SCIENCE. ART. FILM Total Recall & Discussion
Arts & entertainment
Total Recall (1990), hailed as one of the best science-fiction films of all time, raises many questions about technology. What is real and what is fantasy in inner and outer techno-space? Can we use Total Recall to test theories about how technology is influenced by social pressures and desires?…
Research Seminar: Dr. Liane Gabora
Seminar
Title: A New Approach to Understanding Creativity Abstract: I will present the rationale and evidence for a new approach to creativity, and why it has led me to believe that music, and more broadly the arts, are critically important now in 2023. The approach arose through a…
Bright Scholars in the City: a social mobility intervention for the children of the rural poor in Vietnam
Seminar
Bright Scholars in the City: a social mobility intervention for the children of the rural poor in Vietnam This paper arises from the author's recent experience of completing an impact study of an international NGO's pro-poor social mobility program, based in Quảng Nam province and Đà Nẵng City in…
Plautus in space: comic discourse and the expansion of Rome
Seminar
It is well established that the defeat over Carthage in the 2nd Punic War marks a watershed moment for Roman and wider Mediterranean history. The centripetal force of Rome as the capital of a budding empire caused the remarkable creation of a literature in Latin by low-status non-Romans who…
Sustainable Creative Careers : Arts Re/connect
Workshop
Emerging and mid-career artists are invited to our Arts re/connect session to meet artists, feel reinvigorated and explore themes that are important to you. Small group conversations will be facilitated allowing you to learn from other artists, meet new people in the arts community and pick up a…
Sustainable Creative Careers : Getting your career started
Workshop
So, you’ve recently graduated from art school. Now what? Learn how you can carve out a sustainable career here in Canberra, without having to jump on the next train to bigger cities. Once you scratch the surface, Canberra has a thriving, passionate and busy art scene. Hear from local arts…
Why write about sex work?
Seminar
The global sex industry has emerged as one of the most pressing and debated humanitarian concerns of our age. Much of the debate has centred on whether individuals working in the sex industry are victims of male sexual violence or liberated, labouring agents. Rather than weigh in on this debate, I…