Rebecca Huntley
Auteur de The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation
A propos de l'auteur
Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia's, most experienced social researchers and former director of The Mind and Mood Report, the longest running measure of the nation's attitudes and trends. She holds degrees in taw and film studies and a PhD in gender studies, and is a mum to three young children. afficher plus She is a member of Al Gore's Climate Reality Corps, carries out social research for NGOs such as The Wilderness Society and WWF, and writes and presents for the ABC. This is her sixth book. afficher moins
Œuvres de Rebecca Huntley
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The Italian Girl par Rebecca Huntley
https://shawjonathan.com/2022/04/27/rebecca-huntleys-italian-girl/
How to Talk about Climate Change, in a way that makes a difference is another book that I discovered through this year's digital Melbourne Writers Festival. Rebecca Huntley was on a panel ably chaired by Adam Morton with Ketan Joshi (whose book Windfall, is now on my TBR), and Victor Steffensen (Fire Country). It was a very good session, but this is a case of having to get the book and read it for yourself.
It is exactly what the title says it is. It's a kind of self-help book to help you learn the powers of persuasion, on the contentious issue of climate change. It shouldn't be contentious, because the science is clear, but the vested interests so explicitly outlined in Judith Brett's recent Quarterly Essay (#78) titled The Coal Curse, Resources, Climate and Australia’s Future have made it so. As Huntley demonstrated in her Quarterly Essay (#73), titled Australia Fair, Listening to the Nation, market research shows that Australians do want change. Her book is a manual on how to achieve it.
She begins by explaining how she herself had a change of heart. She had long been convinced of the need to tackle climate change, but the school climate strikes made her realise that it's not just an issue of logic and facts, it's an emotional issue.
As you'd expect, Huntley anticipates the argument that it's up to governments and corporations to act and that our feelings are irrelevant. Her response is that we need multiple fronts of pressure on governments and corporations, especially those that are resisting action. To do that we need to understand our own responses—the social and psychological factors that underpin how we react.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2020/09/07/how-to-talk-about-climate-change-in-a-way-th...… (plus d'informations)
It is exactly what the title says it is. It's a kind of self-help book to help you learn the powers of persuasion, on the contentious issue of climate change. It shouldn't be contentious, because the science is clear, but the vested interests so explicitly outlined in Judith Brett's recent Quarterly Essay (#78) titled The Coal Curse, Resources, Climate and Australia’s Future have made it so. As Huntley demonstrated in her Quarterly Essay (#73), titled Australia Fair, Listening to the Nation, market research shows that Australians do want change. Her book is a manual on how to achieve it.
She begins by explaining how she herself had a change of heart. She had long been convinced of the need to tackle climate change, but the school climate strikes made her realise that it's not just an issue of logic and facts, it's an emotional issue.
This emotional change intrigued me. I consider myself a highly rational person. I'm a trained lawyer and social researcher. I base my judgements on demonstrable evidence that will stand up to scrutiny from lawyers, good journalists, academics and Senate committees. But this transformative moment—the moment I tipped from being concerned about climate change to genuinely alarmed about the threat—didn't happen because I read a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) or sat through a presentation from a climate scientist about carbon dioxide levels. I reacted to a crowd of children holding up signs in the streets, girls who were only a few years older than my eldest daughter. Suddenly, it was personal. (p.4)
As you'd expect, Huntley anticipates the argument that it's up to governments and corporations to act and that our feelings are irrelevant. Her response is that we need multiple fronts of pressure on governments and corporations, especially those that are resisting action. To do that we need to understand our own responses—the social and psychological factors that underpin how we react.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2020/09/07/how-to-talk-about-climate-change-in-a-way-th...… (plus d'informations)
I was a real fool not to read this essay when it first landed in my post box in March 2019. I had a quick look at it as I usually do with Quarterly Essays, felt encouraged about the prospects of the then impending election, and put it aside for later. And of course got distracted by other things. Then the election came along and for reasons that even the experts aren't too sure about, Australians didn't vote for change. I was depressed about that, so I left the book on the shelf, where it might have stayed forever except that Rebecca Huntley is featuring in the upcoming Melbourne Writers Festival, discussing her new book* in a session called "Australia's Response to Climate Change". (Get your tickets here, with a change of director the MWF has an excellent program and it's all digital this year so you can 'attend' wherever you are).
So...
I remembered I had this book, and took it down off the shelf. It turns out that — whatever the result of that peculiar election — I am a lot like other Australians. I don't really care which party wins government, I just want a government that will do things. Huntley is a social and market researcher, and this essay is about the un-silent majority, whose views are plain to discern.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2020/07/25/australia-fair-listening-to-the-nation-by-re...… (plus d'informations)
So...
