Deborah Stevenson
@dm_stevenson
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Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society. Sociologist researching cultural policy and planning, and cities and urban cultures.
Joined September 2010
**PHD SCHOLARSHIP OPP** Western Sydney University New Possibilities: Youth, Digital Democracy and Resilience Details available via: https://t.co/Jsr8Gnd9Tp
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Applications are now open for the 2025/26 TOM BROCK SCHOLARSHIP! We'll award the $3000 scholarship for the most significant and achievable research project relating to rugby league football. Applications close on 9 June 2025. https://t.co/aqBen7vBcB
#TomBrockScholarship
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Applications for the WES SMYTHE AWARD FOR A COMMUNITY AND RUGBY LEAGUE PROJECT 2025/26 are now open! If you have an idea for a project relating to rugby league football and its community, submit your application by 9 June 2025. https://t.co/yRrzkHP7d2
#WesSmytheAward
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Creative Australia has said artist Khaled Sabsabi will no longer represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. The artistic community has condemned this decision. @westernsydneyu
theconversation.com
Creative Australia has said artist Khaled Sabsabi will no longer represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. The artistic community has condemned this decision.
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@rowe_david’s article, "Sausages and Cauldrons: Making Law and Policy in 21st Century Australia," critiques modern policymaking, highlighting rushed processes and the influence of misinformation and populism.
openforum.com.au
The divergent fates of proposed federal legislation to restrict social media use by children and online gambling adverts for everyone highlight the complex interplay of public concern, political...
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Applications for the annual $2,000 Wes Smythe Award for a Community and Rugby League Project are open until 28 June 2024. It encourages partnerships between researchers & rugby league communities. Please spread the word. https://t.co/KssmnTmxf1
@AustSoc @AcadSocSci @HumanitiesAU
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Our much-anticipated '24 Seminar series program is now ready! Join us every Thurs for an exploration of social & cultural research with the ICS faculty, students & visiting scholars. Check out our program now! https://t.co/kFRG5wS0hp
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A wide-ranging chat across the hemispheres with Toby Miller, who is creating a vast oral Cultural Studies archive. We reflect on sundry matters like the state of universities, Margaret Thatcher, and the politics of popular culture. @westsyduics @AustSoc @AcadSocSci @HumanitiesAU
David Rowe on political economy and cultural studies, sports media, and working-class life
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The Cultural Infrastructure Research Program, Institute for Culture & Society, Western Sydney University has produced this annotated bibliography to share with the research field. We trust it'll be useful. @westsyduics @AustSoc @AcadSocSci @HumanitiesAU
https://t.co/N7FT8zlcWA
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After the dust has settled on the FIFA Women's World Cup, how about a sport exhibition, refreshments, and some lively jousting over sport's deeper meanings? @westsyduics @AustSoc @AcadSocSci @HumanitiesAU
https://t.co/Szf92zgIFX
socialsciencesweek.org.au
A Social Sciences Week special event Tuesday 5 September, 6.00 – 9.00pm AEST National Library of Australia Join us for a lively evening of discussion and de ...
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Kudos to Kelen, currently hosted by Western Sydney University's Institute for Culture and Society. Thanks to @AustSoc for supporting her participation in the Gender-Sport-Society Symposium in Brisbane. Ticket to the Cup: From Brazil Ban to Marta's Reign
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Message-laden armbands not team shirts are now the pivotal items of football apparel. @westsyduics @AustSoc @TASA_Sport @AcadSocSci @HumanitiesAU Penalties, passes, and a touch of politics: the Women's World Cup is about to kick off https://t.co/GEeBbppKnU via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
It’s the biggest sporting event in Australia since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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Recent OPEN ACCESS article by TASA members @rowe_david & Kelen Katia Prates Silva, both @westernsydneyu 'Women’s sport and media: a call to critical arms',
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Good to see this published. And thanks to @andretwp for the cover image.
Edited by @dm_stevenson, this issue of the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure & Events is a collection of essays that engage with culture & cultural policy at the interface of tourism, leisure, & events.
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Great to revisit these articles! @Peter_Soc @DrDaveOBrien
📢'Culture and Policy: Trends, Themes and Debates' this curated colletion has it all🙌have look for yourself...👇 https://t.co/yQ6LrRJChm
@dm_stevenson @westsyduics @tandfsport
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“A ‘new book’ alert that I should have posted sooner: https://t.co/RYY8lLNOV6”
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‘In a research field dominated by worthy activist polemics, Stevenson offers a cool-headed, clear, and thorough guide to the sociology of a policy struggle. Focussed on the colonisation of art and...
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Interested in the inaugural $2,000 Wes Smythe Award for a Community and Rugby League Project encouraging researcher-rugby league community partnerships? You could make league history and advance knowledge of sport's contribution to social life. @AustSoc @AcadSocSci @HumanitiesAU
Applications for the 2023/24 Wes Smythe Award will close on 31 May 2023. The online application form is here: https://t.co/JPdUEAqbfD
#WesSmytheAward
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When Stop the Boats became Stop the Pundits. Tories and their Tabloids v Public Service Media (again), with refugees as the political football. @westsyduics @AustSoc @AcadSocSci @HumanitiesAU What’s it all about, Gary? Politics and the sports presenter
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Australia's next National Cultural Policy will be launched one week from today. Here is the link to the event's live stream. Select 'Notify me' and/or 'Subscribe' to receive notification, or join from 10:30am AEDT Monday 30 January 2023:
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OnlineFirst Special Section: Fields, Capitals, Habitus: What Next? A Review Symposium: https://t.co/MmB3y9tFek Andrews et al, Bennett, Rowe, Threadgold (Australia), Sapiro (France) & Iso (Japan) on cultural sociology & its futures. @AustSoc @westsyduics @AcadSocSc @HumanitiesAU
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