Faculty of Arts and Society
The faculty brings people and places to life, and from that, our desire to think, examine, express and create grows. This drives us to act collectively for positive social change and advance inquisitive, harmonious and equitable society, particularly for those who are most vulnerable.
We strive to prepare students to be teachers, creative thinkers and innovators in a complex changing world. We bring together expertise in education, business, law, Indigenous knowledge practices, human geography, disaster preparedness and management, languages, humanities and the creative industries.
Our reputation is based on extensive partnerships with government, industry and community stakeholders to address social, cultural and economic issues in:
- sparsely populated regional areas, including Northern Australia
- developing regions, including South-East Asia - particularly China, Indonesia and Timor-Leste
- Indigenous knowledge, social, cultural and economic futures.
The faculty’s research and teaching will draw on the strength of the Northern Institute, centres of excellence and multidisciplinary teams primarily engaged in teaching, research, networking and business development. Together, academics, research students and industry professionals examine and drive solutions for emerging social, cultural and economic issues in challenging contexts.
A LEVEL MEDIA STUDIES: THE ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTION eBOOK
A Level Media Studies is a comprehensive guide to the subject content of AS and A Level Media Studies, across all examining boards. It is specifica...
View full detailsDESIGN: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION eBOOK
John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our ...
View full detailsTHE MEMOIR BOOK
A clear, engaging and practical 'how-to' guide to writing a memoir, by Australia's foremost teacher and practitioner of memoir and life writing, Pa...
View full detailsDREAMING THE LAND
The artworks of Aboriginal Australian peoples are a profoundly important repository of knowledge and reflect a deep connection to Country. This vis...
View full detailsBEFORE AND AFTER THE FALL WORLD POLITICS AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR eBOOK
As the Cold War came to a close in 1991, US President George H. W. Bush famously saw its shocking demise as the dawn of a 'new world order' that ...
View full detailsAN ANALYSIS OF DONNA HARAWAY'S A CYBORG MANIFESTO
Haraway’s ‘A Cyborg Manifesto’ is a key postmodern text and is widely taught in many disciplines as one of the first texts to embrace technology fr...
View full detailsON REVOLUTIONS eBOOK
A cutting-edge appraisal of revolution and its future. On Revolutions, co-authored by six prominent scholars of revolutions, reinvigorates revoluti...
View full detailsCOMMUNICATIONS TOOLKIT 5TH EDITION
The Communications Toolkit contains practical advice, tips and strategies to enable you to develop the communication skills you need to be successf...
View full detailsTHE JOURNALIST'S GUIDE TO MEDIA LAW eBOOK
A handbook for communicators in a digital 6th Edition We are all journalists and publishers now: at the touch of a button, we can send our words, ...
View full detailsWRITING FEATURE STORIES eBOOK
Good writing engages as it informs and feature journalism offers writers the opportunity to tell deep, affecting stories that look beyond the imm...
View full detailsARCHIE 100 A CENTENARY OF THE ARCHIBALD PRIZE
A tribute to portraiture; as well as the artists and sitters; Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize marks 100 years of Australia's oldest an...
View full detailsTHE STRANGER ARTIST LIFE AT THE EDGE OF KIMBERLEY PAINTING
At a hinge-point in his life; artist and ex-gallerist Tony Oliver travelled to the East Kimberley; where he plunged into the crosscurrents and eddi...
View full detailsIMAGE AND REPRESENTATION: KEY CONCEPTS IN MEDIA STUDIES eBOOK
Image and Representation 2e is a clear and straight-talking introduction to two of the most important concepts in film and media studies. Explorin...
View full detailsVOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY eBOOK
The authors of VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY never forget that history is made up of the stories of people. Each chapter of the text centers on a story ...
View full detailsWRITING LIFE STORIES HOW TO MAKE MEMORIES INTO MEMOIRS, IDEAS INTO ESSAYS AND LIFE INTO LITERATURE
From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach offers innovative techniq...
View full detailsBIRD BY BIRD: INSTRUCTIONS ON WRITING AND LIFE
"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to wr...
View full detailsSONGLINES: TRACKING THE SEVEN SISTERS
This stunning companion to the National Museum of Australia’s blockbuster Indigenous-led exhibition; Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters; explore...
View full detailsART AND ETHICS IN A MATERIAL WORLD: KANT'S PRAGMATIST LEGACY
In this book, McMahon argues that a reading of Kant's body of work in the light of a pragmatist theory of meaning and language (which arguably is a...
View full detailsLIVE AUDIO: THE ART OF MIXING A SHOW
A live sound engineer's world revolves around the venue. Whether you find yourself working in a cozy club or an expansive concert arena, every loca...
View full detailsNORTHERN TERRITORY DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY REVISED EDITION
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OCHRE & RUST ARTEFACTS & ENCOUNTERS ON AUSTRALIAN FRONTIERS
Ochre and Rust takes nine Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and positions them at the centre of these gripping, poignant...
View full detailsTRUE GIRT: THE UNAUTHORISED HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA
First there was Girt. Now comes ...True Girt In this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling history, David Hunt takes us to the Australian front...
View full detailsTHE STORY OF AUSTRALIA'S PEOPLE: THE RISE AND FALL OF ANCIENT AUSTRALIA
The vast continent of Australia was settled in two main streams, far apart in time and origin. The first came ashore some 50,000 years ago when th...
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