Past Events
2008
Workshops and Conferences
Joint Postgraduate Workshop – Macquarie University and the University of Newcastle
Convenors: Dr Robyn Dowling (Macquarie University) and Prof Pauline McGuirk (Newcastle University)
Location: Building E7A Room 829, Macquarie University
Date: Friday June 13, 2008
The University of Newcastle and Macquarie University held a joint post-graduate and staff workshop in June 2008. The workshop comprised a roundtable discussion of a key text (Raewyn Connell (2008), Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science, Allen and Unwin, Sydney), followed by panel-led discussions on strategies for successful conference presentations and for surviving a PhD.
Community Enterprises Workshop
Facilitator: Assoc Prof Jenny Cameron (Newcastle University)
Location: SRR205a, University of Newcastle
Date: Friday August 29, 2008
In August 2008, Jenny Cameron facilitated a one day workshop on community enterprises in the food sector. Participating were geographers (Bob Fagan from Macquarie University; and Katherine Gibson and Ann Hill from The Australian National University), community enterprise practitioners (including representatives from the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Victoria; Food Connect, South East Queensland; Organic Buyers Group, Sydney; The Beanstalk Cooperative, Newcastle; and Fig Tree Community Garden, Newcastle); and leading international social enterprise activist and author, John Pearce (UK). A report was published in December 2008 which reviewed the key themes and outcomes of the workshop, drawing together some common features of community enterprises in the Australian setting.
Workshop Program
Community Enterprises Report
Book Launch - Weaving Lives Together At Bawaka North-East Arnhem Land
Authors: Lak Lak Burarrwanga, Djawundil Maymuru, Ritjilili Ganambarr, Banbapuy Ganambarr (Bawaka Cultural Experiences and Gay’wu Women’s Program), Sarah Wright (The University of Newcastle), Sandie Suchet-Pearson (Macquarie University), Kate Lloyd (Macquarie University)
Location: Wollotuka, The University of Newcastle
Date: Friday September 5, 2008
In September 2008, a book launch was held at The University of Newcastle for Weaving Lives Together At Bawaka North-East Arnhem Land, the joint work of Lak Lak Burarrwanga, Djawundil Maymuru, Ritjilili Ganambarr, Banbapuy Ganambarr (Bawaka Cultural Experiences and Gay’wu Women’s Program), Sarah Wright (The University of Newcastle), Sandie Suchet-Pearson (Macquarie University), Kate Lloyd (Macquarie University): KLSSPSW Press. The launch included a presentation by Professor Lynette Russell (Monash University) and a workshop of basket weaving and talking.
Book mail orders: Adrienne Willing on 08 8987 3433 or email tourismhub@bigpond.com
2007
Workshops and Conferences
Postgraduate Writing Workshop
Facilitator: Dr Jenny Cameron (Griffith University)
Location: Centre for Urban and Regional Studies
Date: 2nd and 3rd December 2007
Facilitated by guest Dr Jenny Cameron, this workshop utilised the lessons developed by Joseph Williams' (2006) on how to achieve style and grace in writing. The workshop targeted postgraduates’ in an effort to develop skills and practices that foster cohesion and clarity in their writing practices.
Seminar Series
Time: 12pm
Location: Social Science Building, SRR205a
Guest Speaker: Kerrie Schaefer and David Watt, School of Drama, Fine Art and Music, University of Newcastle
Title: Performing places: site-specific and community-based performance
Date: 1 March 2007
Guest Speaker: Jeff McGee, Macquarie University
Title: The Asia Pacific Partnership and the rise of Greenhouse Intensity in International Climate Change Policy
Date: 22 March 2007
Guest Speaker: Nathaniel Bavinton, University of Western Sydney
Title: The Interpretation of Lived Space as an Assemblage of Spatialised Discourses
Date: 29 March 2007
Guest Speaker: Phil McManus, University of Sydney
Title: Greening the city: trees, sustainability and urban consolidation
Date: 26th April 2007
Guest Speaker: Emma Power, Macquarie University
Title: Furry families: making a human * dog family
Date: 24th May 2007