http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/ no The University of Sydney wpp.marketing@sydney.edu.au Podcasts produced by The University of Sydney. en-au Copyright 2002-2013 The University of Sydney. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:46:05 +1000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:46:05 +1000 The Keynote Lecture of indigenous Knowledges in Latin America and Australia Symposium. On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, Les Malezer discusses how Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have greater capacity to take advantage of the legal opportunities and build social capital through Indigenous Knowledges; and why this is crucial for their future. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/dr_sriprapha_petcharamesree.shtml Les Malezer, Co-chair Elect of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples Sydney Ideas The Keynote Lecture of indigenous Knowledges in Latin America and Australia Symposium. On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, Les Malezer discusses how Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have greater capacity to take advantage of the legal opportunities and build social capital through Indigenous Knowledges; and why this is crucial for their future. 01:27:51 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=Affirming_Indigenous_Knowledge_as_the_Social_Capital_of_Indigenous_Peoples There is much talk about human rights in Australia but there is not a great deal know about what is happening in the region. Dr Sriprapha is an academic, human rights advocate and the Thai representative on the new ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, and provides a comprehensive observation on human rights within the ASEAN group of countries, where the common perception is that it is an issue for internal affairs. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/dr_sriprapha_petcharamesree.shtml Dr Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand Sydney Ideas There is much talk about human rights in Australia but there is not a great deal know about what is happening in the region. Dr Sriprapha is an academic, human rights advocate and the Thai representative on the new ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, and provides a comprehensive observation on human rights within the ASEAN group of countries, where the common perception is that it is an issue for internal affairs. 01:01:12 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=development_of_human_rights_mechanism To what extent does public opinion influence policy in the authoritarian state like China? China scholar James Reilly examines the interplay of public opinion and growing political activism, with the rhetoric, negotiating stances and policy decisions of China towards Japan in the last decade, to provide a nuanced insight into the complex politics of the new China. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/china_studies_centre.php#22nov Dr James Reilly, Dept of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Sydney Ideas and the Department of Media and Communications To what extent does public opinion influence policy in the authoritarian state like China? China scholar James Reilly examines the interplay of public opinion and growing political activism, with the rhetoric, negotiating stances and policy decisions of China towards Japan in the last decade, to provide a nuanced insight into the complex politics of the new China. 00:51:55 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=rise_public_opinion_china_japan If audiences deserve and want better journalism, how can it change? Peter Fray's wide-ranging lecture asks many questions about transformation in the media sector, and calls for a new compact between editors, journalists and audiences, a new way of thinking that includes the public good, collaboration, diversity, and accountability and transparency. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/peter_fray.shtml Peter Fray, First Decade Fellow, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, and editor-in-chief and publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald Sydney Ideas and the Department of Media and Communications If audiences deserve and want better journalism, how can it change? Peter Fray's wide-ranging lecture asks many questions about transformation in the media sector, and calls for a new compact between editors, journalists and audiences, a new way of thinking that includes the public good, collaboration, diversity, and accountability and transparency. 01:17:36 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=Editors_Journalists_and_Audiences_Towards_a_new_compact "How did neuroscience move out of the laboratory and into our everyday life... are we undergoing a change in our very sense of ourselves, of what we think we are as human beings, and if so, with what consequences?" Foundational scholar on the relationship between the social sciences and biomedicine, Nikolas Rose, calls on us to "seize on the new openness provided by new conceptions of the nueromolecular, social and plastic brain." http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_nikolas_rose.shtml Professor Nikolas Rose, James Martin White Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics Sydney Ideas "How did neuroscience move out of the laboratory and into our everyday life... are we undergoing a change in our very sense of ourselves, of what we think we are as human beings, and if so, with what consequences?" Foundational scholar on the relationship between the social sciences and biomedicine, Nikolas Rose, calls on us to "seize on the new openness provided by new conceptions of the nueromolecular, social and plastic brain." 