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Friday, October 24, 2008
This weeks questions.
Heya all i was wondering if anyone else isn't quite sure what the first question on the work sheet is.
whilst i know what its referencing i don't know what it wants me to do :/.
also Sara do you mean the 30th of October? November seems a little late
whilst i know what its referencing i don't know what it wants me to do :/.
also Sara do you mean the 30th of October? November seems a little late
study day - 30 October
Hi Fellow Weary Travellers:
I'm wondering if any of you will join me in a study day next Thursday? I'd be really pleased to get the company. I'm sure many people are in the library anyway, but something I read early on in a pscyh book was that people work harder if they think they are being watched.
So what I mean is block book some PCs and a discussion room, deliberately get to the Lib early, take a break together - even bring food to share - maybe have a time for discussion on essays - problems, share information, read drafts, have general bitch about how these people work us too hard...and go home late - possibly after a visit to the pub.
My target is to get a good draft of the mod essay out next week.
Sarahb
I'm wondering if any of you will join me in a study day next Thursday? I'd be really pleased to get the company. I'm sure many people are in the library anyway, but something I read early on in a pscyh book was that people work harder if they think they are being watched.
So what I mean is block book some PCs and a discussion room, deliberately get to the Lib early, take a break together - even bring food to share - maybe have a time for discussion on essays - problems, share information, read drafts, have general bitch about how these people work us too hard...and go home late - possibly after a visit to the pub.
My target is to get a good draft of the mod essay out next week.
Sarahb
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Rousseau link?
The article we've just read in Tradition about the friendship of Diderot and Rousseau and their different interests in the status of artisans...well, it seems a lot like Gandhi and his khadi movement. I had a brief peda-Google and it seemed that Gandhi spoke often of Rousseau's Social Contract but that his philosophical influences were Ruskin and Tolstoy (p.172)...any other links?
Sarah.
Sarah.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Happy Diwali Priya (New Year's day/Festival of Lights)
Hi All, Today is Diwali (New Year’s Day) according to the Hindu lunar calendar. There are heaps of events on at Federation Square. But the most spectacular is the amazing firework display at sunset tonight. See you there (I’ll be having dinner at one of the restaurants)
Below is the website for further details
http://www.celebrateindia.org.au
Diwali is the most popular of all Hindu festivals (also known as the festival of lights). It is dedicated to the goddess Kali in Bengal and the goddess Lakhsmi, the goddess of wealth in the rest of India. It is a significant festival for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains.
The festival also marks the victory of good over evil, and uplifting of spiritual darkness. Symbolically it marks the homecoming of goodwill and faith after an absence, as suggested by the Ramayana.
Below is the website for further details
http://www.celebrateindia.org.au
Diwali is the most popular of all Hindu festivals (also known as the festival of lights). It is dedicated to the goddess Kali in Bengal and the goddess Lakhsmi, the goddess of wealth in the rest of India. It is a significant festival for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains.
The festival also marks the victory of good over evil, and uplifting of spiritual darkness. Symbolically it marks the homecoming of goodwill and faith after an absence, as suggested by the Ramayana.
Friday, October 17, 2008
We're on for next Wednesday afternoon

Hi Everyone
Next Wednesday's strike (October 22) is for a half a day only. See you all at Ipm.
Our theme for next week is `The Representation of Women in Nationalist Discourse'
The suggested reading is Sinha, M. (2006) ‘Gender and Nation’, in, Morgan, S. The Feminist History Reader, Routledge, New York, Chapter 24, pp.323-339 and
Further Reading
Ramaswamy, S. (2003) ‘Visualising India's Geo-body: Globes, Maps, Bodyscapes’, in, Beyond Appearances?:Visual Practices and Ideologies in Modern India, Sage, New Delhi, Chap. 5, pp.151-189
Next Wednesday's strike (October 22) is for a half a day only. See you all at Ipm.
