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This interdisciplinary conference engages with three HRC research
concentrations: biography and society; creativity and human rights;
and history and re-enactment. The highly eclectic program places
a strong emphasis on visual media and on issues of human rights.
The conference considers the ways lives can be recovered through
political activism, archival research, textual reconstruction,
documentary film, digital media, performance, photography, painting
and sculpture. It will feature documentaries by three prize winning
film makers. Confirmed keynote speakers include:
Professor Kevin Bales, internationally renowned founder of Free
the Slaves
Professor Ross Gibson, ground breaking exponent and theorist of
digital media
For enquiries and expressions of interest,
contact the convener, Caroline Turner, E: caroline.turner@anu.edu.au
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Research School of Humanities Australian National University
Exhibition Openings part of the Recovering Lives Conference
7 August 2008
5.30 School of Art Gallery ANU opened by Dr Debjani Ganguly, Head of the Humanities Research Centre
(Artists: Tushar Joag, Fatima Killeen, Katsushige Nakahashi, William Yang, The Culture Kitchen and Friends and the Burma Artists group)
6.30 Drill Hall Gallery ANU opened the Hon Bob McMullan MP
(Artists: Dadang Christanto, Julie Dowling, Jannene Eaton, Janet Laurence)
The dual exhibitions are the fourth in a series under the theme Art and Human Rights and are part of an ongoing research project at the Research School of Humanities. The exhibitions coincide with a major international conference also entitled Recovering Lives at the Research School of Humanities and National Museum of Australia 6-8 August 2008.
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