Month: June 2009

Returning to Australia from Bhutan, I’m often frustrated by the way we seem to replace responsibility for control. I’m not sure whether it’s enforcing rules to compensate for a lack of responsibility or if responsibility is lost because we have laws to compensate. Either way, I think it’s sad. People are no longer as free… Continue reading School Zones

Strangely, given my desire to take more interest in Aboriginal issues and to keep this blog up to date, I have failed to mention the Social Justice Report that appeared in June ’07. It was a major news item at the time and one of the few headlines that encouraged me to follow the news.… Continue reading Northern Territory Intervention

I remember going to a baseball game in Japan and being amazed at the coordinated chants of the crowd. They were very complex, each a whole song, and lead by a chant coordinator in each stand. I was lucky enough to attend the Australia – Japan World Cup qualifier in Melbourne on Tuesday evening with… Continue reading Aussie Chants

I’ve ignored this blog during the uni term, but now it’s over I realise that there were many interesting points I could post. It’s anthropology after all. The first discussion that comes to mind regards racial identity. Aborigines, for example, are being asked to prove their Aboriginality to receive land grants and other benefits. The… Continue reading Racial Identity