Student poverty at the University of Ballarat
- Authors: Newton, Janice , Turale, Sue
- Date: 2000
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Journal of Social Issues Vol. 35, no. 3 (2000), p. 251-265
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- Description: This article draws together the findings of two recent studies at the University of Ballarat which suggest that poverty is experienced among a considerable minority of students. In a pilot study of 54 students and a phenomenological study of 17 students. different ways of measuring poverty were considered: the Poverty Line, dependence on a government allowance, cultural criteria and self-perception. It was found that undertaking part-time work failed to protect students from poverty, with significant indebtedness affecting all. Those under the Poverty Line were more likely to he young and male and less likely to he living in a family. Poor students saw their well-being and self-worth affected by poverty as they struggled to escape a cycle of indebtedness and risked academic standards by working longer hours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Australian Journal of Social Issues is the property of Australian Council of Social Service and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
Remembering King Billy
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2001
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Australian Colonial History Vol. 3, no. 2 (2001), p. 61-80
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Tracks to trails : A history of Mt Evelyn
- Authors: Newton, Janice , Herlihy, Paula , Phillips, Karen
- Date: 2001
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- Description: 2003002489
Australian women's stories of work and play
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2002
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Oral history Vol. 30, no. 1 (2002), p. 54-62
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- Description: In the 1920s and 1930s working-class people from the inner suburbs of Melbourne, Australia took to the foothills of the nearby Dandenong ranges on weekends and public holidays to enjoy a bush picnic or holiday. It was a time in both Britain and Australia when working people were able to take family holidays in greater numbers. Unstructured interviews with former female visitors began with the purpose of gaining an insight into the leisure of the time. Information obtained along the way about working lives reinforced the importance of thinking about work and leisure in association with each other. The incidents that some women remembered from their working lives presented a strong and autonomous view of themselves. While such power could be seen as a realistic view of their holidays in the bush, it appears that the context of the interview relationship contributed to the highlighting of an assertive and lively work identity.
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- Description: 2003000092
Motivation and success : Mixed motivations for women in small business in regional Australia
- Authors: Newton, Janice , Wood, Glenice , Gottschalk, Lorene
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Rural Society Vol. 13, no. 1 (2003), p. 5-21
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- Description: In this paper, factors that motivate women to take up and stay in small businesses in rural and regional areas are analysed in relation to research undertaken in 2001 with 359 women from the Western Region of Victoria. A modification of a typology of business motivation developed by Baines and Wheelock (1998) is posited to acknowledge the variety of motivations and aspirations operating among the women. There is a strong theme of family and personal survival and security that in all likelihood reflects a push factor from the macro-economic context of rural decline. On the other hand there is also strong evidence of an achievement theme, showing commitment to entrepreneurial culture and growth, but this is inextricably bound to notions of personal achievement and self-worth, a legacy perhaps from a history of women's invisibility in the rural context.
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- Description: 2003000603
Not so gay in the bush : 'Coming out' in regional and rural Victoria
- Authors: Gottschalk, Lorene , Newton, Janice
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Report
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- Description: This research indicates that for both lesbians and gay men the journey to self acceptance was often a difficult and stressful one, caused by the prevailing atmosphere of non-acceptance and often vilification of homosexual people. Such a context was found by many respondents to be more prevalent in regional and rural areas. In each of the domains of inquiry examined in this study, that is family, community, school, contact with health professionals and the workplace, lesbians and gay men had experiences of 'homophobia'. In the culture of regional and regional Victoria homosexuality is still considered a minority experience. This has serious consequence for how lesbians and gay men can live out their lives.
Start up and beyond : Evolving training needs for rural women in small business
- Authors: Newton, Janice , Gottschalk, Lorene , Wood, Glenice
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of New Business Ideas and Trends Vol. 2, no. 1 (2004), p. 29-42
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- Description: The rural decline in Australian industry restructuring and the withdrawal of infrastructural services (ABS, 1998), gives rise to the hope of a turnaround in regional and rural Australia arising from the growth of new business ventures. There has been a trend towards an increase in both small business and the involvement of women in recent years (ABS 1301.0, 1997). This combination is important for a sustainable rural future, and therefore, a greater understanding is needed of how women stand in relation to sound business preparation, and attitudes to professional training.
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- Description: 2003000792
Childlessness and women managers : 'Choice', context and discourses
- Authors: Wood, Glenice , Newton, Janice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Gender, Work and Organization Vol. 13, no. 4 (2006), p. 338-358
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- Description: Childlessness is increasing and might reflect acceptance of diversity, scope for individual choice and a creative 'social imaginary' about being feminine without being a mother. Childlessness also appears to have a contextual manifestation arising from the recognition that the long-hours work culture in many organizations does not support appropriate parenting. A qualitative study of Australian managers reveals the contradictory discourses of childlessness around enlightened equality, maternalism, an elusive, ideal 'work-life balance' and individualism. The article explores a contextually nuanced, dynamic, generative theory of agency which does not hinge on the mother-child dyad, in explaining women managers' choices to remain childless. © Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2006.
