PAULA ARCARI

Personal profile

Biography

Paula has an interdisciplinary background, encompassing both quantitative and qualitative approaches and methods, and is interested in how both societal change and stability are constituted. Understanding how to challenge habitual ways of thinking and acting about nonhuman animals are a central focus of her research.

Education/Academic qualification

Sociology, PhD, RMIT University

5 Mar 2013 → 15 Oct 2018

Environmental Science, MA, Monash University

Jun 2002 → Feb 2005

Geography and Environmental Science, MA, University of Edinburgh

1989 → 1990

Geography and Environmental Science, BA, University of Edinburgh

1986 → 1990

Other positions

Research Officer, RMIT University

Jul 2018 → Oct 2019

Casual Research Assistant, RMIT University

Mar 2013 → Jun 2018

Researcher, RMIT University

Nov 2009 → Mar 2013

Campaign and Project Manager, ICLEI Oceania

Nov 2005 → Jul 2009

Casual Research Assistant, Monash University

Mar 2002 → Oct 2005

Jewellery designer and silversmith, Curtis Jewellers

Apr 2001 → Feb 2002

Voluntary Research Assistant (Climate Modelling), CSIRO

Jan 2001 → Mar 2001

Keywords

H Social Sciences
Animals
Critical Animal Studies
Social practice theories
Consumption
Cultural Studies
Foucault
Critical theory
Discourse analysis
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
Human geography
Climate change
Environmental science
Sustainability

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where PAULA ARCARI is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

climate change Earth & Environmental Sciences

animal Social Sciences

food Social Sciences

cultural economy Social Sciences

media industry Social Sciences

meat consumption Agriculture & Biology

meat Agriculture & Biology

food security Agriculture & Biology

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Research Output 2005 2019

73 Citations
3 h-Index
9 Project report
5 Other contribution
4 Article
3 Conference proceeding (ISBN)
4 More

24 Downloads (Pure)

Book Review: Media and Food Industries: The New Politics of Food

ARCARI, PAULA., 1 Jan 2019, In : Media Industries. 6, 1, p. 165-172 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

File

media industry

book review

food and luxury products industry

food

politics

Engaging households towards the Future Grid: An Engagement Strategy for the Energy Sector

Strengers, Y., NIcholls, L., Glover, A., ARCARI, PAULA. & Martin, R., Jul 2019, Melbourne: Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne. 64 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Project report

Grid

Energy sector

Household

Engaging households towards the Future Grid: experiences, expectations and emerging trends

NIcholls, L., ARCARI, PAULA., Glover, A., Martin, R. & Strengers, Y., 31 Jul 2019, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne. 42 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Project report

File

Making Sense of 'Food' Animals: A Critical Exploration of the Persistence of 'Meat'

ARCARI, PAULA., 4 Sep 2019, 1 ed. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 356 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

persistence

animal

food

domination

legitimacy

Protection, Productivity and Pleasure in the Smart Home: Emerging Expectations and Gendered Insights from Australian Early Adopters

Strengers, Y., Kennedy, J., ARCARI, PAULA., Nicholls, L. & Gregg, M., 4 May 2019, CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . 645. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding (ISBN)

Productivity

Multitasking

Human computer interaction

Energy conservation

Industry