Rusalka Johnston's Blog

Creating Communities - Crisis, Capability, Comfort, Connections
MARCH 24, 2009 6:57PM

COMMUNITIES - Creative Maintenance

Love and Understanding 

My Blog is being established in line with a subject I am doing in my Masters degree. The subject is Transient Spaces and the focus of this subject is Social Software and Community.

 

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MARCH 25, 2009 5:05AM

Communities and Creativity and Communication

Melted BulldozerThe lecture today encompassed the ideas of Anomie and Ennui in relation to community. Jenny Weight showed us theoretical concepts via You Tube videos and texts which was really cool. Whilst the Tutorial with Dean Keep asked the really important question of: What is a Documentary??  … Read full post »

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APRIL 1, 2009 5:09AM

City, Country, Business, Media and Theoretical Communities

Media commentary, publishing and connections between communitiesThe Bush fires have affected many many Australians and influenced media mechanisms from print, to radio, to blogs, television, txt and in turn the fires and their destructive expanse have sculpted the content of these mechanisms and their delivery. 

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MAY 6, 2009 6:14AM

Essay on my Escape from the Bush fire at Marysville

Victoria on Fire / Black Saturday

By  Rusalka Johnston

 

A weekend escape to Marysville

 

I had decided to escape the city with my thirteen-year-old dog Mack, to escape the noise of the St Kilda Festival and enjoy the countryside that I love, for… Read full post »

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JUNE 20, 2009 7:08AM

Good Things

Hi Everyone

Sorry, I havn’t blogged for a long time. I have been in hell, as I have been diagnosed with a frozen shoulder. Simply, that means you can’t even put your undies on without screaming or crying in pain. Anyway, its been a fun journey of isolation, frustration,

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