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| A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY |
| Created and Produced by the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation and Open Learning Australia |
Copyright 1996
Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Open Learning
Australia
All rights reserved. |
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| INTRODUCING
"A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE" and "A SENSE OF PLACE" |
| The ABC and Open Learning Australia
have produced two geography television series that provide creative and insightful
examination of the many geographic forces currently at work in shaping the complex
features of the world and its environments. |
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE is a 13-part
introduction to human geography, and A SENSE OF PLACE is a 13-part introduction to
regional geography. Together, these two series show that the human and physical world
is changing in every conceivable way as a result of technological innovations and
social, economic and political factors, and that the rate of this change is accelerating.
The two series use a distinct geographical perspective to view these changes, a valuable
one that helps us to understand what is happening, where it is happening, and why.
The two television series are co-ordinated with and support introductory university
human and regional geography units (respectively) prepared by Curtin University and
Deakin University and offered through Open Learning Australia.
Using a thematic approach, individual programs examine the human and physical patterns
and linkages, drawing on physical, political, historical, economic and cultural geography.
The perspective is also world-wide, exposing the viewer to the distinctive landscapes
of all of the world's continents through case studies produced on location in 34
countries. Each episode also includes comments from eminent Australian geographers
and other expert commentators. The programs are hosted by Rhoda Roberts, currently
Artistic Director, Festival of the Dreaming of the Sydney Cultural Olympiad, and
an Australian media presenter with extensive experience in investigating and reporting
on contemporary social and cultural issues.
These two series are the result of the collaboration of an international team of
educational broadcasters and geographers from six countries: Australia, the USA,
Japan, Holland, Sweden and France. The co-ordinated work of these producers and geographic
experts has assisted in providing a global perspective to a world which is rapidly
shrinking.
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| THE TELEVISION PROGRAMS |
| A
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY |
| A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE focuses on
four aspects of change: |
- Demographic, or population geography,
including the changing numbers, distribution and composition of the earth's human
inhabitants (episodes 2, 3 and 4).
- Material, or economic geography,
how people survive and earn a living (episodes 5, 6 and 7).
- Ideological, or cultural geography,
how people see themselves as members of distinctive national, linguistic and religious
groups (episodes 8, 9 and 10).
- Experiential or settlement geography,
the nature of the places in which we live (episodes 11 and 12).
For each of these four areas,
it is possible to contrast the situations of people living in tribal, traditional
and modern societies, and to consider the role of technological change - notably
the agricultural, urban and industrial revolutions - in bringing about much more
widespread changes in the human world.
While many of the fundamental
concepts (i.e. demographic transition from high to low birth and death rates, the
process of diffusion of technological innovations, the globalisation of economies
and cultures) can be described in books, the case studies in A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
provides vivid examples of these geographic processes.
Individual episodes are described
below.
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| 1.
Big Chief Meets Big Mac |
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Case studies: |
We are in a transition from a stable,
localised human world to one of accelerating change and ever-expanding horizons.
In this episode we view the transplanting of tribal and traditional by modern society,
and the role played by technology in this process. The Oregon case study illustrates
the displacement of a rural but Western tribal society while the Delhi case study
shows the displacement of an urban, Eastern traditional society. While many of the
most powerful globalising forces are economic, the cultural impact of these changes
can also be seen in both instances.
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Oregon, USA: In this case study we look at agricultural
production at the regional transition zone from the 'West Coast' to the 'Marginal
Interior' in eastern Oregon. In this region, technology has harnessed scarce water
recources to support agricultural production -- but at what social and environmental
cost? We meet farmers whose livelihoods rely upon the Columbia River to barge their
products across the Pacific. Since salmon also need this river and its tributaries
to spawn, the local Indian tribe is fighting these irrigators, trying to keep the
water in the rivers for the dwindling salmon.
Delhi, India: We follow the work of a geographer who
is studying the challenges being faced by Delhi as a multi-cultural and rapidly growing
city. We learn about the efforts of city planners to expand the boundaries of this
city to make room for new residents. |
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Poverty and Population |
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Case studies: |
The current population explosion
is a central concern for our planet - and for human geography - and has been largely
caused by technological innovation. A case study on Kenya shows how modern science
and technology are used to cure disease, while a case study on Laos examines the
complex, difficult and long-term goal of modernisation.
