20
Sep
Vietnamese Showcase Cinema: Doi Moi and Beyond
Since Doi moi (""Renovation'') in the late 1980s, Vietnam was opened up to market forces and cinematic practices have responded. Issues of gender have come into focus, and films exploring these themes have emerged from both state studios and private investors.
19
Sep
Special Screening - Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage
Special Screening - "Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage"Chelo Alvarez Stehle is the producer / writer / director of this award-winning film - her first full-length feature documentary. As a reporter and documentary filmmaker, she worked for close to two decades exposing stories of sexual exploitation and trafficking.
18
Sep
Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research Public Lecture and Research Showcase
We are pleased to invite you to our Public Lecture and Research Showcase 2018. This year we will feature an address from Julianne Schultz AM, FAHA to mark her appointment as Professor of Media and Culture to the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. Julianne will deliver the following address: What do we want to be when we grow up? The role of the humanities in a more mature national conversation
13
Sep
Design and Digital Research Seminar Series - Thirst: adventures in VR, infrasonics and environmental empathy
The VR project "Thirst" utilises VR technology, stylised 3D animated graphics and an infrasonic score to draw attention to the activity of flora and fauna within the soil. It is hoped that the embodied sensory experiences that immersion in such VR experiences afford will contribute to a broader cultivation of environmental sensitivity and ultimately wise management of precious natural resources such as water.
12
Jul
Delivering secure, affordable and sustainable energy: is NEG the answer?
As the federal election looms, this panel will discuss the key issues around national energy policy and what can be done to achieve a mix of strategies that deliver secure, affordable and sustainable energy supply.
09
Jul