Hitting Home: Nick Earls' Brisbane and the Creation of the Celebrity Author

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Cain
Keyword(s):  
Media Campaign ◽  
Home Town ◽  
Public Role ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Type ◽  
Promotional Campaign ◽  
International Success ◽  
The City

Brisbane author Nick Earls holds a position of exceptional significance for a writer in his home town. After some 10 years in the literary limelight, Earls was chosen as the face of the city in a television and print media campaign for Brisbane tourism (the ‘It's happening’ campaign), suggesting that he and his work would be widely recognised, and his opinions respected — key reasons for choosing a celebrity to promote any product. Earls represents a new type of public role for writers, who often must cross boundaries of intellectual respectability and popular cultural or ‘celebrity’ appeal to succeed in the current media climate. Leading up to the Brisbane promotional campaign, Earls had a long association with the local press, which enabled him to work simultaneously as a serious author, comedian, boy-next-door and social commentator. His decision, in his early published novels, to make maximal, unapologetic use of Brisbane as a setting earned him the title of ‘Brisbane's favourite son’ (MacColl 1998). At times he has used this title to his advantage; at other times the press has made him work in an ambassadorial role for Brisbane even as the themes and scenes of his writing were changing. Earls has also had considerable international success, particularly with his first novel for adults, Zigzag Street. Using theories about the production of celebrities and close analysis of Earls' press coverage, this article examines the author as a text, looking at the interaction between Earls, his novels and the broader condition of the contemporary publishing and media industries for clues as to how Earls, over other Brisbane writers, found himself with the keys to the city.

“They are nothing but birdbrains!”

Working Girls ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 156-196
Author(s):  
Patricia Tilburg
Keyword(s):  
Paternal Care ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Legislative Reform ◽  
Garment Workers ◽  
Labor Activism ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Face ◽  
Labor Leaders ◽  
The City ◽  
Work Stoppages

From 1901, the Parisian clothing trades saw a remarkable escalation of labor activism and subsequent legislative reform driven by and on behalf of the more than 80,000 women working in the capital’s couture industry. Time and again (in 1901, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919), the midinettes of Paris took to the boulevards in work stoppages that captured unprecedented media attention and garnered meaningful gains for garment workers across the city. French journalists, government officials, and labor leaders alike promoted a romantic and infantilizing vision of the female garment strikers as insouciant girls in need of paternal care (whether of the state, union, or reforming bourgeoisie), and replicated the pervasive belle époque type of the midinette. In the face of strikes in the heavily feminine garment trades, an image of the female Parisian fashion worker as charmingly capricious and pleasure-loving persisted. This chapter assesses the symbolic work performed by such a persistence, and also attends to the workingwomen who lamented the condescension of strike coverage and stressed their own demands and experience. In tracing the discursive work of the midinette as type, this chapter draws upon archival material from the Préfecture de Police, union journals, cartoons, workers’ memoirs, reform inquiries, songs, novels, and newspapers. The aestheticization of workingwomen had real consequences for the handling of garment trade militancy by the press, politicians, police, labor leaders, and couture workers themselves. It also framed the evolution of a new brand of militant midinette over the course of these strikes

scholarly journals Chase Corp: Force or Farce?

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Guy Marriage
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Face ◽  
The City

During the 1980s, one company grew to symbolise New Zealand's unhealthy obsession with money. Chase Corporation appeared as the pinnacle of the New Zealand dream – tall buildings, high finance, the sky was the limit. At last we were joining the big time. The mantra "Greed is Good" was taken to heart in New Zealand, by architects, developers, and much of the public – at least in Auckland and Wellington. Glittering towers of mirrored glass appeared weekly in the press, promising to change the face of the city forever. The reality was different: poorly designed, badly built buildings were financed by shady deals, and heritage was destroyed casually, with little thought for the consequences. This paper will attempt to unravel some of the work undertaken by Chase Corp during the 1980s.

scholarly journals Pemustaka di Perpustakaan Program Pascasarjana ISI Yogyakarta Setelah Penerapan Protokol Kesehatan Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Agung Hartono
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Complex Data ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Library Users ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Type ◽  
The City

