In Conversation @ the UQ Anthropology Museum - Pacific Connections, Creative Collaborations
Interconnectivity is not just a part of life, it is a form of politics.
Oceanic writer, anthropologist, and educator Epeli Hau’ofa advocated for ‘Big Ocean thinking’ – calling attention to an independent, vibrant, and socially networked Oceania from Australia and New Zealand in the southwest, to the United States and Canada in the northeast. Big Ocean thinking is an important rejection of colonial ideologies that try to confine Pacific peoples to small islands lost in a vast sea, and other Indigenous peoples to the past, to reservations, or to romanticised ideas of tradition and nature.
Does interconnectivity also define a way forward? If so, what does it look like in creative practice, in scholarship, in the anthropology museum, in education, and in everyday ways? What sort of collaboration does it entail? What are the points around which Indigenous Australia and the Pacific (or Oceania) converge? What are the politics and ethics of interconnectivity? How can we do it better?
Join us for an exciting public panel and discussion with Dr. Frances C Koya Vaka'uta, Dr. Kalissa Alexeyeff, Michael Aird and Lindy Allen
Frances C. Koya Vaka'uta is Director of the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific in Suva. She is passionate about Pacific art, heritage and Indigenous knowledge systems and has worked on policy writing, community development, Indigenous research approaches, and Pacific research ethics.
Kalissa Alexeyeff is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow at the University of Melbourne with interests in gender and sexuality, globalisation, Pacific performing arts and material culture.
Michael Aird is Research Fellow, UQ School of Social Science, Director of the Anthropology Museum and Co-curator of the current UQ exhibition, Palm Trees and Tropical Sunsets: The Inspection Tour of Aboriginal Stations in North Queensland and Torres Strait 1931. He has curated over 20 museum and gallery exhibitions, as well as a number of photographic displays examining aspects of Indigenous presence and experience in Australian society.
Lindy Allen is a freelance curator, researcher & anthropologist with over 40 years experience in the cultural heritage/arts sector, a Research Associate at Museums Victoria and Co-curator of the current exhibition with Michael Aird.
1. Hau'ofa, E. 1994. Our sea of islands. The Contemporary Pacific 6 (1):148-161.
2. Hau’ofa E. 1998. The ocean in us. The Contemporary Pacific 10(2):391–410
Light refreshments will be provided after the panel.
Presented by: Anthropology, School of Social Science
Dr Russ appointed Aboriginal head of Berndt Museum
The University of Western Australia is pleased to appoint academic, artist and Ngarinyin /Gija woman Dr Vanessa Russ as Associate Director of the Berndt Museum.
The UWA graduate, who was born and raised in the Kimberley, will now head up one of the most important research collections on Australian Aboriginal art and culture in the world.
Brisbane Vlog #4 | UQ Art Museum: Second Sight
We checked out the opening of Second Sight art exhibition at UQ Museum! We loved it, it was quite interesting and on top of that we got free food haha. Anyways if you're around UQ you should check out the exhibition!
Michael Aird Curator Talk
Curator talk for the opening of From Relics to Rights: Aboriginal People and Anthropology at The University of Queensland. Exhibition curator Michael Aird with Jeanie Bell, Bernice Fischer, Diana Young, John Winterbotham, David Trigger, Paul Memmott, Helena Gulash and Eleanor Crosby.
12 August 2017 at UQ Anthropology Museum. Thanks to Jess from UQ Aboriginal Environments Research Centre for filming.
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Sydney (pronounced /ˈsɪdni/[4]) is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.4 million[5] and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres (4,633 sq mi). Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called the Harbour City. It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants to Australia.[6]
The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established[7] in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet. The city is built on hills surrounding Sydney Harbour an inlet of the Tasman Sea on Australia's south-east coast. It is home to the iconic Sydney Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and its beaches. The metropolitan area is surrounded by national parks, and contains many bays, rivers and inlets.
