Essays Guy Redden From RAE to ERA: research evaluation at work in the corporate university Special Section: Rural Cultural Studies David Carter, Kate Darian-Smith and Andrew Gorman-Murray Introduction Andrew Gorman-Murray, Kate Darian-Smith and Chris Gibson Scaling the Rural: Reflections on Rural Cultural Studies Phil McManus and John Connell Country Week: Bringing the City to the Country? Deb Anderson Drought, Endurance and ‘The Way Things Were’: The Lived Experience of Climate and Climate Change in the Mallee Kate Bowles Rural Cultural Research: Notes from a Small Country Town Special Section: Marketing Asian-Australianness Olivia Khoo Introduction Tom Cho ‘No One Puts Baby in a Corner’: Inserting My Self into the Text Simone Lazaroo Not Just Another Migrant Story Merlinda Bobis ‘Voice-Niche-Brand’: Marketing Asian-Australianness Book Reviews Reviewed by Aidan Davison Patriots: Defending Australia’s Natural Heritage by William Lines Reviewed by Caroline Hamilton This Crazy Thing a Life: Australian Jewish Autobiography by Richard Freadman Reviewed by Melissa Harper Being Australian: Narratives of National Identity by Catriona Elder Reviewed by Fiona Jenkins Judith Butler: Live Theory by Vicki Kirby The Ecological Humanities Deborah Rose Introduction Jessica Weir Connectivity Jinki Trevillian Talking with Ghosts: A Meeting with Old Man Crocodile on Cape York Peninsula Mary Graham Some Thoughts about the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews