tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.comments2023-08-18T19:57:30.372+10:00humanities researcherThis old world is a new worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comBlogger1788125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-47707133681089282202017-04-04T13:21:07.444+10:002017-04-04T13:21:07.444+10:00well this is embarrassing!! Just that other projec...well this is embarrassing!! Just that other projects have jumped the queue... And then I was acting head of School for three months. But I do have an article on the bluestone project coming out soon in the Melbourne Historical Journal. Will update here when it's published. <br /><br />Still planning to start writing the book in second semester. Have faith!!<br />This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-40342176120488358982017-04-03T16:53:02.953+10:002017-04-03T16:53:02.953+10:00Did you lose enthusiasm again?
Did you lose enthusiasm again?<br />blackwetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466365843568505497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-36200914632802465342016-12-25T09:30:01.603+11:002016-12-25T09:30:01.603+11:00Thanks so much for this comment: it's great to...Thanks so much for this comment: it's great to hear from you. Let me clarify: I didn't mean "trick" to suggest a fake or deception; rather, a stunt or performance. That's so interesting about the filming of these clips too. I know almost nothing about the circus tradition in Australia. As you can see from my blog, my interest here is in your father's choice of the This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-75292319794487119282016-12-24T13:52:16.819+11:002016-12-24T13:52:16.819+11:00No tricks here Stephanie
The Mighty Apollo was my ...No tricks here Stephanie<br />The Mighty Apollo was my father. He was a trained strongman and circus performer who dedicated his life to performing feats of strength and pushing the boundaries of human endurance. Pushing through the pain threshold is just par for the course when you are in this business. The show must go on regardless of pain or injury. I might just add that the piece of film ruffcut andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255628586531913572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-37344005957750631312016-08-30T20:43:55.547+10:002016-08-30T20:43:55.547+10:00Hi Stephanie,
Went on a historic walk of North Me...Hi Stephanie,<br /><br />Went on a historic walk of North Melbourne today with my walking club and I have become obsessed with the symbols carved on bluestone kerbs.<br /><br />I don't think the T represents a convicts initial because, he would have been a very busy person. Less possible that it was a bunch of convicts whose initials are T. But if it were to mark a person's work what PeeBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979174837196174482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-10718001472262517662016-07-20T20:25:08.360+10:002016-07-20T20:25:08.360+10:00Welcome back!!Welcome back!!Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-80720787427876840212016-05-25T14:55:13.502+10:002016-05-25T14:55:13.502+10:00Thanks, Viola! The project has been put on the ba...Thanks, Viola! The project has been put on the back burner for a while, but I hope to get back to it in the second half of this year, and will take you up on this kind offer then.<br /><br />thanks! StephanieThis old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-2964506275518436142016-05-24T15:43:02.461+10:002016-05-24T15:43:02.461+10:00Hello......anytime you want to know more about our...Hello......anytime you want to know more about our beautiful church just come into the hall next to the church ( enter off Watkins rd ) on a Sunday afternoon after our church service has ended around 12 midday and ask for Steve or Rev Dezsi and we will answer any questions you may have.<br /><br />Most welcome to come and talk with us, we love our church.<br /><br /><br />Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13167575581695402103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-8991679722602226652015-12-22T10:32:06.312+11:002015-12-22T10:32:06.312+11:00There is a T outside 107 Barkly Street, Carlton. I...There is a T outside 107 Barkly Street, Carlton. I had to walk to see it. Riding slowly on my bike I didn't see any, just annoyed the other Canning Street riders. Great post Stephanie, thanks for this info about our city.Di McKenzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-61676217611645957752015-10-02T02:57:21.547+10:002015-10-02T02:57:21.547+10:00Just stopped off and had a look, at 10 past 1 in t...Just stopped off and had a look, at 10 past 1 in the morning! (in a taxi, heading back into town to knock off).<br />In the dark, they do appear to be a type of marble. I would suggest that the stone has some form of Italian connection. <br />One would expect some form of explanation would be provided though. It would be far more relevant and informative than the self centered claptrap, provided winkieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288326820619429816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-79192160658250200972015-09-30T18:43:56.886+10:002015-09-30T18:43:56.886+10:00That would be nice, I think, but perhaps some kind...That would be nice, I think, but perhaps some kind of terrazzo composite? I was walking to the tram after dropping off the car to be serviced with a streaming headcold so didn't have the energy to stop. Perhaps I'll go back. Wonder if there's a good history of Carlton I can find to tell me more about it.This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-6103273265049157782015-09-30T18:40:39.843+10:002015-09-30T18:40:39.843+10:00Bit hard to tell from the photo, but might they be...Bit hard to tell from the photo, but might they be marble?winkieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288326820619429816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-54265248496872356972015-09-12T09:14:54.476+10:002015-09-12T09:14:54.476+10:00Thanks! Just transcribing here so I don't los...Thanks! Just transcribing here so I don't lose it. Interview about "A Drone Opera" by Matthew Sleeth performed at the old Melbourne meat market.