Dr. Rae Dufty-Jones

Dr Rae Dufty-Jones

Lecturer, Geography and Urban Studies

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• Biography
• Qualifications
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Selected Publications
• Affiliations

Biography

Rae Dufty-Jones is a Lecturer in Geography and Urban Studies. Before joining UWS in February 2010, Rae had previously worked at the University of New England (2008-2010) after completing her PhD at the University of New South Wales (2008). Her research interests include: governance and neoliberalism; migration and housing policy; urban development challenges and policies; the restructuring of horticultural industries in Australia; and ethnic diversity in Australian rural communities and issues of ‘racism’.

Qualifications

BA (Hons), PhD (UNSW).

Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Human Geography; Urban and Housing Studies; Rural Studies

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Grants / Current Projects

2009-2010 - ‘Home and Away: Defining and conceptualising rural youth migration in Australia’ (Argent, Rolley, Walmsley and Dufty) ARC Discovery research project.

2011-2013 - ‘Ethnic discrimination in the private rental housing market’ (Dunn, McDonald, Paradies, Dufty) ARC Discovery research project

2011 – ‘Moving Home: the role of housing policy in responding to and promoting mobility’ (Dufty) Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Essay research project

Selected Publications

Book Chapters:

Dufty, R. and Lui, E. (2011) “‘Picking blueberries and Indian women go hand-in-hand’: the role of gender and ethnicity in the division of agricultural labour in Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia” in Pini, B. and Leach, B. (eds) Reshaping Gender and Class in Rural Spaces, (opens in a new window) Farnham, Ashgate, pp.73-90

Dufty, R. and Gibson, C. (2010) ‘Shifting welfare, shifting people: rural development, housing and population mobility in Australia’, (opens in a new window) in Milbourne, P. (ed) Welfare Reform in Rural Places: Comparative Perspectives Brighton, Emerald, pp.173-198

Journal Articles:

Dufty, R. (2011) ‘Governing the experts: reforming expert governance of rural public housing’, Special Issue on Rural Governance, Australian Geographer, (opens in a new window) 42(2), pp.165-181

Dufty, R. (2010) ‘Reflecting on power relationships in the ‘doing’ of rural cultural research’, Cultural Studies Review, (opens in a new window) 16(1), pp.131-142

Dufty, R. (2009) ‘“At least I don’t live in Vegemite Valley”: racism and rural public housing spaces’, (opens in a new window) Australian Geographer, 40(4) pp.429-449

Prince, R. and Dufty, R. (2009) ‘Assembling the space economy: governmentality and economic geography’, (opens in a new window) Geography Compass 4 pp.1744-1756.

Gibson, C., Dufty, R., Smith, H., and Phillips, S. (2008) ‘Counter-geographies: the campaign against rationalisation of agricultural research stations in NSW’, (opens in a new window) Journal of Rural Studies 24 pp.351-366

Dufty, R. (2007) ‘Governing through locational choice: the locational preferences of rural public housing tenants in south-western New South Wales, Australia’, (opens in a new window) Housing Theory and Society 24(3) pp. 183-206

Dufty, R. (2006) ‘Which direction for cultural geography? A postgraduate perspective’, (opens in a new window) in Cultural Geography and Cultural Studies Forum, Geographical Research, 44(4), pp.430-433.

Gibson, C. and Dufty, R. (2006) ‘Social housing for the arts? On the nexus between housing affordability and creative city strategies’, HousingWorks: The Journal of the Australasian Housing Institute (opens in a new window) 4(1) pp.25-29.

Gibson, C., Dufty, R. and Drozdzewski, D., (2005) ‘Resident Attitudes to Farmland Protection Measures in the Northern Rivers Region, NSW’, (opens in a new window) Australian Geographer, 36(3), pp.369-383.

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Refereed Conference Papers:

Dufty, R. (2006) ‘“Because it’s home”: locational subjectivities and public housing tenants in regional Australia’, Beer, A. (Ed) Australasian Housing Researchers Conference: Papers and Presentations, Southern Cross Research Centre AHURI, Adelaide.

Dufty, R., (2003) ‘Gendering of property and its consequences for rural public housing’, in Le Heron, R. and Gao, J., (Eds) Windows on a Changing World, proceedings of the New Zealand Geographical Society 22nd Conference, Auckland, pp.172-4.

Reports:

Bartel, R., Dufty, R., Hearfield, C., McFarland, P. and Wood, S. (2009) Preparing the NSW Planning System for a Fairer and more Sustainable Future, Submission to the Inquiry into the New South Wales Planning Framework conducted by the NSW Legislative Council State Development Committee, University of New England, Armidale.

Atkinson, R., Dufty, R. and Pichot, L. (2007) Missed Opportunities: An appraisal of Hobart’s CBD, Housing and Community Research Unit, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania, Hobart. (see also Duncan, P. (2007) ‘Motor-mad Hobart urged to change priorities’, The Mercury, 10 November, p.1).

Book Reviews:

Dufty, R. (2008) ‘Book Review – “Space Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography” Crampton, J. & Elden, S. (eds) 2007’, Geographical Research, 46(4) pp.471-472

Affiliations

• Institute of Australian Geographers
• Geographical Society of New South Wales
• Planning Institute of Australia

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