CCI Events

Heroes & Villains: Journalists in Film

Heroes & Villains: Journalists in Film

Tuesday 7 July 2009
10:00am to 12:00pm
A330 Kelvin Grove

Abstract

Media Multiculturalisms – the case of SBS

7 July 2009

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?

From Social Butterfly to Urban Citizen

13 - 14 July 2009

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

http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/node/2943

Adam Greenfield: The City is Here for You to Use

14 July 2009

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

ReGenerating Community: Arts, Community and Governance National Conference

2 - 4 September 2009

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

Super Human - Revolution of the Species

22 - 25 November 2009

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.

OZCHI 2009 – Design: Open 24/7 -- Call for papers

23 – 27 November 2009

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

http://www.ozchi.org/