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PL :: Making Creative Places

ARCHITECTURE + PHILOSOPHY PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES 2006 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, RMIT UNIVERSITY

MAKING CREATIVE PLACES
Dr Anna Hickey-Moody (Education, Monash University) Thursday, 12 October 7:30pm in RMIT Theatre 8.11.68 (Enter via Swanston St: Bldg 8, level 11, theatre 68 - to the right of the lifts)

This lecture explores the work of two UK based organizations, each of which looks to develop a creative society and foster creativity in young people. I take up Deleuzian concepts of spatiality to explore the work of two UK arts companies which seek to foster creativity in young people. In contemporary cultural formations, such creativity is often reduced to a social, economic and subjective signifier of health or wealth. As Deleuze and Guattari (1994: 10) wryly note:

Œconcepts [like creativity] are products that can be sold. Š the one who packages the product, commodity, or work of art has become the philosopher, conceptual persona, or artist¹.

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Thailand Update: A Democratic Coup?

³Thailand Update: A Democratic Coup?²

MAI Reports from Asia seminar

Wednesday 11 October 2006, 1.00 pm S822, Level 8 South, Building 11 (Menzies), Monash University Clayton campus

³Thailand Update: A Democratic Coup?²

Ms Virginie Andre, Phd candidate and Researcher, Global Terrorism Research Unit, School of Politics and Social Inquiry, Monash University.

While the 19 September bloodless military coup was highly criticized by the international community, the Thai people welcomed the new pathiwat (or revolution). According to an opinion poll conducted in the aftermath of the coup by the Suan Dusit Rajahbat University, 84% of Thai society supported the putsch and 75% believed it would improve politics. As a student of Chulalongkorn University¹s said, ³it may have been an authoritarian, unconstitutional and undemocratic move, but Thailand will emerge stronger out of this and its democratic institutions will strengthen in the long run² (Inter Press Service News Agency, Sep.20, 2006).

CFP :: OURMedia VI International Conference. Sydney, Australia,

OURMedia VI International Conference
Sydney, Australia, April 9-13 2007

'Sustainable Futures: Roles and Challenges for Community, Alternative and Citizens' Media in the 21st century'

Until recently, media participation occurred almost exclusively within the sphere of community and alternative media. Now it is a widespread phenomenon. Online mainstream news sites encourage readers to participate through blogs while others, like OhmyNews in South Korea, are substantially written by readers. Rupert Murdoch purchased MySpace with the intention of turning 'a free social network into a colossal marketing machine' (Wired, Jul 2006). What is the future of community and alternative media within this landscape?

PL :: Contemplating Violence in Indonesia

Contemplating Violence in Indonesia
The 4th annual Herb Feith Lecture, 30 Nov 2006
Herb Feith Foundation,
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Lecture by Ruth McVey, 30 November 2006.
6.00pm refreshments for 7.00pm start ,
Thursday 30 November 2006,
Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Corner Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne

Dr McVey is Emeritus Reader in Southeast Asian Politics at the University of London. She received her PhD in Government at Cornell University and subsequently held positions at Yale University, the