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Kenya: This story looks at health
and diseases in a variety of local contexts, focusing on disease ecology and diffusion
as well as the delivery of health care. The importance of local culture and climate
is linked to the existence, and potential cure, for the diseases in each location.
Laos: This story examines the traditionally poor, isolated, and underdeveloped country
of Laos, and explores the prospect for development in the context of South-east Asia.
The pros and cons of modernisation are discussed, as well as the controversy surrounding
the building of the new "Friendship" bridge which directly links Laos to
Thailand. |
| 3.
Travelling Hopefully |
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Case studies: |
This episode illustrates the economic,
social and political factors that have caused people to move to Vancouver and Sao
Paolo. We also examine the consequences of these moves, both good (job growth, international
linkages) and bad (shanty towns, inter-ethnic conflict).
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Vancouver, Canada: The story focuses on Vancouver as an
emerging Pacific Rim metropolis, and the consequences of a recent influx of wealthy
Hong Kong Chinese immigrants into the area. Older, well-established "Anglo"
neighbourhoods fight to preserve their cultural landscapes, as new Asian residents
tear down older homes to erect larger, more modern dwellings whose styles clash.
Sao Paolo,
Brazil: Cosmopolitan, wealthy,
urbane -- Sao Paulo is a 'mega-city,' the largest in South America and the third
largest in the world. But immigration from both outside and inside this realm has
contributed to enormous, uncontrolled growth. Can new urban homesteaders here ever
hope to receive the services of a modern city? |
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Divide and Rule? |
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Case studies: |
Ethnic diversity is one of the most
obvious cultural differences. While Malaysia and Dagestan are both ethnically diverse
regions, this is manifested in two totally different ways: Dagestan has preserved
an almost tribal cultural/linguistic diversity, while in Malaysia, contrasts in occupational
status, affluence and urban/rural population distribution compound ethnic differences.
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Dagestan, Russia: This story contrasts the ethnically mixed
valley and lowland cities of the Republic of Dagestan, and the particularly high
concentration of local ethnic groups in the peripheral mountainous areas to the south.
We focus on the differences in natural population growth between Russians and these
ethnic groups, and the pressures for further independence in the current devolutionary
process.
Malaysia: In this program, a geographer studies
the historical, religious, and cultural development of Malaysia's different ethnic
groups, a prerequisite to the economic progress of the multi-cultural country. We
visit Malay farming families in the countryside whose income is dependent upon palm
oil, a crop which is at the centre of Malaysia's economic development. |
| 5.
Agriculture to Agribusiness |
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Case studies: |
In economic terms, modernisation
means globalisation, as farmers shift from producing for themselves to doing so for
the local towns, and ultimately for the world market. As this process of change occurs,
farming becomes increasingly a business and less and less a way of life. This episode
examines why developing countries are committed to increasing agricultural output
and how rural restructuring is transforming the rural experience.
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Dikhatpura, India: This story takes us to a small farming
village in south-west India, where intricate irrigation canals are critical to the
supply and control of the region's precious water supply. We meet a family whose
traditions and lifestyle illustrate the importance of this improved water-delivery
system to the region.
Vietnam: In this story, we follow a rice farmer
in the fertile Mekong Delta. We learn about the economic changes in Vietnam over
the last twenty years, the return of individual farmer's control of the land, and
the benefit this has brought to Vietnam's agricultural heartland, making this country
the world's third largest rice producer. |
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Industrial Revolutions |
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Case studies: |
Manufacturing is the core of the
Industrial Revolution, but is no longer a stable, reliable mainstay of towns, regions
and nations. Multinational corporations can now move their production around the
world to take advantage of cheap labour or offers of government assistance, or to
avoid trade barriers. This episode shows an American company operating in China and
a Japanese company operating in the USA, illustrating both the positives and the
negatives of industrial development, and the rise and fall of industrial regions.
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Guangdong, China: This story illustrates global production
systems at work, focusing particularly on the Nike Corporation in Guangdong. By following
an employee in one of Nike's manufacturing plants, we learn about how life has changed
in this rapidly modernising province, and we examine the geographical reasons why
plants like these have come to dominate this region of China.