The city is home to many prominent parks, such as Hyde Park, Royal Botanical Gardens and national parks. This is a major factor, along with Sydney Harbour that has led to the citys reputation as one of the most beautiful in the world.[8]
Sydney is considered an alpha+ world city,[9] as listed by the Loughborough University group's 2008 inventory[10], is ranked 16th among global cities by Foreign Policy's 2008 Global Cities Index[11] and is an international centre for commerce, arts, fashion, culture, entertainment, education and tourism. According to the Mercer cost of living survey, Sydney is Australias most expensive city, and the 66th most expensive in the world.[12] Sydney also ranks among the top 10 most livable cities in the world according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting and The Economist.[13][14]
Sydney is a significant international financial centre and has been ranked 14th within the top 50 global financial cities as surveyed by the Mastercard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index (2007),[15] and 1st within Australia. Sydney is also an international fashion and creative industry hub[16] and is Australia's fashion capital[17].
Sydney has hosted major international sporting events, including the 1938 British Empire Games, 2000 Summer Olympics and the final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The main airport serving Sydney is Sydney Airport.
In the year ending March 2008, Sydney received 2.7 million international visitors.[73] The most well-known attractions include the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Other attractions include Royal Botanical Gardens, Luna Park, some 40 beaches and Sydney Tower.[74]
Sydney also has several popular museums such as, the Australian Museum (natural history and anthropology), the Powerhouse Museum (science, technology and design), the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Australian National Maritime Museum.[75]
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In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man
In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
March 1, 2016 — January 31, 2017
This unique exhibition will showcase the most comprehensive collection of contemporary Sepik art in North America, and will draw urgent attention to the logging and mining operations that pose environmental threats to the region.
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Sydney /sɪdni/[3] is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. It is on Australia's south-east coast, on the Tasman Sea. In June 2010 the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people.[1] Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population.[4]
The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet, as a penal colony.[5] The city is built on hills surrounding Port Jackson which is commonly known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge feature prominently. The hinterland of the metropolitan area is surrounded by national parks, and the coastal regions feature many bays, rivers, inlets and beaches including the famous Bondi Beach and Manly Beach. Within the city are many notable parks, including Hyde Park and the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Sydney is a high ranking world city and has hosted multiple major international sporting events, including the 1938 British Empire Games (now known as the Commonwealth Games), the 2000 Summer Olympics and the final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The main airport serving Sydney is Sydney Airport[6] and its main port is Port Botany.
In the year ending 2012, Sydney received a total of 10.5 million international and domestic visitors, which injected $11.7 billion into the state of New South Wales' economy.[87] The most well-known attractions include the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Other attractions include Royal Botanical Gardens, Luna Park, Darling Harbour, some 40 beaches and Sydney Tower.[88] The New South Wales Government operates two programs relevant to Sydney as part of the NSW Tourism Strategy, they are: Brand Sydney ( to revitalise and strengthen the image and appeal of Sydney) and Visit Sydney (to increase promotion of Sydney as a tourist destination through a strengthened dedicated business unit within Destination NSW).
Sydney also has several popular museums, such as the Australian Museum (natural history and anthropology), the Powerhouse Museum (science, technology and design), the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Australian National Maritime Museum.[89]
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Sam Leach- The Civilising Process
Australian artist Sam Leach describes his work for his exhibition 'The Civilising Process' to be shown at VOLTA8, Basel, with Sullivan + Strumpf
Video by Louise Turley
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Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives
A behind the scenes glimpse at Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives install with the British Museum and Queensland Museum teams.
This short video features Dr Marie Vandenbeusch, Curator of Funerary Archaeology, British Museum and Dr Daniel Antoine Curator of Physical Anthropology, British Museum.
Australia-Sydney (WOW Amazing!!!) Part 2
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Sydney/ Australia
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. It is on Australia's south-east coast, on the Tasman Sea. In June 2010 the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people. Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population.
The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet, as a penal colony. The city is built on hills surrounding Port Jackson, which is commonly known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge are prominent structures. The hinterland of the metropolitan area is surrounded by national parks, and the coastal regions feature many bays, rivers, inlets and beaches, including the famous Bondi and Manly beaches. Within the city are many notable parks, including Hyde Park and the Royal Botanic Gardens.Sydney is a high-ranking world city for quality of life. It has hosted multiple major international sporting events, including the 1938 British Empire Games (now known as the Commonwealth Games), the 2000 Summer Olympics and the final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The main airport serving Sydney is Sydney Airport and its main port is Port Botany.
