Dr Mario Daniel Martin
Areas of expertise
- Creative Writing (Incl. Playwriting) 190402
- Drama, Theatre And Performance Studies 190404
- Literature In Spanish And Portuguese 200514
- Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) 200405
- Iberian Languages 200308
Research interests
Creative Writing (Including Playwriting); Science Fiction; Theatre of the Absurd; Experimental Fiction; Mobile Assisted Language Learning; Music and Society in the Spanish-speaking world; The history of Language Teaching in Australia; The history of the Spanish-speaking Community in Australia; Language Maintenance and Shift (Sociolinguistics); Language Politics and Language Planning.
Biography
Mario Daniel Martín was born in Salta, Argentina. He holds five university degrees (Bachelor of Science, Tucumán; Master of Arts in Linguistics, Delaware; PhD in Linguistics, ANU; Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, Canberra and Masters of Higher Education, ANU), and completed undergraduate and graduate courses in Mathematics, Computer Science, Political Science, Anthropology, Theatre and Cinema in Argentina, Spain and Italy.
He joined the ANU in 2005 to establish the Spanish program and was its convenor until 2017. In this role, he led the application that won an Office of Learning and Teaching national award in teaching in the category “Program that enhances learning” in 2012. He was also the General Convener of the Bachelor of Languages (2007-2018), General Convener of the Diploma of Languages (2009-2017) and School Language Discipline convener (2016-2018). He became an Honorary Associate Professor in December 2020.
Mario Daniel has published academic papers and books related to student attrition and retention in languages, the use of technology in language teaching, the history of language teaching in Australia, the Sociolinguistics situation of the Spanish-speaking community in Australia and literature in the Spanish-speaking World.
Mario Daniel is also a creative practitioner who has extensive experience in producing art in a variety of formats and genres. In his career he has published 11 fiction books (3 novels, 4 books of poetry, 2 of short stories and 2 of theatre plays), and more than 70 individually published short stories and poems. He has written the scripts for 5 performed theatre plays, 3 radio plays and 3 films, and has been awarded or short-listed in national and international literary awards. Most of his creative work has been published in Spanish, and all the prizes he won were for work written in this language. His creative work was also published in English, Italian and German and has generated independent criticism and long newspaper articles in Argentina.
In particular, he writes what is considered “hard science fiction”, that is, fiction based on the extrapolation of scientific facts, which requires extensive investigation on a wide variety of subjects. The short story “El último bolero en el Taj Mahal”, for instance, required him to research the physics of relativity; biological research in human-animal chimeras, epigenetics and germ line mutations; research on the brain scans on people who are in love; the evolution of private companies; scientific speculations on exobiology and the first encounter entropic meta-laws; the sociology of liberation movements; and cybernetics.
Past student projects
Masters and PhD – Main Supervisor
Latin American identity discourse and the narrative: literature, globalisation and hybridity. An analysis based on Pascale Casanova’s World Literature framework
Pierre Bourdieu’s Formulation of the French Literary Field and its Application to the study of Martin Fierro and the Argentine Literary Context
Dynamics of Motivation of University Students in Saudi Arabia Learning English
Language Maintenance and Shift in Barcelona
The use of Spanish Adverbs Atrás and Detrás: An underlying hierarchy of linguistic factors that determine the appropriate adverb
Language and Identity: The Second Generation of Hispanic Adolescents in Brisbane
Past Student Projects (Masters and PhD) – Advisor / Member of supervisory panel
Increasing Intercultural competence in language teachers
Re-examining the profile and motivation of German Studies students in Australian universities
Voseo in Chile. Variation and Change in Language and Society
Croisement des représentations, des aspects cognitifs et du « rapport à » l’écriture en langue étrangère
The role of the input in the acquisition of verbs ser and estar by Spanish-speaking children
Enhancing Critical Thinking in Language Learning through Computer-Mediated Collaborative Learning
Past Student Projects – Honours – Main Supervisor
Identidad, moralidad y censura: La peculiaridad del lunfardo
La murga en Argentina y Uruguay
La Nueva Canción Chilena
¿Castellano o español? Las actitudes comunes hacia la lengua en España e Hispanoamérica
Australia y El Mercado Comun Del Sur (Mercosur): Oportunidades y Desafios
La Constitución de Colombia y los pueblos indígenas: ¿Una ficción jurídica o un paso hacia la reconciliación?
