Indigenous performing arts and the problem of judging 'excellence': A discussion paper

In this paper we look at the persistent debate over notions of access and excellence and intrinsic and instrumentalist rationales for arts practice within cultural policy discussion. Recent research into the Indigenous performing arts in Australia underlines the particular difficulties faced by the sector in balancing the demands of community participation, social inclusion and high-quality aesthetic outcomes. The balancing act has proven unsustainable for some Indigenous performing arts companies and their viability is now in doubt. This suggests that a re-consideration of the question of the purpose and value of the Indigenous performing arts is timely.

Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS): Is It a Curse or a Blessing for the Australian Home Loan Market? A Natural Experiment

The Australian home loan market has seen a significant and persistent boom over more than two decades. Theextant literature exploring the underlying factors explaining this boom has predominantly looked at thedemand side rather than the supply side. In this paper, we look at a major supply-side issue, the introductionof mortgage-backed securities and its likely impact on the home loan market. In doing so, we have developeda mathematical model that theorises this likely relationship. Our mathematical model predicts possibleexistence of an unstable equilibrium in the home loan market in the presence of mortgage-backed securities.We have subsequently backed up our theoretical exercise with sound empirical evidence acquired andanalysed as a natural experiment in the Australian scenario using quarterly market data on home loans andmortgage-backed securities data for a 36-year period from 1976 to 2012. Using unknown structural breaktests, we have identified significant breaks around late 1992 to mid-1995, clearly indicating that there weresignificant changes in the housing market due to the introduction of mortgage-backed securities in early1993. We have also performed a stability test confirming that under certain conditions this market canbecome unstable.

Prospects for development: CARICOM'S performing arts sector

Includes bibliography

Audience studies of the performing arts and museums : a critical review /

Mode of access: Internet.

1981 Illinois White House Conference on Aging report : May 27- 28, 1981, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana /

A State Conference created as a prelude to the White House Conference on Aging 1981.

Power Center for the Performing Arts groundbreaking

Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates, architect. Sadie Power with the shovel

Power Center for the Performing Arts Groundbreaking

Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates, architect. Includes UM President Robben Fleming, Sadie and Eugene Power, Philip Power (2nd from left)