In the year ending 2012, Sydney received a total of 10.5 million international and domestic visitors, which injected $11.7 billion into the state of New South Wales' economy.The most well-known attractions include the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Other attractions include Royal Botanical Gardens, Luna Park, Darling Harbour, some 40 beaches and Sydney Tower.The New South Wales Government operates two programs relevant to Sydney as part of the NSW Tourism Strategy, they are: Brand Sydney ( to revitalise and strengthen the image and appeal of Sydney) and Visit Sydney (to increase promotion of Sydney as a tourist destination through a strengthened dedicated business unit within Destination NSW).
Sydney also has several popular museums, such as the Australian Museum (natural history and anthropology), the Powerhouse Museum (science, technology and design), the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Sydney is classified as an Alpha+ World City by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group, indicating its influence in the region and throughout the world, ranking among the top global cities in the world. In 2010, Sydney was ranked 7th in Asia and 28th globally for economic innovation in the Innovation Cities Top 100 Index by innovation agency 2thinknow. In 2013 The Wealth Report ranked Sydney as the seventh most economically important city in the world.
Sydney also ranks among the top 10 most liveable cities in the world according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting, The Economist and Monocle and is considered among the top fashion capitals in the world. It was also ranked in the top 10 global university cities according to RMIT University which limited its selection to cities already ranked in its list of the top 100 most liveable cities.
The Economist Intelligence Unit 2013 worldwide cost of living index placed Sydney as the third most expensive city in the world to live in behind Tokyo and Osaka.Wikipedia
'Our Way' Exhibition (UQ Art Museum)
Ortelia created an interactive tour of the internationally acclaimed Our Way exhibition of art from Lockhart River in far north Queensland, held at the University of Queensland Art Museum in 2007.
Ortelia was commissioned to archive the Our Way exhibition in 3D and to deliver an interactive, self-guided tour. The UQ Art Museum at the University of Queensland is now exploring the further use of the existing 3D model created by Ortelia.
The interactive application is distributed by the gallery to school groups. This has increased group participation and extended the reach of the gallery.
World101x: Full Interview with UQ Anthropologist Richard Martin
We're in Northern Queensland’s Gulf country talking to anthropologist Richard Martin about his work here with indigenous and non-indigenous people, land rights, development and how things are changing in regional and remote Australia.
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Dr Dale Simpson Jr, Anthropological Archaeologist
Dr Dale F Simpson Jr is an American anthropological archaeologist who specializes in Pacific anthropology but is well–versed in North and South American archaeology. Dale has conducted anthropological investigations in the U.S., Canada, Russia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, and Australia. He has researched Rapa Nui since 2001, and has extensively presented and published about Easter Island anthropology, archaeology, geochemistry, material culture studies, and monumental architecture. Dale has conducted and participated in multiple educational outreach programs throughout the world, including on Rapa Nui and in Australia and the U.S. Since 2009, he has held both full–time and adjunct instructor positions at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and Malcolm X College in Chicago, Illinois teaching introduction to anthropology, cultural anthropology, discovering archaeology, and people and cultures of the Pacific. From 2013–2017, Dale was a Centennial Scholar at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, where his Ph.D. concentrated on ancient interaction of Rapa Nui as documented by the movement of archaeological basalt from geological sources to domestic and ceremonial sites. He was a host on History Channel’s FOUND program and a contributor for Science channel’s What on Earth program. During his youth, Dale was an accomplished Cub and Boy Scout, an All–American and Illinois state champ in Greco–Roman wrestling, and an all–academic athlete. He loves to visit museums, fish, travel, high–adventure exploration, juggling, and playing Frisbee.
Episode 5 - Module 2: Indigeneity III - Anthropology Museum with Diana Young
In World101x we look at the world using an anthropological lens in order to shed new perspectives on current world issues, from indigeneity to migration and material culture.
