Jessica Urwin
Biographic Data
| ID | 486493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Urwin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Urwin |
| SIGNATURE | URWIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5044-947X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Atom-Minded Australia’
Rights or Resources? The Australian Mining Industry Council's Campaign against Aboriginal Land Rights and the (Dis)Illusion of Equality, 1975–1983
In 1976, the Fraser Government passed the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act . This piece of legislation was one of the results of the Whitlam Government's radical commitment to Aboriginal self‐determination. It was, however, hotly contested by proponents of the mining industry. This article explores two of the key arguments put forward by the Australian Mining Industry Council (AMIC) in opposition to the Fraser Government's provisio…
Adolescence
Following the yellowcake road
Over the past 40 years, environmental justice activists and scholars have drawn greater attention to the disproportionate environmental burdens borne by marginalised communities. This includes the consequences of ‘nuclear colonialism’, a phenomenon defined as constituting ‘a system of domination through which governments and corporations target indigenous peoples and their lands to maintain the nuclear production process’. In this article, I seek…
Better active today than radioactive tomorrow’
Uranium mining in Australia has been a contentious issue for over 50 years, not least due to the industry's (ongoing) impact upon Aboriginal communities and the environment.In particular, the Ranger uranium mine has, since the 1970s, been a site of conflict between economic development, Aboriginal land rights and environmental protection.Despite this, historical scholarship on the motivations and messages of the environmentally focused anti-urani…
Histories and legacies of extraction and toxicity
Saving the Reef
Who is the real fraud here? Neo-liberal social work and the imposter phenomenon
The neo-liberalisation of social work has been heavily criticised, with value conflicts and different interpretations of the purpose of social work being key aspects of this. However, little research has considered the impact of the neo-liberalisation of social work on an individual level, understanding how this ideology impacts day-to-day practice. This article uses the imposter phenomenon as a proxy issue to understand the impact of neo-liberal…
Reflecting on our Anthropocene Days
Traversing this Great Southern Land Great Southern Land , National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2022, ongoing
Upon entering the National Museum of Australia’s refurbished environment gallery, Great Southern Land, you are flanked by the mammoth trunks of Bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii). The football-sized cones that fall from their dizzying heights, displayed nearby, evoke the megaflora of the Jurassic period
Lianne C. Leddy, Serpent River Resurgence
“The Old Colonial Power Can Stand Proxy”
When Justice James “Diamond Jim” McClelland took to London to “tip [...] buckets” on the British establishment for their role in the nuclear tests in Australia, the judge secured his place in history as the defender of independent Australian nationalism. The Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia (1984–85) thus reinforced a narrative of Australian victimhood at the hands of an overzealous British establishment, largely obfuscati…
The British Empire’s Dr Strangelove? Ernest Titterton and the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia
This article reconsiders some of the narratives constructed by the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia (1984–85), primarily those surrounding the role of nuclear physicist Ernest Titterton. Labelled a ‘Dr Strangelove figure’ by the Royal Commission’s president, Jim McClelland, Titterton’s perceived betrayal of Australia during the nuclear tests facilitated the bolstering of nationalistic sentiment among those involved in the …
The Radioactive Dr Mawson
In Australia, our history with nuclear matter and its processes has its origins in the early twentieth-century scientific adventurism of famed Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson. As much as Mawson's life has come to be defined by his forays into the ice, an examination of his personal and academic papers provides insight into how his relationship with radium was also of great importance, mirroring the shifting political and historical forces impac…
A Return to Social Justice
Imposter Phenomena and Experience Levels in Social Work
Imposter phenomena (IP) is when an individual experiences unwarranted feelings of inadequacy in relation to their own abilities. Often linked to self-efficacy, individuals who experience IP doubt their own skills and attribute their successes to luck as opposed to themselves. Whilst this has been studied in relation to a number of fields, IP has not been considered in relation to social work. This article investigates the prevalence of IP amongst…
Imposter Phenomena and Experience Levels in Social Work
Imposter phenomena (IP) is when an individual experiences unwarranted feelings of inadequacy in relation to their own abilities. Often linked to self-efficacy, individuals who experience IP doubt their own skills and attribute their successes to luck as opposed to themselves. Whilst this has been studied in relation to a number of fields, IP has not been considered in relation to social work. This article investigates the prevalence of IP amongst…
