Sasha Maher
Biographic Data
| ID | 244873 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sasha Maher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sasha |
| FAMILY NAME | Maher |
| SIGNATURE | MAHER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4746-9311 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Just adaptation(s)
Climate change impacts are intensifying but experienced unevenly. In response, calls for transformative adaptation—rather than incremental approaches that fail to address root causes—are growing. Transformative adaptation entails systemic shifts in political, social, and economic structures to reduce vulnerability for humans and non-humans alike. This paper examines leadership responses to escalating climate impacts in New Zealand, asking what fo…
Climate Change Risk Disclosure, Market-Making and Singapore's Developmental State
Co-creative practice reconciling theory and practice in tertiary student documentary production
Accommodating theory and practice is a significant pedagogical challenge for screen programmes in higher education. Integrating theory and practice within the pedagogy of documentary screen production raises specific issues related to its ethical obligations and social change remit. Designing screen studies programmes that effectively support students to become critically aware and reflexive practitioners requires historical and theoretical knowl…
Innovation in true crime
This discussion explores innovation in true crime programming on streaming platforms and on-demand catch up broadcast television services. Altered consumption habits from long form programming and binge viewing on streaming services has prompted innovations in factual content through docuseries. Commencing with Reality Television police procedurals such as the long running US series Cops ([1989–2023]. Cops. TV Series. Fox. 1989–2013, 2023. Paramo…
Policymakers’ and healthcare providers’ perspectives on the introduction of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis for key populations in Ghana
Policymakers and providers recognize the value of PrEP in cubing new HIV infections but have concerns about disinhibition, non-adherence, and cost. Therefore, the Ghana health service should roll-out a range of strategies to address their concerns including: sensitization with providers to mitigate underlying stigma towards KPs, particularly MSM, integration of PrEP into existing services, and innovative strategies to improve continued use of PrE…
Leveraging collaboration
For independent Australian filmmakers working outside traditional funding sources, the script often provides the sole means of raising finance to take the film into production. In the case of the low budget Australian feature films Pimped ([2018], “Directed by David Barker. Playground Films.” Apple TV) and Watch the Sunset ([2017], “Directed by Tristan Barr and Michael Gosden.” Barr Lipp Productions. STAN), however, script development was elevate…
Unfair Trade
Is free trade dead? In January 2017, President Trump withdrew the United States from the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement (TPP). This paper examines some of the anthropological implications of what emerged out of the “death” of the TPP. It analyses what this reveals about the changing contours of the neoliberal state, business-government relations and the subjectivity of corporate leaders. More broadly, it seeks to exp…
Australian feature films and distribution
Feature films remain critical flagships to any national film industry. Australian feature films can be highly commercial endeavours that also perform symbolic functions by embodying the national imaginary in big screen based sound and imagery. They conduct a dialogue with domestic audiences as well as showcase key aspects of Australia in the global film festival circuit. As the preeminent filmmaking form, feature films also serve as important lau…
Behind Closed Doors
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement has been mired in controversies about secrecy and the lack of transparency since the United States joined negotiations in 2010. Yet the content and impact of these disputes surrounding this new mega-regional trade agreement have not been explored. This article examines the role of secrecy in state formation by exploring the tension produced by the state’s deliberate withholding of Trans-Pacific …
Screen production enquiry
Within Australian universities, doctoral research in screen production is growing significantly. Two recent studies have documented both the scale of this research and inconsistencies in the requirements of the degree. These institutional variations, combined with a lack of clarity around appropriate methodologies for academic research through film and television practice, create challenges for students, supervisors, examiners and the overall dev…
Education paths for documentary distribution
An expanding education market targeted through ‘bridging material’ enabling cineliteracies has the potential to offer Australian producers with increased distribution opportunities, educators with targeted teaching aids and students with enhanced learning outcomes. For Australian documentary producers, the key to unlocking the potential of the education sector is engaging with its curriculum-based requirements at the earliest stages of pre-produc…
Re-thinking ancillary
The use of Australian screen content in Australian schools and universities is undergoing rapid change due to digital and online distribution capacity on the supply side and digital and online affordance embedded in student cultures. This paper examines the ways in which Australian screen content and its distribution are beginning to adapt to educational usage. Issues facing content rights holders, distribution companies and emerging digital plat…
Climate Change Risk Disclosure, Market-Making and Singapore's Developmental State
Behind Closed Doors
