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Chain Reactions: Week 2 BPS2011

Stephen Hodge is the guest speaker at today's Business, Politics and Sport (BPS2011) meeting at the University of Canberra. I think we are in for...

From Gambol to Gamble and Back Again

I have been thinking about gambling and drinking recently. Not as personal life choice but ... I have been wondering what I can do to support...

The Music in Us: Lake Boga Days

A few weeks ago Mrs Carey's Concert opened in Australian Cinemas. Another music film, Seriously Singing – a Cinderella Story, was premiered last week, launched by...

Medal Predictions: 2012 Olympic Games

In February the Australian Olympic Committee published its medal predictions for the London Olympic Games. The predictions were based on data from 2010. In March USA...

Space and Place

Background I am becoming more and more interested in space and place. In this blog I have posted about Hometown Memories, Learning Spaces and the emergence...

Of Personal Experience and Research Questions

Last December I posted an extract from my PhD thesis. In this post I share my introduction to the thesis (written in 1989). I do...

Lloyd Lowell Messersmith and the Origins of Notational Analysis

Background This is a revised version of a paper I wrote in 1994 to celebrate the life and work of Lloyd Lowell Messersmith. I reproduce it...

Goal Scoring in Association Football: Charles Reep

Background Back in 1996 I had an opportunity to meet Charles Reep at his home near Plymouth in the United Kingdom. I spent a day in...

Fate and Fortune?

This week has thrown up a number of opportunities for me to contemplate fate and fortune. In my synchronous life I have attended a selection...

Falling, Rising and Bouncebackability

Last April I had the opportunity to sit in on a workshop organised by Kevin Bowring and facilitated by Chris Grant. The workshop explored...

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