John Clegg
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693785 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Clegg |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Clegg |
| SIGNATURE | CLEGG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5796-0307 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 350 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Roads To Freedom
Slavery's Carceral Legacy
A burgeoning social scientific literature on the place-based legacy of slavery has mostly overlooked the effect of slavery on incarceration, despite the fact that the intensity and racial disparity of US incarceration is often attributed to its history of slavery. I analyze data on incarceration from 1840 to 2020 and show that the historic prevalence of slavery tends to be negatively associated with Black incarceration, especially under Reconstru…
Three Agricultural Revolutions
Attempts to imagine a shift beyond capitalism often tend to fixate on the terms of the old socialist calculation debate: plan versus market. At its deepest level, though, capitalism is not fundamentally a matter of the distribution of goods, for underlying this is the possession of land. In thinking about the end of capitalism it is thus useful to return to the question of its origin as the second agricultural revolution in human history. If capi…
A Theory of Capitalist Slavery
The relationship between slavery and capitalism has become a renewed topic of debate, yet scholars have not been able to agree on a definition of capitalism. In this article I first clear up some misconceptions and situate the debate in the Marxian tradition from which it arose. I argue that while non-Marxian accounts of capitalism fail to explain the key social transformations that have accompanied the rise of capitalism globally, Marxian accoun…
Improving the effectiveness of English as a medium of instruction in sub-Saharan Africa
Most academic discussion on the role of language in education in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) supports the extended use of African languages as media of instruction (MoI), while most practice preserves a monolingual role for European languages. Many ministries of education maintain the belief that African languages are not appropriate as MoIs beyond the early years. In African countries in which English is the MoI, many learners in primary school and…
Exploring the potential for language supportive learning in English medium instruction: A Rwandan case study
This article puts forward the argument for language supportive learning for learners in English medium instruction (EMI) classrooms based on the findings from a mixed methods study in Rwanda. The article first reviews the relevant literature and research which looks at the concept of language support, focusing on textbooks and pedagogy in sub-Saharan African EMI countries. The scant literature which exists suggests that current teaching practice …
Life drawing and the Chauvet lions
This paper explores how insights from observing the processes of drawing in the present help to elucidate ancient rock art. The idea is applied to two puzzling lion drawings in Chauvet Cave, presently the oldest authenticated rock art in Europe, using observations from recent life drawing classes in Australia. Recently and without controversy, it has been assumed that Homo sapiens brains of 30 000 years ago were much like our brains now and that …
Le dessin d’après nature et les lions de Chauvet
Mon article explore comment l’observation des processus du dessin de nos jours nous aide à élucider l’art pariétal ancien. Cette idée s’applique aux intriguants dessins de lions de la grotte Chauvet, où se trouve l’art pariétal le plus ancien actuellement attesté en Europe, en s’inspirant de nos récentes observations lors de classes de dessin d’après nature en Australie. Récemment et sans discussion, on a supposé que les cerveaux d’Homo sapiens d…
Β‐Globin polymorphisms in amerindian populations from the brazilian amazon
Objectives: This investigation was performed to examine genetic variation at the β‐globin locus in a sample of 30 healthy individuals from native populations in South America. The patterns of haplotypic variation were compared with those of previous studies including samples for various worldwide populations in an attempt to make inferences about the occupation of the Americas from a deeper temporal perspective than is typically available with ha…
Teaching and learning in two languages in African classrooms
In sub‐Saharan Africa, education conducted through a European language is associated with low school achievement. Both teachers and learners may often not be fluent enough to use the language as a medium of instruction. In these circumstances, both also make use of a common African language. They switch between two languages in the plenary classroom and – less commonly – learners talk in the African language when working in groups. These uses of …
A three-tier citizenship: Can the state in Tanzania guarantee linguistic human rights
Science, Theory, and Australian Prehistoric Art
Art rupestre et Histoire de l’art
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Endangered Scholars Worldwide IRAN fa r z a d k a m a n g e r , an Iranian teacher, has been brutally and repeatedly tortured since his arrest in 2006 and is now facing the im m inent possibility of execution. He was sentenced to death by the Iranian Revolutionary Court on February 25, 2008, charged w ith “endangering national security” and “enm ity against God.” According to his lawyer, Khalil Bahramian, who was not perm it ted to defend him, F…
Rock-paintings of exotic animals in the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia
