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ItemNo Preview AvailableYoruba Heritage virtual tour(www.sunsofmercury.com/yoruba, 2022)The Yoruba Heritage virtual tour showcases West African cultural traditions and their influences in Australia and Latin America. The tour explores talking drums, beadwork, wedding ceremonies, and tribal face marks in Nigeria and the international Yoruba diaspora. Viewers can learn about these traditions in 360-degree photos that include clickable icons that open information windows and interviews. The project is funded by a Community Engagement Grant from the University of Melbourne Social Equity Institute with support from the Faculty of Arts. SOLL Prof. Adrian Hearn developed the idea in partnership with the Yoruba Heritage and Cultural Association of Victoria, community arts organisation Suns of Mercury, and Harmonic Whale Studio. The purpose running through this collaboration is to support more positive and genuine public narratives about African cultures, including among young African Australians themselves.
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ItemCuba under Raul Castro: Assessing the Reforms(Wiley, 2018-01-01)
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ItemState-Society Trust in Sino-Brazilian Agriculture(Springer, 2015)As Chinese cities edge toward projections of one billion residents by 2025, they are generating unprecedented demand for food. Ambitions to meet this demand with domestic production are still far from reality, prompting Chinese agriculture enterprises to buy and invest overseas. This article examines the consequences for Brazil, which in 2013 provided 45 % of China’s soybean imports. It finds that diverging traditions of state-society trust have provoked Brazilian uncertainties about the objectives and management practices of investing Chinese actors. It concludes that successful “South-South” relations between China and Brazil will require fresh approaches to trust between state and society that break with previous development theory and practice.
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ItemBuilding Sustainable Food Systems in the Asian Century: A Matter of Tradition(Latin American Studies Association, 2021)
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ItemStrengthening Brazil’s food system: can China’s Belt and Road help?(Routledge, 2021-05-31)The chapter discusses theories and frames debates on BRI focusing on its internal logics, external drivers, and controversy that inform the central propositions in this book raised in Chapter 1 where the case chapters provide empirical support. It delves into and speculates questions for future of globalisation and global economic development catalysed by BRI, neoliberalism and the developmental state. The chapter provides insights from the developed and developing countries’ perspectives, observing that both convergence and divergence of ideas and interests co-exist, reflecting the complexity in global trade, capital movement, income distribution and economic development.
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ItemQualitative assessment of value in Australian pork across cultures(CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2021-05-18)Context The Australian pork industry would benefit greatly from further development of export markets across Asia, but due to the small size of the Australian industry and cultural differences between Asia and the West, further insight into research is required for premium product development. Aims Qualitatively assess value in Australian pork across Australian and Chinese consumer groups to investigate perceived differences in cultural attitudes to pork. Methods Qualitative multivariate analysis (QMA). Key results Australian and Chinese opinions of Australian pork products, meat and offal, and farming systems differed significantly. Australian consumers desired expert opinion, traditional meat cuts with minimal packaging, and small-scale production with superior animal welfare. Chinese consumers wanted clean, healthy and versatile products, with consistent quality, without concerns around animal welfare. Conclusions The compatibility of the markets and consumer preferences show great promise for Australian pork holding value in the eyes of Chinese consumers, Implications Results offer insight for future product development for export and targeted domestic markets. Findings will also enable future quantitative research efforts to be more targeted and specific.
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ItemCuba-China relations and the construction of socialism(Lexington Books, 2021-01-05)
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ItemOpportunities to advance food gardening in Melbourne: Findings from the 2020 National Pandemic Gardening Survey(SUSTAIN: The Australian Food Network, 2021-04-01)
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Item2021 in Review: Raúl Castro steps down from Cuba's Communist Party(Australian Institute of International Affairs, 2021-04-16)Raúl Castro resigned as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. This changing of the guard is provoking local and global reflection on his performance and how it has positioned Cuba for the future.
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ItemWho is Nature: Ancient Traditions Meet Virtual Reality(Latin Stories Australia, 2020-12-15)To investigate the nexus of humanity and nature, in 2019 I visited sacred sites introduced by community elders in Mexico, Cuba, and Australia. Their responses to my question, “what does nature mean to you?” revealed a holistic vision: nature is not a resource to be extracted but a living entity to engage in a relationship. At least as complex as any human being or sentient entity, nature is not a “what” but a “who.”