[csaa-forum] Australian Academy of the Humanities' Humanising the Future Symposium, 13-15 November 2019 Brisbane

[Elizabeth Stephens]

Members of this list may be interested in the Australian Academy of the Humanities’ 50th Symposium – Humanising the Future<https://www.humanities.org.au/symposia/50thsymposium/program-speakers/> – to be held 13-15 November 2019 in Brisbane.

This year’s programme includes Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell FTSE (ANU) as well as Professor McKenzie Wark (Eugene Lang College, The New School), giving her only Australian presentation this year.



Please note that registrations are closing soon. Full details follow below.



Humanising the Future Symposium, 13-15 November 2019 Brisbane

Powerful versions of what the future holds have excited, reassured and terrified people for centuries. Driven as much by quackery as informed by genuine insight, talk of robots, artificial intelligence and the fourth industrial revolution is framed both in terms of existential threat and revolutionary transformation. The Australian Academy of the Humanities’ 50th Symposium – Humanising the Future – asks:

  *   What will it take to stabilise and reform knowledge in the 21st century? A keynote address by Genevieve Bell – cultural anthropologist, technologist and futurist best known for her work at the intersection of cultural practice and technological development.
  *   Does the past have a future? Views from leading historical scholars in Indigenous, Asian and Classical studies.
  *   How can we create culturally smart cities? A roundtable forum with representatives from galleries, museums and libraries, urban planning and the Queensland State Architect.
  *   How can we enhance workforce development when faced with the technological challenges of surveillance and discrimination? Explored by experts in creative and blockchain economies and digital media.
  *   Do we need to ‘futurise the human’ in order to better understand the challenges of technologies, other species, and the future of the earth? Discussed by emerging and world-renowned researchers in philosophy, AI, cultural studies and AI.
  *   What does the future have in store for the humanities, and what can the humanities offer the future? A presentation on the humanities cause and a discussion panel with the Vice-Chancellors of Griffith University, QUT and the University of Queensland.

Program highlights include two free public lectures:

  *   Maaya Waabiny: Mobilising song archives to nourish an endangered language by Indigenous early career researcher Clint Bracknell.
  *   Being Humane: A contested history by Academy president and eminent historian Joy Damousi.

This a public event, open to all. The Symposium will be held at The Edge, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane from 13-15 November 2019. Standard registration is $100 per person per day and $30 per person per day for secondary and university students. See the Academy’s website for the full program and to register: www.humanities.org.au/symposia/50thsymposium<http://www.humanities.org.au/symposia/50thsymposium%20>



The 50th Symposium is being convened by Associate Professor Elizabeth Stephens (University of Queensland), Professor Jean Burgess (Queensland University of Technology’s Digital Media Research Centre), Distinguished Professor Stuart Cunningham (Queensland University of Technology) and Professor Mark Finnane (Griffith University).



Elizabeth Stephens
ARC Future Fellow/Associate Professor of Cultural Studies
President, Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
University of Queensland Australia 4072
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