Midwest USA/Japanese
Automobile Industry: This
case study focuses on the geographical distribution of Japanese auto plants throughout
the Midwestern United States, and the spatial nature of Japanese "just in time"
production techniques as a whole. It also examines the American automotive industry,
the history of competition with Japan, and its gradual incorporation of Japanese
production methods to meet this competition. |
| 7.Vintage
Ports |
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Case studies: |
This is a tale of two port cities.
On the surface, one is old, Western, and played out, while the other is new, Eastern
and dynamic. However, the similarities are probably more telling than the differences.
Both are the products of British imperialism and built up their diverse populations
through migration. Both are striving to compete with many other cities to maintain
jobs and living standards. Both are seeing automation of docks and factories, and
the consequent collapse of large numbers of blue collar jobs. Both are attracting
high tech businesses and cultural tourism as a means of future survival.
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Liverpool, U.K.: This story examines Liverpool's early
industrialisation, the city's port and industries, as well as its role in global
trade at the turn of the century. It brings this analysis to the present day, as
Liverpool has become more peripheral, looking specifically at future of this city's
port with the world-wide increase in container shipping.
Singapore: This case study illustrates how Singapore,
which is small and poor in physical resources, has exploited the advantages of location
to play a key role in the development of Pacific Asia, by acting as a gateway for
the movement of goods and people. |
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Cultural Collisions |
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Case studies: |
This episode shows how local cultures,
like local economies, are now being affected by global processes. We address questions
such as: What forces are breaking down local cultures? What values - both monetary
and less tangible - do local cultures possess? How can and how should local cultures
be preserved?
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Montreal, Canada: The story examines the French-speaking
population within Montreal, the turbulent history with the English-speaking minority,
and the ongoing efforts to resist linguistic domination in North America and around
the world. We focus in particular on the city's large immigrant population, and their
importance to the efforts of the French-speakers to maintain their majority status.
Bali, Indonesia: This story focuses on the growing importance
of tourism to Indonesia, particularly Bali, and the positive and negative effects
this influx of foreign travellers has had on the local economy and culture. |
| 9.
Political Strife |
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Case studies: |
In certain parts of the world, cultural
geographies are particularly complex, with a long tradition of conflict between the
different cultural groups. This results in impermanence of political boundaries and,
therefore, political instability and war. These areas are known as "shatterbelts",
with mixtures of people who - often with good reason - distrust each other. This
episode provides two examples from classic regions of this type: Jerusalem (the Middle
East) and Slovakia (Central/Eastern Europe).
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Jerusalem, Israel: To understand a realm facing the challenge
from a militant form of Islam, we begin in a city where it clashes most visibly with
the non-Islamic world: Jerusalem. Here, we map the spatial variation in religious
practice, meeting the people who have inherited a landscape divided among Muslims,
Christians and Jews. The history of the Jewish-Palestinian conflict is examined,
and the settlement policy in the Occupied Territories is debated by both parties.
Slovakia: We focus on the recent "birth"
of this country, and the problematic transition from the old Czechoslovakia to two
new states. The story also looks at the cultural tensions within Slovakia among its
Hungarian, Gypsy, and native Slovak inhabitants. |
| 10.
Resolving Conflict |
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Case studies: |
Notwithstanding the value and differences
of local cultures, it is increasingly important that harmonious existence is achieved.
This episode illustrates two regions that have been the scenes of particularly bitter
cultural/political conflict in the recent past, but both are currently attempting
to develop co-operative living arrangements between local cultural groups.
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South Africa: This story examines the political, cultural
and spatial dimensions of the new land reform policies in post-apartheid South Africa.
We focus specifically on black African families previously displaced under apartheid
law, and follow them as they attempt to re-build on newly distributed lands.
Strasbourg,
France: This story focuses
on the co-existence of French and German culture in Strasbourg, and this city's important
role as the symbol of new European unity. We meet European political leaders and
local residents, including a French farmer in the nearby village of Rhinau, who crosses
the border each day to farm his fields in Germany. |
| 11.Shaping
Cities |
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Case studies: |
This episode on urban geography demonstrates
that cities are structured into definite socio-economic and land use patterns, and
that people search for "ecological niches" where they want to live. We
ask questions such as: What do people seek in choosing where to live within a city?
