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The Sydney Opera House – a modern heritage site’s response to climate change
Built HeritageThis paper addresses how the Sydney Opera House (hereafter ‘Opera House’), an UNESCO World Heritage site, has responded to climate change over the past three decades to become a more sustainable heritage site.
Laura Matarese, Emma Bombonato
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Photosharing on Flickr: intangible heritage and emergent publics
, 2010 This paper argues that Flickr, a popular ‘photosharing’ website, is facilitating new public engagements with world heritage sites like the Sydney Opera House. Australian heritage institutions (namely libraries and museums) have recently begun
Garduno Freeman, Cristina
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A piè di Opera. La fabbrica delle vele per la Sydney Opera House
, 2023 The history of the design decisions directly related to the construction of the Sydney Opera House remains largely anecdotal. A rich group of items recently discovered in Australia may now start filling this gap, as documents brought to light include the drawings issued by the general contractor to build the concrete formwork for the shells, drawings ...
Stracchi, Paolo +2 more
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Absent Homosexuality: The Mediated Discourses of Masculinity on the Design and Construction of the Sydney Opera House [PDF]
, 2013 This paper examines the controversy surrounding the construction of the Sydney Opera House at mid-century, and the role of “absent” homosexuality in shaping the new ideals of the country as a modern nation.
Young, Greg
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When First Nations Don't Count: H.V. Evatt and the Erasure of Palestinian Rights
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.As Minister for External Affairs in the Chifley Government, Herbert Vere Evatt played a pivotal role at the United Nations in securing the partition of Palestine and recognition of the State of Israel. These endeavours were represented by Evatt and in subsequent commentary as exemplifying Evatt's commitment to justice.
Jeff Rickertt
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Photosharing on Flickr:intangible heritage and emergent politics [PDF]
, 2010 This paper argues that Flickr, a popular 'photosharing' website, is facilitating new public engagements with world heritage sites like the Sydney Opera House.
Garduno Freeman, C
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The aesthetic sublime of megaproject structures: A framework and a research agenda
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract The physical structures of megaprojects—such as mega‐canals, metros, railway lines, bridges, tunnels, and iconic opera houses—hold a profound capacity to generate aesthetic experiences with enduring societal impact. Yet, research on megaprojects has predominantly focused on functionality and economic rationale with aesthetics being pushed to ...
Federica De Molli +2 more
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Multiculturalism, Majority Rights and the Established Culture
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 333-343, April 2026.ABSTRACT Recent critiques of multiculturalism contend that it is the ethnic or cultural majority in Western democracies that is now most vulnerable to cultural and identity dissolution, thus entitling it to majority rights on much the same grounds that multiculturalists defend minority rights. These critiques follow and perpetuate the binary opposition
Geoffrey Brahm Levey
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Curated Issue: Cultural Works—Transitions and Dislocations, Introduction [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction to the curated issue of PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, Cultural Works—Transitions and Dislocations. Some parts of this introduction contain material previously published in my review of Silvia Spitta's Misplaced ...
Allatson, Paul
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Performative insights: The future‐in‐the‐now method for ethnographic data collection
Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 50, Issue 2, December 2025.Abstract This article presents the innovative “Future‐in‐the‐Now method,” an ethnographic and theatrical approach designed for anthropological research, particularly effective for futures‐anthropologists and those exploring sensitive topics through arts‐based methods.
Roanne van Voorst
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