Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture - Fire in 1788: the closest ally
Lecture
please be seated by 6 pm no charge for admission refreshments served 7.15 pm to 8.15pm bookings essential for catering fellow@watermarkliterarysociety.asn.au Eric Rolls had a country mind and a country eye. He knew the bush as a great teacher, and he was forever alert…
Work-in-Progress Seminar - Monstrous Images of Women in Singapore Cinema, and Other Aspects of Contemporary Patriarchy in the Global City
Seminar
The work that’s in progress is a book manuscript on aspects of contemporary patriarchy in Singapore, including its authoritarian ‘strong state’ model of development, feminist and gay activism within a very limited civil society, race and gender stereotypes in popular media, and the shifting…
Work-in-Progress Seminar - The mantra of certainty. Native title, resource companies, and negotiating agreements.
Seminar
I’ve called this seminar ‘the mantra of certainty’, to reflect the way in which the demand for certainty, and its constant reiteration, dominated the campaign of the mining industry in the 1993 debate over the Commonwealth’s Native Title Bill and continues to be an industry delusion. In this…
Friday Forum - Flexibly digital
Seminar
A special forum held in conjunction with the National Centre of Biography's Life of Information symposium. The thick, descriptive data of humanities research and the strict categorization of digital databases are not natural partners. Current developments in data representation…
Work-in-Progress - Dr Margaret Baguley
Seminar
This presentation seeks to provide important insights for educators and researchers into two nationally significant artworks: the American artist Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party (1974 – 1979), exhibited in Melbourne during Australia’s Bicentennial year in 1988 and the Australian artist Kay Lawrence…
Friday Forum - Framed by war and conflict: image and interpretation
Seminar
War and conflict profoundly shape the lives of those who experience them. This forum will look at the way these influences remain on the record in photographs and textiles and discuss issues of their interpretation. Sue Andrews will discuss the spoken and unspoken narratives associated with a…
Work-in-Progress Seminar - The Jinrikisha through the Lens: Tourism and Modernity in Meiji Japan
Seminar
For nineteenth-century globetrotters, a jinrikisha ride was an almost mandatory experience of their visit to Japan. To commemorate their experiences, such tourists often had themselves photographed in simulated jinrikisha scenes in one of numerous commercial studios. This discussion examines the…