Dr Joanne Cummings
- Biography
- Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
- Grants/Current Projects
- Selected Publications
- Contact Details
Biography
Dr Joanne Cummings completed her PhD in Sociology in 2007. She is currently working as a research assistant for the Nursing Research Unit.
Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
Sociology
Youth cultures
Music cultures
Festival culture
Australian indie music festivals
Cultural sociology
Sociology of everyday life
Sociology of deviance
Sociology of health
Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Globalisation and trans-nationalism
Sociology of consumption
The role of popular music in the construction of late modern identities
Grants/Current Projects
Current Collaborative Projects
2008
Rescuing patients-at-risk: Identification of valid cues for the criterion 'concerned about patient'
Research Team: Team Leader: Dr Jane Cioffi, with Associate Investigators from Sydney West Area Health Service: Mr Richard Conway (CNC), Mr John Senior (CNC), Ms Janet Scott CNC), Ms Leanne Everist (CNC).
Aims: The aims of this project are to identify and describe cues used to identify a patient who has no identified physiological changes and meets the ‘concerned’ criterion for calling emergency support; and to evaluate the content validity of the collected cues using a questionnaire and panel of health professionals with experience in emergency response teams.
2008
Care of clients with chronic and complex conditions: Role of the community nurse in the multidisciplinary team
Research Team: Dr J Cioffi and Professor L. Wilkes with Sydney West Area Health Services Industry Partners: Ms K Harrison and Ms B.Warne.
Aims: The aims of this project are to identify and describe the role of the community nurse caring for clients with chronic and complex conditions in a multidisciplinary team in the community; to validate the descriptors for the role of the community nurse caring for clients with chronic and complex conditions in a multidisciplinary team in the community and provide recommendations for the professional development of community nurses in the current workforce and for the education of the future community nurse workforce charged with the responsibility of caring for clients with chronic and complex conditions.
Selected Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Cummings, J. (2006). It’s more than a t-shirt: Neo-tribal sociality and linking images at Australian indie music festivals. Perfect Beat, 8(1), 65-84.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Cummings, J. (2007). We’re all in this together. The meanings Australian festivalgoers attribute to their music festival participation. History of Stardom Reconsidered: The refereed proceedings of the inaugural conference of IIPC, University of Turku, 9–11 November 2006. Edited by Kari Kallioniemi, Kimi Kärki, Janne Mäkelä & Hannu Salmi. Turku: International Institute for Popular Culture.
Cummings, J. (2007). Selling the indie scene. Music festivals, neo-tribes and brand communities. Refereed proceedings of the joint Australian Sociological Association (TASA) and the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) conference 2007. Auckland University, New Zealand, 4-7 December.
Cummings, J. (2005). Australian indie music festivals as scenes. Refereed proceedings of the Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference 2005: Community, Place, and Change. University of Tasmania, 6-8 December.
