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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Review of "History on the Run: Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies" by Ma Vang (Duke University Press)

open access: yesLateral, 2022
In "History on the Run: Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies," Ma Vang deftly answers the question of how one can “recount a history that has systematically been kept secret” by centering Hmong refugees as sources of knowledge and ...
Aline Lo
doaj   +1 more source

Gettysburg\u27s Other Unknown Soldier [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We all know the name Amos Humiston. We know he was found on the first day\u27s field. We know he clutched the image of his three children, an unknown soldier until his wife Philinda Humiston saw her children peering back at her from a copy of that ...
Rudy, John M.
core   +1 more source

Identification of Bacteria in Two Food Waste Black Soldier Fly Larvae Rearing Residues

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Significant economic, environmental, and social impacts are associated with the avoidable disposal of foods worldwide. Mass-rearing of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae using organic wastes and food- and agro-industry side products is ...
M. Gold   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

“It takes the identity out of the food”: Soldiers’ perceptions of 3D-printed food

open access: yesFuture Foods
Ensuring acceptance of novel food technologies is nearly as vital as advancing the technology itself. Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an example of advanced manufacturing being applied towards tailored food production. 3D food printing (3DFP) provides
Jonathan Blutinger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“You Bring It, We’ll Bring It Out” Becoming a Soldier in the New Zealand Army : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology at Massey University Manawatū, New Zealand. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The transition from civilian to soldier is a process of identity acquisition. Based on participant-observation, this thesis follows a cohort of new soldiers through the first year and a half of their careers in the New Zealand Army, from their first ...
Harding, Nina
core  

Trait-level predictors of human performance outcomes in personnel engaged in stressful laboratory and field tasks

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionPersonnel performance under stress hinges on various factors, including individual traits, training, context, mental and physiological states, and task demands.
Tad T. Brunyé   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Glorious Fourth: Gettysburg\u27s Joyful Holiday, 1861 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Samuel J. Vandersloot, a 25 year old Gettysburg attorney, enlisted as a private the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on April 20th, 1861. Less than a month after he and his comrades published their paper, on the 26th of July Vandersloot was mustered ...
Rudy, John M.
core   +1 more source

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