To what extent do the property markets and city planning systems influence living
choice? Are Australian cities also segregated?
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Berlin, Germany: This story examines Berlin's transition
from a weakened and divided city, to one of emerging importance in a re-unified Germany.
We view the city's many distinct neighbourhoods, and examine the potential transformation
of each due to the removal of the Berlin Wall.
St. Petersburg,
Russia: This story examines
the effects of a market economy on real estate values in the booming urban area of
St. Petersburg -- Russia's "window on the West." A local urban planner
uses a computer-generated map of the city to illustrate the importance of location,
as well as the style of architecture of individual structures, in determining the
current cost of urban dwellings. |
| 12.
Home Sweet Home |
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Case studies: |
This episode focuses on issues relating
to suburbia, showing what people like about it and what problems it creates. The
episode examines the concept of the "time-space prism", and looks at some
of the forces fuelling the push for suburbanisation.
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Tokyo, Japan: This story joins a Tokyo businessman
on his morning commute, from the quiet suburbs to the bustling city. We examine the
elaborate and efficient infrastructure necessary to keep this enormous city on the
move.
Chicago, USA: Many American cities, like Boston, have
lost jobs to the surrounding suburbs. Nowhere is this pattern more clear than in
suburban Chicago, where geographers map the conversion of prime agricultural land
in the rush to develop residential communities and employment centres on the "edge"
of the sprawling domain. |
| 13.
Our Shrinking World |
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Case studies: |
The final episode of the Human Geography
series emphasises that, in a shrinking world, our local experiences are increasingly
conditioned by global forces. Change is becoming more "normal" and stability
more "abnormal" in the modern world. Issues raised include the possibility
of resisting global influences, the inevitability of accelerating change, and whether
or not the processes of globalisation automatically disempower people at the local
level.
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Chile: Santiago, Chile is a city of immigrants. Over the
past decade, Chile's European culture and inward orientation have give way to the
lure of an export economy, where growers and loggers take advantage of Chile's location
relative to the developed world: produce ripens here during the northern hemisphere's
winter, and many other exports, like lumber, are shipped by sea around the Pacific
Rim.
Randstad,
the Netherlands: We focus
on the highly industrialised and densely populated area of Randstad-Holland, an integral
part of the "core" of Europe. We examine specific projects which are being
used to address the region's heavy volume of people and goods. |
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AUSTRALIAN
SPECIALISTS INTERVIEWED
The following
Australian geographers and expert commentators were interviewed in A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
and A SENSE OF PLACE:
Dr. Blair
Badcock, Department of Geography,
University of Adelaide
Dr. John Bottomley, School of Australian and International
Studies, Deakin University
Professor
Ian Burnley, School of Geography,
University of New South Wales
The Hon. John
Button, Professorial Fellow,
Monash University; Chair, Commission for the Future; Federal Government Special Trade
Representative
Tricia Caswell, Director, Plan International (Former
Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation)
Professor
Bob Fagan, School of Earth
Sciences, Macquarie University
Professor
Stephanie Fahey, Department
of Asian Studies, Victoria University of Technology
Merril Findlay,
Director, Imagine the Future,
Australian Conservation Foundation
Professor
Dean Forbes, Geography Discipline,
Flinders University
Dr. Joe Hajdu, School of Australian and International
Studies, Deakin University
Associate
Professor Jean Hillier, Department
of Urban and Regional Planning, Curtin University
Dr. Nancy
Hudson-Rodd, Faculty of Health
and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University
Dr. Jane Jacobs, Department of Geography, University of
Melbourne
Associate
Professor Roy Jones, School
of Social Sciences and Asian Languages, Curtin University
Dr. Philip
Moore, School of Social Sciences
and Asian Languages, Curtin University
Professor
Victor Prescott, Department
of Geography, University of Melbourne
Dr. Brian
Shaw, Department of Geography,
University of Western Australia
Dr. Jim Taylor, School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages,
Curtin University
Dr. Joan Wardrop, School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages,
Curtin University
Dr. Hilary
Winchester, Department of
Geography, University of Newcastle |
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| STUDYING
HUMAN AND REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY THROUGH OPEN LEARNING AUSTRALIA |
The two new geography television
series support Open Learning Australia's introductory (first-year university) human
and regional geography units: GPH 11 - Introduction to Human Geography, offered by
Curtin University; and GPH 12 - Geography and Regions, offered by Deakin University.