Espejos literarios, historias múltiples y catarsis social: El fin de la historia de Liliana Heker
¿Es el Muro entre Estados Unidos y México la Real Solución para el Problema Inmigratorio Ilegal a los Estados Unidos?
El mito de Pablo Escobar y las relaciones colombo-estadounidenses
La Nueva Trova Cubana como estrategia en la política exterior de Cuba
Estudios Universitarios, Clase y Meritocracia en Chile
El corrido y el narcocorrido
La emergencia política de los evangélicos en el Perú
The Usage of the Simple Preterite and Preterite Perfect in Latin America and Spain
¿Atrás o Detrás? El uso de los adverbios en distintas regiones del mundo hispano
Past Student Projects – Honours – Co-Supervisor
Imágenes Influyentes: un análisis de Imagen de la Patria de Oswaldo Guayasamín
La popularización e internacionalización de la cumbia: una reimaginación sonora de la cultura colombiana en los años 60
La recuperación de la memoria de la Guerra Civil y el franquismo en la política y la cinematografía de la España actual
Desafiando al Otro: Sicilia y España bajo la dominación árabe
Princesas de Sabina: La Relación Heterosexual en la Transición Democrática Española a través de canciones
Il monstro nel romanzo Gente Conmigo di Syria Poletti
Une analyse sociolinguistique du phénomène culturel de la musique rap en France
Une Merveilleuse Aventure: la decouverte d’une langue
Publications
- Martin, M 2021, The art of letting go. In Julia Prendergast, Eileen Herbert-Goodall & Jen Webb (eds.), The Incompleteness Book II: Writing Back and Thinking Forward. Canberra, Recent Work Press, pages 46-47.
- Martin, M 2019, Instrucciones para crear diversos multiversos Ubbz con una gata de Schröedinger robada del patio de la casa de al lado del garaje de la morada de tu hirsuta tia Jacinta. Published in Gallego Sagastume, Juana Inés, ed. (2019) Paisajes Perturbadores. Segunda Antología de Pórtico,Encuentro de Ciencia Ficción. Buenos Aires, Pórtico,
- Martin, M 2018, En el lugar inapropriado en el momento incorrecto (In an unsuitable place at the incorrect time).
- Martin, M 2018, La Inevitable Resurreccion de los Cerebros de Boltzmann (The unavoidable resurrection of the Boltzmann Brains). Ediciones Ayarmanot, Buenos Aires. 436 pages.
- Martin, M 2017, ¡Zacatrás! El camino hacia el jardín de la armonía (The way to the garden of Harmony), Ediciones del Boulevard,Córdoba, Argentina and Encuentro Publishing, Canberra. 176 pages
- Martin, M 2016, Llama entre las llamas (Llama among the flames), Ediciones del Boulevard, Córdoba, Argentina. 109 pages
- Martin, M 2016, Der Kybersoldat (German translation of Cybersoldado) ) Published in the book: Schreiber, Erik (ed.) In 80 Science Fiction Geschichten um die Welt, pages 400-402 . Bickenbach, Germany: Verlag Saphir im Stahl
- Martin, M 2016, 'A more likely outcome', 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP), ed. N Fanaiyan, R Franks, J Seymour, University of Canberra, Canberra, pp. 7pp.
- Martin, M 2016, El ultimo numero de la Meta-Revista Interplanetaria Asteroidal (The last number of the Meta-Revista Interplanetaria Asteroidal), published in TerBi, Revista de la Asociacion Vasca de Ciencia Ficcion, Fantasia y Terror, number 11, pages 73-84.
- Martin, M, Jansen, L & Beckmann, E A 2016, The Doubters' Dilemma, ANU Press, Canberra. 210 pages. https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/doubters-dilemma
- Martin, M 2015, Piratas Geneticos. Published by Ediciones Ayamarnot, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 277 pages.
- Martin, M 2015, Generaciones (Generations).Published in the book Ficción y Ciencia en la Universidad – Los mejores relatos del I Concurso ‘Ficción y Ciencia, pages 67-74. Vicerectorado de Investigación y Transferencia. Universidad de Málaga, Málaga (Spain)
- Martin, M 2015, Ir más allá: El uso de la bibliografía científica y la consulta con científicos u otros expertos al escribir ciencia ficción (Going further: The use of the scientific literature and consultation with scientists and other experts to write science fiction). Published in Revista Axxón Number 267, November 2015.
