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FCJ-202 Simulated Wars, Virtual Engagements

By ⋅ March 21, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

Seimeng Lai University of New South Wales at Canberra Scott Sharpe University of New South Wales at Canberra Pixelated Camouflage The television personality, Richard Hammond, was offered a rare glimpse into the life of a tank operator in an episode of Richard Hammonds’ Crash Course, which featured him training on the U.S. Military’s Abrams Tank. […]

FCJ-201 Visual Evidence from Above: Assessing the Value of Earth Observation Satellites for Supporting Human Rights

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Tanya Notley University of Western Sydney Camellia Webb-Gannon University of Western Sydney Introduction: Satellites as Earth Observers Digital technologies provide new opportunities for human rights advocates to mobilise people, coordinate activities, uncover and document abuses, publish findings and engage new audiences (Notley and Hankey, 2013). Earth Observation – which involves gathering information about Earth or […]

FCJ-200 When Memes Go to War: Viral Propaganda in the 2014 Gaza-Israel Conflict

By ⋅ March 18, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

Chris Rodley University of Sydney You won’t believe what #Hamas was hiding in a mosque! Retweet if you are outraged! #IsraelUnderFire #HamasWarCrimes
(@IsraelUnderFire, 2014, August 1) In one of his best-known provocations, Jean Baudrillard (1995) declared that the Gulf War of 1991 did not take place. For Baudrillard, the idea of the war broadcast to Western […]

FCJ-199 Modelling Systemic Racism: Mobilising the Dynamics of Race and Games in Everyday Racism

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Robbie Fordyce University of Melbourne Timothy Neale University of Western Sydney Tom Apperley University of New South Wales Preface On the 15th of April, 1914, one Mr. Francis James Shaw, of 23 White Street, Melbourne, applied for, and was granted, a copyright for the White Australia Game. This boardgame was to be played by two […]