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Item宗教觀想裝飾畫所求為何? What Do Devotional Posters Want?(National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2022)The bilingual essay collection, entitled The Midnight Sun and the Owl—Reader of 2021 Asian Art Biennial, supported by Winsing Art Foundation, aims to engage visitors in unfolding unlimited imagination of the future through reading. Curated and edited by Thai curator Thanavi Chotpradit, the essay collection invite the curatorial team, Taiwanese and foreign scholars as well as the participating artists to explore together issues of various aspects, ranging from sci-fi space, ecology and architectural environment, natural phenomena and so on to expand the cultural horizon of Asian diversity.
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ItemBecoming Mun Sen: Shaping of a Penang modern art scene(Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 2023)Yong Mun Sen is one of the most iconic Southeast Asian artists of the 20th century, Yong Mun Sen (1896 – 1962), also an instrumental figure in the academy’s founding history. Yong Mun Sen in Nanyang 杨曼生与南洋 traces Yong’s story and role as a visionary artmaker and educator. A luminary who took life as a source of daily inspiration, he was keenly observant of his surroundings, and acknowledged the beauty of where he dwelled through his practice. His works display technical finesse, compellingly reflecting the cultural, societal, and economic progress of his time . This book is a 224-page publication with over 100 full-colour images of the works and accompanying essays that provide insights into the life and work of Yong Mun Sen. Articulated through a collaborative effort that is both about art and education, the research, reflections and thoughts by Southeast Asian art historians and academics including Yeo Mang Thong, Simon Soon, Bridget Tracy Tan, and Lok Tok feature in this seminal tome.
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ItemKilling and Sentiment in the Colonial Australian Kangaroo Hunt Narrative(Lexington Books, 2019)This chapter argues that the kangaroo hunt in colonial Australia – far from being a minor recreational event – in fact gives settler colonialism one of its most foundational and animating narratives.
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ItemThe Colonial Kangaroo Hunt(Miegunyah Press (Melbourne UP), 2020-03-03)From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver examine hunting narratives in novels, visual art and memoirs to discover how the kangaroo became a favourite quarry, a relished food source, an object of scientific fascination, and a source of violent conflict between settlers and Aboriginal people. The kangaroo hunt worked as a rite of passage and an expression of settler domination over native species and land. But it also enabled settlers to begin to comprehend the complexity of bush ecology, raising early concerns about species extinction and the need for conservation and the preservation of habitat.
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Item[Review of the book Photography in the Great War: The Ethics of Emerging Medical Collections from the Great War, by Jason Bate & the book Photographs and the Practice of History: A Short Primer, by Elizabeth Edwards](University of Chicago Press, 2024-06-01)This book review article presents a critical account of two very recent and important scholarly book publications related to the broad disciplinary field of the history of Photography The two books' differing foci and methologies are explained and related to their differing aims and uses.
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ItemA festival in disarray: the 2002 Adelaide festival: A debacle or another model of arts organization and leadership?(HELDREF PUBLICATIONS, 2004-01-01)
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ItemPrivilege or problem: The distinct role of government in arts development in South Australia(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2005-01-01)
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ItemDoes it matter who is in charge? The influence of the business paradigm on arts leadership and management(International Graduate School of Management, University of South Australia, 2005)Interpreting the 'arts as business' has become the mantra of the present time. Arts organisations are encouraged to be 'business like' in their operations with corporate style management structures and governance. This paper explores the development of this phenomenon in Australia in particular and questions the rationale for the approach as well as its impact. It does this within the context of a discussion about leadership and management of arts organisations and an exploration of the meaning of these terms in the arts. Finally, there is consideration of the core business of arts organisations and how that may be affected by the changing paradigm.
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ItemDoes the art end when the management begins? The challenges of making ‘art’ for both artists and arts managers(Arts & Cultural Management Program, University of South Australia, School of Management, 2010)The terms ‘leadership’ and ‘management’ can produce powerful and contradictory responses in the context of arts organisations. There are different expectations or understandings about the ‘construct of leadership’ and the ‘construct of management’ in the arts as elsewhere. It is argued that in arts organisations the ‘leadership’ is provided by the artistic director or artistic leader and the ‘management’ is provided by the administrator or general manager. But is this the case? Doesn’t the artistic director ‘manage’ and the general manager also ‘lead’? And what about everyone else in the organisation; the other artists, administrators and board members, do they contribute to the leadership and to the management of the organisation? In this paper it is argued that it is important for everyone involved in an arts organisation, to understand and take responsibility for its leadership and management, to ensure the organisation’s continued survival and success.
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ItemArts and business: The impact of business models on the activities of major performing arts organisations in Australia(University of Queensland, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2010)Managerial business models were first introduced to Australian subsidised performing arts organisations by the then Howard Coalition government in 2000. Until the early 1990s, Australian arts organisations were contextualised as 'not for profit' entities, with an overall objective of producing good art. Over the past decade, however, major Australian performing arts organisations have been viewed more frequently as part of an 'industry' and, within this industry construct, framed as 'business entities', with a need to prove positive financial outcomes as a first priority. This article explores what is meant by business models in the context of Australian major performing arts organisations and looks at the impact of this approach.