AusSTS Graduate Workshop Darwin, 7-10 July 2020 Call for applications – CLOSES 20 DECEMBER As interconnections between worlds are thrown ever more starkly into relief, Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars grapple with practices which are at once globally implicated and radically situated. This workshop brings postgraduate students and early career researchers (ECRs) into conversation…
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After much consideration and discussion with the AusSTS advisory committee, we have decided to postpone the June 2020 AusSTS Workshop until July 2021. We’re incredibly disappointed that we won’t be hosting you all in Darwin this year, but with so many uncertainties still surrounding COVID-19 and its impacts, this seems like the right decision to…
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18-21 July 2019 Cathy Bow, Jen Macdonald, Emma Schuberg, Leonie Norrington, Michaela Spencer, Andreas Warneke, Simon West Seven members of the TopEndSTS group traveled to Batchelor to participate in a writing retreat from 18-21 July, 2019. With the generous support of the Northern Institute, we booked a delightful AirBnB house with lots of space to…
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Encountering Gurambai/Rapid Creek – the Zine July 2021 – an output of a series of event around the waterway of Gurambai/Rapid Creek in Darwin’s northern suburbs. Includes reflections on the events, poetry, presentations, even a recipe. Available here Also read the Report Back on the 4S Backchannels blog Learning Communities Journal: International Journal of…
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Darwin Redux: Discussing Darwin’s discomforting presents and possible futures with Tess Lea By Jennifer Macdonald and Michaela Spencer As Tess Lea sat next to a life-size crocodile on a stage overlooked by a colourful Aboriginal artwork, she evoked a Darwin through the popular narratives with which it is so often imagined: crocs, cyclones, unlimited road…
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