Red Dog, Horses and Bogong Moths: The Memorialisation of Animals in Australia

In this article I examine ways in which animals are memorialised in Australia. By examining the narratives surrounding horses in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, ceremonies for Bogong moths, and touching upon the stories of Red Dog, I show how the intangible can be considered a memorial and a memorial landscape conceived as one that is co-constructed by humans and animals. Understanding memorialisation as intangible facilitates a repositioning of animals in relation to humans and the creation of a new framework of reference for memorialising animals

Ligeti the maverick? An examination of Ligeti's ambivalent role in contemporary music.

György Ligeti, the Hungarian composer, is often described as a maverick by commentators on later twentieth century music, and this article will examine the evidence for using such a label. To what extent can Ligeti can genuinely considered as a maverick, or is this epithet perhaps an over-simplification of a more complex situation? The OED’s definition of a maverick is ‘an unorthodox or independent-minded person: a person who refuses to conform to the views of a particular group or party: an individualist.’ This definition is close to the often stated view of Ligeti when compared with his peers and colleagues, and it is also the view that Ligeti himself seems to want to project in his many interviews. When he was accused by Helmut Lachenmann in 1984 as ‘selling out’—initiated by a performance of Ligeti’s rather postmodernist-sounding Horn Trio—Ligeti suggested that he was actually composing non-atonal rather than postmodernist music. Thus suggesting that he felt he was not following the prevailing new cultural movement of postmodernism; though works such as Hungarian Rock for harpsichord seem to undermine this assertion, with its use of tonality and influences of jazz. When one compares Ligeti’s Apparitions for orchestra with Penderecki’s contemporaneous Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, it is possible to observe the similarities of approach in each of these works; thus suggesting that Ligeti was in fact part of a more general approach to composing in the 1960s, focused on texture and timbre. When one views Ligeti’s entire oeuvre, one can see that he did in fact follow various contemporary compositional trends. The analysis of Ligeti’s music will be used to construct a more nuanced evaluation of his approach, with the conclusion that the term ‘maverick’ does not do justice to the wide range of his output

Connecting place, people and animals : an historical study of environmental and cultural change in the Snowy Mountains landscape

University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Experimental studies of instabilities of laminar premixed flames

We first briefly recall the basic mechanisms controlling the hydrodynamic and thermo-diffusive stability of planar laminar premixed flames, and give the state of the theoretical analysis. We then describe some novel experiments to observe and measure the growth rate of cellular structures on initially planar flames. The first experiment concerns the observation of the temporal growth of wrinkling on a freely propagating planar flame. A second experiment concerns the spatio-temporal growth of structures of controlled wavelength on an anchored flame. The experimental observations are compared to theoretical dispersion relation. Finally, we compare observations of the non-linear evolution to saturation with the predictions of an extended Michelson-Sivashinsky equation

The significance of timbre as a structural component in selected works by Ligeti

Gyorgy Ligeti is perhaps best known for his micropolyphonic textural music of the 1960s such as Atmospheres and Lux Aeterna, and it was during this period that he demonstrated that it was possible to compose music through purely textural means. His focus on the readily audible aspects of music rather than abstract inaudible structures might explain why his music was generally more approachable than that of many of his contemporaries. Ligeti is concerned in these works with the audible textural surface of his music, but also the timbral aspects which are equally significant. He has stated in an interview with Josef Häusler in 1968 that in relation to Atmosphères the formal transformations of sections are dependent on the changing tone-colours, he also says that 'Atmospheres is a composition in tone-colours par excellence' – he is suggesting that the structure is being controlled by the change of timbres. The exploration of timbre is a significant compositional feature in Ligeti’s music throughout his oeuvre and can be related to his early admiration of the music of Bartok and Webern. In this paper I will explore how Ligeti uses timbre as a structural component through timbral analysis of movements from his Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968) and the much later Hamburg Concerto (1999 rev 2002). I aim to show that Ligeti structured some of his works through timbral means, and that this aspect of his music is as significant as his textural innovations. What makes much of Ligeti’' music so distinctive is the subtle use of specific and memorable timbres, and how these timbres gradually evolve over time

ADULT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ EXPERIENCES OF ONLINE LEARNING AND MOTIVATIONS FOR PERSISTENCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The unprecedented shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic presented a unique opportunity to research adult English language learners’ lived experiences of online learning and motivations for persistence. With the growing trend of offering online learning to adult learners and concerns over the high attrition rates associated with this method (Nagel, 2009), it is critical to analyze adult English language learners’ lived experiences of online learning and motivations for persistence to inform pedagogical practices that will promote learner retention in online formats. The purpose of this study was to extend the current research through the lens of self-determination theory and the idea that when individuals’ basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness are satisfied, intrinsic motivation is promoted (Deci & Ryan, 1985). Research shows learners who are intrinsically motivated undertake learning for inherent satisfaction, become actively engaged, and persist when faced with challenges (Ryan & Deci, 2000b). Using a phenomenological approach, this study was designed to examine the lived experiences of six participants from one adult literacy center located in the Northeastern United States who had participated in online learning for at least 6 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from a series of semi-structured interviews indicated four major themes: challenges of online learning for adult English language learners, needs of adult English language learners in online learning, benefits of online learning for adult English language learners, and adult English language learners’ motivations for persistence. Results show that when considering adult English language learners’ basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness as a way to promote motivation, educators should account for learners’ unique cultural differences, including backgrounds, attitudes, and goals

An investigation of the kinetics of thermophilic microbial ferrous iron oxidation in continuous culture

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-135).The potential of thermophilic micro-organisms to bioleach primary copper sulfides and other minerals has led to the need to develop a fundamental understanding of the mechanistic process involved. Ferrous iron oxidation has been established as a key step in bioleaching and is understood to be achieved largely by microbial action. The objective of this work was to determine an appropriate set of kinetic expressions that describe the rates of microbial growth and ferrous iron oxidation of a thermophilic archeal culture grown in continuous culture on ferrous iron between 60 and 80°C

Survey of Microcomputer Access by Students with Mild Handicaps in East Central Illinois

This descriptive research was conducted to collect data concerning the accessibility of school microcomputers to students who have been labeled as having a mild (high prevalence) handicapping condition. One hundred thirty nine randomly selected school administrators in East Central Illinois were surveyed to determine the number of microcomputers in their schools and the types of programs that were offered to students with special needs. The schools were divided into seven categories depending on the type and size. Total school enrollment figures were divided by the total number of microcomputers available at the school to determine a student to microcomputer ratio at the school. As 99% of the survey respondents reported seeing students with mild handicaps using microcomputers in the schools, this ratio was considered a measure of accessibility for the purpose of comparison. The findings were that students with mild handicaps had decreased accessibility to microcomputers in their schools by an. average of 8.5 students per microcomputer in the elementary and middle schools. In the high schools, however, students with mild handicaps had increased access to microcomputers by an average of 5.5 students per microcomputer. It was concluded that special education funding for classroom technology is probably concentrated at the secondary level