<br /><br />"Last night I went to the most mmmmmagical event. ... It was a kind of dark, medieval, religious experience and yet all the elements belong to the twenty-first century."<br /><br />...<br /><br /> We're in this This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-6322423032950440882015-09-11T14:35:44.838+10:002015-09-11T14:35:44.838+10:00Speaking of emotional. . . have a listen to Michae...Speaking of emotional. . . have a listen to Michael Cathcart describing the bluestone cobbles in the Meat Market building (North Melb), in the first few minutes of <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/a-drone-opera/6767310" rel="nofollow">today's Books and Arts program</a> on RN. It's just a brief mention, but the relish in his voice is almost palpable.flipsockgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798206057429007331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-20030733344193157222015-08-25T01:09:51.936+10:002015-08-25T01:09:51.936+10:00I like "affective history" a great deal ...I like "affective history" a great deal and if that seems right to you, retain it. There will always be quibbling over who owns what terms, but when it comes down to it, none of us own any of them (historia is, we medievalists know, STORY ... Bluestone: An Affective Story is one register of your subtitle). <br /><br />I used "Ecology" in my own subtitle to try to sidestep someJeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-50952729549813396362015-08-25T00:13:27.101+10:002015-08-25T00:13:27.101+10:00P.s. Bat ang is Angela Ndalianis :)P.s. Bat ang is Angela Ndalianis :)batanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080684866555254293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-23400187024208820402015-08-25T00:12:34.201+10:002015-08-25T00:12:34.201+10:00The bluestone, what is created from it, it's h...The bluestone, what is created from it, it's historical and cultural contexts which change over time - this is your text. One of the most exciting things about research is our object of study - that and stepping outside your field and comfort zone into new territory that also embraces interdisciplinarity. Go forth and conquer.batanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080684866555254293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-32633481707935360082015-08-25T00:11:13.710+10:002015-08-25T00:11:13.710+10:00The bluestone, what is created from it, it's h...The bluestone, what is created from it, it's historical and cultural contexts which change over time - this is your text. One of the most exciting things about research is our object of study - that and stepping outside your field and comfort zone into new territory that also embraces interdisciplinarity. Go forth and conquer.batanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080684866555254293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-86106007888948190722015-08-24T16:52:00.624+10:002015-08-24T16:52:00.624+10:00Well, the writing of your "Adelaide" and...Well, the writing of your "Adelaide" and Delia's "Sydney" will both be very relevant models for this project, though I'll perhaps be a tad less personal. It's probably all about how I pitch it in the beginning. As we always say to PhD students:to be clear from the beginning about what you are and aren't going to do.<br />This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-43020413084330612392015-08-24T16:44:31.039+10:002015-08-24T16:44:31.039+10:00But the same critics would squeal with outrage if ...But the same critics would squeal with outrage if you turned the tables and questioned their expertise in textual interpretation. Historians interpret written/verbal texts all the time, often in ways that We Who Are Trained In Literary Style Close Reading find extraordinarily limited in their naivete, lack of verbal sophistication, and/or literal-mindedness, and I'm pretty sure they are Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-22016376977185865582015-08-24T14:36:35.700+10:002015-08-24T14:36:35.700+10:00Yes, that's exactly what I'll be doing. An...Yes, that's exactly what I'll be doing. And the stick-in-the-mud attitude won't stop me. But these responses did make me realise — and I have just been discussing this with a colleague from a third discipline -- how in Australia we medieval and early modern and literature and history and art history and music and language people have all learned to listen attentively to each other in This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-55701984780707718002015-08-24T14:30:30.084+10:002015-08-24T14:30:30.084+10:00I don't see why you can't use 'history...I don't see why you can't use 'history'. Historians use primary sources to back up what they're trying to argue. You're trying to write about the emotive language(? I assume from what you've written) of bluestone and using the bluestone of Melbourne as your primary source: your archive. As a historian I would pull in research from others for context - maybe about stoneElizabethhttp://sayselizabeth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-64889736563393208552015-08-19T09:20:39.020+10:002015-08-19T09:20:39.020+10:00Thanks! of course I have just been reminded of a ...Thanks! of course I have just been reminded of a teaching review I have to do over the weekend, but I am determined to press ahead with these amazing stones. This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-38706669961753546952015-08-18T22:27:43.091+10:002015-08-18T22:27:43.091+10:00And I of course am cheering you on from Washington...And I of course am cheering you on from Washington DC!Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-49789737086734208512015-06-19T13:34:26.506+10:002015-06-19T13:34:26.506+10:00Thanks, Geoff and Stephanie - I enjoyed this intro...Thanks, Geoff and Stephanie - I enjoyed this introduction to the various personalities of bluestone. Will look at the 'domestic' varieties more carefully from now on, and try guessing where they came from.flipsockgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798206057429007331noreply@blogger.com