Mateship: Trust and Exclusion in Australian History

Dyrenfurth, Nick; Murphy, Kate; Quartly, Marian

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“…As a highly prized cultural currency (Dyrenfurth 2015), mateship was both lauded and critiqued by this participant. Herein the strength of those connections, regardless of their authenticity, and the company of other men was normed as silently promoting mental health without explicitly discussing men’s mental health challenges.…”

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“…Contextualising and perhaps contesting the normative demands for men to be self-reliant in solving their own mental health challenges were participants’ subjectivities about the importance of genuine social connectedness and comradery. Seemingly contradictory to ideals of strength and self-reliance, participants discussed the concept of mateship—a cultural idiom referring to the social bounty and bond between men, underscored by qualities of friendship, loyalty, and equality (Dyrenfurth 2015)—where connecting with other men was viewed as one of the most important avenues for supporting men’s mental health. For these men, mateship was associated with selflessness, belonging, and mutual help.…”

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Connecting Australian Masculinities and Culture to Mental Health: Men’s Perspectives and Experiences

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Oliffe

Bottorff

et al. 2023

Men and Masculinities

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Masculinities and culture are intertwined and have significant implications for men’s mental health. This study aimed to explore influences of Australian masculinities and culture on men’s mental health. Five focus groups were conducted with men ( N = 43) living in New South Wales, Australia. Three overarching themes were identified; (1) A history of strength and self-reliance: taketh as we are, she’ll be right, (2) Social and geographical divides: surrounded by men but never actually connecting, and (3) Male socialisation and generational dissidence: not getting the wisdom from the men that have gone before me. Participants’ perspectives and experiences offer a reference point and lens for understanding challenges and enhancing efforts to promote Australian men’s mental health. Gender transformative program strategies are proposed to promote men’s mental health and norm help-seeking.

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Connecting Australian Masculinities and Culture to Mental Health: Men’s Perspectives and Experiences

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Oliffe

Bottorff

et al. 2023

Men and Masculinities

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“…In addition, subsequent Australian myths emphasise the distinctive nature of Australia from Britain, such as myths of 'mateship'. 127 Russel Ward argued that the origins of Australia's national identity were to be found in the antiauthoritarian and egalitarian ethos of convict society, giving rise to a collectivist concept of mateship in a classless society. 128 In the twentieth century, Australian myths of national character emphasised and developed as a result of the ANZAC involvement in World War I.…”

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Power

2023

Transitional Justice and the Historical Abuses of Church and State

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Chapter 3 argued that inter-generational historical abuses are reproduced over time in present day, for victim-survivors, for historically marginalised groups, and for the descendants of those who suffered historical abuses. Chapter 3 suggested that more powerful actors, especially those whose power was developed through historical abuses, bear the greatest responsibility for addressing historical-structural injustices today and are most likely to resist addressing such injustices. This chapter considers power as essential to understanding who is legally liable and who is socially and politically responsible 1 for addressing historical-structural injustices and for evaluating whether and how unfair structures are reproduced in the practices of transitional justice designed to address these wrongs.Section 4.2 will outline competing conceptions of power, preferring political scientist Mark Haugaard's four-dimensional conception of power. Section 4.3 applies these four dimensions of power to historical-structural injustices. Section 4.4 examines the role of national and religious myths as justification narratives that maintain existing distributions and structures of power. Section 4.5 examines power as a limitation in addressing the past in transitional justice. Section 4.6 concludes by identifying that assessing the role of power in addressing historical-structural injustices is necessary but insufficient in light of the challenges facing victim-survivors, states, and churches.

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“…That 27 participants (over 64%) reported low social distance with respect to the mother's status (1 -2 on the scale) aligns with the Australian principles of equality and mateship, even in socially imbalanced interactions (Dyrenfurth, 2015;Formentelli & Hajek, 2013;Sinkeviciute, 2014). One can therefore gather that the participants tend to adhere to an Australian understanding of this relationship.…”

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Politeness norms: A pilot study on the accomplishment of apologies by learners of Italian

Walker

2017

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ENIn the increasingly globalised world, intercultural and cross-cultural relations are becoming ever more frequent and significant.Within this diverse cultural space, miscommunications tend to arise and have the ability to significantly impact upon intercultural interactions. Thus, this paper explores the use of politeness strategies by learners of Italian during the performance of the speech act of apology. Specifically, the paper examines the presence of Italian and Australian English politeness norms in the realisation of these apologies, focussing on three principle areas of investigation: (i) the way in which the social variables of the scenario were evaluated by participants, (ii) the participants' use of formal terms of address, and (iii) the modification of explicit expressions of apology. It was found that although tendencies of both Italian politeness and Australian English politeness were demonstrated by participants, the latter was more prominent, thus suggesting L1 influence on L2 realisation and some difficulty in the negotiation of the intercultural space. Key words: APOLOGIES, LANGUAGE LEARNERS, ITALIAN L2, POLITENESSES En un mundo cada vez más globalizado, las relaciones interculturales e interculturales van cobrando relevancia y son cada vez más frecuentes. Dentro de este diverso espacio cultural, los problemas de comunicación van en aumento e impactan de forma significativa sobre las interacciones interculturales. Bajo este marco, el presente trabajo explora el uso de estrategias de cortesía por parte de aprendientes de italiano durante el acto de habla de la disculpa. Concretamente, se examina la presencia de normas de cortesía de la lengua italiana y del inglés australiano al efectuarse estas disculpas, centrándose la investigación en tres áreas principales: (i) la forma en que las variables sociales del escenario fueron evaluadas por los participantes, (ii) el empleo de fórmulas de tratamiento formales por parte de los participantes, y (iii) la modificación de expresiones explícitas de disculpa. Se descubrió que, aunque los participantes mostraron tendencias propias de la cortesía en italiano y de la cortesía en inglés australiano, esta última resultó más prominente, lo que sugiere una influencia de la L1 en la realización de la L2 y una cierta dificultad en la negociación del espacio intercultural. Palabras clave: DISCULPAS, APRENDIENTES DE LENGUA, ITALIANO COMO L2, CORTESÍAIT In un mondo sempre più globalizzato, le relazioni interculturali e multiculturali diventano vieppiù frequenti e importanti.All'interno di questo spazio culturale variegato, tendono a verificarsi cattive comunicazioni che influiscono significativamente sulle interazioni interculturali. In questo studio si analizza l'uso delle strategie di cortesia da parte degli apprendenti di italiano durante l'enunciazione dell'atto linguistico della scusa. Nello specifico, lo studio prende in esame la presenza di regole di cortesia nell'italiano e nell'inglese australiano nella realizzazione di tali scuse, concentrandosi s...

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Mateship: Trust and Exclusion in Australian History

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