Virus Corona atau biasa disebut dengan Covid-19 adalah virus yang menyerang sistem pernapasan manusia.Virus ini masih berhubungan dengan penyebab SARS dan MERS yang sempat merebak beberapa tahun lalu. Sampai saat ini belum diketahui penyebab dari virus corona, tetapi diketahui virus ini disebarkan oleh hewan dan mampu menjangkit dari satu spesies ke spesies lainnya, termasuk manusia. Diketahui virus Corona berasal dari Kota Wuhan di China dan muncul pada Desember 2019. Virus Corona bisa menyebabkan kematian. Bahkan, pasien yang erinfeksi dan sembuh akan mengalami kerusakan permanen pada paru-paru dan antibodi. Kemunculannya ditandai dengan beberapa gejala yang berbeda-beda pada tubuh pasiennya. Namun, secara umum, gejala virus Corona adalah flu, demam, batuk, hingga sesak napas. Gelombang pandemi Covid-19 tak kunjung surut. Meluasnya penularan penyakit yang disebabkan virus korona tipe baru dan bertambahnya kasus infeksi telah mengubah wajah dunia layanan,tanpa terkecuali layanan di Perpustakaan Program Pascasarjana ISI Yogyakarta. Guna meminimalkan risiko terinfeksi  protokol kesehatan di lembaga itu diterapkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh layanan dengan protokol kesehatan itu bagi pemustaka. Dalam penelitian ini,  peneliti menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif  karena ingin mendalami suatu  fakta,  gejala  dan  peristiwa  pengaruh  layanan protokol kesehatan  terhadap  pemustaka. Peneliti menginginkan hasil penelitian berupa rincian data yang lebih kompleks tentang fenomena yang  sulit  diungkapkan  oleh  metode  kuantitatif  dan  tidak  memerlukan  pengolahan  data  secara statistika. Hasil dari penelitian kualitatif  yang dibutuhkan  peneliti adalah  berupa informasi yang mendalam mengenai pengaruh penerapan protokol kesehatan Covid-19 terhadap perilaku pengguna perpustakaan (pemustaka). Corona virus or commonly called Covid-19, is a virus that attacks the human respiratory system. This virus is still related to the cause of SARS and MERS, which had spread a few years ago. Until now, the cause of the corona virus is unknown, but it is known that this virus is spread by animals and can infect from one species to another, including humans. It is known that the Corona virus originated in the city of Wuhan in China and emerged in December 2019. Corona virus can cause death. Infected and cured patients will experience permanent damage to the lungs and antibodies. Its appearance is characterized by several different symptoms in the patient's body. However, in general, the signs of the Corona virus are flu, fever, cough, and shortness of breath. The wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has not subsided. The spread of disease transmission caused by the new type of corona virus and the increase in infection cases have changed the face of the service world, without exception services at the ISI Yogyakarta Postgraduate Program Library. To minimize the risk of being infected, health protocols at the institution are implemented. This study aims to determine the effect of services with the health protocol for users. In this study, the researchers used qualitative research methods to explore a fact, symptom and event of the influence of health protocol services on users. Researchers wish to research results in more complex data details about phenomena that are difficult to express by quantitative methods and do not require statistical data processing. The results of the qualitative research needed by researchers are in the form of in-depth information about the effect of implementing the Covid-19 health protocol on the behaviour of library users (users).

Russian Youth in Moscow in the System of Interethnic Relations

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-105
Author(s):  
Lyubov V. Ostapenko ◽  
Roman A. Starchenko ◽  
Irina A. Subbotina
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Russian Population ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
The Face ◽  
Interethnic Interaction ◽  
Interethnic Marriages ◽  
The City

Young people’s participation in optimizing interethnic relations is becoming particularly important in the face of growing interethnic tension, a rise of distrust and suspicion between countries and nations. Based on the analysis of data from the survey carried out among Muscovites aged 16-29, the article is aimed at showing the scale and nature of interethnic interaction between the Russian population of the capital and representatives of other ethnic groups in Moscow, attitude towards such contacts in different spheres of life (including interethnic marriages), young people’s evaluation of the interethnic situation in the city and opinion on the reasons for its instability.