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement has been mired in controversies about secrecy and the lack of transparency since the United States joined negotiations in 2010. Yet the content and impact of these disputes surrounding this new mega-regional trade agreement have not been explored. This article examines the role of secrecy in state formation by exploring the tension produced by the state’s deliberate withholding of Trans-Pacific …
Screen production enquiry
Within Australian universities, doctoral research in screen production is growing significantly. Two recent studies have documented both the scale of this research and inconsistencies in the requirements of the degree. These institutional variations, combined with a lack of clarity around appropriate methodologies for academic research through film and television practice, create challenges for students, supervisors, examiners and the overall dev…
Education paths for documentary distribution
An expanding education market targeted through ‘bridging material’ enabling cineliteracies has the potential to offer Australian producers with increased distribution opportunities, educators with targeted teaching aids and students with enhanced learning outcomes. For Australian documentary producers, the key to unlocking the potential of the education sector is engaging with its curriculum-based requirements at the earliest stages of pre-produc…
Re-thinking ancillary
The use of Australian screen content in Australian schools and universities is undergoing rapid change due to digital and online distribution capacity on the supply side and digital and online affordance embedded in student cultures. This paper examines the ways in which Australian screen content and its distribution are beginning to adapt to educational usage. Issues facing content rights holders, distribution companies and emerging digital plat…
Australian feature films and distribution
Feature films remain critical flagships to any national film industry. Australian feature films can be highly commercial endeavours that also perform symbolic functions by embodying the national imaginary in big screen based sound and imagery. They conduct a dialogue with domestic audiences as well as showcase key aspects of Australia in the global film festival circuit. As the preeminent filmmaking form, feature films also serve as important lau…
Behind Closed Doors
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement has been mired in controversies about secrecy and the lack of transparency since the United States joined negotiations in 2010. Yet the content and impact of these disputes surrounding this new mega-regional trade agreement have not been explored. This article examines the role of secrecy in state formation by exploring the tension produced by the state’s deliberate withholding of Trans-Pacific …
Unfair Trade
Is free trade dead? In January 2017, President Trump withdrew the United States from the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement (TPP). This paper examines some of the anthropological implications of what emerged out of the “death” of the TPP. It analyses what this reveals about the changing contours of the neoliberal state, business-government relations and the subjectivity of corporate leaders. More broadly, it seeks to exp…
Leveraging collaboration
For independent Australian filmmakers working outside traditional funding sources, the script often provides the sole means of raising finance to take the film into production. In the case of the low budget Australian feature films Pimped ([2018], “Directed by David Barker. Playground Films.” Apple TV) and Watch the Sunset ([2017], “Directed by Tristan Barr and Michael Gosden.” Barr Lipp Productions. STAN), however, script development was elevate…
Co-creative practice reconciling theory and practice in tertiary student documentary production
Accommodating theory and practice is a significant pedagogical challenge for screen programmes in higher education. Integrating theory and practice within the pedagogy of documentary screen production raises specific issues related to its ethical obligations and social change remit. Designing screen studies programmes that effectively support students to become critically aware and reflexive practitioners requires historical and theoretical knowl…
Innovation in true crime
This discussion explores innovation in true crime programming on streaming platforms and on-demand catch up broadcast television services. Altered consumption habits from long form programming and binge viewing on streaming services has prompted innovations in factual content through docuseries. Commencing with Reality Television police procedurals such as the long running US series Cops ([1989–2023]. Cops. TV Series. Fox. 1989–2013, 2023. Paramo…
Policymakers’ and healthcare providers’ perspectives on the introduction of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis for key populations in Ghana
Policymakers and providers recognize the value of PrEP in cubing new HIV infections but have concerns about disinhibition, non-adherence, and cost. Therefore, the Ghana health service should roll-out a range of strategies to address their concerns including: sensitization with providers to mitigate underlying stigma towards KPs, particularly MSM, integration of PrEP into existing services, and innovative strategies to improve continued use of PrE…
Just adaptation(s)
Climate change impacts are intensifying but experienced unevenly. In response, calls for transformative adaptation—rather than incremental approaches that fail to address root causes—are growing. Transformative adaptation entails systemic shifts in political, social, and economic structures to reduce vulnerability for humans and non-humans alike. This paper examines leadership responses to escalating climate impacts in New Zealand, asking what fo…
Climate Change Risk Disclosure, Market-Making and Singapore's Developmental State
Political science (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Artistic and Creative Research (3 works) · Curriculum (3 works)