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class=775001508-05092007><STRONG>HDR Info Session - Thursday 11 October at
5:00pm</STRONG> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=775001508-05092007>The
Centre for Cultural Research (CCR) is holding a HDR Information Session on
Thursday 11 October 2007, from 5:00pm in Building EM, Parramatta Campus<SPAN
class=191212708-05092007>, University of Western
Sydney</SPAN>.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Centre for Cultural Research
provides a vibrant research environment for <SPAN
class=775001508-05092007>postgraduate students.</SPAN> We provide significant
research training and support to our HDR candidates
through:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* First year workshops concentrating
on introduction to research studies and confirmation of candidature and ethics
application processes,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Access to facilities including
postgraduate work areas, office equipment, media research facilities, and
editing suites,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* Workshops, master-classes and
seminars presented by world renowned academics and
researchers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">* A network of other HDR
students<SPAN class=775001508-05092007>.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you are interested in applying
for HDR studies, <SPAN class=775001508-05092007>please view <SPAN
class=191212708-05092007>the CCR</SPAN></SPAN> <A
href="http://www.uws.edu.au/ccr">http://www.uws.edu.au/ccr</A> for further
information on the types of research that is currently being undertaken in the
Centre and the backgrounds of our members. For a brief overview of <SPAN
class=191212708-05092007>CCR's</SPAN> framing contexts, please see the end of
this email. You might find that <SPAN
class=191212708-05092007>the Centre's</SPAN> work compliments the study that you
are currently undertaking, or we are doing research in an area that you wish to
pursue.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN></SPAN>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=775001508-05092007>Please contact Associate Professor Brett Neilson on 02
96859600 or by email at <A
href="mailto:ccr@uws.edu.au">ccr@uws.edu.au</A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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class=897283103-06092007> </SPAN>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=775001508-05092007><U>Framing Contexts</U></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Centre for Cultural Research
(CCR) explores the cultural challenges and opportunities of a world that is
increasingly globalised, diverse and technologically mediated. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It especially emphasises collaboration –
researching with communities and organisations, solving problems, and generating
new knowledge in particular contexts. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CCR researchers approach culture as
a vital dimension of social, political and economic life. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their practice-oriented,
interdisciplinary research produces the leading-edge academic work for which CCR
is nationally and internationally recognised.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CCR seeks to build the cultural
intelligence needed for a complex and changing world, researching cultural
diversity and complexity in the contexts of:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Communities: intercultural and
intercommunal relations, global movements, transnational experiences, and
diasporic identities;<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Environments: the construction and
interaction of natural and human worlds, the politics of sustainability, and
social and cultural dimensions of new technologies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Media: the role and power of
contemporary communications and forms of representation, and new modes of
citizenship in a mediated public sphere;<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Institutions: governance, policy
and practice, especially in cultural and creative organisations, and emerging
forms of cultural labour and economy;<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cities: local-global relations in
urban environments, cultural planning and development, and the social and
political dynamics of everyday life;</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These themes are neither
comprehensive nor mutually exclusive in mapping CCR’s research activities, but
provide useful framing contexts for the Centre’s
work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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