Transports of delight: Alan Riach takes a journey through the literary tradition of travel writing as penned by visitors to Scotland

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Productivity in New Zealand 1988 to 2002

This paper reports new aggregate and industry productivity series for the New Zealand economy for the period 1988 to 2002. These productivity series are intended for ongoing monitoring of New Zealand’s productivity performance and for use in further analyses investigating the evolution, sources and determinants of New Zealand’s productivity growth. Productivity series are constructed using index number techniques and industry data sourced from Statistics New Zealand. Throughout, comparisons are made with the productivity estimates reported in Diewert and Lawrence’s (1999), Measuring New Zealand’s Productivity. Industry data are also used to construct productivity series that are comparable with the market sector productivity series published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The comparison between Australia and New Zealand shows that market sector multifactor productivity has been similar in both countries over the full sample period. Since 1994 average labour productivity growth has been higher in Australia, which reflects the relatively lower rate of physical capital accumulation in New Zealand after 1993. On the other hand, New Zealand’s capital productivity growth has been higher than Australia’s capital productivity growth since 1994, reflecting the relatively higher growth in hours worked in New Zealand.Economic growth; productivity measurement; index numbers; Australia and New Zealand comparison

Celebrating the dignity of diversity and Scotland's links with South Asia

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Location-based technologies for learning

Emerging technologies for learning report - Article exploring location based technologies and their potential for educatio

Identifying Conventions in Memphis Art History: A Case Study of the Exhibition Present Tense: The Art of Memphis, 2001-Now

In this research, the 2013 exhibition Present Tense: The Art of Memphis, 2001-Now hosted at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens is used as a case study to identify conventions in Memphis visual culture. The Dixon\u27s history makes it an icon of wealth, power, and prestige and an influence on the mainstream art community of the city. Present Tense sought to introduce the traditional audiences to current, local artworks which created an interesting juxtaposition between conventional space and contemporary art. The paper argues the unequal demographics of artists in Present Tense are due in large part to a history of racial segregation and the marginalization of women artists in institutions. Reactionary exhibitions attempted to examine ideas of exclusionary curating, but demographic analysis proves the seemingly inescapable grasp of conventions of exclusion. Nonetheless, the Dixon continues its attempts to relax engrained traditions to become a more inclusive organization

Transports of delight: Alan Riach takes a journey through the literary tradition of travel writing as penned by visitors to Scotland

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