[csaa-forum] Call for Papers: "Re-Imagining Australia: Encounter, Recognition, Responsibility"

[Baden Offord]

International Association of Australian Studies (InASA) Biennial Conference


"Re-Imagining Australia: Encounter, Recognition, Responsibility"


7-9 December 2016

Western Australia Maritime Museum (on the water)

Victoria Quay, Fremantle


Hosted by the Centre for Human Rights Education,

Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute and

School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts,

Curtin University.


For the first time, the International Association of Australian Studies conference will take place in Western Australia (WA), following on the zeitgeist of Griffith Review's 'Looking West' (2014), the end of the mining boom and vigorous national protests against the closure of remote Aboriginal communities based on a racial and cultural politics of 'lifestyle' that bear the hallmarks of European Enlightenment triumph.


WA offers a rich context to explore the creative, cultural and critical dynamics of Australian society. Its proximity to the Indian Ocean, to Indonesia, Southeast Asia, India, China and Africa make WA an ideal place from which to look at Australia, as well as a place to understand how others see it.


Under the theme of 'Re-imagining Australia: Encounter, Recognition, Responsibility,' the conference will offer the opportunity of addressing the intensification of overlapping, interpenetrating and mixing of cultures and peoples in everyday life in Australia - and how its public culture has become increasingly re-imagined through intense conversations and inter-epistemic dialogue. The conference will showcase contemporary research and creativity in understanding Australia through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches.


Confirmed Keynote Speakers:


Vinay Lal, UCLA

Kim Scott, Curtin University

Randa Abdel-Fattah, Macquarie University

Tony Birch, Victoria University

Suvendrini Perera, Curtin University

Ariel Heryanto, ANU

Anna Haebich, Curtin University


Feature Panels include:

Indonesia-Australia , on Reimagining the Kimberly, After the Boom. Special panel by Researchers  Against Pacific Black Sites (http://researchersagainstpacificblacksites.org).


Venue:

Western Australia Maritime Museum

Victoria Quay, Fremantle


Perched on the Indian Ocean's shore, the Western Australian Maritime Museum is symbolic of Fremantle's past, present and future as a coastal city and port. The Museum houses several unique galleries that explore WA's relationship with the sea. From leisure boats and handcrafted sailing boats to commercial pearl luggers, the Museum inspires visitors to discover WA's affinity with the ocean.


Bursaries

InASA is offering a Conference Travel Bursary to HDR candidates to assist attendance at the 2016 conference. These bursaries are up to $700 per applicant and provide financial assistance to cover travel and accommodation to attend the conference.


Website: http://info.humanrights.curtin.edu.au/events/index-inasa.cfm


Professor Baden Offord
Director | Dr Haruhisa Handa Chair of Human Rights Education
Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights
Centre for Human Rights Education | Faculty of Humanities

Curtin University
T: | +61 8 9266 7186
E: | baden.offord at curtin.edu.au
W|http://oasisapps.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/Baden.Offord
CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA).






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