AST1000 Reference materials

Key points

As an OERu course, learners are not required to purchase any prescribed texts. All study materials are available as open educational resources or open access publications and are grouped as follows: Study materials used in this course to guide and support OERu learners Reference Materials which will improve knowledge and enrich the learning experience Open access online journals which contain articles required for various learning activities during the course.

Study materials used in this course

Asia Pacific Airlines (United States) not to be confused with Asia Pacific Airlines (Papua New Guinea)

• Course guide: You are reading this. Your course guide introduces you to the course and includes the Study Schedule. It also contains assignment guidelines together with the marking rubrics for each assignment should you wish to complete the assessment requirements for the course.

• StudyDesk – The StudyDesk is the primary website you select for accessing your course materials. The StudyDesk website may be prescribed by the OERu institution you select for assessment services.

The StudyDesk websites contain all of the Units you are to study each week, and the e-learning activities guiding you to select the substantial content of the course using Open Educational Resources online. Please refer to the individual Units and assigned e-learning activities for further information.

All required materials for this course will be provided on the Course Study Desk. Other materials will need to be accessed through Open Educational Resources online.

Reference Materials

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.

Web resources

Students may also want to search for books at the following websites:

• Australia National University E Press
• The Online Books Page
• Or other Open Access book databases you may identify through Internet searching.

The following titles are Open Access Books available online.

• Altman, Jon & Martin, David 2009, Power, Culture, Economy: Indigenous Australians and Mining, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Braithwaite, John, Braithwaite, Valerie, Cookson, Michael & Dunn, Leah 2010, Anomie and Violence: Non-truth and Reconciliation in Indonesian Peacebuilding, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Campbell McDowall, Roy 2007, Howard’s Long March: The Strategic Depiction of China in Howard Government Policy,1996–2006, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Chen, Chunlai & Duncan, Ron (eds) 2008, Agriculture and Food Security in China, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Douglas, Bronwen & Ballard, Chris 2008, Foreign Bodies: Oceania and the Science of Race 1750–1940, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Forsyth, Miranda 2009, A Bird That Flies With Two Wings: Kastom and state justice in Vanuatu, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Gunawardene, Nalaka & Noronha, Frederick 2007, Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book, UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok and TVE Asia Pacific, Bangkok.
• Hooper, Anthony (ed) 2005, Culture and Sustainable Development in the Pacific, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Huisken, Ron (ed) 2009, Rising China: Power and Reassurance, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Hunt, Janet, Smith, Diane, Garling, Stephanie & Sanders, Will (eds) 2008, Contested Governance: Culture, power and institutions in Indigenous Australia, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Luker, Viki & Dinnen, Sinclair (eds) 2010, Civic Insecurity: Law, Order and HIV in Papua New Guinea, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• May, R J & Selochan, V (eds) 2004, The Military and Democracy in Asia and the Pacific, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Medeiros, Evan S, Crane, Keith, Heginbotham, Eric, Levin, Norman D, Lowell, Julia F, Rabasa, Angel & Seong, Somi 2008, Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China's Rise, RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh.
• Tcherkézoff, Serge & Douaire-Marsaudon, Françoise 2008, The Changing South Pacific: Identities and Transformations, 2^nd edn, ANU E Press, Canberra.
• Yang, Wen-Shan & Lu, Melody Chia-Wen (eds) 2010, Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration: Demographic Patterns and Social Issues, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam.
• Zamhari, Arif 2010, Rituals of Islamic Spirituality: A Study of Majlis Dhikr Groups in East Java, ANU E Press, Canberra.

Open Access Online Journals

The following Open Access Online Journals are all searchable at the article level. Students can also browse for articles or other open access journals through the Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org/.

• Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=15574660&genre=journal
• Asian Social Science Journal http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=19112017&genre=journal
• Australian Review of Public Affairs http://www.australianreview.net/
• Borderlands e-Journal http://www.borderlands.net.au/issues/index.html
• China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/CEF_quarterly.htm
• Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social Sciences http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=18174604&genre=journal
• Current Research Journal of Social Science http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=20413238&genre=journal
• Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=14769158&genre=journal
• Ethics and Global Politics http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=16544951&genre=journal
• Globality Studies Journal: Global History, Society, Civilisation http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=15570266&genre=journal
• Hmong Studies Journal http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=10911774&genre=journal
• Human Rights and Human Welfare http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=15330834&genre=journal
• International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies http://web.usm.my/ijaps/default.asp?tag=1&flag=5
• Journal of Asia Pacific Studies http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=19480091&genre=journal
• Journal of Current Chinese Affairs http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=18681026&genre=journal
• Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=18681034&genre=journal
• Journal of Indonesian and Social Sciences and Humanities http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=19798431&genre=journal
• Journal of Social Sciences http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=15493652&genre=journal
• Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/publications/journals/nzjs/
• MAI Review http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&issn=11775904&genre=journal
• Research Journal of International Studies http://www.eurojournals.com/international_studies.htm
• South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal http://samaj.revues.org/
• Vestnik: The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies http://samaj.revues.org/