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Blog Central is a space for RMIT academics and senior staff to blog about their areas of expertise and interests.
The views and opinions expressed by the authors on this blog do not necessarily reflect those of RMIT University.
All are welcome to contribute. If you're interested in blogging, please contact Zoë Kleeborn from University Communications.
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Should we worry about bastardisation?
Over the last week the media has been dominated by issues around the Australia Defence Force. A group of male students at the ADF Academy in Canberra allegedly set up a female student to be involved in a sex act with one of them, the rest viewing what happened by skype. Stories of bastardisation dating [...]
Posted in Media & Communications Tagged armed forces, bastardisation, hazing, military, rituals of humiliation, sociology, violence Comments closed
Good vibrations: Feminist scholarship with buzz
Did you know that the vibrator had its beginnings as a treatment for an ancient condition known for female hysteria? That it was an academic researching needlepoint who rediscovered a secret history of a device created for “a job no one else wanted”? Welcome to the world of higher education, where a sharp mind, insatiable [...]
Posted in Media & Communications, Research Tagged Doctorate in History, female hysteria, history, history of vibrator, sex aids, sexuality, women Comments closed
Apprenticeships for the 21st Century? Yes, but not without major change.
The final report for Apprenticeships for the 21st Century has some sound points but considerable changes need to be made for this system of gaining skills and qualifications to provide a vastly improved foundation for the labour market and the economy with a flow on benefit to the wider society. All is possible. Since 1996 [...]
Posted in Technology Tagged apprenticeships, government, policy, TAFE, trades, tradespeople, traineeship, vocational Comments closed
Free speech vs civic duty: Tasmania takes on pseudonymous postings at election time
In George Orwell’s 1984, Hate Week began on 4 April. So it seems a good week to reflect on the rising incidence of hateful, ignorant and malicious content on the Internet and the Tasmanian Electoral Commission’s attempts to regulate electoral comment in cyberspace. Provincial newspapers, like municipal councils, spend much of their editorial energy on [...]
Posted in Media & Communications, Social Media Tagged election, Examiner, freedom of speech, online political commentary, politics, Social Media, Tasmania, Tasmanian Electoral Commission Comments closed
Over 15,000 miles away from home
Sunday morning of the 2011 Australian Qantas F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne. I was woken up by a Minardi engine blow-up, a concert band sound check and helicopters flying over our building. Today’s unusual wake up call made me write this blog and share some personal observations with regards to the international institution of Formula [...]
Posted in Engineering, Sustainability, Technology Tagged 2011 Grand Prix, F1, formula 1, hydrogen powered car, Melbourne, motorsport, racing, sustainability Comments closed
The road ahead for 2011