This daydreaming, Tess argued, camouflages the true nature of this town even from itself and we should recognise it for what it really is – a cleverly camouflaged garrison town and Australia’s most militarised city.
DARWIN REDUX From boom to bust to …? A conversation with Tess Lea Saturday 31 August 20195:00-6:30PMLucky Bat Cafe and Pizzeria3/7 Pavonia Place, Nightcliff Tickets are $10 each (includes a drink and canapes) – book here Tess Lea’s book, Darwin, first published in 2014, is to be re-issued as a paperback. She has an opportunity…
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Feral Atlas: The More-than-Human Anthropocene Tuesday 25 June, 3.30-4.30pmCDU Northern Institute, Savannah Room, Yellow 1.2.48 ABSTRACT:Feral Atlas is an interactive, web-based experiment in environmental storytelling. Conceived and curated by Anna Tsing, Jennifer Deger, Alder Keleman-Saxana and Feifei Zhou, Feral Atlas combines art, science and humanities perspectives to reveal the un-designed effects of human infrastructure projects. At the heart of…
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SECURING SUPPLY: GOVERNING DRINKING WATER IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY Wednesday 15 May, 3.30-4.30pmCDU Northern Institute, Savannah Room, Yellow 1.2.48 SECURING SUPPLY: GOVERNING DRINKING WATER IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY from Northern Institute on Vimeo. ABSTRACT:This session reports on work by the Housing for Health Incubator at the University of Sydney. We will provide a brief overview…
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