Monthly Archives: November 2003

A Brief History of the Melbourne Fringe Festival 1982-2003

A Brief History of the Melbourne Fringe: (1) The Melbourne Fringe Network was established in 1982 after the demise of the legendary Pram Factory in Carlton. The Pram Factory was the home of the Australian Performing Group which was a democratically run theatrical collective. The group was at its pinnacle during the sex, drugs and [...]

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Journals on Political Communication

I spoke to Ned Rossiter today, Lecturer in Communication Theory, who suggested to look at the contents of the following journals for articles on ephemeral political communication: International Political Economy UNESCO International Journal of Social Science Information, Communication, and Society

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Book on Protest Social Movements

Here is an article by Verity Burgman, the author of Power Profit, Protest that she wrote for the 2003 Social Movements conference at UTS in June.

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media and politics

And interesting quote used by Sally Young in an article on political communication within Australia. …the unfulfilled potential of television teaches us that technology by itself will not automatically change the political system for the better. Everything depends on how it is used in practice. (S Young. A Net Opportunity: Australian Political Parties on the [...]

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Lobby groups and protest communication

I suppose that an interesting thing to think about is who would benefit from a history of ephemeral and interest group political communication within Australia? There is the process to consider ie.. How has political communication penetrated the main stream and how has it been successful? Lobby groups and radical groups may fine this information [...]

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Link of Federation Ephemera

Federation Ephemera – State Library of New South Wales Here is an interesting site produced as part of the Federation fund. Although not really ‘protest ememera’ or ‘protest communication’, the site is an interesting example of a web based archive.

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The History Wars Continue: Keith Winshuttle Versus Simon Schama: A Hypothetical Trial

The History Wars Continue: A Hypothetical Trial by Craig Bellamy October 2003 History must strive to be an art before it can pretend to be a science J. H. Plumb (1969) Synopsis What follows is a hypothetical case in which Simon Schama is on trial in relation to a charge brought forward by Mr. Keith [...]

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