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y separately published work icon Diaspora : The Australasian Experience anthology   autobiography   criticism   essay   extract   poetry   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Diaspora : The Australasian Experience
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Contents

* Contents derived from the New Delhi,
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India,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,:Prestige Books , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
'Robust Applause' for Nyoongar Writers in India, Jan Teagle Kapetas , Kay Walley , Noel Morrison , single work column
Jan Kapetas introduces two emerging Nyoongar writers, Noel Morrison and Kay Walley, of the Perth-based Kadadjiny Mia Walyalup Aborigibal Writers' Group, who took part in the third International ASAA (Association for the Study of Australasia in Asia) conference held at the University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India in July 2004. Kapetas indicates that the writers and their presentations of stories, poetry, song and Nyoongar history were very well received. Under the heading 'Stories from the Journey', Noel Morrison and Kay Walley each record their impressions of being in India and of the cross-cultural exchange made possible by the conference.
 (p. 456-461)
Antyesti Samskara: The Last Rites, Satendra Nandan , single work prose (p. 462-478)
Diaspora from the Jewish Perspective: A Brief Discussion and a Reading, Serge Liberman , single work essay (p. 479-496)
'Sea Change' for Academic Libraries and an Australia-Maldives Partnership Project, Julia Gross , single work essay
In her role as Faculty Librarian for Edith Cowan University, Gross examines the changes taking place in Australian libraries. She mentions several digital collections, including AustLit, and she comments on the relative impact of 'local digital content' with respect to 'the hegemony of global publishing'. Gross also compares the Australian situation to that of libraries in South Asia and, in particular, details a partnership project between Edith Cowan University and the Maldives College of Higher Education.
 (p. 497-508)
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