01:20:07 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=governing_conduct_brain In recent years, the direct foreign investment of more than 30 billion dollars of Chinese private and public companies in Latin America has created a boom orientated towards raw materials and energy. Bolivia alone has 50% of the world's lithium supplies. As China goes shopping in Latin America, how can all governments negotiate hard, introduce structural programs of cooperation and ensure long-term harmonious relations? Mexican economist Enrique Dussel Peters provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, and calls for a strategic regional agenda of Latin America towards China. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/china_studies_centre.php#1nov Professor Enrique Dussel Peters, National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM) Sydney Ideas and the China Studies Centre In recent years, the direct foreign investment of more than 30 billion dollars of Chinese private and public companies in Latin America has created a boom orientated towards raw materials and energy. Bolivia alone has 50% of the world's lithium supplies. As China goes shopping in Latin America, how can all governments negotiate hard, introduce structural programs of cooperation and ensure long-term harmonious relations? Mexican economist Enrique Dussel Peters provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, and calls for a strategic regional agenda of Latin America towards China. 01:17:57 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=Latin_America_and_China_Beyond_Trade_and_Investments Art historian Abigail Solomon-Godeau looks at the politics of representation and the ethics of presentation in images of suffering in modern art photography. She says "When art photographers take catastrophe as their subject, their brief is not necessarily to do with the provision of information or verification, but this does not absolve them, if their work is to avoid the exploitative, from producing some kind of knowledge, a certain kind of viewing". http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_abigail_solomon_godeau.shtml Professor Emerita Abigail Solomon-Godeau, University of California, Santa Barbara Sydney Ideas and the Power Institute Art historian Abigail Solomon-Godeau looks at the politics of representation and the ethics of presentation in images of suffering in modern art photography. She says "When art photographers take catastrophe as their subject, their brief is not necessarily to do with the provision of information or verification, but this does not absolve them, if their work is to avoid the exploitative, from producing some kind of knowledge, a certain kind of viewing". 01:26:19 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=Beautiful_Suffering_The_image_of_catastrophe Electronic literature pioneer Stuart Moulthrop offers a meditation on how the digital humanities humanise and the user as digital subject, including these thoughts; "We are never more human, digital or otherwise, than when we find ourselves in a loop. Whether that loop brings us some place like home, or if indeed, we can keep our various economic and ecological feedbacks viable in a cycle, remains for the digital subject, very much the object of the game." http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_stuart_moulthrop.shtml Professor Stuart Moulthrop, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Electronic literature pioneer Stuart Moulthrop offers a meditation on how the digital humanities humanise and the user as digital subject, including these thoughts; "We are never more human, digital or otherwise, than when we find ourselves in a loop. Whether that loop brings us some place like home, or if indeed, we can keep our various economic and ecological feedbacks viable in a cycle, remains for the digital subject, very much the object of the game." 01:05:54 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=Make_a_Better_Door_Or_how_does_digital_humanism_humanise Highly esteemed architectural historian Professor David Van Zanten shares his early research on a project he has just begun - a comparison of the drawings of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony on Canberra, the drawings that survive of the 1909 Plan for Chicago by Daniel Burnham, then the drawing of the famous drawings for his Cité Industrielle by the Lyon architect Tony Garnier,published in 1917. He believes there was a social ethos that they all shared, an ethos that we are only just beginning to map. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_david_theodore_van_zanten.shtml Professor David Theodore Van Zanten, Mary Jane Crowe Professor in Art and Art History, Northwestern University, USA Sydney Ideas and the Power Institute Highly esteemed architectural historian Professor David Van Zanten shares his early research on a project he has just begun - a comparison of the drawings of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony on Canberra, the drawings that survive of the 1909 Plan for Chicago by Daniel Burnham, then the drawing of the famous drawings for his Cité Industrielle by the Lyon architect Tony Garnier,published in 1917. He believes there was a social ethos that they all shared, an ethos that we are only just beginning to map. 01:14:54 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=The_Griffins_Canberra_Burnhams_Chicago_Garniers_Lyon_The_Perfect_City_on_the_Edge_of_World_War A lively forum and discussion on the role of faith-based NGOs in the international aid and development sector. It includes a video interview with Dr Catherin Hamlin AC, founder the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. Professor Matthew, Clarke Deakin University, Duncan MacLaren, Australian Catholic University, along with Dr Laura Beth Bugg and Dr Joel Negin from the University of Sydney Sydney Ideas and One Just World A lively forum and discussion on the role of faith-based NGOs in the international aid and development sector. It includes a video interview with Dr Catherin Hamlin AC, founder the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. 