This video will begin our exploration of the UQ Anthropology Museum with director and co-curator Dr. Diana Young. We start by taking a look at the exhibition, Written on the Body, which focuses on material culture through the juxtaposition of household items from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
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Brisbane festival 2013: My favourite work: Neither Pride nor Courage by Vernon Ah Kee
Brisbane festival 2013: My favourite work: Neither Pride nor Courage by Vernon Ah Kee
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Bruce McLean, curator of Indigenous Art at Qagoma, Brisbane, talks about his favourite piece of art: Neither Pride nor Courage, a triptych by Vernon Ah Kee, a Brisbane-based Aboriginal contemporary artist. The triptych comprises two portraits of his grandfather and one of his son; the drawings a response to the anthropological photos taken in the 1930's of what was considered a dying race
Daniel Boyd introduces '(HNDFWMIAFN)'
Daniel Boyd is a Brisbane-based artist of both Aboriginal and South Sea Islander heritage, whose works often deal with the complexity of the history of South Sea Islander labour in Queensland and its legacy.
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Daniel Boyd , Kudjla/Gangalu people, Australia b.1982 / Untitled (HNDFWMIAFN) 2017 / Oil, charcoal and archival glue on polyester / Purchased 2017 with funds from anonymous donors through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist
Time lapse of The House is Crumbling by Pinaree Sanpitak
Pinaree Sanpitak (b. 1961, Thailand) graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts and Communication Design from the School of Fine Arts and Design, University of Tsukuba (Japan) in 1985 and has been based in Bangkok from 1987. She has worked in a wide range of mediums from painting, to drawing and sculpture.
Pinaree has exhibited in solo and group shows in Thailand and internationally. Her solo exhibitions were showcased at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia (2014); Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA (2015); The Winter Garden at Brookfield Place and Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, USA (2017); Her group exhibitions were presented at the Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2014); Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art, France (2015); The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA (2015); Art Wuzhen, Wuzhen, China (2016); SEA+ Triennale 2016 at The National Gallery of Indonesia (2016); and Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (2016).
About the Installation
The House Is Crumbling is a sculptural installation made up of 4,000 Thai Khit pillows, assembled into a combination of fixed structures and loose forms. Each pillow acts as a building block, with strings sewn into its sides that allow it to be freely detached and connected. The audience are invited to interact with the work, deconstructing and reconstructing it to redefine the environment within the exhibition space.
The fixed structures, reminiscent of the artist’s sculptures of the female form, are composed of black pillows. A mixture of coloured pillows are moveable elements that can be untied, piled and attached. The audience can control the movement and shifts of the work by moving these coloured pillows. This engagement with the work represents the varying degrees of influence that an individual can exert on his or her personal, social or political milieu. In the words of the artist: “Simple gestures can make a difference.”
From 2000, Pinaree Sanpitak has been creating large-scale participatory installations that explore sensory perception and how the body interacts with space and its surroundings. The process of change in The House is Crumbling recalls the notions of permanence and impermanence, balance and imbalance, and absence and presence.
The House is Crumbling by Pinaree Sanpitak
Programme Details
04 Dec 2017 - 01 Apr 2018
All Day
Supreme Court Wing, Level B1, Koh Seow Chuan Concourse Gallery
General Admission Required
Channel 31 Melbourne Intro
Tri Cycling Africa was broadcast on Channel 31 in Melbourne, Australia on Sat 6 Feb 2010 as part of the film festival, Cheap Thrills, a weekly series highlighting micro-budget Australian feature films.
In their intro to the film, series hosts Leo Berkeley and Elise West described Tri Cycling Africa succinctly and with an objectivity that the filmmakers are denied.
This is followed by a quick intro by Tri Cycling Africa host, Jeff McLean, describing his motivation for the journey.
Leo Berkeley is the head of the Journalism & Media disciplines within the School of Applied Communication at RMIT. He has considerable experience as an independent filmmaker, having written and directed the feature film, 'Holidays on the River Yarra', which was an official selection for the Cannes Film Festival in 1991. More recently he has developed an interest in a new media form called machinima. A machinima work he produced, 'Ending With Andre', screened at the 2005 Machinima Film Festival in New York. He has also just made a micro-budget feature called 'How To Change The World'.
Elise West is Professional Development Manager at OPEN CHANNEL, where she also teaches. She studied History at Melbourne University before working with community groups in Europe for several years. She fell into documentary making in Guatemala, whilst volunteering for a forensic anthropology institute, and spent the next years in Latin America making stories for film and television. Her feature documentary The Siege was nominated in 2008 for two AFI awards.
Reproduced with the permission of Channel 31 Melbourne.
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