Angela Coco
Biographic Data
| ID | 198949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angela Coco |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angela |
| FAMILY NAME | Coco |
| SIGNATURE | COCO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Cross University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7815-3451 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Way of the Livingness and Universal Medicine
Universal Medicine, founded by Serge Benhayon (b. 1964), is an Australian movement offering a distinct style of alternative therapies. It is supported by an esoteric worldview called The Way of the Livingness. Occult beliefs and practices are poorly understood in Western cultures such as Australia, and Benhayon has encountered sustained criticism on a range of issues commonly faced by other new religions. Public reaction betrays fears of secretiv…
Using Communications Theory to Explore Emergent Organisation in Pagan Culture
Pagan culture presents a paradoxical case to the traditional frameworks and methodologies social scientists have used to describe religious organisation. A key factor influencing Paganism’s emergence has been its adoption of online communications. Such communications provide a means of coordinating activities in and between networks accommodating diverse beliefs and practices and the ability to avoid overarching hierarchical organisation. These c…
Pagans Online and Offline: Locating Community in Postmodern Times
This article examines the ways Australian Pagans use e-mail discussion lists as a means of fostering community among dispersed offline practitioners. Sociologists struggle with ways of characterizing the Pagan movement. It appears to lack the necessary set of uniform beliefs and organizational features that reference community relations in other religions. However, new information and communication technologies (ICTs) accompanying globalization a…
Discourses of Authenticity Within a Pagan Community: The Emergence of the “Fluffy Bunny” Sanction
The commodification of the religious impulse finds its most overt expression in the New Age movement and its subculture neopaganism. This article examines discourses in the pagan community in an Australian state. Pagans, who have been characterized as individualist, eclectic, and diverse in their beliefs and practices, network through electronic mail discussion lists and chat forums as well as through local and national offline gatherings. We exp…
History and Habit in the Mobilization of ICT Resources
Evidence demonstrates that the digital divide is deepening despite strategies mobilized worldwide to reduce it. In disadvantaged communities, beyond training and infrastructural issues, there often lies a range of cultural and historically formed relationships that affect people's adoption of ICTs. This article presents an analysis of local resident's engagement with their council's pilot project to develop a computer facility in their community …
Bingo for Beginners: A Game Strategy for Facilitating Active Learning
Angela Coco, Ian Woodward, Kirstyn Shaw, Alex Cody, Gillian Lupton, Andrew Peake, Bingo for Beginners: A Game Strategy for Facilitating Active Learning, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 492-503
Discourses of Authenticity Within a Pagan Community: The Emergence of the “Fluffy Bunny” Sanction
The commodification of the religious impulse finds its most overt expression in the New Age movement and its subculture neopaganism. This article examines discourses in the pagan community in an Australian state. Pagans, who have been characterized as individualist, eclectic, and diverse in their beliefs and practices, network through electronic mail discussion lists and chat forums as well as through local and national offline gatherings. We exp…
Pagans Online and Offline: Locating Community in Postmodern Times
This article examines the ways Australian Pagans use e-mail discussion lists as a means of fostering community among dispersed offline practitioners. Sociologists struggle with ways of characterizing the Pagan movement. It appears to lack the necessary set of uniform beliefs and organizational features that reference community relations in other religions. However, new information and communication technologies (ICTs) accompanying globalization a…
Bingo for Beginners: A Game Strategy for Facilitating Active Learning
Angela Coco, Ian Woodward, Kirstyn Shaw, Alex Cody, Gillian Lupton, Andrew Peake, Bingo for Beginners: A Game Strategy for Facilitating Active Learning, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 492-503
Bingo for Beginners: A Game Strategy for Facilitating Active Learning
Angela Coco, Ian Woodward, Kirstyn Shaw, Alex Cody, Gillian Lupton, Andrew Peake, Bingo for Beginners: A Game Strategy for Facilitating Active Learning, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct., 2001), pp. 492-503
History and Habit in the Mobilization of ICT Resources
Evidence demonstrates that the digital divide is deepening despite strategies mobilized worldwide to reduce it. In disadvantaged communities, beyond training and infrastructural issues, there often lies a range of cultural and historically formed relationships that affect people's adoption of ICTs. This article presents an analysis of local resident's engagement with their council's pilot project to develop a computer facility in their community …
Discourses of Authenticity Within a Pagan Community: The Emergence of the “Fluffy Bunny” Sanction
The commodification of the religious impulse finds its most overt expression in the New Age movement and its subculture neopaganism. This article examines discourses in the pagan community in an Australian state. Pagans, who have been characterized as individualist, eclectic, and diverse in their beliefs and practices, network through electronic mail discussion lists and chat forums as well as through local and national offline gatherings. We exp…
Pagans Online and Offline: Locating Community in Postmodern Times
This article examines the ways Australian Pagans use e-mail discussion lists as a means of fostering community among dispersed offline practitioners. Sociologists struggle with ways of characterizing the Pagan movement. It appears to lack the necessary set of uniform beliefs and organizational features that reference community relations in other religions. However, new information and communication technologies (ICTs) accompanying globalization a…
Using Communications Theory to Explore Emergent Organisation in Pagan Culture
Pagan culture presents a paradoxical case to the traditional frameworks and methodologies social scientists have used to describe religious organisation. A key factor influencing Paganism’s emergence has been its adoption of online communications. Such communications provide a means of coordinating activities in and between networks accommodating diverse beliefs and practices and the ability to avoid overarching hierarchical organisation. These c…
The Way of the Livingness and Universal Medicine
Universal Medicine, founded by Serge Benhayon (b. 1964), is an Australian movement offering a distinct style of alternative therapies. It is supported by an esoteric worldview called The Way of the Livingness. Occult beliefs and practices are poorly understood in Western cultures such as Australia, and Benhayon has encountered sustained criticism on a range of issues commonly faced by other new religions. Public reaction betrays fears of secretiv…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)