Jane Mulcock
Biographic Data
| ID | 106762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Mulcock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Mulcock |
| SIGNATURE | MULCOCK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Regional homeschool children’s experience with arts-based digital literacy workshops
The number of children engaged in homeschool education is increasing, particularly in regional areas of Australia. Homeschool families currently access community-based activities such as theatre productions and sports programs, as well as public library services, to enrich their children’s learning. However, access to quality programs that support digital literacy skills remains limited and the benefits of these programs to home schoolers remain …
Arts practice as subject and method: Contemporary anthropological perspectives
Ecological Restoration in Australia: Environmental Discourses, Landscape Ideals, and the Significance of Human Agency
In the relatively young postsettler society of Australia, restoring nature to a pre-European ideal prompts a range of responses. We consider first the case of farmers in the southwest who reinterpret restorationist ideals as commensurate with continued productive land use. A local native species, the iconic malleefowl, is construed as a flagship for revaluing nature in a way that remains consistent with farmers' interests and sense of identity. F…
Dreaming the circle: Indigeneity and the longing for belonging in White Australia
In settler-descendant societies indigenous identity becomes a powerful and a fraught symbol of belonging to place. Multiple voices negotiate its meaning, make claims and counter-claims, extend invitations and deny access. One Australian says 'we are all indigenous to somewhere. My ancestors were Scottish'. He says 'here, in the bush, where I was born, where I grew up, I can feel the spirits watching me'. 1 Another says 'I am seventh generation Au…
Human-Animal Studies in Australia: Current Directions
In 2004, Natalie Lloyd and Jane Mulcock initiated the Australian Animals & Society Study Group, a network of social science, humanities and arts scholars that quickly grew to include more than 100 participants. In July 2005, about 50 participants attended the group's 4-day inaugural conference at the University of Western Australia, Perth. Papers in this issue emerged from the conference. They exemplify the Australian academy's work in the fields…
Ecological restoration, cultural preferences and the negotiation of ‘nativeness’ in Australia
Forests as Spiritually Significant Places: Nature, Culture and `Belonging‘ in Australia
The spiritual significance of forests is explored, based on interviews with people involved in disputes that led to the signing of the Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) in 1999. Included are reflections from individuals involved in forestry, tourism, farming, and in the environmental conservation movement. Although the conflict between these groups has been emphasised in previous accounts of the RFA process, this analysis focuses…
Introduction: Current Directions in Australian Anthropologies of the Environment
Environmental anthropology is an expanding field in Australia. Extensive research on Aboriginal relationships to land and natural resources has provided the foundation for growing anthropological interest in the interactions of other Australians with the biophysical environments they inhabit. Australian‐based anthropologists also continue to contribute to research on environmental beliefs and practices in other parts of the world. This paper prov…
Creativity and Politics in the Cultural Supermarket: Synthesizing indigenous identities for the r/evolution of spirit
(2001). Creativity and Politics in the Cultural Supermarket: Synthesizing indigenous identities for the r/evolution of spirit. Continuum: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 169-185
Creativity and Politics in the Cultural Supermarket: Synthesizing indigenous identities for the r/evolution of spirit
Ethnography in Awkward Spaces: An Anthropology of Cultural Borrowing
What does it mean to 'own' culture? What happens when one group of people borrow or appropriate the cultural property of another group? Why are some kinds of cultural property more rigorously defended than others? These are a few of the core questions that have informed my research over the past four years. My doctoral project focuses on cultural borrowing in the alternative health and spirituality movement (alias "New Age"1) in Australia. More s…
Ecological restoration, cultural preferences and the negotiation of ‘nativeness’ in Australia
Ecological Restoration in Australia: Environmental Discourses, Landscape Ideals, and the Significance of Human Agency
In the relatively young postsettler society of Australia, restoring nature to a pre-European ideal prompts a range of responses. We consider first the case of farmers in the southwest who reinterpret restorationist ideals as commensurate with continued productive land use. A local native species, the iconic malleefowl, is construed as a flagship for revaluing nature in a way that remains consistent with farmers' interests and sense of identity. F…
Ethnography in Awkward Spaces: An Anthropology of Cultural Borrowing
What does it mean to 'own' culture? What happens when one group of people borrow or appropriate the cultural property of another group? Why are some kinds of cultural property more rigorously defended than others? These are a few of the core questions that have informed my research over the past four years. My doctoral project focuses on cultural borrowing in the alternative health and spirituality movement (alias "New Age"1) in Australia. More s…
