Historical trauma and the politics of epigenetic hope in Indigenous Australia
Seminar
This presentation examines the recent uptake of epigenetic discourses by Indigenous Australians. While genetics has historically been rejected by First Nation peoples around the globe, epigenetics has been embraced as it offers an explanatory framework to understand the negative health effects of…
Public impact and engagement
Advisory session
These sessions are designed for HDR students and will cover a range of topics that will assist them to develop as researchers.We hear a lot about public impact and engagement but exactly what this means can be unclear. This session will give you a chance to work through with your peers the…
Luncheon with a global drug policy leader at the ACT Legislative Assembly
Seminar
Following on from launching Uniting’s Fair Treatment Campaign at Sydney Town Hall by Global Drug Commissioner Sir Richard Branson with over 2000 people, the Global Commission on Drug Policy will be in Canberra on Monday 15 October 2018. The event will include a presentation from Dr Khalid Tinasti…
The ‘biopolitics’ of housing first: governing chronic homelessness in Canada
Seminar
Since the mid 2000s, Housing First has become a prevalent public response to homelessness in North American cities and is now gaining increasing attention internationally (notably Western Europe and Australia). Often described as a ‘radical paradigm shift’ inspired by a ‘harm reduction’ philosophy…
Beyond Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Fear: Acquiescence, Value Calculus, and the Digital Practices of Affluent Surveillance Subjects
Seminar
A common response to digital surveillance is the ‘nothing to hide, nothing to fear’ (NTHNTF) argument, which suggests only those with something to hide should fear surveillance. While often critiqued, there is little engagement with what this narrative might mean for individuals who adopt it.…
A drug policy conversation with Johann Hari
External
Johann Hari is a TED Talks sensation with almost 10 million views and the author of two New York Times best-selling books. His first, Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood feature film, and into a non-fiction documentary…
Digital Societies? New Frontiers in Social Research
Symposium
This one-day symposium explores new and emerging social research into digital spaces and phenomena, as well as methods that use online digital data. Keynote Speaker: Professor Deborah Lupton. Deborah is an internationally renowned sociologist and foremost advocate for engagement with digital…