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@acnzsn.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:45 PM

Here is the latest ACNZSN Newsletter. Please share widely :-) #ozstudies #canstudies #nzstudies #news #opportunities #fellowships #jobs #publications #academicsky #highered #skystorians

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@jas-jozstudies.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 11:13 PM

Our final article for 50.3:
Jana Norman goes below the surface of oyster reef conservation, asking whether oysters are here for our benefit or are we in it together with oysters, and what difference does it make?

#OzStudies #EnvironmentalHumanities

tinyurl.com/yc38srcv

Screenshot of journal article. Title: Surfacing a Deeper Benefit of Native Oyster Restoration: Being Human in a More-Than-Human World. Author: Jana Norman (Adelaide University). Abstract: The ecological and economic benefits of oysters and the reefs they create are significant and wide-ranging: filtering pollutants, providing habitat and food for other marine species, protecting shorelines and attracting people to coastal communities. Oysters are also a multibillion-dollar international seafood commodity. Globally, oyster and other shellfish reefs are among the world’s most endangered marine ecosystems. Seeking to recover oyster and oyster reef benefits, governments and conservation groups in Australia and internationally are investing heavily in restoration projects. This article thinks with Australia’s native flat oyster about a benefit missing from the restoration conversation: what if oysters not only clarify water but also help us clarify ecological relations? Are oysters here for our benefit or are we in this together with oysters, and what difference does it make?
@jas-jozstudies.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 10:25 PM

Start your week with 50.3:

Philip Benson reassesses Australian writer Chester Cobb’s stream of consciousness style in Mr. Moffatt to argue for its innovative and distinctive contribution to modernist literary styles.

#OzStudies #OzLit #modernism #JamesJoyce

tinyurl.com/4hm7knt2

Screenshot of journal article. Title: Australia’s First Modernist Novel: Mr. Moffatt, Chester Cobb and Stream of Consciousness Narrative Style. Author: Philip Benson (University of Sydney). Abstract: Chester Cobb was an Australian modernist writer who published two novels as an expatriate in England, Mr. Moffatt (1925) and Days of Disillusion (1926). Cobb’s experimental narrative style was praised by his contemporaries, but his name is now virtually absent from critical work on Australian literary modernism. This article reassesses Cobb’s contribution to the modernist novel of the 1920s by examining the narrative style of Mr. Moffatt. The unique contribution of Mr. Moffatt lay in its use of variations in the forms of (free) direct thought to stage the conflict between involuntary and voluntary processes in the flow of everyday consciousness. In this way, Cobb uses stream of consciousness style to advance a plot focused on the spiritual growth of the novel’s protagonist as he navigates the complexities of capitalist modernity. In this respect, Cobb deserves attention not simply as a follower of James Joyce, Dorothy Richardson and other early 20th-century modernists but also as an Australian innovator who made a distinctive contribution to modernist literary styles.