Staff achievements
June 2006
Release of Colonialism and Modernity: Histories and Themes - Paul Gillen & Devleena Ghosh (2006), UNSW Press, Sydney.
For five centuries, colonialism and modernity have profoundly shaped the cultures of the world. Colonialism and Modernity traces these interacting long-term historical processes, and the parallel history of anti-colonial movements and ideas. It outlines the rise to global dominance of Europe since the 16th century, and the attendant modernity that shaped and defined this rise. Gillen and Ghosh demonstrate the close relationship between colonialism and modernity, and situate the two phenomena in relation to technological, intellectual and social changes. The book shows how colonialism and modernity dramatically changed the lives of the colonised peoples, the invading settlers who established overseas colonies, those who remained in Europe, and the diasporas created by invasions, slavery, indentured labour and voluntary migration. It examines in more detail ethical debates about colonialism in the West, anti-colonial nationalisms outside it, the role of race, gender and culture in colonialism and modernity, and the unique characteristics of modern understandings and uses of time.
Echoes from the Poisoned Well: Global Memories of Environmental Injustice – Heather Goodall (ed.)
Heather Goodall's edited volume Echoes from the Poisoned Well: Global Memories of Environmental Injustice has been published by Lexington in the United States. Sylvia Hood-Washington and Paul Rosier were her co-editors. The volume contains two chapters by Heather, 'Indigenous people, colonialism and environmental injustice' and 'Main Streets and Riverbanks: the politics of place in an Australian river town'.
Making Multicultural Australia website recognised – Andrew Jakubowicz
Associate Professor Andrew Jakubowicz was recognised in the Australian Publishers Association 54th Annual Book Design Awards 2006 for the website, Making Multicultural Australia. The website took out third place in the Adobe Software Best Designed Multimedia Title or Literary or Publishing Website.
Enchanted Parklands published in Australian Geographer
'Enchanted Parklands' which is co-authored with Heather Goodall, Denis Byrne, Allison Cadzow and Stephen Wearing, was published in the refereed journal Australian Geographer 37(1). The article arises from their research in the Georges River area.