Archaeology in Rapa Nui - Anakena excavations re-analysed
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.Archaeology in Rapa Nui - Anakena excavations re-analysedThis seminar will present Rapa Nui pre-history spanning over 3 decades of my archaeological research. Rapa Nui is a tiny island situated in the southeast Pacific. Geographically, it is the…
Anatomized Without Consent
Seminar
Anatomized Without Consent: Ethical entanglements, marginalized persons, and righting the wrongs associated with anatomical and legacy collections in the United States and beyondAnatomical collections were instrumental in the development and advancement of medicine, anatomy, and biological…
The History and Heritage of the Walbanga People from the Yuin Nation, south coast of NSW: Q&A with Uncle Owen Carriage
Seminar
Q&A with Uncle Owen Carriage - in person or online via ZoomUncle Owen Carriage is a Walbanga man of the Yuin Nation and the founder and creator of Australia’s only two Indigenous newspapers, the Koori Mail and the National Indigenous Times. Uncle Owen is also a founder of the NSW South Coast…
Seminar Series | Geoff Isaac
Art forum
Rethinking Plastics in Product Design Plastics are everywhere—but at what cost? With rising environmental and health concerns, the need for sustainable materials has never been more urgent. Plastics dominate consumer product design due to their affordability and durability, but their widespread…
The Brow of Brow Network: Taste-making in Contemporary US Art and Literature
Seminar
While twentieth-century brow categories—highbrow, lowbrow, and middlebrow—may no longer explicitly structure taste-making, the “judgmental sting” that Beth Driscoll (2014) associates with levels of distinction continues to shape artistic and literary taste in networked cultures. The words highbrow…
Seminar Series | Anna May Kirk
Art forum
Revealing the Invisible with Glass Anna May Kirk will discuss her practice with glass, exploring how environments transform over deep geological and human historical time, and how this change is experienced. Kirk’s works utilise the optical nature of glass to make tangible the many processes of…
Prehistoric Coastal Resource Dynamics in Island Southeast Asia
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.Prehistoric Coastal Resource Dynamics in Island Southeast AsiaWallacea’s complex island landscapes have shaped human subsistence strategies for at least 50,000 years, offering a key setting for examining long-term adaptations to coastal…