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.
FOR THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS 2ND EDITION eBOOK
For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understandi...
View full detailsFOR THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS 2ND EDITION
For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understand...
View full detailsAN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE 10TH EDITION eBOOK
An Introduction to Language introduces you to the fascinating study of human language from an Australian perspective. Chapters explore the nature...
View full detailsTEACHING YOUNG SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS eBOOK
Adopting a learner-centred approach that places an emphasis on hands-on child SL methodology, this book illustrates the practices used to teach y...
View full detailsHEMA TOP END NATIONAL PARKS MAP: LITCHFIELD, KATHERINE & KAKADU
A regional map that features Litchfield (1:160,000), Katherine Gorge and Kakadu (1:350,000) national parks. A Darwin region map is included (1:85...
View full detailsNORTHERN DREAMS
The Politics of Northern Development in Australia Northern Australia is rediscovered by each new generation of Australian politicians. Dams, mi...
View full detailsDARWIN: SURVIVAL OF A CITY
The last decade of the nineteenth century was a tough time for South Australia's Top End settlement of Palmerston. The major industries of minin...
View full detailsINDONESIAN PICTURE DICTIONARY
A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Indonesian — whether you're 5 or 100! This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 mo...
View full detailsBELOVED
A haunting yet beautiful story that moves the reader from start to finish. INCLUDES A READING GUIDE Terrible, unspeakable things happened to S...
View full detailsINTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS eBOOK
Fully updated to reflect the most recent scholarship in the field and revised to include many more pedagogical features, An Introduction to Socioli...
View full detailsLEADING FROM THE NORTH RETHINKING NORTHERN AUSTRALIA DEVELOPMENT
Leading from the North aims to improve public dialogue around the future of Northern Australia to underpin robust and flexible planning and policy ...
View full detailsLARRIMAH
Larrimah: hot, barren, a speck of dust in the centre of the nothingness of outback Australia. Where you might find a death adder in the bar and a s...
View full detailsHAMLET COLLINS CLASSIC eBOOK
Considered one of Shakespeare's most rich and enduring plays, the depiction of its hero Hamlet as he vows to avenge the murder of his father by his...
View full detailsFORT WELLINGTON THE BRITISH IN NORTH AUSTRALIA 1827-29
The Iwaidja woman, her belly opened by a bayonet, slipped below the dark water. Her 6-year-old daughter, Reveral, watched in terror. Her baby siste...
View full detailsTHE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A CROC!
You have to wait 75 years to see Halley's Comet again. And ten years to see (and smell) the giant corpse flower bloom. But for the second time in l...
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We used to sit by the river and watch the sun setting behind the mountains, sometimes, and say what a marvellous place it would be to come for a ho...
View full detailsINDONESIAN STUDY DICTIONARY
INDONESIAN STUDY DICTIONARY
GALPU DHARUK ( GALPU WORDBOOKS )
'An illustrated dictionary of the Gälpu language from East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. 'Buwaray Raykurayku' refers to special Gälpu song wor...
View full detailsIN BLACK AND WHITE: AUSTRALIANS ALL AT THE CROSSROADS
Why are so many Aboriginal Australians still disadvantaged? Why is so much potential still wasted? Why is 'the Aboriginal problem' still intractabl...
View full detailsDEEP HISTORY
FIRST KNOWLEDGES FOR YR: DESIGN & BUILDING ON COUNTRY
What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? Join designer and artist Alison Page alongside anthropologist and archite...
View full detailsWORTH FIGHTING FOR : INDIGENOUS TERRITORIANS IN THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
The book discusses the Territory's Indigenous men who served in Australia's defence forces during World War1 1914-1928, World War 2 to the Vietnam ...
View full detailsNO FIXED ADDRESS
No Fixed Address appeared on the Australian rock circuit in the early 1980s with a set of songs that gave voice to the truths of their own lives. W...
View full detailsTRUE TRACKS: RESPECTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE
*Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2022: Indigenous Writers' Prize, presented biennially* Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius...
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