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April 02, 2008

Discourse Paper...

Last month I had the following article published in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (please see abstract below): Savage, G. (2008). Silencing the everyday experiences of youth? Deconstructing issues of subjectivity and popular/corporate culture in the English...

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October 15, 2007

Silencing the everyday experiences of youth?

Late last year, an arduous process of research and writing culminated when my Masters thesis was submitted. My thesis, studied at Murdoch University (Australia), specifically investigated the influence of popular culture texts on the subjectivities of young people and...

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August 02, 2007

Lily storms the port...

Hey all... I had a great night on Tuesday, watching Lily Allen down in our port city, Fremantle. I wrote this review, which was published in The West yesterday... p.s The Cure is tomorrow night! Good times! Lily Allen...

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March 23, 2007

This day, this year...

Sparks fly, slipped within sheets, like dark whispers. Does it all connect? In this world, meanings, shapes, sighs and letters; the shifts from A to B? I’ve lately rendered myself mute, somnolent. Words don’t connect, the dots don’t join,...

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September 12, 2006

UWA Seminar...

Next week, Thursday 21st September, I will be co-hosting a seminar at The University of Western Australia, with fellow researcher Brad Gobby. I would like to extend an invitation to anyone who is in Perth and who is interested...

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August 23, 2006

Heady times...

This past month I have been blinded with engagements of all kinds. Work, write, study, sleep, work, write, study, think, stew, write, work, study, etc. You get the picture. At one stage I bordered on psychosis, but I’m slowly...

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May 11, 2006

Back to the future!!!

I haven't written in some time, as my entire universe has been consumed by the disharmonic thesis submission process. Upwards of 8hrs of writing per day for the last few months culminated in a surreal walk to the graduate...

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