Kieran
Howard
Political
and Historical Researcher
Date
of Birth: 27/7/62
P.O
Box 171
NSW
2061
Tel:
612 94361934
Email: kieran.p.howard@gmail.com
Nationality
Australia
Citizen of Aboriginal Descent
Qualifications
and Experience
*
High Distinction, Fine Arts (Modern European & Asian Culture), The
University of Sydney
*
Kathleen Garnham Lawrence Prize for Fine Arts, The University of Sydney
*
Award Membership of the Golden Key National Honour Society, The University of
Sydney
*
Experience as a member of the University of Sydney Student Representative
Council and the
Golden Key National Honour Society.
*
Life-long family commitment to Australian and International politics
* 22
years experience as a Commonwealth Public Servant at managerial levels
*
"Archive Rat" of Fisher Library
Employment
History
*
1985-88 Parasitologist, CSIRO
*
1986-88 Australian Taxation Office, Claims Officer
*
1988-92 Department of Defence, Publications Unit Supervisor
*
1992-97 Department of Social Security, Child Support Unit Supervisor (ASA
Class5)
*
1998-00 Sydney Sexual Health Clinic, Counsellor and Administrative Officer
*
2000-05 Appeals Case Management Officer, Migration & Refugee Tribunal
*
2005-08 Refugee Liaison Officer, Villawood Detention Centre
*
1986-08 Freedom of Information Officer for the Public Sector
Political
Affiliations and Experience
*
1973-89 Active member of Australian Section of the Euro-Communist Party
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1979-85 Trotskyist Fourth International Party Secretary
*
1983-86 Active Member, "Young Labour" Branch of ALP
*
1984 Founder Member Tuntable Falls Maoist Commune (funded by Chinese
Government)
*
1984 Australian Delegate, Australian Maoist
Movement (in China)
*
1980-84 Co-Organizer with Linda Voltz of Unemployed People and Squatters' Union
*
1983-84 Assistant to Paul Lynch for Expansion of Young Labour Movement
*
1996-97 Assistant to Carmel Tebbutt, Community and Public Sector Union
*
1997-08 Ongoing Trade Union Organizer, Public Sector
*
1998 Organizer
for the Australian Anarcho-Communist Movement
*
1998 Organizer "Reclaim the Streets" and "Anti-Iraq War" Movement
*
1980-90 Liaison Agent between Paul O'Grady, Young Labour Association and ACP
*
2001-05 Organizer for the South-east Forestry Alliance for Protection of
Old-Growth Forests
*
1985-08 Organizer for the Gordon Childe "Long March" Communist Bushwalking
Association
Areas
of Interest
Local
and International Politics, and Current Affairs
Russian
and Eurasian History, Literature, Art and Philosophy
European
History, Literature, Art and Philosophy
Post-Marxist
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Post-modernist
Culture
Environmental
Issues
Creative
writing
Bushwalking,
rock-climbing and "cliff-hanging"
Technical
Skills
Computer
and internet research skills
Data-matching
and database management
Media
Management
Basic
video editing
Research
and Publications
"In Commemoration of Georges Sorel's The
Myth of the General Strike" (A.S. Bulletin Oct1988).
"The
Commodification of Indigenous Culture", Power Institute Publications circa 1992
"Modern
Art & Trauma" for Dr Catriona Moore, University of Sydney
"Deleuze
on Francis Bacon" for Dr Julian Pefanis, University of Sydney
"Post-Modern
Appropriation" for Dr Julian Pefanis, University of Sydney
Monograph
on 1940's Australian Art Debates
"Anselm
Kiefer"
"Report
to Public Service Commission on the Functioning of the Child Support Unit"
Numerous
reports relevant to the merger of the Migration, and Refugee Review Tribunals "Water":
an essay on the poetics of the medium. Vogania online editions: 2006
"Ode
to Walter Benjamin": a collage text. . Vogania online editions: 2006
Using
the nom de plume K.Osmosis
"Terror
begets Terror" -1960's counter-cultural terrorist movements: SPK online 2007
"Document
III - Rhizomatics" SPK online 2008
" The
Politics of Abjection: Kristeva and Artaud". Vogania online editions: 2008
"Meta-Kapitalismus":
poem on the theme of globalisation. Vogania online editions: 2008
" The
Manacles of Abandon": text for film of the same title. Vogania online
editions: 2008
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