A paper was presented by Anouk Ride on behalf of the research team including Dr Diane Bretherton and Dr Asha Bedar on the effects of sentimentality on natural disasters (particularly in the case of the Pakistan earthquake) to the Trauma and Sentimentality Symposium recently held by the Public Memory Research Centre of the University of … Read more →

Recent events in Egypt and other parts of the Arab World recall Indonesia’s transition to democracy, spearheaded by student demonstrations and as described in New Internationalist’s edition entitled Indonesia edited by Anouk Ride. Read the full report here: Power of Protest

Readers of The Grand Experiment will be pleased that one of the boys whose story is featured in the book was honoured by a pilgrimage and ceremony at the site of his unmarked grave. Read details here: http://www.marymackillop.org.au/canonisation/view_newsarticle.cfm?loadref=41&id=432 After publication of the book in 2007, the story generated a lot of interest in Australia, and … Read more →

As Bougainville considers opening mining again, community leaders have been vocal in calling for continued involvement in the peace process. As described in a report by Anouk Ride in New Internationalist shortly after the ceasefire, community members must ‘own the peace’ including having a significant role in decision making about the key issues that inflamed … Read more →

A paper was presented by Dr Diane Bretherton on behalf of the research team including Anouk Ride and Dr Asha Bedar on collective memories and natural disasters (particularly in the case of the Pakistan earthquake) to the International Congress of Applied Psychology recently held by the Australian Psychological Society in Melbourne, Australia. This Congress included … Read more →

NEW INTERNATIONALIST ISSUE 430 It is not hard to imagine these Pacific islands as they were in the 1500s when a Spanish explorer came, found gold, and gave the Solomon Islands their name. The islands are still dotted with homes made from wood and sago palm and some 80 per cent of the population still … Read more →