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- Description: 2003002074
Flower farming in the Dandenongs 1901-1970s ; smallholder success and aesethetic values
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Victorian Historical Journal Vol. 77, no. 1 (2006), p. 66-74
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Permanent residents in caravan parks, managers and the persistence of the social
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Health Sociology Review Vol. 15, no. 2 (2006), p. 221-231
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- Description: Until recently, permanent residents in caravan parks were often absent from discussions about homelessness and housing in the Australian context. When permanent residency was recognised and legislated for in the 1980s, efforts were made to ensure scope for standard community infrastructure such as roads, sewerage and community gathering places. Although the number of long term caravan parks in Australia has recently decreased, on the edge of Melbourne some parks are expanding to cater for a growing clientele reflecting a new and partly de-institutionalised society. This society is characterised by mobile, temporary and casualised work and changing, volatile family relationships; each trend creating a need for different forms of housing. In this paper, preliminary interviews with ten caravan park managers from the outskirts of Melbourne reveal their role in the complex relationship between space, community formation and social solidarity; a relationship which directly impacts on the health and well-being of caravan park residents.
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- Description: 2003001871
“Facing the wall” – “equal” opportunity for women in management?
- Authors: Wood, Glenice , Newton, Janice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Equal Opportunities International Vol. 25, no. 1 (2006), p. 8-24
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- Description: Purpose – To explore the failure of equal opportunity policies to counteract the barrier of children for women in management by considering male and female managers’ views on work culture, family division of labour and childlessness. Design/methodology/approach – Thirty Australian managers (19 male, 11 female) were interviewed as a follow up to a larger study in 1996, in order to extend inquiries around the issues of children, childlessness and senior management aspirations. Findings – Managers acknowledge the impediment that children are to a woman’s career path. They also have an awareness of patterns of delayed childbearing and potential childlessness. This awareness is confirmed through first hand experience in the families and at work. Managers also use a language of sacrifice and loss regarding their own or others’ failure to partner and procreate, as well as some reference to freedom and lifestyle. Furthermore there are diverging discourses on company loyalty and company greed given in relation to competing family loyalties and obligations. Finally, acknowledgement of gendered inequality (and some blindness to it) is indicated by both male and female managers. Research limitations/implications – Although based on a small sample from one country, the findings do imply that it is unwise to assume that women committed to a career do not want children. The option of having both is not made easy. Practical implications – Family policy for senior management should continue to be considered. Originality/value – Recognition of the complexity and diversity of attitudes to children, family and work contributes to a critique of overdrawn notions of types of women (Hakim, 2001).
Dunnies and the Australian culture: looking backward and forward to explicate community memory
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Australian Studies Vol. 91, no. (2007), p. 81-91
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- Description: In 2002, Dunnedoo, in New South Wales, by-passed the graceful imagery of the Aboriginal meaning of their home, 'Black Swan', to propose a giant 'dunny' as a tourist attraction for their town. This study explores why Australians have a particular relationship to the dunny and, in doing so, attempts to merge some theoretical insights of oral historiography and symbolic anthropology.
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Emotional attachment to home and security for permanent residents in caravan parks in Melbourne
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Sociology Vol. 44, no. 3 (2008), p. 219-232
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- Description: The aim of this article is to explore emotional attachment to home of permanent residents in caravan parks. Analysis of a small number of life histories, with specific probes around matters of belonging to home, community and place, reveals deeper insight when viewed through theoretical lenses provided by the work of Giddens on ontological security and the ideas around emotion and home provided by housing researchers such as Clapham. The exploratory study, covering a range of caravan parks, has been undertaken in two phases: the first in 2003-4 interviewing caravan park managers (10) and the second in 2006 interviewing permanent residents (12). Findings support the central significance of safety and security for many residents, and provide some strong instances of embodied attachment to home in the park. Although objectively challenged by tenure arrangements and social processes, ontological security appears subjectively achievable for some residents. © 2008 The Australian Sociological Association.