Em transe-to

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-55
Author(s):  
Natalia Christofoletti Barrenha
Keyword(s):  
The Face ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The City

This text seeks to explore the Argentine films Castro (Alejo Moguillansky, 2009) and El asaltante (Pablo Fendrik, 2007) from within the displacement of their characters through the city. This transit configures the organising element of the plots, determining the direction and rhythm of events. The escape motto will structure the film analyses, which are also twinned by the sensory apprehension that comes from the spaces they travel through. The notion of escape, as explored by Esteban Dipaola in Argentine cinema of the 1990s, continues to throb in mid-to-late 2000s production, and in these films represents the means by which the protagonists deploy critical attitudes—sometimes radical and explosive, sometimes silent—in the face of fixed notions, suggesting some scepticism about the “stability” and “order” that they (dis)encounter in normality. RESUMEN Este texto busca explorar los largometrajes argentinos Castro (Alejo Moguillansky, 2009) y El asaltante (Pablo Fendrik, 2007) a partir del desplazamiento de sus personajes por la ciudad. El transitar se configura como elemento organizador de las tramas, determinando la dirección y el ritmo de los acontecimientos. El tema de la fuga irá estructurando los análisis de las películas, las cuales también están relacionadas por la aprehensión sensorial que hacen de los espacios que recorren. La noción de fuga, tal y como fue explorada por Esteban Dipaola en el cine argentino de los años 90, continúa vigente en la producción de mediados/fines de la primera década del siglo XXI, y en estas películas es el recurso por medio del cual los protagonistas despliegan actitudes críticas – a veces radicales y explosivas, y a veces silenciosas – frente a nociones convencionales, lo cual hace pensar que existe un cierto escepticismo con relación a la “estabilidad” y al “orden” que ellos (des)encuentran en la normalidad. RESUMO Este texto busca explorar os longas-metragens argentinos Castro (Alejo Moguillansky, 2009) e El asaltante (Pablo Fendrik, 2007) a partir do deslocamento de seus personagens pela cidade. O transitar configura-se como elemento organizador das tramas, determinando a direção e o ritmo dos acontecimentos. O mote da fuga estruturará as análises dos filmes, os quais também se irmanam pela apreensão sensorial que fazem dos espaços que percorrem. A noção de fuga, conforme explorada por Esteban Dipaola no cinema argentino da década de 1990, continua a pulsar na produção de meados/fins dos anos 2000, e é, nestes filmes, o recurso através do qual os protagonistas desdobram atitudes críticas – às vezes radicais e explosivas, às vezes silenciosas – diante de noções fixas, sugerindo certo ceticismo em relação à “estabilidade” e à “ordem” que eles (des)encontram na normalidade.

Incidência da utilização de protetores bucais em diversos esportes de contato

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (45) ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
Victor Paes Dias Gonçalves ◽  
Hugo Leonardo Matias Nahmias ◽  
Marcus Menezes Alves Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Dental Trauma ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Contact Sports ◽  
The Face ◽  
Secondary Objective ◽  
The City

Among contact sports, the practice of martial arts offers a greater risk of causing dental trauma and fractures as contact with the face is more frequent. The primary objective of the research is to evaluate the incidence of mouthguard use, and the secondary objective is to verify which type has a greater predominance and the difficulties in its use correlating to the type of mouthguard used. A documentary study was carried out with 273 athletes of different contact sports, among them: MMA, Boxing, Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, and Taekwondo of the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was concluded that the most commonly used mouthguard is PB Boils and Bites - Type II and its level of approval is poor, interfering with the athletes’ performance, mainly in relation to the breathing factor.

Skull and Face Injuries and Associated Factors in Pedestrian Victims of Traffic Accidents: A Single Trauma Center Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Josimara A. de Araújo Varela ◽  
Tatiana F.T. Palitot ◽  
Smyrna L.X. de Souza ◽  
Alidianne F.C. Cavalcanti ◽  
Alessandro L. Cavalcanti
Keyword(s):  
Medical Records ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
The Face ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
The City