Each unit runs for 13 weeks (the same as the television series), and each one is
the equivalent of 1/8 of a one-year full-time load for a university student in Australia.
The units are fully accredited and are applicable to undergraduate degrees at Curtin,
Deakin, Monash and other universities.
The aim of the Introduction to Human Geography (GPH 11) unit is to provide students
with an awareness of major demographic, economic, cultural and land use trends. It
focuses on the role played by technological change in bringing about changes in virtually
all aspects of the world's human geography. You will be encouraged to "think
geographically" and be introduced to population geography, economic geography,
cultural geography and settlement geography.
In addition to the A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE human geography television series, the teaching
materials for the unit include a study guide, a textbook and a reader. The principal
textbook for the unit is Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities by Fellmann,
J.; Getis, A. and Getis, J., published by William C. Brown, Dubuque, Iowa, 1995.
The Geography and Regions (GPH 12) unit is concerned with the way in which physical
and social processes act at a particular location to create a unique place. The unit
looks at several ways of conceptualising regions and at the way in which these relate
to broader methodological approaches through a series of Australian case studies.
In addition to the A SENSE OF PLACE regional geography television series, the teaching
materials for the unit include a study, guide, workbook and reader.
The Introduction to Human Geography and the Geography and Regions units may be taken
individually, together or with either one first, as there are no pre-requisites for
the study of either unit. For information about studying human and regional geography
through Open Learning Australia, see the section later in this booklet entitled "For
Further Information about A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE and A SENSE OF PLACE".
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| AUSTRALIAN
PRODUCTION PARTNERS AND ADVISORS |
| Australian Broadcasting
Corporation (ABC) |
The ABC is one of the world's major
publicly owned broadcasters, and provides a full range of television programming
within Australia as well as on Australia Television, a southeast Asia satellite service.
The ABC has been producing educational television programs since television broadcasting
began in Australia in 1956, and currently broadcasts programs for primary and secondary
schools, as well as adult education programs such as adult literacy, English language
and Open Learning.
The A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE and A SENSE OF PLACE geography television series are the
eleventh and twelfth television series co-produced by ABC TV with Open Learning Australia,
following successful programs including business management (Everybody's Business),
marketing (Theory and Practice), international economics (The Global Economy), Aboriginal
studies, Australian environmental studies (The Unique Continent), history and politics
(Out of Empire), plant biology (Growing Awareness) and Australian studies (Images
of Australia).
Along with Open Learning Australia, the ABC has broken new ground in Australian educational
television through co-operative efforts that have resulted in 24 hours of television
programming each week. The ABC/Open Learning Australia collaboration has resulted
in promoting higher education in a new way and in making it accessible to many who
previously did not consider it possible.
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| Open Learning Australia |
Open Learning Australia (OLA) has
been working closely with the ABC in the development and co-production of a number
of major educational television and radio series since 1992. OLA has rapidly become
one of the world's leaders in distance, external and open learning tertiary study,
utilised by students around Australia and internationally. OLA has developed a deep
understanding of the educational needs of Australian adult students, and plays a
significant role in meeting these needs in a flexible and accessible way.
OLA operates with the collaboration of twenty-one Australian universities and four
TAFE colleges, many of which offer students pathways to some of their certificates,
diplomas and degrees. There are no entry requirements and no limits on places for
study through Open Learning Australia. OLA offers the flexibility of studying year-round
in any or all of four study periods, allowing students to pick and choose units without
any requirement that they complete a whole course or qualification.
Aside from co-producing numerous television and radio programs with the ABC, OLA
has become a leader in the development of computer technology and computing systems
for tertiary study. OLA has funded numerous computing packages for units offered,
and has played an instrumental role in the development of "Open Net", Australia's
first national educational computer network providing full access for students.
