[csaa-forum] Figuring the Child Symposium

[Jessica Cadwallader]

Figuring the Child:
Sex, Sexism, Sexuality and Sexualisation
A Forum hosted by the Somatechnics Research Centre,
Macquarie University
18th November 2010
9 am - 5.30 pm
@
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
280 Pitt St, Sydney
Googlemaps: http://bit.ly/bgAfBP

The figure of the child remains a vexed and specifically invested  
site in contemporary culture, politics, law, education and other  
institutions, especially in relation to ideas of sex, gender and  
sexuality. Recently in Australia, discussions about indigenous  
communities, about the internet filter, about eating habits, about  
appropriate media consumption, about exercise, about ‘proper’  
boys’ and girls’ behaviours, and about ‘art’ have focussed on  
children and childhood, often without critical consideration, because  
the imag(in)ing of the child is so intensely and emotionally  
invested. ‘The child’ has thus become a regular point of reference  
for both sides of politics, often deployed to conservative ends. This  
forum brings together speakers from a range of different backgrounds,  
to discuss the role that specific knowledges about the figure of the  
child, particularly about ‘proper’ and ‘improper’ forms of  
gender and sexuality in childhood and adolescence, have played in  
contemporary developments in law, policy, education and concepts of  
family.

Our participants, whose presentation abstracts can be found below,  
are: Dr Stephen Angelides, Dr Barbara Baird, Dr. Anna Hickey-Moody,  
Ms Sophie Martin, Dr Dinesh Wadiwel and Dr. Dierdre Tedmanson, Ms.  
Rachael Wallbanks and Mr. Patrick Quinn.

Attendance at this event is free. Lunch will be provided. However,  
due to space limitations, we do require RSVPs. Please RSVP to our  
Administrator Vanessa Fredericks via email  
SomatechnicsAdmin at gmail.com by the 15th November 2010. For more  
information, please contact the organiser, Dr. Jessica Cadwallader  
via email: jess.cadwallader at gmail.com.

The Sydney Mechanics School of Arts is an accessible building with  
universal access facilities. Please let us know in advance if there  
are specific accessibility requirements, and we will do our best to  
fulfil them.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.cdu.edu.au/pipermail/csaa-forum/attachments/20101025/0c4cb62a/attachment-0002.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Figuring the Child.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 151317 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.cdu.edu.au/pipermail/csaa-forum/attachments/20101025/0c4cb62a/attachment-0001.pdf 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.cdu.edu.au/pipermail/csaa-forum/attachments/20101025/0c4cb62a/attachment-0003.html