This study tested the effectiveness of a recently established sanctuary zone on Carnac Island (Western Australia) in reducing human disturbances to Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea). Several methods of recording behaviors were also tested to clarify their adequacy for detecting human disturbances. Observations made between March 2005 and September 2006 (98 observations over 16 days) indic...

Christian congregations find themselves caught in a polarized cultural environment which can lead to simplified theological and spiritual constructs. Moreover, congregants are facing challenges that come from entrenched differences. The Pantañjali yogic system offers an opportunity for Reformed communities develop yoga practices integrate breath, movement, appropriate Biblical texts. Three prac...

This article takes sanctuary as a problematizing challenge to the state, coming into effect when political asylum fails or is denied. Sanctuary, it argues, offers form of protection that does not take legality its basis reference point, and in fact often subverts such legality. Thinking with Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre (2011), this seeks understand kinds “individual” makes possible, what they ill...