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| The
Australian Geography Advisory Team |
Working directly with the ABC TV
production team and guiding the development of the content of the documentary case
studies and the two complete television series was a group of distinguished Australian
and international geographers and educators. The Australian advisory team is listed
below.
Mal Logan is Vice Chancellor and President of Monash
University, and was previously Professor of Geography at Monash, at the University
of Wisconsin and at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He is Chairman of the Monash-ANZ
Bank International Briefing Centre and of Open Learning Australia, as well as a member
of the Australian Pacific Economic Conference. His main research interests are the
process of economic development and its impact on nations in the Asia Pacific region,
Australia's place in the global economy and human resource development in the Asia
Pacific region. He is the co-author of The Brittle Rim: Finance, Business and the
Pacific (with Maurie Daly). He holds a PhD. from the University of Sydney.
Maurie Daly is currently Director of Daly Research
Systems, specialising in investment and economic analysis in Australia and Asia.
He was previously the McCaughey Professor and Head of the Department of Geography
at the University of Sydney. At the University, he was the Foundation Director of
the Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific, Director of the Planning Research
Centre and Chair of the Economic and Restructuring Unit. He is the co-author of five
books, including The Brittle Rim: Finance, Business and the Pacific (with Mal Logan).
He received a PhD. from the University of Sydney.
Kevin O'Connor is an economic geographer working at Monash
University, with research interests in the growth and internal structure of cities,
and air traffic patterns and growth in Asia and the Pacific regions. He holds a PhD.
from McMaster University in Canada, and has written extensive analyses of the growth
and evolution of the Melbourne metropolitan area.
Roy Jones is Associate Professor of Geography at
Curtin University, and is currently the Head of the School of Social Sciences and
Asian Languages. He is a historical geographer, with research interests in Australian
country towns and the geography of Australian sport. He holds a PhD. from the University
of Manchester, and is on the international Editorial Advisory Committee of the Journal
of Geography in Higher Education.
John Bottomley is formerly Director of Social Sciences
and Administrative Studies at the Open Learning Agency in British Columbia, Canada.
He was educated at the University of Keele and received his PhD. in geography at
the University of British Columbia. He has acted as a higher education development
consultant in south-east Asia, east Asia and the Caribbean.
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| The
ABC TV Production Team |
Peter Baroutis (Executive Producer) is Executive Producer
for ABC TV educational production in Melbourne. He heads a production team that makes
broadcast programs for schools across Australia and Open Learning university-level
programs. Mr. Baroutis has worked in television for more than twenty years and has
credits in many areas of production ranging from documentary to drama. He was also
ABC TV Executive Producer for The Global Economy series.
Tony Watts (Producer) is an Honours graduate in Psychology,
lectured in that discipline before pursuing a career as theatre administrator and
director. He is now a television writer and producer, and has worked on the ABC TV
Open Learning series Everybody's Business, Growing Awareness and Marketing: Theory
and Practice.
Hardy Stow (Producer) has been a producer and writer
of numerous video and television programs in education, medicine, science and technology,
business and careers. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Diploma of Education,
and has worked as a television presenter, museum education officer, biology teacher
and English language teacher. He has travelled and lived extensively in southeast
and east Asia.
Don Perlgut (Project Manager) has been the ABC TV
Open Learning Project Manager, responsible for the higher education courses on ABC
TV, since 1991. In this capacity he as acted as project manager for a number of co-productions,
including The Global Economy. He previously worked as the ABC TV Head of Policy and
Projects. He holds a Masters degree in City and Regional Planning from the University
of California, Berkeley, and has lectured in the Department of Department of Geography
and Planning at the University of New England.
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| INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION PARTNERS |
For the human and regional geography
series, six highly respected educational funders, broadcast and production organisations
joined with ABC TV and Open Learning Australia in the co-operative development of
this unique project. Through this distinctive collaborative and mutually shared effort,
the project has achieved one of its central objectives - that of multinational perspectives
of the geography of the world - and will be broadcast throughout the world. The co-producing
organisations are:
The
Annenberg/CPB Project, USA
The Annenberg/CPB Project
is the principal American funder for the international geography project, developed
the idea, organised the American advisory group and all other international partners.
The Annenberg/CPB Project was created in the United States in 1981, to enhance the
quality and availability of higher education through the use of telecommunication
and information technologies. It is based at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
in Washington, D.C. During the past fifteen years, the project has provided funding
for the creation of over 35 television courses in a wide variety of subject areas.
These include The Global Economy, the earlier international co-production with ABC
TV and OLA, as well as a number of popular television series which have been used
extensively on the ABC TV Open Learning service, including French in Action, Destinos,
Discovering Psychology, Earth Revealed, Against All Odds, Art of the Western World,
The World of Chemistry and Race to Save the Planet.
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Cambridge
Studios, USA
Cambridge Studios is a film
and video production company located in Boston, Massachusetts, and has undertaken
extensive work for American public and commercial television stations. Current work
includes a grant from the Pew Charitable Trust to work with television professionals
in Poland to use broadcast media as a teaching tool for a changing economy and democratic
system. The company - in association with Penn State University and WQED-TV (Pittsburgh)
produced an eight-part educational archaelology series entitled Out of the Past,
funded largely by Annenberg/CPB. Cambridge Studios acted as overall project manager
and co-ordinator of the international geography production.
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Educational Broadcasting Corporation,
Teleac, the Netherlands
Educational Broadcasting Corporation,
Teleac is the producer and national broadcaster of educational radio and television
programs in the Netherlands for special target groups and the general audience. Teleac
is also the publisher of the printed education material for more than 380 courses
and series which have been produced over a period of thirty years. Teleac is highly
recognised for its programs in technology, marketing, public relations, professional
training, management training, industrial environment, language and communication.
Teleac participated with ABC TV and OLA in the previous international co-production,
The Global Economy.
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NHK
Television, Japan
NHK is Japan's sole public
broadcaster, mainly supported by receiving fees from over 34 million households.
NHK offers a full array of services, including two terrestrial television channels,
two satellite channels and three radio services. One television channel broadcasts
mainly news and entertainment programs, while the other one is devoted exclusively
to educational television with programs for public education and lifelong learning.
The core of the educational service is more than twenty hours each week of school
broadcasts, which are used by almost all schools in Japan. Each educational series
produced also has a linked textbook, developed for richer understanding of the material.
NHK has made extensive progress in the use of new technologies for education, including
High Definition TV and multimedia learning systems. Although NHK has been very active
in international co-productions, the geography project was NHK's first educational
television co-production.
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Utbildningsradion
- Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (UR)
Utbildningsradion - Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company(UR) is the Swedish national
broadcasting organisation which has been operation, initially via radio, for more
than sixty years. Today, UR produces and broadcasts television and radio programs
for the entire educational community in Sweden, including pre-school, primary through
secondary school, university and distance education, and informal education for adults.
UR also produces related print and support materials for many of its programs and
courses. UR also participated in the creation of The Global Economy.
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Centre
National du Documentation Pedagogique, France
The Centre National du Documentation
Pedagogique (CNDP) is an agency of the French Ministry of Education consisting of
a national centre located in Paris, and 116 regional, departmental and local offices.
The CNDP produces teaching aids and promotes the use of the latest technology in
education. The CNDP is an extensive producer of instructional radio and television
programs, many done as European and international co-productions. The organisation
also publishes and distributes books, periodicals, computer software, videodiscs
and other materials and maintains an extensive national network of bookshops and
media libraries.
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THE INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHY ADVISORY TEAM
The Australian Geographic Advisory team worked in tandem with colleagues from
the five other countries which were involved in the co-production. In each case,
the distinguished geographers worked with the production teams in their respective
countries and all geography advisors guided the development of the case study production.
