“Shared Management of Cultural and Natural Landscapes”
Seminar
“Shared Management of Cultural and Natural Landscapes” By Keven Francis Abstract: The seminar presents my PhD Thesis and associated visual practice Exegesis. It delivers a landscape management model that integrates Culture, Nature and Art (CNA) in a process focused on the intangible of…
“Karajarri Cultural Database: reclaiming information and knowledge to inform land management and influence policy development”
Seminar
By Sam Bayley, Anna Dwyer, Mervyn Mulardy, Wynston Sesar-Shovellor & Sylvia Shovellor Karajarri Traditional Lands Association – Indigenous Protected Area Program The Karajarri Traditional Land Association (KTLA) with support from the Kimberley Land Council now have one of the biggest…
Shedding Light on Ancient Inscriptions using 3D Models – a report on collaboration between the ANU and the British Museum
Seminar
This talk reports on a project which saw the production of 3D digital replicas of a sample set of cuneiform tablets housed at the British Museum. The talk will highlight the ways in which digital technologies can enable research questions that would not be possible without them: 3D digital models…
Remembering the Lattimer Massacre: Issues of Labor Justice in Northern Appalachia
Seminar
In 1897, immigrant coal miners in Northeastern Pennsylvania went on strike to gain similar wages earned by their white, English speaking co-workers. At a confrontation with the sheriff and his deputies, 25 miners were killed and another 40 were wounded. The Lattimer Massacre, considered one of the…
Claiming, Re-claiming and Celebrating Underrepresented Heritage
Seminar
Civil Society Organizations, governments at all levels, educational and research institutions, and others identify and represent heritage in various and sometimes incompatible ways. Heritage workers who are concerned about fairness and righting historical wrongs face challenges in assessing…
Fashioning Heritage
Seminar
With the exception of 2010 and 2011, each year from 1993 the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meet and dress in ‘political fancy dress’. It is often referred to as the ‘silly shirt season’. Rather than a ‘parade of nations’, an outfit is designed by the host nation to be…