Histories and legacies of extraction and toxicity
Traversing this Great Southern Land Great Southern Land , National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2022, ongoing
Upon entering the National Museum of Australia’s refurbished environment gallery, Great Southern Land, you are flanked by the mammoth trunks of Bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii). The football-sized cones that fall from their dizzying heights, displayed nearby, evoke the megaflora of the Jurassic period
A Return to Social Justice
Imposter Phenomena and Experience Levels in Social Work
Imposter phenomena (IP) is when an individual experiences unwarranted feelings of inadequacy in relation to their own abilities. Often linked to self-efficacy, individuals who experience IP doubt their own skills and attribute their successes to luck as opposed to themselves. Whilst this has been studied in relation to a number of fields, IP has not been considered in relation to social work. This article investigates the prevalence of IP amongst…
The British Empire’s Dr Strangelove? Ernest Titterton and the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia
This article reconsiders some of the narratives constructed by the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia (1984–85), primarily those surrounding the role of nuclear physicist Ernest Titterton. Labelled a ‘Dr Strangelove figure’ by the Royal Commission’s president, Jim McClelland, Titterton’s perceived betrayal of Australia during the nuclear tests facilitated the bolstering of nationalistic sentiment among those involved in the …
The Radioactive Dr Mawson
In Australia, our history with nuclear matter and its processes has its origins in the early twentieth-century scientific adventurism of famed Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson. As much as Mawson's life has come to be defined by his forays into the ice, an examination of his personal and academic papers provides insight into how his relationship with radium was also of great importance, mirroring the shifting political and historical forces impac…
“The Old Colonial Power Can Stand Proxy”
When Justice James “Diamond Jim” McClelland took to London to “tip [...] buckets” on the British establishment for their role in the nuclear tests in Australia, the judge secured his place in history as the defender of independent Australian nationalism. The Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia (1984–85) thus reinforced a narrative of Australian victimhood at the hands of an overzealous British establishment, largely obfuscati…
Who is the real fraud here? Neo-liberal social work and the imposter phenomenon
The neo-liberalisation of social work has been heavily criticised, with value conflicts and different interpretations of the purpose of social work being key aspects of this. However, little research has considered the impact of the neo-liberalisation of social work on an individual level, understanding how this ideology impacts day-to-day practice. This article uses the imposter phenomenon as a proxy issue to understand the impact of neo-liberal…
Reflecting on our Anthropocene Days
Traversing this Great Southern Land Great Southern Land , National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2022, ongoing
Upon entering the National Museum of Australia’s refurbished environment gallery, Great Southern Land, you are flanked by the mammoth trunks of Bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii). The football-sized cones that fall from their dizzying heights, displayed nearby, evoke the megaflora of the Jurassic period
Lianne C. Leddy, Serpent River Resurgence
Better active today than radioactive tomorrow’
Uranium mining in Australia has been a contentious issue for over 50 years, not least due to the industry's (ongoing) impact upon Aboriginal communities and the environment.In particular, the Ranger uranium mine has, since the 1970s, been a site of conflict between economic development, Aboriginal land rights and environmental protection.Despite this, historical scholarship on the motivations and messages of the environmentally focused anti-urani…
Histories and legacies of extraction and toxicity
Saving the Reef
Rights or Resources? The Australian Mining Industry Council's Campaign against Aboriginal Land Rights and the (Dis)Illusion of Equality, 1975–1983
In 1976, the Fraser Government passed the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act . This piece of legislation was one of the results of the Whitlam Government's radical commitment to Aboriginal self‐determination. It was, however, hotly contested by proponents of the mining industry. This article explores two of the key arguments put forward by the Australian Mining Industry Council (AMIC) in opposition to the Fraser Government's provisio…
Adolescence
Following the yellowcake road
Over the past 40 years, environmental justice activists and scholars have drawn greater attention to the disproportionate environmental burdens borne by marginalised communities. This includes the consequences of ‘nuclear colonialism’, a phenomenon defined as constituting ‘a system of domination through which governments and corporations target indigenous peoples and their lands to maintain the nuclear production process’. In this article, I seek…
‘Atom-Minded Australia’
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Art (3 works)