In the conservative societies of Nagaland and Manipur, widows of injecting drug users are often HIV positive, poor and stigmatized. Dr Michelle Kermode and Prarthna Dayal from the Nossal Insitute for Global Health discuss an intervention program to improve mental health of these women. With host Jennifer Cook.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne) Episode 72: The Fourth Rise of China
Prof Wang Gungwu and Dr Pradeep Taneja examine the latest rise of China in its historic, economic and strategic dimensions. With host Jennifer Cook.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne)
Episode 73: Al Jazeera statecraft: New media as public diplomacy tools
Journalism professor Phillip Seib of the University of Southern California discusses public diplomacy via broadcast and digital media, and its success -- or otherwise -- in the Middle East and elsewhere. Prof Seib delivered the keynote speech at the Journalism in the 21st Century Conference on July 16, 2009. The conference was organized by the
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne)
Episode 96: The Wrath of Grapes: Wine Making and Climate Change
Viticulturist Prof Snow Barlow and Wedgetail Estate vigneron Guy LaMothe discuss the threats -- and opportunities -- that global warming poses for the wine industry in Australia and elsewhere. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne) Episode 107: Getting it on the grid: Integrating renewable energy into our power supplies
Energy and climate change analyst Dr Roger Dargaville weaves together diverse technical, economic and environmental factors to produce a model for better, smarter use of our energy supplies. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.
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up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne)Episode 108: Intellectualizing infidelity: A feminist remix
Political scientist Dr Lauren Rosewarne combines the academic and personal in a critical, feminist examination of being the ìother womanî in a affair with a married man. With host Jennifer Cook.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne) Episode 109: The Witch Depicted: Images and iconography in early modern times
Historian Prof Charles Zika explains the social and religious manipulations behind 15th and 16th century European images of witches and witchcraft, and how this contrasts with our contemporary visual representation of witches. With host Jennifer Cook.
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up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne)Episode 110: Empowering Communities to Preserve Character of Place
Landscape Architect Assoc Prof Ray Green discusses his ground-breaking approach in which a community is able to define the character of its neighbourhood. This methodology seeks to restore the balance of power between communities and external bodies such as planners and developers. With host Jennifer Cook.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne) Episode 111: A career in modelling: Assessing risk in natural resource management
Agricultural scientist Dr Andrew Hamilton explains how risk and uncertainty can be better modelled in both managing waster water and estimating species richness. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne) Episode 112: Counting us in: Assessing indigenous child health
Epidemiologist Assoc Prof Jane Freemantle unpacks the delicate, complex task of empirically assessing child health in indigenous communities. With host Jennifer Cook.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne) Episode 143: Radiation for the rest of us: The alpha, beta and gamma of atomic interaction
Physicist Dr Roger Rassool discusses the basic physics behind the radioactivity produced -- and sometimes leaked -- in the production of nuclear power. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.
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up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne)Episode 146: Kashmir revisited: Untold stories and hard realities
Politico-strategy analyst Dr Christopher Snedden examines the decades-long Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan in light of new understanding of the conflict's origins. With host Elisabeth Lopez.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne)
Episode 148: Targeted delivery: The promise of nanotherapies in treating cancer
Chemistry Associate Professor Eva Harth and Chemical Engineer Dr Angus Johnston discuss how cancer treatments may be vastly improved through drug delivery at the nanoscale. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne) Episode 151: Fortune and fortitude: Stories of the Chinese diaspora
Social scientist Prof. Pookong Kee looks at the successive waves of migration from China and how Chinese identity has evolved among ethnic Chinese in their adopted homelands. With host Jennfier Cook.
Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne) Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis
The reason why Randall Fallows wrote Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis is simple; to help give students a better understanding of how to discover, develop, and revise an analytical essay. Here is how his 5 chapter book goes about doing just that:
The first two chapters focus on the nature of an analysis and what’s involved in writing an analytical essay.
First, Randall shows that analysis consists of a balance of assertions (statements which present their viewpoints or
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The sound of summer music
The musically inclined are drawn to Harvard form near and far each summer. They gather to create the sound of music with Harvard Summer School ensembles.
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