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Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS)

CAPSTRANS DIRECTOR

Associate Professor Tim Scrase

Director, CAPSTRANS
Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Wollongong
Email: tims@uow.edu.au - on leave

Qualifications

BA (VU)
DipEd (La Trobe)
PhD (La Trobe)

Research Programs

Globalisation and International Development
Culture and Representation

Research Specialisation

Research interests are in the areas of globalization, the sociology of development, and the sociology of media and education.

Current Research Projects

• Globalisation & the Middle Classes in India (with R. Ganguly-Scrase)
• Social Impact Analysis and the Transformation of Asia Pacific Ports (with Andrew Wells and Douglas Hill)
• Consuming Exotica: The Marketing of Asian Artisanal Crafts in Australia
• Precarious Production: Indian Artisans in the Global Economy (with Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase)

Selected Publications

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

• (2006) with Todd Holden (eds.), medi@sia: Communication and Society in Cultural Context, Routledge.
• (2003) “Precarious Production: Globalisation and Artisan Labour in the Third World”, Third World Quarterly, 24 (3): 449-461.
• (2003) with Todd Holden and Scott Baum, “Asia's Globalization: A Sociological View”, Chapter 1 in Tim Scrase, Todd Holden and Scott Baum (eds.), Globalization, Culture and Inequality in Asia, Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne, pp. 1-18.
• (2003) “Producing on the Margins: Asian Artisans in the Global Economy”, Chapter 5 in T. Scrase, Todd Holden and Scott Baum (eds.), Globalization, Culture and Inequality in Asia, Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne, pp. 95-116.
• (2003) with Todd Holden and Scott Baum, “Social and Cultural Transformation in Asia: A Critical Assessment”, Chapter 13 in Tim Scrase, Todd Holden and Scott Baum (eds.), Globalization, Culture and Inequality in Asia, Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne, pp. 269-284.
• (2003) with Todd Joseph Miles Holden and Scott Baum (eds.), Globalization, Culture and Inequality in Asia, Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne (xvi + 370 pp).
• (2002) “Globalisation and the Cultural Politics of Educational Change: The controversy over the teaching of English in West Bengal, India”, International Review of Education, Vol 48 No 5, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 361-375.
• (2002) “Television, the Middle Classes and the Transformation of Cultural Identities in West Bengal, India”, Gazette: the International Journal for Communication Studies, Vol 64 No 4, Sage Publications, London, pp.323-342.
• (2002) “Globalisation and the future of Asian Artisan Labor”, The International Scope Review, Volume 4 No. 8, International Scope Corporation.
• (1997) (ed.) Social Justice and Third World Education, Garland, New York & London.
• (1993) Image, Ideology and Inequality: Cultural Domination, Hegemony and Schooling in India, Sage, New Delhi & London.
• Several recent articles on globalization, development and social and cultural change have been published in: South Asia, Third World Quarterly, Gazette, and Development and Society.
  

Organisational Affiliations

• Sociology Program, University of Wollongong

Current Research Students

• Nichole Georgeou
• Deborah Gough
• Belinda Green
• Yanxia Huo
• Susheela Pandian
• John Robinson
• Mary Scott
• Melissa Wooderson