Febuary 8th – 23rd, 2014. The Sustainable Living Festival raises awareness and provides tools for change by showcasing leading solutions to the ecological and social challenges we face. The Sustainable Living Festival aims to inspire and empower everyday Australians to accelerate the uptake of sustainable living. The Festival attracts over 150,000 visits annually and engages… Continue reading Sustainable Living Festival
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Call for papers
Deadline 15 September 2013 Arts Conference : “Spectres of evaluation, rethinking : arts/comunity/value”, Footscray Community Arts Centre in Melbourne, Australia, 6-7 February 2014 The making of art seems to be haunted by spectres of evaluation, with competing claims and judgments about the limits, uses, and value of art. This international conference will examine critical approaches to… Continue reading Call for papers
Call for papers : The aesthetics of sustainability
Deadline : 3rd of August 2013 The symposium will take place on 3rd and 4th of October 2013 at the School of Design and Art at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. The debate will discuss the role of aesthetics in the development of a sustainable world : ” How might an understanding of aesthetics impact upon our understanding of… Continue reading Call for papers : The aesthetics of sustainability
Workshop – Slow Wing
August 17th & 18th 2013, Slow Wing, Australia The Dark Mountain Project in collaboration with Latorica presents Slow Wing, a weekend of storytelling from the deep. Slow Wing is being held in Byron Bay Australia, as a satellite workshop of the Uncivilisation Festival, happening on the same weekend in the UK. Led by transdisciplinary artists Ilka Blue & Cherise… Continue reading Workshop – Slow Wing
Economics of Happiness Conference 2013
March 15-17, 2013 – Byron Bay, Australia The not-for-profit organization ISEC (International Society for Ecology and Culture) is, after the success of the first conference held last March in Berkeley, California, hosting the second international Economics of Happiness Conference in Australia. The conference is an annual event of the global grassroots movement whose mission is… Continue reading Economics of Happiness Conference 2013
Balance-Unbalance 2013
Balance-Unbalance is an International Conference designed to use art as a catalyst to explore intersections between nature, science, technology and society as we move into an era of both unprecedented ecological threats and transdisciplinary possibilities. The organizers are thoroughly looking forward to hosting artists, scientists, economists, philosophers, politicians, sociologists, engineers and policy experts from across… Continue reading Balance-Unbalance 2013
Reclaiming evaluation as a critical practice: the powers at play between art, community, and government
Screening and discussion, with Sophie Hope – at the Centre for Cultural Partnerships, University of Melbourne (RM C216, Music Building, 234 St Kilda Road) – Tuesday, September 18, 7 to 9pm This screening and discussion, led visiting practitioner researcher from Birbeck, University of London, Dr. Sophie Hope, introduces a partial history of socially-engaged art and… Continue reading Reclaiming evaluation as a critical practice: the powers at play between art, community, and government
Sense of Planet: The Arts and Ecology at Earth Magnitude
A NIEA Symposium Saturday, 25 August 2012, 9:30–6:30pm The acceleration of climate change, species extinction, and other ecological crises enjoins us to find ways of grasping historical and evolving circumstances at earth magnitude. The Sense of Planet symposium concentrates together an international array of artists, eco-theorists, and scholars to address the issues and activities of… Continue reading Sense of Planet: The Arts and Ecology at Earth Magnitude
Call for Papers “Creative Communities 3: Risks & Possibilities”
September 26th- 28th 2012 – Gold Coast, Australia Hosted by Griffith University Centre for Cultural Research ‘Creative communities’ is a well-worn phrase conventionally equated with notions of well-being, civic participation and social inclusion. Creativity in this sense is regarded as social glue that bonds individuals together through collaboration in various forms of creative projects –… Continue reading Call for Papers “Creative Communities 3: Risks & Possibilities”
The Cultural History of Climate Change
Call for papers Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, 27 – 28 August, 2012 Historians since Herodotus have argued that climates shape cultures. We can no longer ignore the fact that cultures also shape climates. Today’s climate is increasingly a material effect of the history of industrialisation. The climate of the coming centuries will be… Continue reading The Cultural History of Climate Change
