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Alicia Gaffney explores the depiction of melancholia in Eleanor Dark's works "Pilgrimage" and "Prelude to Christopher". While many scholars have discussed Dark's engagement with topics like eugenics and politics, there is little scholarship on her exploration of melancholia. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/w4jzbfvh

Sociologist Richard Twine examines the way the climate crisis is contributing to an unprecedented undermining of life. Read more in "The Climate Crisis and Other Animals": bit.ly/49dI7oE

In their contribution to "At a Turning Point", Rae Cooper, Frances Flanagan and Meraiah Foley distinguish between "good" and "bad" flexibility in the workplace. Read more: ow.ly/SVSp50QwxsJ

"Captured" tells the story of how a small group of economists and lobby groups used neoliberalism to transform the state, and of the destructive effects of those policies on everyday life. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Lk6jLK

In "Australian Animal Law", researcher Elizabeth Ellis focuses on the need for two key reforms in animal welfare law: greater transparency about animal treatment and genuinely independent regulation. https://bit.ly/4dsYu2s

The absence of certain artefacts can sometimes tell you as much about a place as their presence does. Read more: https://sydneyuniversitypress.com/products/139657

Amanda Laugesen reviews 'Shooting Blanks' in an issue of Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies.

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"Cultivating Community" is a timely resource for charting a path towards a more resilient and equitable water future in the Murray–Darling Basin and beyond. Get your copy now:

Emily Grey reviews Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories) in Archaeology in Oceania. Learn more about the book here: http://tinyurl.com/yxbx4zhw

Happy publication week to “Cultivating Community: How discourse shapes the philosophy, practice and policy of water management in the Murray–Darling Basin”! This book dissects the prevailing environmental discourses shaping water policy in the Murray–Darling Basin and assesses their implications for both the environment and for farming communities. "Cultivating Community" is a timely and indispensable resource for charting a path towards a more resilient and equitable water future in the Murray–Darling Basin and beyond.

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On Tuesday 03 September, SUP held the official book launch for "Photogrammetry for Archaeological Objects: A Manual" by Madeline G.P. Robinson. The evening took place in Fisher Library's Seminar Room, and was filled with wonderful speeches from Madeline, those who worked on the book and were involved with the publishing journey. Thank you to everyone who came along to celebrate!

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The QR codes in "Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri Song Cycle", allow you to listen to the songs whilst engaging with the landscape through beautiful plates and maps. Read more: https://sydneyuniversitypress.com/products/209239

Louise Hamby reviews 'Tiwi Textiles' in an issue of Textile: Cloth and Culture.

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Claire Parkinson analyses the impact of B**g Joon Ho's film "Okja". Read more in "Animal Activism On and Off Screen": https://tinyurl.com/5n89k38e

"Photogrammetry for Archaeological Objects" is a practical and informative introduction to the art of photogrammetry. Available now: https://bit.ly/4bz9Kcs

"Making Animals Public" analyses the significant role public television has played in filming and circulating a vast array of animals and habitats that had never been seen before. Available now: https://bit.ly/4c59LFM

Elizabeth Ellis discusses the need for greater reform to animal welfare practices in her book "Australian Animal Law". https://bit.ly/4dsYu2s

In "The Climate Crisis and Other Animals", Richard Twine argues that the climate crisis demands systemic change that addresses not only human/planetary health, but also justice and care for non-human animals. Read more: bit.ly/49dI7oE

In her book "Return to Coolami", Dark explores the connection between the human being and the natural world. Kathleen Davidson argues that this interconnectedness seeks to dismantle traditional culture/nature and human/non-human oppositions. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/w4jzbfvh

"At a Turning Point" provides a framework for gender-equalising policy development.
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"Captured: How Neoliberalism Transformed the Australian State" directs attention to the central role of state power not just to remake markets, but also to remake a broad swathe of political life, social policy and citizenship. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Lk6jLK

This arrowhead is one of the few weapons uncovered at Pella. With such a scarcity of munitions it is unsurprising that the citizens were not able to resist Alexander Janneaus's attack on the city in c. 80/79 BC. Read more: https://sydneyuniversitypress.com/products/139657

In their new book, "Captured: How Neoliberalism Transformed the Australian State", Phillip Toner and Michael Rafferty have compiled a series of incisive and insightful essays from Australia's leading public policy experts. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Lk6jLK

"Australian Animal Law" examines how the law helps to construct the relationship between human and non-human animals, including through its silences and omissions. https://bit.ly/4dsYu2s

When Eleanor Dark wrote "Return to Coolami" in 1936, environmental ideology was quite different to how it is today. Nevertheless, as a modernist Dark was deeply interested in the environment, giving more "specific attention to landscape than was commonly accepted." Read more: https://tinyurl.com/w4jzbfvh

"Yuupurnju: A Warlpiri Song Cycle" documents many of the bush foods encountered on the journey by the women, such as the sweet honey the bees make in a sugar bag hive. Read more: https://sydneyuniversitypress.com/products/209239

University of California's Chris Hoffman endorses "Photogrammetry for Archaeological Objects", a new manual by Madeline Robinson. Order your copy now: https://bit.ly/4bz9Kcs