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the presence of lesions in the skull and face and the associated factors in pedestrian victims of traffic accidents. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study carried out through the analysis of medical records of pedestrian victims of traffic accidents in an emergency service in the city of Campina Grande, Brazil, during the year of 2016. Information was collected regarding gender, age group, day of the week, time of the accident, type of vehicle involved, presence of trauma to the skull and face, and outcomes. The Chi-square and Fisher's Exact tests were used, with a significance level of 5%. Results: A total of 1,884 medical records were evaluated, out of which 7.1% (n = 133) involved pedestrians. Men were the most frequent victims (68.4%), and victims of age 60 years old or over (30.5%) predominated. Almost one-third of the cases were recorded during the weekends (30.5%), and the most prevalent time was at night (52.7%). Regarding the type of vehicle involved, motorcycles predominated (47.4%). Head trauma was present in 37.6% of victims, while facial injuries corresponded to 8.2%. In 12% of cases, the victims died. The variables of gender, age group, occurrence on weekends, and trauma to the face showed a statistically significant association with the occurrence of traffic accidents (Chi-square test; p<0.05). Conclusion: Among pedestrian victims of traffic accidents, there is a predominance of men aged 65 years or over. Accidents are frequent at night, and motorcycles are the main vehicles involved. The presence of trauma to the skull and face regions is high.

Studying Infection Worries by Ecological Momentary Assessment: Development and Causal Factors in Sweden during the Early Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schulz ◽  
Elin Andersson ◽  
Nicole Bizzotto ◽  
Margareta Norberg
Keyword(s):  
Study Design ◽  
Preventive Action ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Assessment Development ◽  
Infection Susceptibility ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Type ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Special Case

BACKGROUND The foray of Covid-19 around the globe is sure to have instigated worries in many humans, and lockdown measures may well have created their own worries. Sweden, in contrast to most other countries, had first relied on voluntary measures, but had to change its policy in the face of an increasing number of infections. OBJECTIVE The aim was to better understand the worried reactions to the virus and the lockdown measures. To grasp the reactions, their development over time was studied. METHODS Results were based on an unbalanced panel sample of 261 Swedish participants filling in 3218 interview questionnaires by smartphone in a 7-week period in 2020. Causal factors considered in this study include the perceived severity of an infection, the susceptibility of a person to the threat posed by the virus, the perceived efficacy of safeguarding measures and the assessment of government action against the spread of Covid-19. The effect of these factors on worries was traced in two analytical steps: the effects at the beginning of the study, and the effect on the trend during the study. RESULTS Findings confirmed that the hypothesized causal factors (severity of infection, susceptibility to the threat of the virus, efficacy of safeguarding and the assessment of government preventive action did indeed affect worries. CONCLUSIONS The results confirmed earlier research in a very special case and demonstrated the usefulness of a different study design, which takes a longitudinal perspective, and a new type of data analysis borrowed from multi-level study design.

Islamists between revolution and the state: an epilogue

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Ghani Imad
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Heavy Burden ◽  
New Type ◽  
Political Realities

The problematic addressed in this article is the challenge initiated by the Arab revolutions to reform the Arab political system in such a way as to facilitate the incorporation of ‘democracy’ at the core of its structure. Given the profound repercussions, this issue has become the most serious matter facing the forces of change in the Arab world today; meanwhile, it forms the most prominent challenge and the most difficult test confronting Islamists. The Islamist phenomenon is not an alien implant that descended upon us from another planet beyond the social context or manifestations of history. Thus it cannot but be an expression of political, cultural, and social needs and crises. Over the years this phenomenon has presented, through its discourse, an ideological logic that falls within the context of ‘advocacy’; however, today Islamists find themselves in office, and in a new context that requires them to produce a new type of discourse that pertains to the context of a ‘state’. Political participation ‘tames’ ideology and pushes political actors to rationalize their discourse in the face of daily political realities and the necessity of achievement. The logic of advocacy differs from that of the state: in the case of advocacy, ideology represents an enriching asset, whereas in the case of the state, it constitutes a heavy burden. This is one reason why so much discourse exists within religious jurisprudence related to interest or necessity or balancing outcomes. This article forms an epilogue to the series of articles on religion and the state published in previous issues of this journal. It adopts the methodologies of ‘discourse analysis’ and ‘case studies’ in an attempt to examine the arguments presented by Islamists under pressure from the opposition. It analyses the experiences, and the constraints, that inhibit the production of a ‘model’, and monitors the development of the discourse, its structure, and transformations between advocacy, revolution and the state.

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