Held in association with the ANU Network on the History and Legacies of Violence, this event will explore themes of Indigenous Issues.

The History and Legacies of Violence Research Network

Research Roadshow on Indigenous Issues

17 June 2022, 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Auditorium, RSSS Building, ANU

 

1 pm

PAUL GIRRAWAH HOUSE- Ngambri-Ngunnawal Custodian and First Nations Portfolio

Welcome to Country

SESSION ONE: 1:15 to 2:05

Asserting Indigenous Knowledges

KATE HARRIDEN

Fenner School, CAEPR Indigenous Fellow, and Monash Sustainable Development Institute

‘Reclaiming and rebuilding Indigenous science(s): Water knowledge after violent legacies in Australia and Thailand.

 

PETER SWANTON

Indigenous Research Associate, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

‘Emu in the Sky: Asserting Indigenous Knowledge through Darkening the Night Sky’

 

Break

SESSION TWO: 2:15 to 3:05

Beyond Violence and ‘Reconciliation’

ALEXANDER HUNTER

Composition Convenor and Experimental Music Studio founder, School of Music

‘ᐊᐧᓂᐦᑕᒼ (wanihtam): Hearing it the wrong way - Indigenising a pair of Métis ears’

 

THERESA MEKI and ALMAH TARARIA (in conversation with Sonia Palmieri)

Department of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

‘Cultural violence and women’s political participation in PNG’

 

Break

 

SESSION THREE: 3:15 – 4:15

Truth-Telling through Life Stories

 

KIERA DONNELLY

Indigenous Australian Research Officer, National Centre of Biography

‘Encountering violence in the archives: researching First Nations biography in Australia’

 

PETER YU

ANU Vice-President (First Nations)

‘Truth-Telling through Autobiography’

 

CLOSE and REFLECTION: 4:15-4:30

 

Coffee, Tea, Refreshments, Conversations