherhood and mothering were expressed in terms of patriotism and a national priority. All were driven by European…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Memorial plaque to Jennifer Eggins, a founder of local tourism in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 days, 21 hours ago
This blog post explores the story of a memorial plaque to Jennifer Eggins in Camden, NSW.
Outside John Oxley Cottage, Camden Visitor Information Centre at 46 Camden Valley Way Elderslie, is a memorial plaque with a story to tell of local identity, Jennifer Eggins, and her legacy that still echoes across the district. She was one of the founders…[Read more] -
James Louis Smith deposited “Too Much Loose Sand:” Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 week, 5 days ago
Comprised of soft glacial cliffs and sandy beaches, the southeastern coastline of Ireland is dominated by unconsolidated Quaternary-aged sediments with fewer rock exposures than Ireland’s other coasts. Facing Britain across a rough sea, County Wexford has been prone to incursions from both political and environmental forces throughout history. T…[Read more]
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Rita Singer deposited DIEDERICH WESSEL LINDEN (fl.1745-1768; d.1769), medical doctor and minerologist in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 week, 6 days ago
This biography of the German medical doctor and minerologist Diederich Wessel Linden (fl.1745-1768; d.1769) is the unabridged, pre-publication version of an accepted and revised article for publication in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. This version is also available as an online blog post:…[Read more]
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Rafael Neis deposited In Comics: When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 1 day ago
In comics: how ancient rabbis upend “traditional” ideas of reproduction, gender, and humanity. A blog post commissioned by UC Press Blog about the book When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species.
Link: htt…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden’s Purple Haze is a Sight to See in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 2 days ago
In Camden, NSW, every November, the streets are ablaze with shades of purple. Walking around the town’s streets, you will see the current flush of purples, mauves, lilac and lavender along Argyle Street, Broughton Street, John Street and Macarthur Park. People are entranced by the magic of the town’s ‘sea of lavender’ as Peter Butler from…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited Net-work: Irish Sea Crossings with and beyond Infrastructure in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 5 days ago
This article explores the co-constitution of networks and infrastructure in the context of late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century culture. We consider Maria Edgeworth’s conceptualization of the term network with and alongside infrastructure in her Harry and Lucy stories (1801–25) and offer an analysis of a manuscript tour by Mary Anne Eade fro…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden Library and Museum public art in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 weeks, 1 day ago
The 2007 Camden Library and Camden Museum redevelopment project resulted in a community collaboration to create a mix of public artworks.
Camden Council Cultural Development Coordinator Angela Pasqua led the collaboration process. Participants included school children, TAFE students, artists and sculptors.
Camden Council commissioned the…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Narellan Heritage Walking Tour in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month ago
The Narellan Heritage Walking Tour is an interesting and informative way to observe and learn about the history and heritage of this Cowpastures village.
First published in 2010 by photographers Kylie and Peter Lyons. -
Ana Dumitran deposited Russian Icons from Transylvania. Exhibition Catalogue in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month, 1 week ago
This publication is part of the project “Ricontrans – Visual Culture, Piety and Propaganda. Transfer and Reception of Russian Religious Art in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (16th to Early 20th Century)”, funded from the European Research Council (erc) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited The Camden District was a field of dreams in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This article contributes to understanding regionalism by using a case study of the Camden district.
It is now hard to imagine now, but in days gone by, the township of Camden was the centre of a large district. The Camden district became the centre of people’s daily lives for over a century and the basis of their sense of place and community i…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited ‘Alan’s Art Deco’ exhibition at Macaria in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This blog post is a review of a new art exhibition at Camden’s Alan Baker Art Gallery that highlights the modernity and cosmopolitanism of the interwar period in an exhibition of artist Alan D Baker called ‘Alan’s Art Deco’.
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Ian Willis deposited Graeme Clark, a world-famous Camden identity in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks ago
This paper provides a background on the life and times of Graeme Clark, a founder of the area of biomedical engineering and the cochlear implant, who grew up in the small town of Camden, NSW.
The life and times of Professor Graeme Clark, the pioneer of the Cochlear Implant, are part of the Camden story. He was a local boy who made good, improved…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Billie Holiday on stage at the Belvoir Street Theatre in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 months ago
I recently attended a theatre performance with a strong humanitarian message at the Belvoir Street Theatre in Surry Hills. The show was a combination of cabaret and drama, highlighting many historic social issues and challenges of the early 20th century that still resonate today. The show portrayed the life and times of African-American jazz…[Read more]
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Ellie Bennett deposited Using Word Embeddings for Identifying Emotions Relating to the Body in a Neo-Assyrian Corpus in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 months ago
Research into emotions is a developing field within Assyriology, and NLP tools for Akkadian texts offers new perspectives on the data. We use PMI-based word embeddings to explore the relationship between parts of the body and emotions. Using data downloaded from Oracc, we ask which parts of the body were semantically linked to emotions. We do this…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited Imaginary Worlds: Plural Seas, Liminal Foundations, Contested Identities in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 months ago
A Cultural History of the Sea in the Medieval Age, ed. by Elizabeth Lambourn.
The cultural history of the sea during the Middle Ages is a young and dynamic field. Born only recently in the literary criticism of European sources, this innovative volume pushes out beyond this European heartland to explore the shape and potential of a cultural…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Unlock Camden, a local history festival in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 months ago
This article contributes to the story of festivals and their importance to local communities in New South Wales.
In September this year, a local history festival, Unlock Camden, was held in the community of Camden at
the beginning of History Week. In its fifth year, the festival has aimed to unlock the stories and images
of the local area and…[Read more] - Load More