Sydney Ideas

To celebrate National Archaeology Week 2016 we present two talks on the topic of archaeology and heritage in the Pacific.

Wasteland and Wonderland: Bikini Atoll - from atomic bomb testing ground to World Heritage

Dr Steve Brown, Lecturer in Archaeology, Master of Museum and Heritage Studies program

Sydney’s Missionary Connections to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in the 19th Century

James Flexner, Lecturer in Historical Archaeology and Heritage, Department of Archaeology

More info:

http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/archaeology_heritage_tropical_pacific.shtml

Since the global food crisis of 2007, agricultural land has become an attractive asset for large private corporations and state-owned entities wanting to secure food supplies. These investments have had varying effects. At times, they have been associated with forced removals of pre-existing landholders with weak tenure rights. On other occasions they have driven up local property prices and altered production priorities towards export markets. Either way, they have been implicated in creating a more vertically integrated food system aligned to global markets. This panel discusses these issues from international and Australian perspectives.

PANEL:

Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland

Dr Sarah Sippel, Senior Researcher, Centre for Area Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany

Professor Bill Pritchard, Human Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney

A Sydney Ideas and Sydney Environment Institute event in the Food@Sydney series http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/food@sydney_series_2016.shtml

Since the global food crisis of 2007, agricultural land has become an attractive asset for large private corporations and state-owned entities wanting to secure food supplies. These investments have had varying effects. At times, they have been associated with forced removals of pre-existing landholders with weak tenure rights. On other occasions they have driven up local property prices and altered production priorities towards export markets. Either way, they have been implicated in creating a more vertically integrated food system aligned to global markets. This panel discusses these issues from international and Australian perspectives.

PANEL:

Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland

Dr Sarah Sippel, Senior Researcher, Centre for Area Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany

Professor Bill Pritchard, Human Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney

A Sydney Ideas and Sydney Environment Institute event in the Food@Sydney series http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/food@sydney_series_2016.shtml

To celebrate National Archaeology Week 2016 we present two talks on the topic of archaeology and heritage in the Pacific.

Wasteland and Wonderland: Bikini Atoll - from atomic bomb testing ground to World Heritage

Dr Steve Brown, Lecturer in Archaeology, Master of Museum and Heritage Studies program

Sydney’s Missionary Connections to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in the 19th Century

James Flexner, Lecturer in Historical Archaeology and Heritage, Department of Archaeology

More info:

http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/archaeology_heritage_tropical_pacific.shtml

Since the global food crisis of 2007, agricultural land has become an attractive asset for large private corporations and state-owned entities wanting to secure food supplies. These investments have had varying effects. At times, they have been associated with forced removals of pre-existing landholders with weak tenure rights. On other occasions they have driven up local property prices and altered production priorities towards export markets. Either way, they have been implicated in creating a more vertically integrated food system aligned to global markets. This panel discusses these issues from international and Australian perspectives.

PANEL:

Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland

Dr Sarah Sippel, Senior Researcher, Centre for Area Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany

Professor Bill Pritchard, Human Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney

A Sydney Ideas and Sydney Environment Institute event in the Food@Sydney series http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/food@sydney_series_2016.shtml

It is now well established that digital media has given rise to new forms of political speech. Just as importantly though, the new media environment has also created space for new types of listening. Media scholar Dave Karpf discusses the role that digital listening, measurement, and experimentation play in shaping the contours of ‘analytic activism’.

More info: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/david_karpf.shtml

It is now well established that digital media has given rise to new forms of political speech. Just as importantly though, the new media environment has also created space for new types of listening. Media scholar Dave Karpf discusses the role that digital listening, measurement, and experimentation play in shaping the contours of ‘analytic activism’.

More info: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/david_karpf.shtml

A look into how bottles are impacting on tap water provision and the implications of accumulating plastic waste on environments and bodies.

SPEAKERS: Professor Gay Hawkins, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University; Assoc Professor Kane Race, Gender and Cultural Studies, the University of Sydney; and Kylie Yeend, Education, Engagement and Partnerships Manager at Sydney Water.

A look into how bottles are impacting on tap water provision and the implications of accumulating plastic waste on environments and bodies.

SPEAKERS: Professor Gay Hawkins, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University; Assoc Professor Kane Race, Gender and Cultural Studies, the University of Sydney; and Kylie Yeend, Education, Engagement and Partnerships Manager at Sydney Water.

A look into how bottles are impacting on tap water provision and the implications of accumulating plastic waste on environments and bodies.

SPEAKERS: Professor Gay Hawkins, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University; Assoc Professor Kane Race, Gender and Cultural Studies, the University of Sydney; and Kylie Yeend, Education, Engagement and Partnerships Manager at Sydney Water.