This conference creates an important space for reflecting on key challenges in Australia today, and for thinking about alternatives. My notes are quite partial and rough, so I encourage you to look for more information on the speakers (and the panel sessions I couldn't attend) on the conference website. Kim Scott spoke in 'Circles and … Continue reading Reimagining Australia: language, decolonisation, borderscapes, and belonging
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Precarious Times: Precarious Spaces
Beyond the edges of the map: The ghost city of Ordos Kangbashi - Christina Lee, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University The ghost city phenomenon in China first came to international attention in 2009 in an Al Jazeera report. A combination of different factors, including the ways in which state planning works and the global financial crisis, … Continue reading Precarious Times: Precarious Spaces
AoIR2016: Forced migration and digital connectivity in(to) Europe – communicative infrastructures, regulations and media discourses
Mark Latonero (USC Annenberg School) spoke on they ways in which data is being collected around forced migration flows. Latonera is interested in the technologies that are being used to track and managed refugees' movements across borders. People were stopping at the short border between Serbia and Croatia for a variety of reasons, including to … Continue reading AoIR2016: Forced migration and digital connectivity in(to) Europe – communicative infrastructures, regulations and media discourses
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