- Martin, M 2015, Nunca-jamás y más allá, la eterna e imponderable singularidad (The never-ever and further, the eternal and imponderable singularity). Published in the book Más Acá:Antología del Género Fantástico Argentino, Vol.2, pages 65-77. Editorial Letra Sudaca, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
- Martin, M 2015, La inevitabile pregunta (The unavoidable question) Published in the book Bajo La Piel,Volumen 1, pages 242-244. Carpa de Sueños, Madrid (Spain)
- Martin, M 2015, Metametamorfosis. Published in Revista Axxón Number 267, November 2015
- Martin, M 2015, La cantante calva versus Wikipedia (the bold singer versus Wikipedia). Published in the book XIII Edición Teatro Mínimo – Certamen Rafael Guerrero, pages 53-68. Taetro, Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain.
- Martin, M 2015, El año del Gorila Sapiens (The Year of the Gorilla Sapiens). Published in Revista Axxón Number 267, November 2015.
- Barahona Duran, M & Martin, M 2014, 'Effective social learning pedagogy in Spanish language teaching: Integrating podcasting and blogging to teach current affairs', Languages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities Colloquium (LCNAU 2013) - The Second National LCNAU Colloquium, ed. C Travis, J Hajek, C Nettelbeck, E Beckmann and A Lloyd-Smith, LCNAU, Australia, pp. 485-495.
- Quijada Cervoni, E & Martin, M 2014, 'Incorporating technology into teaching L2 conversation through scenarios', Languages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities Colloquium (LCNAU 2013) - The Second National LCNAU Colloquium, ed. C Travis, J Hajek, C Nettelbeck, E Beckmann and A Lloyd-Smith, LCNAU, Australia, pp. 363-375.
- Martin, M 2014, Cibersoldado (Cybersoldier). Published in Tiempos Oscuros, Number 2, January-June; pages 99-102 Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
- Martin, M 2014, Biotecnología y sociedad en el Sistema Solar interior (Biotechnology and Society in the Internal Solar System). Published in Sci-Fdi: Revista de Ciencia Ficción de la Facultad de Informática. Number 9 – January 2014 – pages 49-60 Madrid, Spain: Universidad Complutense
- Martin, M 2014, To whom it may not concern. Published in Strange, S. & K. Rosynski (eds.) The Creative manoeuvres: Making, saying, being – the refereed proceedings of the 18th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs.
- Beckmann, E & Martin, M 2013, 'How mobile learning facilitates student engagement: A case study from the teaching of Spanish', in Berge, Z.L. & Muilenburg, L. Y. (ed.), Handbook of Mobile Learning, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, USA and Abingdon, UK, pp. 534-544.
- Martin, M 2013, La Reconstrucción de la Casa de Usher (The Reconstruction of Usher's House). Published in the book Huevo de pascua y otras ficciones (Spanish Edition) Edited by Greity Gonzalez Rivera, Miami, USA: Editorial La Pereza, pages 61-73.
- Martin, M 2013, UDF-423. Published in the magazine Alfa Eridiani No. 20 – Julio-Septiembre 2013 (Madrid, Spain), pages 61-62.
- Martin, M 2013, Paradojas multi-sensoriales en la orbita de Neptuno (Multi-Sensory Paradoxes in Neptune's orbit). Published in Revista Próxima No. 17 – Verano (Buenos Aires), pages 4-16.
- Martin, M & Jansen, L 2012, 'Identifying possible causes for high and low retention rates in language and culture programs at the Australian National University: A characterization of three groups of students crucial for understanding student attrition', Languages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities Colloquium (LCNAU 2011), ed. John Hajek, Colin Nettelbeck and Anya Woods, Languages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities, Melbourne Australia, pp. 175-219.
- Martin, M 2012, La cantante calva versus Wikipedia (The bold Soprano versus Wikipedia). Produced and performed by Taetro, Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain. 22 minutes.
- Martin, M 2012, La clausula mu (The mu clause). Published in Revista Próxima, Number 13, Verano, pages 8-13. Buenos Aires.
- Martin, M 2012, El fin (The End). Published in Revista Digital Minatura 122, ”, page 17. Madrid, Spain.
