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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 1d

Today's the last day to complete this short survey for the ARC about the use of AI in grant assessment.

Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · Sep 8

Once again, ARC hits the 🎯 with their comms strategy:

8pm on Sunday night. When the eyeballs of researchers are glued to … twitter?

They've not posted this anywhere else. I can't think of a better way to _not_ "engage stakeholders". Almost uncanny.

Screenshot of tweet from the ARC about a survey they want "stakeholders" to complete. Black text on white background above a rather outsized picture of dark blue smudges on a light-blue background. One smudge says "Survey" … you know, to catch your eye?

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's the link to their "stakeholder survey on the use of AI in grant assessment":

www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

t.co

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Jul 9

an 8 hour round trip to Gayndah on Monday, to install the next version of the "Seasonal" exhibition. Stay tuned for more photos after the opening this Saturday at 6pm!

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Jul 2

hello Newcastle! chasing the tail of this "bomb cyclone", ready for the Institute of australian geographer's conference! ‼️🌀⛈️✈️

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Jun 28

next week I'm showing a selection of weather warning diagrams (artworks) at University of Newcastle gallery. Maybe I've jinxed it, looking at the weather forecast... 🫣⛈️🌀

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Jun 27

NEW: "Seasonal excess: Moving with place and produce through creative fieldwork" out now, with my amazing collaborators Emily House and Willow Ross
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Jun 25

brisbane's bus network will be overhauled next week! At major stations, extra staff at the platforms are announcing the changes, with calls like: "LAST CHANCE! to ride the 170, it will cease to exist next week!" 🚍

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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · Jun 19

#OpenAccess in Transactions:

'Unseasonable seasons: Shifting geographies of weather and migration mobilities' by @kayatbarry.bsky.social

This paper examines the experiences of seasonal migrants in horticultural communities in Queensland, Australia.

doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Transactions by Kaya Barry (2025) entitled 'Unseasonable seasons: Shifting geographies of weather and migration mobilities' with a red banner at the top.

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Jun 3

8pm tomorrow night!! - listen to ABC Radio National Big Ideas for our public panel discussion: "We asked for workers and got people — inside the temporary visa scheme putting food on your plate" with @natashamitchell.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

We asked for workers and got people — inside the temporary visa scheme putting food on your plate - ABC listen

Who picks and processes those yummy strawberries you're about to put in your shopping trolley, or the crisp veggies you might stir-fry tonight? Did you know it could be a nurse or a police officer fro...

www.abc.net.au

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Jun 3

Listen in at 8pm tomorrow night! Our Canberra panel discussion: "We asked for workers and got people—inside the temporary visa scheme putting food on your plate."

Listen to ABC Radio National's Big Ideas with
@natashamitchell.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

We asked for workers and got people — inside the temporary visa scheme putting food on your plate - ABC listen

Who picks and processes those yummy strawberries you're about to put in your shopping trolley, or the crisp veggies you might stir-fry tonight? Did you know it could be a nurse or a police officer fro...

www.abc.net.au

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · May 29

More from Livingmaps Review 17!
In Mapworks, Debbie Kent gives focus to the You Are Here maps that populate urban centres. At once, both mundane street furniture and a portal into understanding our location on the earth.
www.livingmaps.org/you-are-here...

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Cultural Geography Australia @culturalgeogaus.bsky.social · May 28

Check out this new paper out by @kayatbarry.bsky.social and Rafael Azeredo:

Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · May 28

How did we become so reliant on backpackers for farm labour? Rafael Azeredo and I trace the evolution of the Aus Working Holiday Maker visa and the political push to repurpose rural tourism as essential labour. Out now in @tourismgeographies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The tourism-migration nexus: working holiday visa politics and repurposing tourists as labour

The ‘working holiday’ model of youth mobility has evolved alongside backpacking in recent decades. Increasingly, backpackers on working holidays are seen as a potential labour source in many nation...

www.tandfonline.com

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · May 28

How did we become so reliant on backpackers for farm labour? Rafael Azeredo and I trace the evolution of the Aus Working Holiday Maker visa and the political push to repurpose rural tourism as essential labour. Out now in @tourismgeographies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The tourism-migration nexus: working holiday visa politics and repurposing tourists as labour

The ‘working holiday’ model of youth mobility has evolved alongside backpacking in recent decades. Increasingly, backpackers on working holidays are seen as a potential labour source in many nation...

www.tandfonline.com

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Ari Jerrems @arijerrems.bsky.social · May 13

Great to see Beryl Pong's article 'Volumetric mediations' is out in Area. It is the first article in an SI on 'Atmospheric Borders' edited by @kayatbarry.bsky.social @umutozguc.bsky.social Andrew Burridge and I @acbsnetwork.bsky.social rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper contributes to scholarship on drones’ more-than-military realms as they pertain to the atmospheres they create in visual culture. Focusing on two humanitarian drone documentaries, Ai Weiwe...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Apr 2

after three years of tramping around Queensland, having to move office coincides with the end of my fellowship project! Dismantling the postcard collection today... 🚅🍌🍊🍍🫐🐑🧳✈️

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Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social · Mar 31

As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...

Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration

Get tickets on Humanitix - Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration . Online. Wednesday 16th April 2025. Find event information.

events.humanitix.com

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 28

koala encounters! remember to slow down in the wet and during joey season! @griffith.edu.au

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 25

NEW: The bohemian imaginary — my brilliant co-conspirator Peter Varley & I dreamt up this paper about how tourism is imagined, practiced, and fetishised in contemporary consumerist culture. #Debord #spectacle #tourism #mobilties #subcultures
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The bohemian imaginary in the society of the spectacle

The emancipatory promise of bohemia as a realm of free expression is inextricably woven into the desires and dreams of tourism. The bohemian drive for…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 24

interested in weather, seasons, or climate mobilities? in this paper I unpack assumptions about Western, colonialist weather ideals that underpin seasonal employment and migration

Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 20

NEW: "Unseasonable seasons: Shifting geographies of weather and migration mobilities" out now in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library

Among growing attention to weather in geography, the seasons have been largely overlooked. Seasonal concerns underpin not only the weather, but also migration flows, tourism and trade, farming, and a...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 20

NEW: "Unseasonable seasons: Shifting geographies of weather and migration mobilities" out now in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library

Among growing attention to weather in geography, the seasons have been largely overlooked. Seasonal concerns underpin not only the weather, but also migration flows, tourism and trade, farming, and a...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · Mar 16

Here’s a report by John Ross in @timeshighered.bsky.social on ARC Board’s proposal to change grant schemes ▶️

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/arc-gra...
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Both @scienceau.bsky.social's & I am worried about opportunities & unintended consequences for early-career researchers👇

Excerpt from the article. Black text on white background with a few links in blue text. Excerpt as follows:
“Under the ARC board’s proposals, most stand-alone fellowships would be replaced by “embedded fellowships” funded through other grant schemes and capped at two years. “Traditional four-year fellowships concentrate a significant amount of funds on a small number of individual researchers,” a discussion paper explains.
Observers fear this could inadvertently deny many ECRs a toehold in academia because current fellowship schemes such as the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Decra) and the mid-career Future Fellowships are available to researchers without positions at universities.
This could change under the proposals. The discussion paper implies that recipients of embedded fellowships must already be in “the university workforce” – suggesting that ECRs must obtain employment in the sector before gaining eligibility for ARC grants.
That is an “unrealistic” expectation, according to Sharath Sriram, president of Science and Technology Australia. “The assumption is all those who apply are already…in academic roles. That might have been true in the 1990s. It’s not the case anymore.
“There’s no stability of employment for people until they are six, seven years out of their PhDs. Universities often use success in grants and fellowships to determine who to employ.”
A researcher who monitors grant schemes, using the social media handle “ARC Tracker”, was unconvinced that the proposals would improve opportunities for ECRs.
They said changes to fellowship schemes needed to avoid closing “pathways” for young researchers and leaving them “overshadowed by the established group leaders”.
ARC Board chair Peter Shergold acknowledged the fellowship changes as one of the “stings in the tail” of his proposals, but said a primary goal of his reforms was “contributing to the development of the next generation of researchers”.

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 6

Join us Thurs 13 March for a public panel discussion hosted by ABC Radio National's @natashamitchell.bsky.social about the experiences of workers from the Pacific in Australia. Details and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/temporary-...

Temporary: We wanted workers but we got people

Images and stories of temporary labour migration from the Pacific.

www.eventbrite.com.au

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 6

Join us Thurs 13 March for a public panel discussion hosted by ABC Radio National's @natashamitchell.bsky.social about the experiences of workers from the Pacific in Australia. Details and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/temporary-...

Temporary: We wanted workers but we got people

Images and stories of temporary labour migration from the Pacific.

www.eventbrite.com.au

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 3

interested in #birds, #biosecurity, or #borders? my essay on continental scales and potential avian threats is now published in the latest issue of Australian Geographer, free to access here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KGVWT... @culturalgeogaus.bsky.social

Coming in to land? More-than-human mobilities, biosecurity, and practices of coexistence

Geographies of more-than-human relations have flourished in the past decade, offering innovative methodological and conceptual approaches to studying how humans are entangled with an array of anima...

www.tandfonline.com

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Kaya Tatjana Barry @kayatbarry.bsky.social · Mar 3

also interesting to note that on the BOM forecast map the cyclone icon is spinning in the opposite direction......