Sydney Ideas

Do we need cultural change in our relation to truth?

Celebrate the launch of the Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC). Our expert panel will discuss the role of humanities in addressing the 'post truth' crisis.

In 2015 more Australian military personnel and veterans took their lives than were killed in Afghanistan during 13 years of war. Our expert panel brings together medical experts and social scientists to discuss the growing problem of military suicide - why is it happening and how should it be addressed politically?

This Sydney Ideas event was held at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 20 November 2018.

Deaths in controversial and contested circumstances include deaths in custody, immigration detention, health care, at borders and following disasters.

In Australia and internationally it is evident that institutional responses to contested deaths are inadequate and fail to address families’ and communities’ demands for transparency, public scrutiny and accountability. The Guardian’s Deaths Inside database and the website Deathscapes are excellent digital initiatives dedicated to raising awareness.

Our panel reflect on these important initiatives and discuss how activism and advocacy can increase transparency and obtain justice.

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00:17 - 04:30 | Introduction by Rebecca Scott-Bray

04:31 - 18:20 | Lorena Allam (Indigenous Affairs Editor, Guardian Australia)explores the Deaths Inside database

18:21 - 36:58 | Suvendrini Perera & Joseph Pugliese discuss the Deathscapes project

36:60 - 01:07:00 | Phil Scraton takes us through case study of 1989 Hillsborough disaster

Join our discussion with Australian film icon David Stratton as we explore the role of international film events in 21st century Australia.

TIME STAMPS

0:00 - 6:00 - Introduction by Michelle Royer

6:11 - 20:14 - Keynote speech by David Stratton

20:19 - 28:13 - Margarett Cortez on the Japanese Film Festival

28:21 - 39:00 - Philippe Platel on the French Film Festival

39:06 - 47:09 - Gina Rubiano on film festivals in Australia

47:18 - 54:07 - Naser Shakhtour on the Palestinian Film Festival

54:10 - end - Concluding remarks

A Sydney Ideas event held at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 6 November 2018.

https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/screening-the-world.html

For this year's annual Chaser Lecture, the star speaker is Nigerian satirist and journalist Adeola Fayehun. In conversation with The Chaser's Julian Morrow, Professor Umberto Ansaldo, and the audience, she unpacks the place, power and potential of political satire.

TIME STAMPS

00:20 - 6:00: Introduction by Professor Umberto Ansaldo

6:10 - 32:10: Keynote address by Adeola Fayehun

32:15 - 42:25: Facilitated conversation between Adeola Fayehun, Julian Morrow and Professor Umberto Ansaldo

42:30 - 60:08: Audience Q&A

60:08 - end: Concluding remarks by Julian Morrow

This Sydney Ideas event was held on 5 November 2018 at the University of Sydney: https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/chaser-lecture-political-satire.html

Hear from award-winning director and University of Sydney alumnus Bruce Beresford as he discusses his 50-year, Oscar-nominated journey in cinema with Dr Bruce Isaacs, Head of Film Studies at the University of Sydney.

TIME STAMPS

0:00 - 2:29: Introduction and acknowledgement of country

2:32 - 3:07: Introduction by Bruce Isaacs

3:19 - end: Bruce Beresford in conversation

This Sydney Ideas event was held at the University of Sydney on Wednesday 31 October 2018.

https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/bruce-beresford.html

Hear from Professor Liz Fisher (University of Oxford), as she makes the case for why 'hot' situations such as climate change needs 'hot' law, if Australia is to catch up with the rest of the world on governing and tackling climate change effectively.

TIME STAMPS

0:00 - 9:08: Introduction by Professor Rosemary Lyster

9:13 - 46:10: Keynote lecture by Professor Liz Fisher

47:00 - 56:55: Reflection by Dr Kate Owens

57:03 - end: Concluding remarks by Rosemary Lyster

This Sydney Ideas event was the University of Sydney on Tuesday 30 October 2018.

https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/governing-climate-change-hot-situations-need-hot-law.html

An expert panel addresses the challenges faced by patients, researchers, doctors and regulators in Australia and around the world.

This Sydney Ideas panel discussion was held on29 October: https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/is-there-anything-wrong-with-medicinal-cannabis.html

Research on Australia's rates of youth mental health and suicide paint a grim picture. Australian Bureau of Statistics data show that Indigenous youth are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as non-Indigenous youth. In an ever-changing 21st century world, what challenges do our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth face, and how can we support them to combat and hopefully overcome them?

This Sydney Ideas event was held on 23 October 2018: https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/hope-on-the-horizon-for-indigenous-youth-mental-health.html

Join Professor Marcella Frangipane to uncover important new insights into the birth of early state societies in the greater Mesopotamian world. Timestamps below.

0:00 - 2:00 - Welcome by Professor Barbara Caine AM

2:10 - 3:55 - Introduction by Professor Barbara Helwing

4:05 - 1:16:48 - Keynote by Professor Marcella Frangipane

This event was held at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 23 October 2018. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/birth-of-state-greater-mesopotamia.html