Podcasts, Papers and Presentations

On this page you can download podcasts (mp3 recordings), papers ( usually as PDF documents) and presentations (powerpoint files). As the Fellowship progresses check out this page for updates.

Some notes for downloading.

Podcast files
Podcast files (files in mp3 format) can be downloaded like any other file by either right clicking (Windows) or control-clicking (Macintosh) on the link. Be aware that these files are often quite large (usually around 1 Mb per minute of recording) and you will need either a media player on your computer (Windows media player or iTunes) or a portable mp3 player (iPod or equivalent) to listen to the file. If you have trouble playing these files please contact your system administrator or local computer expert.

PDF and powerfoint files
Downloaded papers can be viewed using Acrobat reader or Preview (Macintosh). Presentations in powerpoint format can be usually only be viewed using Microsoft Powerpoint.

Always be aware of the size of the file you want to download and the capacity of your computer to both download and to store the file. If you are using a standard modem, try to avoid downloading large files as it will tie up your computer for a long time. It is also wise to check how much storage space you have before downloading large files.

Please contact John Fitzgerald (jlfitz@unimelb.edu.au) if you have download problems. Many of these can be sent to you on CD if you have trouble downloading the material.

Needle and syringe cultures exhibition

Download exhibition movie trailer: exhibit_teaser.divx (20Mb)

Trailer is in DivX format, you may need to download the DivX media player.
Download free DIVX media player

The exhibition catalogue is now available. The PDF document contains hyperlinks to the online micro-movies that form the core of the exhibition.
Download exhibition catalogue (1,2 Mb)

Alternatively, you can browse the archive of digital micro-movies by going directly to the archive.
Connect to archive of exhibition micro movies

July 18-28, 2007
Executive Lounge
Level 1 Gilbert Building,Grattan Street Carlton.

Syringes inspire hope, fear, pleasure, pain, and confidence. Like any technology, what we do with them and how we use them, gives them meaning. Since their inception syringes have represented different things to different segments of the community.

People have very different relationships with syringes. For some, syringes are the source of healing and remedy. For others, syringes represent the risk of infectious disease and the existence of injecting drug use. The syringe in this sense carries great weight as a symbol. In the face of the negative symbology we often forget the multiple cultural dimensions to syringes. Syringes are part of life and culture.

This exhibition celebrates the syringe in all its dimensions through the different cultural and emotional landscapes into which they are insinuated. The exhibition will use digitial storytelling to articulate the varied accounts of how syringe cultures interpenetrate society in everyday settings.The exhibition will also display a wide array of syringes over time from their medieval origins to modern nanotech applications.

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Dose podcast series

Drug policy issues are often complex and it is often difficult to get clear answers to drug dilemmas. The following series of podcasts have been designed for policy makers, journalists and researchers to get inside some key issues. Podcasts contain key data, a summary of the debates and value-aded critique of important policy positions.

Episode 1. The ice epidemic (30 Mb)

Episode 2. Needle and Syringe Cultures (3 parts)

Episode 3. Dual Diagnosis (2 parts)

Click here to subscribe to Dose

Recent Presentations

Yarra Drug & Health Forum, March 17, 2005."Pictorial history of illicit drug use in the City of Yarra. drugsinyarra.ppt (26 Mb)

"Interpreting drug trends", Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Drugs Conference, Melbourne, November 8, 2005. fitz_apsad_2005.pdf (1 Mb)

"Who's in after boonie ? Innovation, instutuions and culture in the drug policy arena". Plenary presented to the Thinking Drinking conference, Melbourne Feb 2007.
think_drink_fitz.pdf, (3Mb)

Text version:
boonie_jlf.pdf 100Kb)

Papers

Fitzgerald, J.L. (2005) The Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) and Governance in the Australian Drug Policy Community,Contemporary Drug Problems 32(2): 259-293. fitz_cdp_2005.pdf (2.5 Mb)

Fitzgerald, J. L., Dovey, K,. Dietze, P. & Rumbold, G. (2004) Health Outcomes and Quasi-Supervised Settings for Street Injecting Drug Use. International Journal of Drug Policy, 15:247-257.
fitz2004a.pdf (556 kb)

Fitzgerald, J. L. & Threadgold, T. (2004) Fear of Sense in a Street Drug Market. International Journal of Drug Policy, 15:407-417.
fitz2004b.pdf (520 kb)

Fitzgerald, J. L. (2002) A Political Economy of Doves (Ecstasy). Contemporary Drug Problems, 29(1): 201-224.
fitz2002.pdf ( 5 Mb)

Podcasts of interest

Check this space for links to other podcasts related to needle and syringe programs, blood borne viruses and Hepatitis C.

Site Authorised by J.Fitzgerald. Last edited MArch 20, 2005.