Heroes & Villains: Journalists in Film
Tuesday 7 July 2009
10:00am to 12:00pm
A330 Kelvin Grove
Abstract
Guest Speaker
Professor Gay Hawkins
Professor of Media and Social Theory
School of English Media and Performing Arts
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
UNSW
Tuesday 7th July 2009
12pm-2pm The Hall (Z2-226) CI Precinct
QUT Kelvin Grove
Most accounts of the history of SBS frame the organization as a leading example of the development of multiculturalism in Australia – which it most definitely is. The issue is, however, in what ways do SBS’s programming and audience development strategies reveal the political complexities of diversity and the challenges they present for making media multicultural?
Call for Papers
From Social Butterfly to Urban Citizen - A HCSNet Workshop on Social and Mobile Technology to Support Civic Engagement
Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane, Australia
June 19th, 2009 Workshop position papers due
June 26th, 2009 Author notifications sent
July 13th/14th, 2009 Workshop
As part of the HCSNet Workshop on Social and Mobile Technology to Support Civic Engagement, and NICTA Queensland's Big Picture seminar series, we are pleased to announce a public keynote presentation by
Adam Greenfield
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 3.45pm for 4pm start (to 5pm)
LaBoite Roundhouse Theatre, 6-8 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove QLD 4059
map: http://www.laboite.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=6
The talk will be followed by light refreshments and an opportunity to meet the speaker. Seats are limited, so please RSVP by Fri 3 July 2009 to Ms Julie-Anne Edwards at julieanne.edwards@qut.edu.au
Hosted by the Globalism Research Centre, RMIT and the Cultural Development Network
Call for Papers and Presentations Now Open
The ReGenerating Community Conference is about ways in which global issues are being addressed locally through collaborations between artists, communities and local government.
Papers are invited on the conference themes:
1. addressing global issues locally through collaborations between artists, communities and local government
2. the links between creative communities and civic engagement
An international event comprising a symposium, exhibition, masterclass and public talk investigating collaborative art and science practices and their relationship with the human body.
Taking place over two days, the Super Human symposium will present an invigorating and inspiring mix of keynote speakers and collaborative research projects engaging with one or more of the symposium themes: Augmentation, Cognition and Nanoscale Interventions.
Call for Papers
OZCHI 2009 – Design: Open 24/7
21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA)
23 – 27 November 2009, The University of Melbourne, Australia