The complete international advisory team is listed below:
Australia
Mal Logan, Professor and Vice Chancellor, Monash
University (PhD. Sydney)
Maurie Daly, Professor of Geography (emeritus), University
of Sydney (PhD. Sydney)
Kevin O'Connor, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Monash
University (PhD. McMaster)
Roy Jones, Associate Professor of Geography, Curtin
University (PhD. Manchester)
John Bottomley, Lecturer in Geography, Deakin University
(PhD. British Columbia)
USA
H.J. de Blij, Professor of Geography, University of
South Florida, Florida (PhD. Northwestern)
Peter O. Muller, Professor and Chairperson of the Department
of Geography, University of Miami, Florida (PhD. Rutgers)
Gil Latz, Professor of Geography, Portland State
University, Oregon (PhD. Chicago)
Osa Brand, Director of Educational Affairs, Association
of American Geographers, (PhD. Columbia)
Edward Fernald, Professor of Geography and Associate
Vice President for Research, Florida State University, Florida (PhD. Michigan State)
Paul D. McDermott, Professor of Geography and Cartography,
Montgomery College, Maryland (M.A. Washington)
Richard Williams, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey,
Woods Hole, Massachusetts (PhD. Pennsylvania State)
The Netherlands
Rob van der
Vaart, Professor of Geographical
Sciences, Utrecht University (PhD. Utrecht)
Japan
Kenzo Fujiwara, Professor of Geography and Director of
the Research Center for Regional Geography, Hiroshima University (Dr.Science, Tohoku
University)
Yoshimi Komoguchi, Professor of Geography, Komazawa University
(PhD. Chicago)
Mitsuru Sano, Associate Professor of Urban Geography,
Nihon University (Dr. Science)
Junji Nagata, Lecturer in Human Geography, Tokyo University
(Dr. Science)
Guoping Li, Changchun Research Center, Tokyo University
(PhD. candidate, Tokyo)
France
Jacques Levy, Professor of Geography, Reims University
and Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris (PhD. Reims)
Roland Pourtier, Professor and Director of the Training
and Research Center in Geography, Sorbonne University (PhD. Paris)
Sweden
Solveig Martensson, Associate Professor of Social and Economic
Geography, University of Lund (PhD. Lund)
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THE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION TEAM
The key production personnel from the production organisations are:
Australia:
ABC TV
Peter Baroutis, Executive Producer
Tony Watts, Producer
Hardy Stow, Producer
Susie Struth, Associate Producer
Martin Stone, Associate Producer
Don Perlgut, Project Manager
USA: Cambridge
Studios, Boston, Massachusetts
Bob Burns, Co-Executive Producer
Lance Wisniewski, Co-Executive Producer
Nancy Caulfield, Associate Project Director
USA: The Annenberg/CPB
Project, Washington, D.C.
Hilda Moskowitz, Senior Project Officer
The Netherlands:
Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Teleac
Anna Sepers, Project Manager
Joop van Reede, Producer/Director
Japan: NHK
Television
Masami Yokota, Senior Producer, Schools Broadcasts Division
Kenji Tozaki, Senior Programming Director, Schools
Broadcasts Division
Hideaki Nakama, Director, School Broadcasts Division
France: Centre
National de Documentation Pedagogique, Paris
Colette Weibel, Project Manager
Pierre Carpentier, Producer
Jean-Louis
Cros, Producer
Sweden: Utbildningsradion,
Swedish Educational Television
Ingmar Ottosson, Project Manager
Roger Samsioe, Executive Producer/Director
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PURCHASE OF THE TWO SERIES OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA
If you are interested in broadcast, distribution or purchase of A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
and A SENSE OF PLACE television series outside of Australia, please contact:
Manager, ABC International
GPO Box 9994
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
telephone:+61-2-9950-3177
fax:+61-2-9950-3169
Note: Distribution by ABC International is available in the following countries:
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia,
Burma, Bangladesh Fiji, Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalo, Western
Samoa, the Soloman Islands and other countries and territories in the South Pacific
region. For information on distribution of the series in other countries, contact
the ABC TV Project Manager, Open Learning (details below).
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OPEN LEARNING AUSTRALIA
For information about Open Learning Australia, write to:
Open Learning Australia
P.O. Box 18059
Collins Street East
Melbourne VIC 3000
AUSTRALIA
fax+61-3-9903-8976.
Open Learning Australia email inquiries to: cls@ola.edu.au
Open Learning Australia World Wide Web address:http://www.ola@ola.edu.au
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PARTNERS, ADVISORS AND PRODUCTION TEAM OF "A SENSE OF PLACE" SEE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE |
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