Workshop Description: This workshop brings together scholars exploring innovative and experimental cultural practices that emerge from and are embedded in Indigenous Australia. Professor Barbara Glowczewski will deliver a paper examining her most recent research and collaborative projects in Aboriginal Australia. Professors Stephen Muecke (UNSW), Ian McLean (UOW), Dr Jennifer Biddle (UNSW) and Dr Lisa Slater (UOW) will deliver short papers on their intellectual travels and respond to Professor Glowczewski’s provocations. The workshop's focus is on new scholarship in critical Indigenous studies and cultural practices, with the objective of opening up a dialogue with scholars working in aligned fields.

Please rsvp to Lisa Slater – lslater@uow.edu.au  

http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/research/istr/index.html

2013 WORKSHOP CONNECT: Institute for Social Transformation Research (ISTR)

UOW CRICOS Provider No: 00102E

Date: Fri, 09 Aug, 2013 Time: 11:00 – 16:00 Location: Building 19, Rm 2072B (Research Hub)

Guest Speaker: Professor Barbara Glowczewski is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and a member of the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale at the Collége de France. She is the author of several books in Anthropology and Ethnology, including Angry Dreams: Aboriginal Alliances in North-Western Australia (Plon).

The Institute for Social Transformation Research (ISTR) presents a one-day workshop on:

‘ Indigenous Australia and Experimental Cultural Practices’