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Michelle Redman-MacLaren

Projects

8

Publications

80

Awards

5


Contact Details

Associate Professor - Medical Education
    Principal Research Fellow

    Biography

    Michelle is an Anglo-Celt born on Gubbi Gubbi country who grew up on a farm on Gamilaroi Country (near what is now known as Narrabri). With a professional background as a social worker, Michelle continues to enact inclusive, developmental and decolonising processes developed during her Undergraduate and Master of Social Work studies at the University of Queensland.

    Since 2006, Michelle has contributed to higher education as an Associate Dean, Research Education (2020-2022), supervisor of higher degree by research candidates (2017-current), researcher (2009-current), lecturer (2005-current) and field educator (2005-2009).

    In her role as a public health researcher, Michelle facilitates qualitative and mixed methods research in partnership with groups and communities to promote health. Michelle works with Pacific Islander, Australian South Sea Islander and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to: improve health and wellbeing, including sexual and reproductive health; reduce transmission of infectious disease; and strengthen health systems.

    Michelle's NHMRC-funded PhD research, undertaken in the College of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University, was a transformational grounded theory study focused on HIV prevention with women in Papua New Guinea.

    Current applied research co-led with Pacific, Australian South Sea Islander and Indigenous Australian partners includes:

    • Strengthening the role of women leaders in Papua New Guinea for improved sexual health and wellbeing
    • Culturally situating women and girls' experience of menstrual health and menopause in Solomon Islands
    • Developing culturally relevant strategies for tuberculosis prevention, detection and treatment in Solomon Islands, and
    • Documenting traditional knowledge about climate and food Security in Kwaio, Solomon Islands Project, especially with women, 
    • Exploring the lived experiences of Australian South Sea Islanders in Queensland, including levels of disadvantage, and
    • Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander place-based responses for a stable and effective primary healthcare workforce. 

    Michelle has a strong practical and theoretical track record in facilitating research capacity strengthening with grassroots communities, community-based organisations and tertiary institutions, in Australia and a number of Pacific nations. This was evidenced during her service as Associate Dean, Research Education in the College of Medicine and Dentistry (2020-2022). Michelle centralises an 'All Teach, All Learn' approach to research capacity strengthening in her research and higher degree by research supervision.

    Michelle's work using arts-based research methods, specifically poetic inquiry, explores the potential of arts-based approaches for improved health. Poetic inquiry work has been recognised internationally, including in a recent TEDx talk, international collaborations with poets/poet- researchers, international conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. In 2021, Michelle co-founded the Deadly Poets Society within the collaborative Primary Health Care researcher network (CRE-STRIDE).

    Michelle has contributed to the development of both social science and public health disciplines, having previously served as an Associate Editor of the SAGE journal, Action Research (edited by Professor Hilary Bradbury) and has peer-reviewed for almost 20 journals, including the American Journal of Tropical Health and Medicine, CSIRO Sexual Health, Culture, Health and Sexuality Journal, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and a number of BMC and international social work journals.

    For more details about scholarly work, please visit the JCU Publications page, Google Scholar page or OrcidID.

    Research

    Research Interests

    • Health of people in Papua New Guinea
    • Participatory approaches to research
    • Social and cultural determinants of health
    • Decolonising research
    • Sexual and reproductive health of peoples in the Pacific
    • Health of people in Solomon Islands
    • Research capacity strengthening
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
    • Poetic inquiry
    • Transformational Grounded Theory

