Works in Practice

This in person event will be held on Friday 10 Apr 2026 from 2:00pm - 4:30pm

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A new research collective at the University of Newcastle that aims to foster a supportive and collaborative community of practice.

Program

  • Mr Adam Manning (Music)
  • Dr Katharine Gillett (Midwifery)
  • Mr Jack McGrath (Visual Communication)
  • Dr Anna Tweeddale (Architecture)
  • With special guest: Professor Alexandra Juhasz (Distinguished Professor of Film at Brooklyn College, CUNY).

Bios

Adam Manning, born on Awabakal/Worimi Country with Kamilaroi kinship, occupies a diverse array of roles encompassing musician, composer, artist, and researcher at the University of Newcastle, NSW.

Katharine Gillett’s research interests lie in the dynamic transdisciplinary field of Health Humanities and she has successfully secured funding from the University of Waikato and the University of Newcastle for a project titled Creative Expression and Indigenous Storytelling in Midwifery Education - A Bi-National Collaboration.

Jack McGrath’s background in fine arts has led to a unique experimental style of animation, working and collaborating with other artists in different disciplines has given birth to a different perspective and aesthetic in animation.

Anna Tweeddale: Working consistently between architectural practice, creative arts, practice-led research, and writing over more than 20 years, Anna has effectively woven together a rich, multi-model practice.

Alexandra Juhasz is Distinguished Professor of Film at Brooklyn College, CUNY. She is a core faculty member in the Interactive Technology & Pedagogy and Film & Media Cultures Certificate Programs at the CUNY Graduate Center. She writes about and makes feminist, queer, fake, and AIDS documentary. Her current work attends to pandemic media, fake news poetryonline feminist pedagogy, and other more radical uses of digital media and their archives.

Alexandra Juhasz is presented in association with the CHSF Creative & Social Futures Network.

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Event Information

  • Date:  Friday 10 April 2026 from 2:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Location: Room X401, Level 4 NUSpace | Auckland Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300