Barbara Leigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4105207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Leigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Leigh |
| SIGNATURE | LEIGH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Technology Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Heritage Major within the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies at UTS 1996–2007
The Heritage Major was introduced in 1994 specifically for those students who had a language facility and ethnic identification with a country that was not offered in the broad suite of sites available to Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS) students enrolled in country-specific Majors at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). These are my reflections as the coordinator of the program between 1999 and 2007
The Southeast Asia Major within the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies at UTS 1996–2007
Between 1996 and 2007, the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS) at the University of Technology Sydney offered students the opportunity to engage in transformative In-Country Study (ICS) experiences in Southeast Asia. These transformative experiences broadened students’ intellectual horizons, fostered meaningful connections, and inspired successful careers in fields such as diplomacy, journalism, and academia. These are my reflections…
Journal: Borneo International Beads Conference 2019, by Heidi Munan and Anita MacGillivray (eds.) (2019)
Bridges of friendship: Reflections on Indonesia’s early independence and Australia’s Volunteer Graduate Scheme, includes writings from Betty Feith and Kurnianingrat Ali Sastroamijoyo, edited by Ann Mc…
Bridges of friendship: reflections on Indonesia’s early independence and Australia’s Volunteer Graduate Scheme, includes writings from Betty Feith and Kurnianingrat Ali Sastroamijoyo, edited by Ann McCarthy & Ailsa Thomson Zainuddin." Asian Studies Review, 42(4), pp. 730–731
Equity, Opportunity and Education in Postcolonial Southeast Asia
The Nature and Culture of Rattan: Reflections on Vanishing Life in the Forests of Southeast Asia
The Nature and Culture of Rattan: Reflections on Vanishing Life in the Forests of Southeast Asia." Asian Studies Review, 37(3), pp. 407–408 Notes 1. http://www.cfc.umt.edu/rattan/pdfs/From%20forest%20to%20market.pdf 2. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2005
Assessing a drop box programme: A spatial analysis of discarded needles
Reasonable Risk: Alcohol in Perspective
Batik and Pewter: Symbols of Malaysian Pianissimo
National symbols are part of a country's historical material culture.They are an indication of how those in power within the country wish the nation to be represented on the global stage.Intersecting with such cultural and political factors are the ways in which economic enterprises construct objects or artifacts that over time assume the status of national icons.The focus in this article is on two examples of Malaysian material culture that are …
Learning and Knowing Boundaries: Schooling in New Order Indonesia
Schooling practices in Indonesia take place within a centrally structured educational bureaucracy. The paper focuses on primary and secondary schools, which have undergone rapid expansion since the oil boom of the early 1 980s. Taking school examinations as sociological objects of study, there is an attempt to understand the students' mental processes as they prepare for these determinative events. Every question in every subject has a correct an…
Female heroes in school examinations: Traditions and tensions in creating a gendered state
(1994). Female heroes in school examinations: traditions and tensions in creating a gendered state. Asian Studies Review: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 23-33
Learning and Knowing Boundaries: Schooling in New Order Indonesia
Schooling practices in Indonesia take place within a centrally structured educational bureaucracy. The paper focuses on primary and secondary schools, which have undergone rapid expansion since the oil boom of the early 1 980s. Taking school examinations as sociological objects of study, there is an attempt to understand the students' mental processes as they prepare for these determinative events. Every question in every subject has a correct an…
Batik and Pewter: Symbols of Malaysian Pianissimo
National symbols are part of a country's historical material culture.They are an indication of how those in power within the country wish the nation to be represented on the global stage.Intersecting with such cultural and political factors are the ways in which economic enterprises construct objects or artifacts that over time assume the status of national icons.The focus in this article is on two examples of Malaysian material culture that are …
Equity, Opportunity and Education in Postcolonial Southeast Asia
Female heroes in school examinations: Traditions and tensions in creating a gendered state
(1994). Female heroes in school examinations: traditions and tensions in creating a gendered state. Asian Studies Review: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 23-33
Female heroes in school examinations: Traditions and tensions in creating a gendered state
(1994). Female heroes in school examinations: traditions and tensions in creating a gendered state. Asian Studies Review: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 23-33
Learning and Knowing Boundaries: Schooling in New Order Indonesia
Schooling practices in Indonesia take place within a centrally structured educational bureaucracy. The paper focuses on primary and secondary schools, which have undergone rapid expansion since the oil boom of the early 1 980s. Taking school examinations as sociological objects of study, there is an attempt to understand the students' mental processes as they prepare for these determinative events. Every question in every subject has a correct an…
Batik and Pewter: Symbols of Malaysian Pianissimo
National symbols are part of a country's historical material culture.They are an indication of how those in power within the country wish the nation to be represented on the global stage.Intersecting with such cultural and political factors are the ways in which economic enterprises construct objects or artifacts that over time assume the status of national icons.The focus in this article is on two examples of Malaysian material culture that are …
Reasonable Risk: Alcohol in Perspective
Assessing a drop box programme: A spatial analysis of discarded needles
The Nature and Culture of Rattan: Reflections on Vanishing Life in the Forests of Southeast Asia
The Nature and Culture of Rattan: Reflections on Vanishing Life in the Forests of Southeast Asia." Asian Studies Review, 37(3), pp. 407–408 Notes 1. http://www.cfc.umt.edu/rattan/pdfs/From%20forest%20to%20market.pdf 2. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2005
Equity, Opportunity and Education in Postcolonial Southeast Asia
Bridges of friendship: Reflections on Indonesia’s early independence and Australia’s Volunteer Graduate Scheme, includes writings from Betty Feith and Kurnianingrat Ali Sastroamijoyo, edited by Ann Mc…
Bridges of friendship: reflections on Indonesia’s early independence and Australia’s Volunteer Graduate Scheme, includes writings from Betty Feith and Kurnianingrat Ali Sastroamijoyo, edited by Ann McCarthy & Ailsa Thomson Zainuddin." Asian Studies Review, 42(4), pp. 730–731
Journal: Borneo International Beads Conference 2019, by Heidi Munan and Anita MacGillivray (eds.) (2019)
The Heritage Major within the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies at UTS 1996–2007
The Heritage Major was introduced in 1994 specifically for those students who had a language facility and ethnic identification with a country that was not offered in the broad suite of sites available to Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS) students enrolled in country-specific Majors at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). These are my reflections as the coordinator of the program between 1999 and 2007
The Southeast Asia Major within the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies at UTS 1996–2007
Between 1996 and 2007, the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS) at the University of Technology Sydney offered students the opportunity to engage in transformative In-Country Study (ICS) experiences in Southeast Asia. These transformative experiences broadened students’ intellectual horizons, fostered meaningful connections, and inspired successful careers in fields such as diplomacy, journalism, and academia. These are my reflections…
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