Dr Heather Foster |
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| Position: | Lecturer |
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| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Education | |
| Campus: | Mawson Lakes Campus | |
| Office: | G3-26 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 26474 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 26550 | |
| Email: | Heather_dot_Foster_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Heather.Foster | |
Teaching interests
- Asian Religions with a specific focus on diaspora Hinduism
- Religion Studies
- Education
- Adult Education
I teach the following courses
| PHIL 1008 | Myth, Ritual and the Sacred |
| PHIL 2006 | Religions of Asia |
| PHIL 3004 | Religions of Asia: Area Studies A |
| REL 11 | Religion Studies: The Long Search |
| REL 12 | Religion Studies: Myth, Ritual and the Sacred |
| PHIL 1006 | Religions of Australia |
| REL 17 | Religions of Asia |
Professional associations
Australian Association for the Study of Religions
Qualifications
PhD in Education (UniSA)
Bachelor of Arts (Ade Uni)
Graduate Dip of Education (Ade Uni)
Graduate Dip of Arts (Religions Studies)(UniSA)
Research publications
Recent Publications:
Foster H A 2008 ‘Religious maintenance and adaptation: an example from the South Australian Hindu diaspora’ Religion Compass Vol 2 (3) pp.316-330
Foster H A 2008 'Religion and sustainability’. In P. Willis, S. McKenzie and R. Harris. Rethinking Work and Learning: Adult and Vocational Education for Social Sustainability. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Foster H 2007 ‘Hinduism, Identity and Education: A conversation with Dilip Chirmuley AM’, in Dialogue Australasia Issues 17, April 2007 34-36.
Foster H 2006 ‘Conformity and subversion in the diaspora: Hindu women in South Australia’, Charles Strong Trust Lecture, referred and published on the Charles Strong Trust Website.
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