Talking Cure
Talking Cure, by Australian artist Anne Wallace, explores inner reflection by evoking a scene using Freud’s psychoanalytic process. Photo: Zuleyka Zevallos. Continue reading Talking Cure
From Local to Global Health Connections
Health and wellbeing development trends go beyond individual factors, by connecting community trends to broader Australian and international social issues. This includes the services and facilities that people have access to, their experiences of social connectedness (which can impact knowledge and access to local services) and broader socio-economic patterns.
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Tamworth
Onward travel for fieldwork. I’m in Tamworth to interview clients and service providers about their health, justice and rehabilitation programs.
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Education and Work
Fun stop in between fieldwork sites along the North Coast!
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Focus Group Interviews
Lots of work to catch up on and preparing for fieldwork. The focus group interviews went from the afternoon into the evening. We need to vary the times, as we’re speaking with apprentices and trainees who work a range of hours and shift work.
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Last Day: Catching Up on Work on the Road
On the last day of fieldwork in Dubbo, plans did not go as expected. Nevertheless it a very busy day, going from one cafe to the next, typing up notes and catching up on project planning and other work.
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Support for Mental Illness in Justice System
Fieldwork in Dubbo, New South Wales, was very interesting! It was especially useful to learn about how to better support people with mental illness who are caught up in the justice system and how to deliver culturally relevant programs to Aboriginal communities.
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Sociology of Cities in Conflict
“The overcoming of urban conflicts has often been the source for an expanded civic sense.” – Dr Saskia Sassen, sociologist Continue reading Sociology of Cities in Conflict
Travel to Dubbo for Justice Project
A tiny plane flying to Dubbo for fieldwork research! I’m undertaking travel for my justice project.
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Revitalised Sociological Imagination
“A re-vitalised sociological imagination can and does have all kinds of impacts.”
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Social Science Insights 