01:16:42 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=faith_and_development_a_one_just_world_forum US-based cultural theorist McKenzie Wark draws on his latest research on the legends of the origins of Situationist International, a aesthetico-political avant garde of Paris in the 1950s, and links this to his personal observations of Occupy Wall St in Zuccotti Park, and his visit to Occupy Sydney in Martin Place earlier that day. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_mckenzie_wark Professor McKenzie Wark, Media and Cultural Studies, The New School, New York City Sydney Ideas and the Department of Culture and Gender Studies US-based cultural theorist McKenzie Wark draws on his latest research on the legends of the origins of Situationist International, a aesthetico-political avant garde of Paris in the 1950s, and links this to his personal observations of Occupy Wall St in Zuccotti Park, and his visit to Occupy Sydney in Martin Place earlier that day. 01:19:40 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=from_thought_as_an_occupation_to_some_thoughts_on_the_occupation Gaynor Macdonald reviews the work of contemporary American social anthropologist James Ferguson, and his work on the impact of the global economy in Africa in particular. She relates his contributions to her research in Australia with indigenous groups. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/key_thinkers/index.php#12oct Dr Gaynor Macdonald, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Sydney Ideas Key Thinkers Gaynor Macdonald reviews the work of contemporary American social anthropologist James Ferguson, and his work on the impact of the global economy in Africa in particular. She relates his contributions to her research in Australia with indigenous groups. 01:18:57 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=james_ferguson-globalisation_inequality_and_social_imaginaries Professor Lang is 2011 University Buddhist Education Foundation Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sydney. Her talk for Sydney Ideas examines original texts of Buddhist teachers on material comfort, and the contrast of Buddhist monastic behaviour with the prevailing Jain ascetics traditions of the time. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_karen_lang.shtml Professor Karen Lang, Professor of Indian Religions in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia Professor Lang is 2011 University Buddhist Education Foundation Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sydney. Her talk for Sydney Ideas examines original texts of Buddhist teachers on material comfort, and the contrast of Buddhist monastic behaviour with the prevailing Jain ascetics traditions of the time. 01:27:03 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=the_buddhas_middle_way-in_defense_of_fine_clothes_good_food_and_beautiful_monasteries For the Inaugural Confucius Lecture, highly respected scholar Professor Daniel Bell charts a possible role for Confucianism in modern Chinese society. He includes a review of its history, particularly the Confucian concern with poverty, and examines proposals to reconcile political meritocracy with democracy in contemporary China. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_daniel_bell.shtml Professor Daniel A. Bell, Jiaotong University (Shanghai) and Tsinghua University (Beijing) Sydney Ideas and the Confucius Institute For the Inaugural Confucius Lecture, highly respected scholar Professor Daniel Bell charts a possible role for Confucianism in modern Chinese society. He includes a review of its history, particularly the Confucian concern with poverty, and examines proposals to reconcile political meritocracy with democracy in contemporary China. 01:30:43 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=political_legitimacy_in_china_a_confucian_perspective A fascinating and comprehensive analysis of the issues facing the people of Thailand as they adjust to a new government lead by the first female Prime Minister of the country, Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Pheu Thai Party (formerly PPP). http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_pasuk_phongpaichit_chris_baker.shtml Professor Pasuk Phongpaichit and Dr Chris Baker A fascinating and comprehensive analysis of the issues facing the people of Thailand as they adjust to a new government lead by the first female Prime Minister of the country, Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Pheu Thai Party (formerly PPP). 01:36:00 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=thailands_election_and_the_new_government_a_turning_point Cormac Cullinan explores the implications of the rapidly emerging global movement for the rights of nature and the potential to use Earth rights as a platform for building the global solidarity necessary to bring about the rapid and far reaching cultural change. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/professor_cormac_cullinan.shtml Cormac Cullinan, practising environmental attorney and honorary research associate of the University of Cape Town Sydney Ideas and Sydney Law School Cormac Cullinan explores the implications of the rapidly emerging global movement for the rights of nature and the potential to use Earth rights as a platform for building the global solidarity necessary to bring about the rapid and far reaching cultural change. 