Agri-Food Research Conference 2011
Conference
Agri-Food XVIII: Sustainabilities, justice and agriculture in the Asia-Pacific region 5-8 December 2011, The Australian National University, Canberra. Agri-Food XVIII is the annual meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Agri-Food Research Network. The Agri-Food Network was established in 1992…
Seminar: Addiction and its Others: Diagnosing problems and non-problems in the DSM V
Seminar
Dr Helen Keane, School of Sociology, ANU 1-2pm on Monday 21 November in the Larry Saha Room (HA2175) The constitution of addiction as an objectively verifiable medical disorder is a persistent preoccupation of drug science, most recently in expressed in neuroscientific accounts of the…
'Abandon Hope All Ye Who Practice Here: Soccer, Sport Space and Sportscape in 1920s Australia’
Other
Nick Guoth and Alastair Greig 1 - 2pm on Monday 14 November in the Larry Saha Room (HA2175) This paper contributes to the debate over the value of the concept 'sports space' for understanding the significance of a particular sport within the culture of a society. While the concept has been…
Help-seeking and Uptake of Services Amongst People with Gambling Problems in the ACT.
Other
Tanya Davidson & Annie Carroll Centre for Gambling Research, School of Sociology 1 - 2pm on Monday 7 November in the Larry Saha Room (HA2175) In a recent survey, we found that only about 1 in 5 people with gambling problems had ever received professional help for their problems. …
Seminar: The event, habit and social transformation: diagramming the multiple sites of mobility politics
Seminar
To be held in the Larry Saha Room (HA2175) Haydon-Allen Building, ANU. Presented by David Bissell, Lecturer, School of Sociology, RSSS. Urban transport is an sphere where the necessity for social change is currently high on many diverse political agendas. One set of agendas circles around…
Seminar: "Tales from the archives: the Australian Data Archive and the use of secondary data in Australian social research"
Seminar
To be held in the Larry Saha Room (HA2175) of the Haydon-Allen building, ANU. Dr. Steven McEachern, Deputy Director, Australian Data Archive will present a seminar titled "Tales from the archives: the Australian Data Archive and the use of secondary data in Australian social research". …
Seminar: A new ‘paradigm’: independents, political integrity and issues of power
Seminar
Brenton Prosser presents a seminar on the topic of A new ‘paradigm’: independents, political integrity and issues of power to be held in the Larry Saha room of the Hayden-Allen building (HA2175) ANU. In the wake of the 2010 Federal Election, Australia has entered a new stage of minority…