Material Re-Creation

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Foreign returned: Between expatriate and repatriate in Mumbai
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Balamohan Shingade

Published 01 September 2018
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Human flow in Melanesia: Taloi Havini's artefacts and habitats
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Nicholas Thomas

Published 01 September 2018
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Living and dying under surveillance: Xu Bing's Dragonfly Eyes
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Sasha Grbich

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Inhuman flow: Censorship and art in the two Chinas
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Darren Jorgensen and Tami Xiang

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Sublime Plight: Richard Mosse, Ai Weiwei and the social turn
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Wes Hill

Published 01 September 2018
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YARN: The art of conversation
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Coby Edgar interviews Warren Roberts, CEO of YARN Australia

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Editorial: Kanarn Wangkiny/Wanggandi Karlto (Speaking from Inside)
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Clothilde Bullen with James Tylor

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Katie West: Living well
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Katie West

Published 01 June 2018

A new paradigm of design is starting to emerge as a result of the efforts of those members of the design community who are concerned with the extent, as well as the underplaying, of our global environmental crisis.

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Published December 1991
Response to the Climate in the Top End
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It never gets really cold in the Top End. But it does get very humid during the Wet. However, simple steps in house design can make the house comfortable and you don't need fans and air conditioners.

Published December 1991
Look See. Gnarogin Park
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Published December 1991
Aspects of Earth Building in New Zealand
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New Zealand is not only snake less and nuclear free but also has a tradition of earth buildings. In pre European times, Maori utilised the ground's insulating properties by partially sinking thatched roofed houses into the ground.

Published December 1991
Science, Art and Mangroves
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The Mangroves Discovery Cycle was a Community Arts Project which gave a group of school children an opportunity to explore the environment. Located in Cairns, far North Queensland.

Published December 1991
Let There be Light and Power
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Published December 1991
Solar Houses: an Introduction
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Published December 1991
Eco-design Conference at RMIT
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Eco-design is probably one of the most far reaching topics to be assembled under the banner of one small hyphenated word. The linking of ecology with design is for many still a novel concept....conference held at RMIT 17 -19 October 1991.

Published December 1991
First Australian Jewellery Biennial
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Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre
Adelaide South Australia
October 1991

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Artworkers On the Urban Frontier
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