01:26:17 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=earth_rights_reframing_society_for_the_21st_century As a young researcher Larry Schaaf was not deterred when refused a grant to study William Henry Fox Talbot - an English gentleman, inventor and polymath, but often just a footnote in the history of photography that was dominated by the French invention of the daguerreotype by Louis Daguerre. Schaff has gone onto to collect over 10,000 letters and 3,000 original negatives to form an amazingly rich archive of Talbot's work, and so restore Talbot's place in the history of photography as the man invented the negative image and the process to print from negatives - the calotype. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/larry_schaaf.shtml Professor Larry J Schaaf, photo historian, independent scholar and Director of The Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot Sydney Ideas and the Power Institute As a young researcher Larry Schaaf was not deterred when refused a grant to study William Henry Fox Talbot - an English gentleman, inventor and polymath, but often just a footnote in the history of photography that was dominated by the French invention of the daguerreotype by Louis Daguerre. Schaff has gone onto to collect over 10,000 letters and 3,000 original negatives to form an amazingly rich archive of Talbot's work, and so restore Talbot's place in the history of photography as the man invented the negative image and the process to print from negatives - the calotype. 01:29:00 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=william_henry_fox_talbot_and_the_invention_of_photography Murray Bookchin was undoubtedly one of the key contributors to environmental philosophy and political thought in the mid 20th century, who inspired a generation of thinkers to reconceptualise the human relationship with the natural world. He was also the first to see the ecological crisis looming as a function of industrial capitalism. Social Ecology proposed that nature is not place of domination or exploitation, but only painted that way by a society stepped in those relationships. To remove these hierarchies would realise the cooperative potential of the natural world and justice and equality for all would follow. But his domineering personality meant he under-minded his own theory of cooperation. His unwillingness to pay attention to movements that came up around social ecology also meant he missed the opportunity to be a catalyst for a red/green alliance in the US, and ultimately limited the potential impact of social ecology. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/key_thinkers/index.php#21sept Professor David Schlosberg, School of Government and International Relations, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Sydney Ideas Key Thinkers Murray Bookchin was undoubtedly one of the key contributors to environmental philosophy and political thought in the mid 20th century, who inspired a generation of thinkers to reconceptualise the human relationship with the natural world. He was also the first to see the ecological crisis looming as a function of industrial capitalism. Social Ecology proposed that nature is not place of domination or exploitation, but only painted that way by a society stepped in those relationships. To remove these hierarchies would realise the cooperative potential of the natural world and justice and equality for all would follow. But his domineering personality meant he under-minded his own theory of cooperation. His unwillingness to pay attention to movements that came up around social ecology also meant he missed the opportunity to be a catalyst for a red/green alliance in the US, and ultimately limited the potential impact of social ecology. 01:08:00 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=murray_bookchin_and_social_ecology_rethinking_nature_and_alienating_a_movement A panel of reviewers, writers, critics and academics speak frankly about the future of serious criticism in a contemporary media sector where there is diminishing space for reviews, and the experience of professional reviwers is not always valued. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/role_reviewer_age_twitter.shtml James Bradley, Sacha Molitorisz, Bernard Zuel, Sue Turnbull and Rónán McDonald Sydney Ideas and the Department of Media and Communications A panel of reviewers, writers, critics and academics speak frankly about the future of serious criticism in a contemporary media sector where there is diminishing space for reviews, and the experience of professional reviwers is not always valued. 01:31:02 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=the_role_of_the_reviewer_in_the_twitter_age A moving and powerful presentation by Leah Chishugi highlights the long-lasting impact of trauma, both physically and mentally. But there are many working in this field to help communities recover and rebuild, and their work is having positive results. http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/leah.chishugi.shtml Leah Chishugi, Dr Wendy Lambourne and Dr Jenny Dawson A moving and powerful presentation by Leah Chishugi highlights the long-lasting impact of trauma, both physically and mentally. But there are many working in this field to help communities recover and rebuild, and their work is having positive results. 01:29:05 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php?id=rebuilding_communities_and_recovering_from_trauma-a_conversation_with_rwandan_genocide_survivor_leah_chishugi