Four possible ‘first sight’ Aboriginal rock-art depictions of what may be sheep from the eponymous Sheep Shelter in the Sydney basin, Australia are examined in the light of the nature of colonial contact/invasion. A ‘common sense’ approach, with a view to future multivariate analysis, is used to consider alternative identifications of these images. Relevant comparative rock-art from Bull Cave and Devil's Rock are used to extend and nuance this id…
Further calculations and considerations of north Australian rock art statistics reported in David et al. (1999)
The review and analysis of north Australian rock art statistics reported in David et al. (1999) is discussed. Clegg's course teaches four statistical stages for undertaking the task as done by David et al (1999), which are highlighted
The Signs of All Times: Entoptic Phenomena in Upper Palaeolithic Art [and Comments and Reply]
Style and tradition at Sturt's Meadows
A large engraving site in the arid zone of western New South Wales has many thousands of engravings. It is argued that the engravings were made over a long time‐span, and the subsites were engraved at different periods; both tradition (continuity) and style (change in accidentals) have contributed to the engravings. Tradition is sought (and found) in the associations between different engraving types; style is sought (but not found) in variants o…
From The Study of Aboriginal Art to the Archaeology of Prehistoric Pictures
(1983). From The Study of Aboriginal Art to the Archaeology of Prehistoric Pictures. Australian Archaeology: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 87-91
Advanced Reading Skills
Writers of texbooks published since the beginning of 1978 are invited to submit 1000 word articles discussing the principles underlying their work and accompanied by two pages from the book in question. The articles should be problem‐based, not advertisements, and the extracts should be in a form suitable for reproduction without redrawing. Writers will be responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions
The Economic and Social Context of Southern San Rock Art [and Comments and Reply]
This paper suggests a new theoretical framework for understanding southern San rock art. The traditional explanations have been either innatist or functionalist. To escape the tautology of the former and the restrictions of the latter it is suggested that the articulation between the art and the social relations of production be sought. This articulation was expressed in the activities of medicine men, whose symbolic work acted upon the reproduct…
Events in the Archaeological Context and Archaeological Explanation [with Comments and Replies]
Many archaeologists have expressed dissatisfaction with the degree of explanatory power provided by the "new archaeology." It is the author's contention that this failure of explanation is due to a continued emphasis on the modal character of archaeological data. The variation in a cultural system's activity structure has not been perceived as influencing the archaeological context. A heuristic device is suggested to help archaeologists conceptua…
Teaching and Learning Archaeological and Prehistoric Paradigms
The author expresses his views on the state of teaching and learning of archaeology in Australian universities, with particular reference to the Sydney University. He suggests that university lecturers should also be involved in research and bring to it the skills of analyzing and solving problems, which would greatly improve the teaching of archaeology
The Signs of All Times: Entoptic Phenomena in Upper Palaeolithic Art [and Comments and Reply]
The Economic and Social Context of Southern San Rock Art [and Comments and Reply]
This paper suggests a new theoretical framework for understanding southern San rock art. The traditional explanations have been either innatist or functionalist. To escape the tautology of the former and the restrictions of the latter it is suggested that the articulation between the art and the social relations of production be sought. This articulation was expressed in the activities of medicine men, whose symbolic work acted upon the reproduct…
Teaching and learning in two languages in African classrooms
In sub‐Saharan Africa, education conducted through a European language is associated with low school achievement. Both teachers and learners may often not be fluent enough to use the language as a medium of instruction. In these circumstances, both also make use of a common African language. They switch between two languages in the plenary classroom and – less commonly – learners talk in the African language when working in groups. These uses of …
Events in the Archaeological Context and Archaeological Explanation [with Comments and Replies]
Many archaeologists have expressed dissatisfaction with the degree of explanatory power provided by the "new archaeology." It is the author's contention that this failure of explanation is due to a continued emphasis on the modal character of archaeological data. The variation in a cultural system's activity structure has not been perceived as influencing the archaeological context. A heuristic device is suggested to help archaeologists conceptua…
Style and tradition at Sturt's Meadows
A large engraving site in the arid zone of western New South Wales has many thousands of engravings. It is argued that the engravings were made over a long time‐span, and the subsites were engraved at different periods; both tradition (continuity) and style (change in accidentals) have contributed to the engravings. Tradition is sought (and found) in the associations between different engraving types; style is sought (but not found) in variants o…
A Theory of Capitalist Slavery
The relationship between slavery and capitalism has become a renewed topic of debate, yet scholars have not been able to agree on a definition of capitalism. In this article I first clear up some misconceptions and situate the debate in the Marxian tradition from which it arose. I argue that while non-Marxian accounts of capitalism fail to explain the key social transformations that have accompanied the rise of capitalism globally, Marxian accoun…