- Martin, M & Beckmann, E 2011, 'Simulating Immersion: Podcasting in Spanish Teaching', in Betty Facer & Mohammed Abdous (ed.), Academic Podcasting and Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Applications and Outcomes, Information Science Reference, Hershey New York, pp. 111-131.
- Martin, M 2011, El corolario de la igualadad negentropica (The corollary of negentropic equality). Published in Revista Próxima, Number 10, Otoño, pages 58-66. Buenos Aires.
- Martin, M 2011, Iteración 10.345 (Iteration 10.345). Published in Revista Digital Minatura, Número 114, Especial “Universo Asimov, pages 19-20.
- Martin, M 2011, 'Reactions to the overt display of Spanish language maintenance in Australia', in Kim Potowski and Jason Rothman (ed.), Bilingual Youth: Spanish in English-speaking societies, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam and Philadelphia, pp. 283-307.
- Martin, M 2011, Arqueologia Sentimental (Sentimental Archaeology). Published in Libro Andrómeda Hiperespacio – Area de Relato. Mataró, Spain.
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2011, Fábula del conejo y el hornero (Fable of the rabbit and the hornero). Published in the literary Magazine Claves, Year XIX, number 193, September 2010, page 22. Salta, Argentina.
- Martin, M 2011, La coordenada incorrecta (The incorrect coordinate). Published in Revista Axxón Number 220, July 2011.
- Martin, M 2011, La ocasión (The occasion). Published in La idea lista, Number 11, March 15, Mexico City
- Martin, M 2010, Falsos Recuerdos.Published by La Cigarra Hormiguera Ediciones. Salta, Argentina. 120 pages.
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2010, Las máscaras del crimen. Published in Revista Axxón Number 207, May 2010.
- Martin, M 2010, El último bolero en el Taj Mahal. Published in the book Utopía Final. Mataró, Spain: Libro Andrómeda. Pages 84-116.
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2010, Correspondencia hallada en un pedazo de bolsillo del delantal de una maestra intergaláctica. Published in Revista Axxón Number 204, January 2010
- Martin, M 2009, Brindis (Cheers). Published in the book Asociación Cultural Calle del Sol (eds.) 1er concurso de microrelatos - selección de cuentos premiados 2008. Santander, Spain: Dolmen Urban Rubicón. Pags. 18-19.
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2009, No olvides traer tu cordero al sacrificio (Don't forget to bring your lamb to the altar of sacrifice), published in “Ficción Breve 53” Revista Axxón Number 202, November 2009, Argentina.
- Martin, M 2009, Esprit de Corps, Published in Cycles. The Revolution of the Chrysalis. Canberra, Encuentro Inc., pages 23-26
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2009, La Metamorfosis sintáctica de los Truenos (The syntactic metamorphosis of thunder), Published in “Ficción Breve 47” Revista Axxón Number 196, April 2009
- Martin, M 2009, Antepenultima Ciudadania (the penultimum citizenship), Sobrinos (nephews and nieces), Turning point, Poetry in book "Giulia Gonzaga: Contessa FONDI 1527" (Profilo Storico), Edizioni Lo Spazio, Fondi, Italy.
- Martin, M 2009, Meta-Metamorphosis. Published in Cycles. The Revolution of the Chrysalis. Canberra, Encuentro Inc., pages 12-13
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2009, Transcripción de una cinta magnetofonica hallada en un bolso de un ingeniero de la planta de Chernobil. (transcription of a tape found in the pocket of an engineer of the powerplant of Chernobyl). Published in Revista Axxón Number 203, December 2009.
- Martin, M 2009, La Agonia de Dios (The Agony of God), ) Published in Cosmocápsula. Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Ficción. Number 1, November 2009-January 2010. pages 41-42, Monteria, Colombia.
- Martin, M 2009, Sand that Life Took Away, Published in Cycles. The Revolution of the Chrysalis. Canberra, Encuentro Inc., pages 39-42
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2009, Tres años después ese mismo jarrón fue rematado en una tienda de Londres (Three years later the same jug went on auction in a London store). Published in “Ficción Breve 47” Revista Axxón Number 196, April 2009
- Martin, M 2009, Nostalgia de la Certeza (nostalgy of the certainty). Published in Orlando, Fernando (ed.) 150 autores, 150 ivencias. Antología III Premio Orolla. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Orolla. Pages 222-223,
- Martin, M 2009, Suburban. Published in Cycles. The Revolution of the Chrysalis. Canberra, Encuentro Inc., pages 39-42
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2009, Vine a verte porque me dejaron el mensaje (I came to see you because I got your message). Published in the magazine "Axxon 201", Axxon, Argentina.