    Projects

    Teaching

    Research Advisor Accreditation
    Advisor Type

    Mentor

    Research Advisor Accreditation
    Role

    Chair; Independent Academic


    Taught Modules
    Current JCU Research Students
    Crafting wellbeing: Exploring Human Service workers’ and organisational managers’ views of using creative activities to prevent and address work related stress.
    Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
    Optimisation of neurorehabilitation through administration of fluoxetine to stroke survivors using SMART Arm therapy to improve deficits in their upper limb function
    Doctor of Philosophy (Health)
    Failing Feminism: Culture, Female Empowerment and Agricultural Development
    Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
    Navigating Latter Life better - Ageing and Dying 'Well' in Rural and Remote Australia
    Doctorate by Research - time-based
    Factors That Influence Papua New Guinean Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health, Which May Affect Their Completion of Tertiary Programs: A Mixed Methods Study
    Doctor of Philosophy (Health)
    Healthy Ageing in the Torres Strait: Developing and Implementing a Framework for Best-Practice Aged Care within Primary Health Care Centres
    Doctor of Philosophy (Health)
    Completed JCU Research Students
    ‘Making of a Strong Woman’: A constructivist grounded theory on young women’s experiences at Menarche in Papua New Guinea
    Doctor of Philosophy (Medical and Molecular Sciences)- 2021
    Family planning service provision in Solomon Islands: A Case Study Approach
    Doctor of Philosophy (Health)- 2023