Exploring the potential for language supportive learning in English medium instruction: A Rwandan case study
This article puts forward the argument for language supportive learning for learners in English medium instruction (EMI) classrooms based on the findings from a mixed methods study in Rwanda. The article first reviews the relevant literature and research which looks at the concept of language support, focusing on textbooks and pedagogy in sub-Saharan African EMI countries. The scant literature which exists suggests that current teaching practice …
Improving the effectiveness of English as a medium of instruction in sub-Saharan Africa
Most academic discussion on the role of language in education in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) supports the extended use of African languages as media of instruction (MoI), while most practice preserves a monolingual role for European languages. Many ministries of education maintain the belief that African languages are not appropriate as MoIs beyond the early years. In African countries in which English is the MoI, many learners in primary school and…
A three-tier citizenship: Can the state in Tanzania guarantee linguistic human rights
From The Study of Aboriginal Art to the Archaeology of Prehistoric Pictures
(1983). From The Study of Aboriginal Art to the Archaeology of Prehistoric Pictures. Australian Archaeology: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 87-91
Three Agricultural Revolutions
Attempts to imagine a shift beyond capitalism often tend to fixate on the terms of the old socialist calculation debate: plan versus market. At its deepest level, though, capitalism is not fundamentally a matter of the distribution of goods, for underlying this is the possession of land. In thinking about the end of capitalism it is thus useful to return to the question of its origin as the second agricultural revolution in human history. If capi…
Science, Theory, and Australian Prehistoric Art
Rock-paintings of exotic animals in the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia
Four possible ‘first sight’ Aboriginal rock-art depictions of what may be sheep from the eponymous Sheep Shelter in the Sydney basin, Australia are examined in the light of the nature of colonial contact/invasion. A ‘common sense’ approach, with a view to future multivariate analysis, is used to consider alternative identifications of these images. Relevant comparative rock-art from Bull Cave and Devil's Rock are used to extend and nuance this id…
Teaching and Learning Archaeological and Prehistoric Paradigms
The author expresses his views on the state of teaching and learning of archaeology in Australian universities, with particular reference to the Sydney University. He suggests that university lecturers should also be involved in research and bring to it the skills of analyzing and solving problems, which would greatly improve the teaching of archaeology
Advanced Reading Skills
Writers of texbooks published since the beginning of 1978 are invited to submit 1000 word articles discussing the principles underlying their work and accompanied by two pages from the book in question. The articles should be problem‐based, not advertisements, and the extracts should be in a form suitable for reproduction without redrawing. Writers will be responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions
The Economic and Social Context of Southern San Rock Art [and Comments and Reply]
This paper suggests a new theoretical framework for understanding southern San rock art. The traditional explanations have been either innatist or functionalist. To escape the tautology of the former and the restrictions of the latter it is suggested that the articulation between the art and the social relations of production be sought. This articulation was expressed in the activities of medicine men, whose symbolic work acted upon the reproduct…
Events in the Archaeological Context and Archaeological Explanation [with Comments and Replies]
Many archaeologists have expressed dissatisfaction with the degree of explanatory power provided by the "new archaeology." It is the author's contention that this failure of explanation is due to a continued emphasis on the modal character of archaeological data. The variation in a cultural system's activity structure has not been perceived as influencing the archaeological context. A heuristic device is suggested to help archaeologists conceptua…
From The Study of Aboriginal Art to the Archaeology of Prehistoric Pictures
(1983). From The Study of Aboriginal Art to the Archaeology of Prehistoric Pictures. Australian Archaeology: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 87-91
Style and tradition at Sturt's Meadows
A large engraving site in the arid zone of western New South Wales has many thousands of engravings. It is argued that the engravings were made over a long time‐span, and the subsites were engraved at different periods; both tradition (continuity) and style (change in accidentals) have contributed to the engravings. Tradition is sought (and found) in the associations between different engraving types; style is sought (but not found) in variants o…
The Signs of All Times: Entoptic Phenomena in Upper Palaeolithic Art [and Comments and Reply]
Further calculations and considerations of north Australian rock art statistics reported in David et al. (1999)
The review and analysis of north Australian rock art statistics reported in David et al. (1999) is discussed. Clegg's course teaches four statistical stages for undertaking the task as done by David et al (1999), which are highlighted
Rock-paintings of exotic animals in the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia
Four possible ‘first sight’ Aboriginal rock-art depictions of what may be sheep from the eponymous Sheep Shelter in the Sydney basin, Australia are examined in the light of the nature of colonial contact/invasion. A ‘common sense’ approach, with a view to future multivariate analysis, is used to consider alternative identifications of these images. Relevant comparative rock-art from Bull Cave and Devil's Rock are used to extend and nuance this id…
Art rupestre et Histoire de l’art
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Endangered Scholars Worldwide IRAN fa r z a d k a m a n g e r , an Iranian teacher, has been brutally and repeatedly tortured since his arrest in 2006 and is now facing the im m inent possibility of execution. He was sentenced to death by the Iranian Revolutionary Court on February 25, 2008, charged w ith “endangering national security” and “enm ity against God.” According to his lawyer, Khalil Bahramian, who was not perm it ted to defend him, F…
A three-tier citizenship: Can the state in Tanzania guarantee linguistic human rights
Science, Theory, and Australian Prehistoric Art
Teaching and learning in two languages in African classrooms
In sub‐Saharan Africa, education conducted through a European language is associated with low school achievement. Both teachers and learners may often not be fluent enough to use the language as a medium of instruction. In these circumstances, both also make use of a common African language. They switch between two languages in the plenary classroom and – less commonly – learners talk in the African language when working in groups. These uses of …
Β‐Globin polymorphisms in amerindian populations from the brazilian amazon
Objectives: This investigation was performed to examine genetic variation at the β‐globin locus in a sample of 30 healthy individuals from native populations in South America. The patterns of haplotypic variation were compared with those of previous studies including samples for various worldwide populations in an attempt to make inferences about the occupation of the Americas from a deeper temporal perspective than is typically available with ha…
Life drawing and the Chauvet lions
This paper explores how insights from observing the processes of drawing in the present help to elucidate ancient rock art. The idea is applied to two puzzling lion drawings in Chauvet Cave, presently the oldest authenticated rock art in Europe, using observations from recent life drawing classes in Australia. Recently and without controversy, it has been assumed that Homo sapiens brains of 30 000 years ago were much like our brains now and that …
Le dessin d’après nature et les lions de Chauvet
Mon article explore comment l’observation des processus du dessin de nos jours nous aide à élucider l’art pariétal ancien. Cette idée s’applique aux intriguants dessins de lions de la grotte Chauvet, où se trouve l’art pariétal le plus ancien actuellement attesté en Europe, en s’inspirant de nos récentes observations lors de classes de dessin d’après nature en Australie. Récemment et sans discussion, on a supposé que les cerveaux d’Homo sapiens d…
Improving the effectiveness of English as a medium of instruction in sub-Saharan Africa
Most academic discussion on the role of language in education in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) supports the extended use of African languages as media of instruction (MoI), while most practice preserves a monolingual role for European languages. Many ministries of education maintain the belief that African languages are not appropriate as MoIs beyond the early years. In African countries in which English is the MoI, many learners in primary school and…
Exploring the potential for language supportive learning in English medium instruction: A Rwandan case study
This article puts forward the argument for language supportive learning for learners in English medium instruction (EMI) classrooms based on the findings from a mixed methods study in Rwanda. The article first reviews the relevant literature and research which looks at the concept of language support, focusing on textbooks and pedagogy in sub-Saharan African EMI countries. The scant literature which exists suggests that current teaching practice …
Three Agricultural Revolutions
Attempts to imagine a shift beyond capitalism often tend to fixate on the terms of the old socialist calculation debate: plan versus market. At its deepest level, though, capitalism is not fundamentally a matter of the distribution of goods, for underlying this is the possession of land. In thinking about the end of capitalism it is thus useful to return to the question of its origin as the second agricultural revolution in human history. If capi…
A Theory of Capitalist Slavery
The relationship between slavery and capitalism has become a renewed topic of debate, yet scholars have not been able to agree on a definition of capitalism. In this article I first clear up some misconceptions and situate the debate in the Marxian tradition from which it arose. I argue that while non-Marxian accounts of capitalism fail to explain the key social transformations that have accompanied the rise of capitalism globally, Marxian accoun…
Roads To Freedom
Slavery's Carceral Legacy
A burgeoning social scientific literature on the place-based legacy of slavery has mostly overlooked the effect of slavery on incarceration, despite the fact that the intensity and racial disparity of US incarceration is often attributed to its history of slavery. I analyze data on incarceration from 1840 to 2020 and show that the historic prevalence of slavery tends to be negatively associated with Black incarceration, especially under Reconstru…
History (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Art (8 works) · History (8 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works)