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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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