Our theme for next week is `The Representation of Women in Nationalist Discourse'
The suggested reading is Sinha, M. (2006) ‘Gender and Nation’, in, Morgan, S. The Feminist History Reader, Routledge, New York, Chapter 24, pp.323-339 and
Further Reading
Ramaswamy, S. (2003) ‘Visualising India's Geo-body: Globes, Maps, Bodyscapes’, in, Beyond Appearances?:Visual Practices and Ideologies in Modern India, Sage, New Delhi, Chap. 5, pp.151-189
Asia: Art Gallery of New South Wales: The Lost Buddhas
The Lost Buddhas: Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from Qingzhou
29 August - 23 November 2008
Asian Gallery, Ground Level
For more information of the current display, please visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales direct link http://www.asianart.com.au/exhibitions/current/lost_buddhas
Additional information such as brochures (which includes information about bodhisattvas) and displays about the exhibition are also available as well links to past exhibitions.
29 August - 23 November 2008
Asian Gallery, Ground Level
For more information of the current display, please visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales direct link http://www.asianart.com.au/exhibitions/current/lost_buddhas
Additional information such as brochures (which includes information about bodhisattvas) and displays about the exhibition are also available as well links to past exhibitions.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Gandhi's Speehes
If you want to read any of Gandhi's speeches, see chornologies of his life or read an enormous collection of quotations....then click here: http://www.gandhimuseum.org/sarvodaya/speeches/speechMain.htm
Sarahb
Sarahb
Critique of Edward Said's "Orientalism" - Quadrant Online Journal
http://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2008/9/wrong-from-first-to-last
The weblink above will direct you to an article published in the Quadrant journal on September 2008 by Michael Warby. This article has been reprinted from the journal online and offers a critique on Edward Said's, "Orientalism". There is a printable version icon at the bottom of the article if you wish to make a hard copy which you can use for your essay relevant to the appropriate topic.Friday, October 10, 2008
SBS tonight 8.30: Subhas Chandra Bose
What a fortuitous coincidence that our exploration of Indian nationalism and the anti colonial struggle coincides with the screening tonight of the documentary about Subhas Chandra Bose, a leader in the Indian Independance movement, twice leader of the Indian Congress but also an ideological opponent of Gandhi's technique of satyagraha (non-violent resistance).
See tonight (Friday 10 October), SBS, at 8.30 pm, As it happened.....
See tonight (Friday 10 October), SBS, at 8.30 pm, As it happened.....
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
A small note about next week's reading and the Partha Chatterjee site
Thanks Greg.
Sorry to say, but we are running behind.
Week 11's reading (i.e. next week is Chatterjee, P. (1986) Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World : A Derivative Discourse, Zed, Avon, U.K. Chap. 1, pp. 1 – 39 (also see class handout), and
week 12's reading is Metcalf, B&T. (2006), 2nd Ed., ‘The crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939’ in, A Concise History of Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Also check out the following link for further information about Chatterjee, http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/post/poldiscourse/chatterjee/holden1.html
Sorry to say, but we are running behind.
Week 11's reading (i.e. next week is Chatterjee, P. (1986) Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World : A Derivative Discourse, Zed, Avon, U.K. Chap. 1, pp. 1 – 39 (also see class handout), and
week 12's reading is Metcalf, B&T. (2006), 2nd Ed., ‘The crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939’ in, A Concise History of Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Also check out the following link for further information about Chatterjee, http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/post/poldiscourse/chatterjee/holden1.html
Week 10 reading
Is everybody nice and refreshed after their break?
This week's reading is another big document divided into three parts.
Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 1)
Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 2)
Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 3)
For those industrious people the further reading item by Robin Jeffrey can be found here:-
India: independence and the rich peasant - part 1
India: independence and the rich peasant - part 2
Speak to you next week.
This week's reading is another big document divided into three parts.
Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 1)
Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 2)
Crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939 (Part 3)
For those industrious people the further reading item by Robin Jeffrey can be found here:-
India: independence and the rich peasant - part 1
India: independence and the rich peasant - part 2
Speak to you next week.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Polyester -Just Can't Get Enough
Dear everyone, How's your holiday?
I've been to a few interesting events including an evening at 44 Errol St where I found very amazing. And I saw someone from our class as well. She was in the group performance, together gave so much joy to the audiences. Very sorry that I had to leave early as having to attend a meeting soon after that. But here I have photos and Video to show you. Cheers!
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