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Rethinking appropriation of the indigenous : A romanticist approach to cultural imperialism within neo-Pagan communities
- Authors: Newton, Janice , Waldron, David
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at Ownership and Appropriation: A joint international conference of the ASA, the ASAANZ and the AAS, Auckland : 8th-12th December 2008
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- Description: Since the origins of contemporary neo-Paganism in the 1950s, neo-Pagan communities have been riven by conflicts surrounding the appropriation of art, ritual, music and identity from colonised indigenous cultures. Fundamental views of ethnically owned cultural property and heritage are juxtaposed with notions of universal ownership reflecting post modern cosmopolitanism. These perspectives of cultural appropriation and belonging are profoundly shaped by the twin concerns of needing to maintain a sense of authenticity in ritual, symbolism and belief, and by access to public representation which is shaped by a long history of colonial and post-colonial engagement with indigenes. Furthermore, issues of wealth, power and representation and the structural issues of cultural transmission within indigenous and neo-Pagan communities further complicate the issues surrounding cultural ownership and identity. The paper argues that the experience of romanticism and empire are central to understanding the appropriation of the indigenous by neo-pagan communities but also recognises that deep connections and genuine commitment to shared communicative discourse in a contemporary cultural context are part of this relationship. This paper negotiates these issues in relation to the engagement of neo-Pagan discourses with colonial indigenous culture in relation to romantic constructions of ethnicity, community, language and cultural property.
Sacrifice, grief and the sacred at the contemporary 'secular' pilgrimage to Gallipoli
- Authors: Hannaford, John , Newton, Janice
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Borderlands e-journal Vol. 7, no. 1 (2008), p.
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- Description: This article argues that the, sometimes contentious, behaviour of travellers to Anzac commemorations at Gallipoli represents in part a spiritual phenomenon and a true pilgrimage, indicative of general movements in Australia towards the episodic spiritual and the memorialisation of death. The argument derives from primary participant observation and interviews during Anzac 2000 at Gallipoli and interviews in Australia with a tour operator, a politician who organised the 80th anniversary tour in 1995 and a young man representing his state on this tour. Travel to the Anzac commemoration at Gallipoli fits the paradigm of an ideal type pilgrimage. Patterns of grief and sacrifice and the search for a cultural centre support the notion that it can be seen as truly spiritual. The Gallipoli phenomenon may exemplify a current Australian trend towards re-sacralisation, embodying forms of spirituality beyond the institutional church.
Culture and authenticity
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Vol. 10, no. 3 (2009), p. 248-250
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Rural homophobia : Not really gay
- Authors: Gottschalk, Lorene , Newton, Janice
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review Vol. 5, no. 3 (2009), p. 153-159
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- Description: This study, conducted for the Department of Human Services (Grampians Region) in Victoria, found that gay men and lesbians experience similar types of stigma and discrimination in rural areas as those in urban centres, but that this was exacerbated by the lack of anonymity in the smaller communities. The hatred of homosexuality can, in some relatively supportive family, community, school and work contexts, transform into a homophobia that embodies a fear of homosexuality which can, and not infrequently does, result in homophobic abuse and violence. Although the majority of research participants in this study were accepting of their sexuality and happy to be lesbian or gay, they nevertheless lived curtailed lives with a blanket around a central dimension of their lives. Furthermore it was found that the experience of gay men is not a mirror image of that for lesbians.
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Reversing housing and health pathways? Evidence from Victorian caravan parks
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Health Sociology Review Vol. 20, no. 1 (2011), p. 84-96
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- Description: The aim of this article is to highlight a link between housing and health that may have been underestimated: the pathway from poor health towards marginal housing in caravan parks. Almost all research on links between housing and health is derived from large-scale surveys and correlational analyses which suggest a causation path from poor housing to poor health. The big picture of such studies may in fact disguise a reality for a smaller group where poor health leads to class 'slide' and reduced housing options. Qualitative data and life histories from interviews probe such 'reverse' links and also flesh out contextual backgrounds. It is argued in this article that evidence from interviews with 10 caravan park managers and 50 residents from 16 parks in outer Melbourne and rural Victoria supports general arguments that poor health appears to be a pathway leading to marginal housing. Copyright © eContent Management Pty Ltd.
Realigning the sacred and secular among a marginalised population of caravan park residents
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Religion Studies Review Vol. 25, no. 1 (2012), p. 3-26
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- Description: This article addresses calls for qualitative research into the realignment of the sacred and secular among contemporary Western individuals.."From the abstract"
- Description: This article addresses calls for qualitative research into the realignment of the sacred and secular among contemporary Western individuals, as well as considering the signi
Rethinking Appropriation of the Indigenous: A Critique of the Romanticist Approach
- Authors: Waldron, David , Newton, Janice
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Vol. 16, no. 2 (November 2012 2012), p. 64-85
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- Description: The aim of this paper is to set out the effects of romanticism on attitudes of the New Age movement to Indigenous Aboriginal culture and people. Past scholarship has clearly expounded insensitive and exploitative New Age appropriation of Indigenous culture and emphasized inequalities in the power represent one’s own group. Essentialists, romantic stereotypes detract from deep understanding of Indigenous Australians, and negotiated solutions are not really possible when the parties involved are in grossly unequal circumstances. Scholarship acknowledges diversity within Indigenous groups and the New Age movement as well as convergences and reciprocal cultural borrowing, often within romantic epistemologies. A simple dichotomy of cultural theft by New Age practitioners from Indigenous Australians is inadequate to explain the complexities of the interaction.