Creativity and Politics in the Cultural Supermarket: Synthesizing indigenous identities for the r/evolution of spirit
(2001). Creativity and Politics in the Cultural Supermarket: Synthesizing indigenous identities for the r/evolution of spirit. Continuum: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 169-185
Human-Animal Studies in Australia: Current Directions
In 2004, Natalie Lloyd and Jane Mulcock initiated the Australian Animals & Society Study Group, a network of social science, humanities and arts scholars that quickly grew to include more than 100 participants. In July 2005, about 50 participants attended the group's 4-day inaugural conference at the University of Western Australia, Perth. Papers in this issue emerged from the conference. They exemplify the Australian academy's work in the fields…
Creativity and Politics in the Cultural Supermarket: Synthesizing indigenous identities for the r/evolution of spirit
(2001). Creativity and Politics in the Cultural Supermarket: Synthesizing indigenous identities for the r/evolution of spirit. Continuum: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 169-185
Creativity and Politics in the Cultural Supermarket: Synthesizing indigenous identities for the r/evolution of spirit
Ethnography in Awkward Spaces: An Anthropology of Cultural Borrowing
What does it mean to 'own' culture? What happens when one group of people borrow or appropriate the cultural property of another group? Why are some kinds of cultural property more rigorously defended than others? These are a few of the core questions that have informed my research over the past four years. My doctoral project focuses on cultural borrowing in the alternative health and spirituality movement (alias "New Age"1) in Australia. More s…
Forests as Spiritually Significant Places: Nature, Culture and `Belonging‘ in Australia
The spiritual significance of forests is explored, based on interviews with people involved in disputes that led to the signing of the Western Australian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) in 1999. Included are reflections from individuals involved in forestry, tourism, farming, and in the environmental conservation movement. Although the conflict between these groups has been emphasised in previous accounts of the RFA process, this analysis focuses…
Introduction: Current Directions in Australian Anthropologies of the Environment
Environmental anthropology is an expanding field in Australia. Extensive research on Aboriginal relationships to land and natural resources has provided the foundation for growing anthropological interest in the interactions of other Australians with the biophysical environments they inhabit. Australian‐based anthropologists also continue to contribute to research on environmental beliefs and practices in other parts of the world. This paper prov…
Dreaming the circle: Indigeneity and the longing for belonging in White Australia
In settler-descendant societies indigenous identity becomes a powerful and a fraught symbol of belonging to place. Multiple voices negotiate its meaning, make claims and counter-claims, extend invitations and deny access. One Australian says 'we are all indigenous to somewhere. My ancestors were Scottish'. He says 'here, in the bush, where I was born, where I grew up, I can feel the spirits watching me'. 1 Another says 'I am seventh generation Au…
Human-Animal Studies in Australia: Current Directions
In 2004, Natalie Lloyd and Jane Mulcock initiated the Australian Animals & Society Study Group, a network of social science, humanities and arts scholars that quickly grew to include more than 100 participants. In July 2005, about 50 participants attended the group's 4-day inaugural conference at the University of Western Australia, Perth. Papers in this issue emerged from the conference. They exemplify the Australian academy's work in the fields…
Ecological restoration, cultural preferences and the negotiation of ‘nativeness’ in Australia
Ecological Restoration in Australia: Environmental Discourses, Landscape Ideals, and the Significance of Human Agency
In the relatively young postsettler society of Australia, restoring nature to a pre-European ideal prompts a range of responses. We consider first the case of farmers in the southwest who reinterpret restorationist ideals as commensurate with continued productive land use. A local native species, the iconic malleefowl, is construed as a flagship for revaluing nature in a way that remains consistent with farmers' interests and sense of identity. F…
Arts practice as subject and method: Contemporary anthropological perspectives
Regional homeschool children’s experience with arts-based digital literacy workshops
The number of children engaged in homeschool education is increasing, particularly in regional areas of Australia. Homeschool families currently access community-based activities such as theatre productions and sports programs, as well as public library services, to enrich their children’s learning. However, access to quality programs that support digital literacy skills remains limited and the benefits of these programs to home schoolers remain …
Sociology (9 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Environmental ethics (4 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)