Having fun outside : teaching and learning science through the environment

Examines how some Victorian Schools have incorporated both science and environmental education into their programs through the Science in Schools Research Project. Development of environmental science education in two primary schools; Conceptualizations of science teaching and learning in schools.

Word fun from Finnegans Wake in 2006 Melbourne bloomsday

Review of the event Bloomsday in Melbourne and some of the performances.

She would say that, he's from Melbourne : fun and games with Dame Edna and Barry Humphries

This article explores the role that urban place and specifically urban comparison play in the public performances of both the comedian Barry Humphries and the character Edna Everage. In developing Claire Colebrook's analysis of satire as a form of humour that is physically and historically located, we argue that the initial success of Humphries’ satire rests on his elaboration of a specific series of geo-social locations. The article then examines the ways in which Edna makes the local her own global, demonstrating how Barry Humphries has progressively modified and internationalised Edna's provincialism so that his satirical cultural project is understandable over five decades and beyond her origins in Melbourne.

“Pma sounds fun” : negotiating drug discourses online

 In 2007, a young woman, Annabel Catt, died after consuming a capsule sold as “ecstasy” that contained para-methoxyamphetamine. In this paper, we describe how this death was depicted in online drug-user communities and illustrate how the meanings of drug use are negotiated in online settings. News articles, public online discussions, and online fieldwork formed the data. This paper demonstrates how dominant drug discourses may be resisted by drug users, drawing on theories of health resistance and Kane Race’s concept of counterpublic health. Online environments may offer ways of engaging people who use drugs that acknowledge both pleasure and safety. The study’s limitations are noted.

September 2002: Putting the Fun Back in Fungible

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May 2009: Carolina Summer Fun

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