    Activities

    Employment
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    Output

    Esau, Dorothy; Redman-Maclaren, Michelle; Wheeler, Stephanie; Harrington, Relmah Baritama; Cheer, Ka...
    Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Madsen, Wendy; Redman-Maclaren, Michelle; Saunders, Vicki; O'Mullan, Cathy; Judd, Jenni (2021) Refra. Cham...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Veukiso-Ulugia, Analosa (2019) An introduction to sexual and reproductive. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: [DOI] ...
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    Bainbridge, Roxanne; McCalman, Janya; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Whiteside, Mary (2019) Grounded the. London, UK:...
    Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    O'Dwyer, Siobhan T.; McDonough, Sharon L.; Jefferson, Rebecca; Goff, Jennifer Ann; Redman-Maclaren, ...
    Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Lynn, Robyn; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2017) Knowledge development and translation through action l. Abingdon, UK: ...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2015) The implications of male circumcision practices for women in Papua . [Thesis] [DOI] ...
    Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Tommbe, Rachael; Asugeni, Lester; MacLaren, David; Redman MacLaren, Michelle; Mafile'o, Tracie (2012...
    Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
    Dewar, Simone; Mensinga, Jo; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Johns, Lise (2023) 'A qualitative interpreti. Journal of Social Work, 23 (2):280-299. [DO ...
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    Baigry, Maggie Ikinue; Ray, Robin; Lindsay, Daniel; Kelly-Hanku, Angela; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (...
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    Maulingin-Gumbaketi, Elizabeth; Larkins, Sarah; Whittaker, Maxine; Rembeck, Gun; Gunnarsson, Ronny; ...
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    Mafile’o, Tracie; Kokinai, Clare Wedu; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2022) 'We Story: Decoloniality in . Cultural Studies - Critic, 22 (6):547-561. [DOI] ...
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    Canuto, Karla; Preston, Robyn; Rannard, Sam; Felton-Busch, Catrina; Geia, Lynore; Yeomans, Lee; Turn...
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    Quigley, Rachel; Russell, Sarah G; Larkins, Sarah; Taylor, Sean; Sagigi, Betty; Strivens, Edward; Re...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2021) 'Pacific women, HIV, and me: a positioned critical poetic inquiry'. Qualitative Inquiry, 27 (6):700-705. [DOI] ...
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    Mitchell, Elke; Hakim, Avi; Nosi, Somu; Kupul, Martha; Boli-Neo, Ruthy; Aeno, Herick; Redman-MacLare...
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    Kelly-Hanku, Angela; Worth, H.; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Nosi, S.; Boli-Neo, R.; Ase, S.; Hou, P.;...
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    Neuendorf, Nalisa; Cheer, Karen; Tommbe, Rachael; Kokinai, Clare; Simeon, Lalen; Browne, Kelwyn; Mac...
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    Redman-Maclaren, Michelle; Turner, Nalita Nungarrayi; Taylor, Judy; Laycock, Alison; Vine, Kristina;...
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    Harrington, Relmah; Harvey, Nichole; Larkins, Sarah; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2021) 'Family planni. PLoS ONE, 16 (8). ...
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    Maulingin‑Gumbaketi, Elizabeth; Larkins, Sarah; Gunnarsson, Ronny; Rembeck, Gun; Whittaker, Maxine; ...
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    Carlisle, Karen; Matthews (Quandamooka), Veronica; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Vine, Kristina; Turner...
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    Marks, Michael; Gwyn, Sarah; Toloka, Hilary; Kositz, Christian; Asugeni, James; Asugeni, Rowena; Dia...
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    Harrington, Relmah; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Harvey, Nichole; Puia, Mike; Carlisle, Karen; Larkins...
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    Guenther, John; Benveniste, Tessa; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Mander, David; McCalman, Janya; O’Brya...
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    Britton, Amelia; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Ham, Miriam; Bainbridge, Roxanne (2020) 'What attributes. Australian an, 30 (3). ...
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    Turner, Nalita Nungarrayi; Taylor, Judy; Larkins, Sarah; Carlisle, Karen; Thompson, Sandra; Carter, ...
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    Marks, Michael; Toloka, Hilary; Baker, Ciara; Kositz, Christian; Asugeni, James; Puiahi, Elliot; Asu...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Mafile'o, Tracie; Tommbe, Rachael; MacLaren, David (2019) 'Meeting in the. Internationa, 18 . [DOI ...
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    McPhail-Bell, Karen; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle Louise (2019) 'A co/autoethnography of peer support a. The Qualitative Report, 24 (5). ...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Benveniste, Tessa; McCalman, Janya; Rutherford, Katrina; Britton, Amelia;...
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    Asugeni, Rowena; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Asugeni, James; Esau, Tommy; Timothy, Frank; Massey, Pet...
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    Charlson, Fiona; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Gossip, Kate; Hunter, Ernest (2018) 'Evaluation of the l. Fiji Journal of P, 7 (1):14-17. ...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Barrington, Dani J.; Harrington, Humpress; Cram, David; Selep, Jeanette; ...
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    Heyeres, Marion; McCalman, Janya; Langham, Erika; Bainbridge, Roxanne; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Br...
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    Marks, Michael; Esau, Tommy; Asugeni, Rowena; Harrington, Relmah; Diau, Jason; Toloka, Hilary; Asuge...
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    Langham, Erika; McCalman, Janya; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Hunter, Ernest; Wenitong, Mark; Britton,...
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    McPhail-Bell, Karen; Matthews, Veronica; Bainbridge, Roxanne; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle Louise; Aske...
