Bringing together range of Juanita’s contemporaries and others for whom Juanita’s disappearance has remained of great interest, this event will explore whether justice for Juanita Nielsen is possible and what it might look like today or in the future.
Exhibiting artist Zanny Begg will be joined by 'Killing Juanita' author Peter Rees; business partner, friend and lover of Juanita Nielsen David Farrell and more TBA.
UNSW’s Global Water Institute is pleased to provide a forum for voices from the far west of NSW to discuss their concerns on current status of the Darling river and future stewardship of the Murray-Darling Basin.
If John Cage argued that all sound can be music, and if sound is but one form of energy among others, then what of energies and music?
Forgiveness is the Wrong Word: Trauma Testimonies as Public Narrative and Reparative Action
Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Stellenbosch University
Truth commissions provide an environment that allows victims to break their silence, transforming the wordless speech of trauma into publicly communicated speech acts.
There Goes Our Neighbourhood 2018 documents the ambition, resilience and creativity of Sydney’s Waterloo community when politicians and property developers threaten to transform their neighbourhood. Introduction and Q&A with Director Clare Lewis. Presented with the support of the City of Sydney and the Juanita Nielsen Community Centre.
Engaging gay Asian men: hard to research amongst the hard to reach?
The Times Higher Education Asia-Pacific Research Summit will bring leaders from the most significant research universities in the region, together with policymakers and investors, to UNSW to share and advance understanding of the public impact of research on the most critical issues affecting the 21st century.
Join us for a screening of Ted Dintersmith’s thought-provoking documentary feature film Most Likely to Succeed. Most Likely To Succeed reveals the growing shortcomings of conventional education methods in today’s innovative world.
The film explores compelling new approaches that aim to revolutionise education as we know it, inspiring school communities to reimagine what students and teachers are capable of doing.
Program
The recent media furore surrounding use of the Sydney Opera House sails for advertising highlights larger tensions around the use of public space. Bringing together architects, anti-gentrification activists, sociologists and cultural commentators, this panel discussion explores the argument for maintaining Sydney’s public housing, spaces and infrastructure.
What can Australians do to make the world a better and fairer place?
Delivering this year's Gandhi Oration is Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia Tim Costello.