I remembered I had this book, and took it down off the shelf. It turns out that — whatever the result of that peculiar election — I am a lot like other Australians. I don't really care which party wins government, I just want a government that will do things. Huntley is a social and market researcher, and this essay is about the un-silent majority, whose views are plain to discern.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2020/07/25/australia-fair-listening-to-the-nation-by-re...… (plus d'informations)
I picked up this little book at the festival bookshop and read it last night over an excruciating room service lasagne. So yes, I can tell you, cooking does matter…
In her Introduction, Rebecca Huntley writes about Christmas, quoting the British guru of food and cooking Elizabeth David’s heartfelt plea for a simple meal instead of the fuss and bother of the turkey et al. Her point is that even if you like doing it, first and foremost cooking is labour, and a chore, and that we need to understand that better. She thinks we might be less wasteful (see my recent post about The Art of Frugal Hedonism) if we recognise that, (though I have my doubts).
Huntley talks about the need to have a sophisticated, healthy and enjoyable relationship with food and that if it seems to difficult then people disengage. We who like cooking shows and experimenting are a passionate minority. What’s more important is
You might be wondering about the last two: the author cites evidence that shows that we eat less healthily when we eat out, and not just if it’s junk food. But there’s also important research that shows that families that eat together around the table are more stable and less dysfunctional. Instinctively, I know this to be true. It’s not just the sharing of news of the day and discussing stuff like future holidays &c, so that a sense of being a family is maintained. It’s also better for resolving the conflicts that are inevitable in any family. We’ve all had our rows around the family table, but when you have to come back next time because that’s where dinner is, that forced contact makes it harder for hostilities to resume. (My mother had a firm rule: we were not allowed to flounce out of the room. We could sit there and sulk, but we could not leave until everyone had finished dinner. It was a forced cooling-off period, and I can remember being amazed when I saw American TV shows where kids routinely flounced out, usually slamming a door behind them!)
Chapter 1 is called The Masterchef effect, and it seems it’s true that the show does actually encourage people to be more adventurous in the kitchen and to learn new techniques. But Huntley discusses with the judges the problem of the woman (and it’s usually the woman) who has to conjure the meal at the end of the day, often for ungrateful children. She points out the disconnect between the cooking that the judges say they want (fresh, simple, healthy) and the drama of the haute cuisine that the contestants produce. I would sometimes see evidence of this disconnect on the Masterchef Facebook page: some people complaining that they wanted to see contestants cook ‘everyday food’ and others saying that they wouldn’t want to watch a cooking show about the sort of food their granny cooked. What I’ve noticed is that contestants who produce delicious everyday food often get through the early episodes, but that they have to master some very difficult techniques at the end. How else could they find a winner?
TO read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2017/11/19/does-cooking-matter-by-rebecca-huntley/… (plus d'informations)
In her Introduction, Rebecca Huntley writes about Christmas, quoting the British guru of food and cooking Elizabeth David’s heartfelt plea for a simple meal instead of the fuss and bother of the turkey et al. Her point is that even if you like doing it, first and foremost cooking is labour, and a chore, and that we need to understand that better. She thinks we might be less wasteful (see my recent post about The Art of Frugal Hedonism) if we recognise that, (though I have my doubts).
Huntley talks about the need to have a sophisticated, healthy and enjoyable relationship with food and that if it seems to difficult then people disengage. We who like cooking shows and experimenting are a passionate minority. What’s more important is
…how you get the majority of Australians – regardless of age, gender, family formation or socio-economic class – to do the following: cook regularly, develop a varied repertoire of dishes that includes vegetarian options and animal protein options, use seasonal ingredients, know what to do with leftovers, minimise food waste. eat out less and entertain at home more. (p. 4)
You might be wondering about the last two: the author cites evidence that shows that we eat less healthily when we eat out, and not just if it’s junk food. But there’s also important research that shows that families that eat together around the table are more stable and less dysfunctional. Instinctively, I know this to be true. It’s not just the sharing of news of the day and discussing stuff like future holidays &c, so that a sense of being a family is maintained. It’s also better for resolving the conflicts that are inevitable in any family. We’ve all had our rows around the family table, but when you have to come back next time because that’s where dinner is, that forced contact makes it harder for hostilities to resume. (My mother had a firm rule: we were not allowed to flounce out of the room. We could sit there and sulk, but we could not leave until everyone had finished dinner. It was a forced cooling-off period, and I can remember being amazed when I saw American TV shows where kids routinely flounced out, usually slamming a door behind them!)
Chapter 1 is called The Masterchef effect, and it seems it’s true that the show does actually encourage people to be more adventurous in the kitchen and to learn new techniques. But Huntley discusses with the judges the problem of the woman (and it’s usually the woman) who has to conjure the meal at the end of the day, often for ungrateful children. She points out the disconnect between the cooking that the judges say they want (fresh, simple, healthy) and the drama of the haute cuisine that the contestants produce. I would sometimes see evidence of this disconnect on the Masterchef Facebook page: some people complaining that they wanted to see contestants cook ‘everyday food’ and others saying that they wouldn’t want to watch a cooking show about the sort of food their granny cooked. What I’ve noticed is that contestants who produce delicious everyday food often get through the early episodes, but that they have to master some very difficult techniques at the end. How else could they find a winner?
TO read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2017/11/19/does-cooking-matter-by-rebecca-huntley/… (plus d'informations)
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 144
- Popularité
- #143,281
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 38