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    Campbell, Sandy; McCalman, Janya; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Canuto, Karla; Vine, Kristina; Sewter, ...
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    Heyeres, Marion; McCalman, Janya; Bainbridge, Roxanne; Redman-Maclaren, Michelle (2017) 'Staff capac. Frontiers, 2 :1-10...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Mills, Jane; Tommbe, Rachael; MacLaren, David; Speare, Rick; McBride, Wil...
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    McCalman, Janya; Bainbridge, Roxanne Gwendalyn; Redman-Maclaren, Michelle; Russo, Sandra; Rutherford...
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    Redman-Maclaren, Michelle L.; Klieve, Helen; McCalman, Janya; Russo, Sandra; Rutherford, Katrina; We...
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    Usher, Kim; Redman-Maclaren, Michelle L.; Mills, Jane; West, Caryn; Casella, Evan; Hapsari, Elsi D.;...
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    Charlson, Fiona; Redman-Maclaren, Michelle; Hunter, Ernest (2015) 'Evaluation of a Leadership in Men. Australasian Psychiatry, 23 (6):38-41. [DOI] ...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2015) 'Becoming a researcher: an auto-ethnographic account of a doctoral . Journal of Poetry Therapy, 28 (3):207-214. [DOI] ...
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    MacLaren, David; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Timothy-Harrington, Relmah; Asugeni, Rowena; Muse, Elmah...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Mills, Jane (2015) 'Transformational grounded theory: theory, voice, and . International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14 (3):1-12. ...
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    Usher, Kim; Park, Tanya; Trueman, Scott; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Casella, Evan; Woods, Cindy (201...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Mills, Jane; Tommbe, Rachael (2014) 'Interpretive focus groups: a partici. Global Health Action, 7 :1-6. [DOI] ...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Api, Unia K.; Darius, Matupit; Tommbe, Rachael; Mafile'o, Tracie A.; MacL...
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    Tommbe, Rachael; MacLaren, David J.; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle L.; Mafile'o, Tracie A.; Asugeni, Les...
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    Usher, Kim; West, Caryn; MacManus, Mary; Waqa, Silina; Stewart, Lee; Henry, Renee; Lindsay, David; C...
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    Lynn, Robyn; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2013) 'Action learning/action research knowledge development. 19 (1):97-114. ...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle L.; Mills, Jane; Tommbe, Rachael; MacLaren, David J.; Speare, Richard; McB...
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    Maclaren, David; Tommbe, Rachael; Mafile'o, Tracie; Manineng, Clement; Fregonese, Federica; Redman-M...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; MacLaren, David J.; Harrington, Humpress; Asugeni, Rowena; Timothy-Harrin...
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    Vallely, A.; MacLaren, D.J.; Kaleva, W.; Millan, J.; Tommbe, R.; Marape, W.; Manineng, C.; Buchanan,...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle L.; MacLaren, David J.; Asugeni, Rowena; Fa'anuabae, Chillion E.; Harringt...
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    MacLaren, David; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Clough, Alan (2010) 'Estimating tobacco consumption in r. Australian and New Zealand Journa, 34 (81):S66-S70. [DOI] ...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle L.; MacLaren, David J.; Soloman, Janella; Muse, Alwin; Asugeni, Rowena; Ha...
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    Cheer, Karen; Timothy-Harrington, Relmah; Esau, Dorothy; Foroasi, Emmy; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2...
    Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCU
    Hodgetts, Anderw; Massey, Peter; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Bainbridge, Roxanne (2021) 'Community fi 12 (2) . [ ...
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    Preston, Robyn; Rannard, Sam; Felton-Busch, Catrina; Larkins, Sarah; Canuto, Karla; Carlisle, Karen;...
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    MacLaren, David; Asugeni, James; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2015) 'Strengthening research capacity i Australasian Psychiatry, 23 (6) :42-44. [DOI] ...
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    Manineng, Clement; MacLaren, David; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Tommbe, Rachael; Mafile'o, Tracie (20...
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    McPhail-Bell, Karen; Bond, Chelsea; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2013) 'Skins for smokes and the use o Queensland Health Promotion Q, June 2013 :8-8. ...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Asugeni, Rowena; Timothy-Harrington, Relmah; MacLaren, David (2011) 'HIV Pac, 3...
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    Redman-Maclaren, Michelle; Mafiléo, Tracie; Tommbe, Rachael; MacLaren, David (2010) 'Male circumcisi Pacific AIDS A, 36 :27-28. ...
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    Gasson, Susan; Dillon, Denise; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2023) ARMS 2023: Australasian Research Man...
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    Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Mills, Jane (2014) QI2014: 10th International Congress of Qualitative Inq...
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    Redman-MacLaren, M.; Tommbe, R.; Mills, J.; MacLaren, D.; McBride, W.J. (2014) AIDS 2014: 20th Inter...
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    MacLaren, D.; Tommbe, R.; Redman-MacLaren, M.; Browne, K.; Mafile'o, T.; Manineng, C.; McBride, W.J....
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    MacLaren, D.; Tommbe, R.; Redman-MacLaren, M.; Mafile'o, T.; Manineng, C.; Browne, K.; McBride, W.J....
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    MacLaren, D.; Tommbe, R.; Mafile'o, T.; Redman-MacLaren, M.; Browne, K.; McBride, W.J. (2011) 'My Gla...
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    MacLaren, D.; Tommbe, R.; Mafile'o, T.; Redman-MacLaren, M.; Browne, K.; McBride, W.J. (2011) Impl Gla...
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    MacLaren, D.; Tommbe, R.; Mafile'o, T.; Redman-MacLaren, M.; Browne, K.; McBride, W.J. (2011) 'I w Gla...
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    Browne, K.; MacLaren, D.; Redman-MacLaren, M.; McBride, J.; Tommbe, R.; Mafile'o, T. (2011) 'Willi Glasg...
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