- Martin, M 2009, The Era of the Gorilla Sapiens. Published in Cycles. The Revolution of the Chrysalis. Canberra, Encuentro Inc., pages 88-94
- Martin, M 2008, 'Advice to speak English in Australia', Ethnicities, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 68-101.
- Martin, M 2008, El Hombre de la Bolsa ... por la alegria al poder y la felicidad a las calles (The man with the bag ... For the happiness and the strength and the luck of the streets)Playwright in the Radio Play. Written in collaboration with Daniel Cacharelli. Produced and broadcasted by “El hombre de la bolsa” radio program in Simphony FM 93.1 Buenos, Aires, Argentina on 24/09/08 and 01/10/08.
- Martin, M 2008, Eres sólo un puente... (You are only a bridge...), Gaviotas de Azogue, Madrid, Spain and Mexico City, Mexico.
- Martin, M 2008, La vergüenza del quirquincho (The embarrassment of the armadillo), Published in Segretin, Claudia Marcela (ed.) Los Oficios del lápiz 2: Antología de la literatura infantil ilustrada. Mar del Plata, Argentina: Jitanjáfora. Pages 21-25.
- Martin, M 2008, La Vida Es Un Sueño Recurrente (Life is a recurrent dream), Published in Revista Axxón Number190, October 2008.
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2007, Demasiado inutil es regalar veneno (It is completely unnecessary to waste venom), 186 pages., Ediciones del Boulevard, Cordoba, Argentina.
- Martin, M 2007, Las Trenzas de la Cautiva (The plaits of the captive), Radio play. Produced by “Las Voces del Rejunte” Theatre group. Broadcasted in Radio Cualquiera, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
- Martin, M & Graham, M 2006, 'Editing Culture/Editing the Other', in Jennifer Martiniello (ed.), Voices and Spaces: Indigenous and Multicultural Writers in Dialogue, Kemarre Arts/ACT Indigenous Writers Group, Weston Creek, ACT, pp. 45-56.
- Martin, M & Cacharelli, D 2006, Sin la espada con la pluma y la escafandra (Without the sword but with the feather and the diving suit), Theatre play, published in a special edition of the theatre journal 'El apuntador', Cordoba, Argentina, Year 6, number 16. 62 pages.
- Martin, M, Burstin, H, Stanislawska-Birnberg, M et al. 2006, 'Culture, Meaning & Translation', in Jennifer Martiniello (ed.), Voices and Spaces: Indigenous and Multicultural Writers in Dialogue, Kemarre Arts/ACT Indigenous Writers Group, Weston Creek, ACT, pp. 93-116.
- Martin, M 2006, El conventillo del kamikase (The convent of the self-murderers/The kamikaze convent), Theatre play. 115 pages., Ediciones del Ciclope and Ferreyra Editor, Cordoba, Argentina.
- Martin, M 2006, Kangaroo, Published in 'Voices and Spaces: Indigenous and Multicultural Writers in Dialogue'. Edited by Jennifer Martiniello, pp.133-134., Kemarre Arts/ACT Indigenous Writers Group, Weston Creek, ACT.
- Martin, M 2006, La literatura infantil y la gramatica de lo absurdo (Children literature and the grammar of the absurd), El Apuntador, Revista de artes escénicas, vol 17, august/september/october, pages 36-37
- Martin, M 2005, 'Permanent crisis, tenuous persistence: Foreign languages in Australian universities', Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 53-75.
- Martin, M 2005, Jellyfish. Published in 'Bridges', Canberra, Encuentro, 34-9., Canberra.
- Martin, M 2004, 'Who is to blame? The position of foreign languages in Australian society', Marking our Difference 2003, ed. Gillian Wigglesworth, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 75-91.
- Martin, M 2002, 'El Espanol en Australia', in Plaza & Janes (ed.), El Espanol en el Mundo, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Spain, pp. 191-255.
