the symposium
The symposium featured a series of in-person panel discussions at the University of Canberra, as well as pre-recorded contributions from Ulster University. Find the videos of all the conversations below.
University of Canberra Conversations
Conversation 1: Jen Crawford and Paul Collis
The bullock at the mudhole.
Conversation 2: Kerry McCallum in conversation with Maureen Hatcher, Karen Monument, Megan Deas and Kerry Martin
Revelation, Reckoning and Recovery: Continuing critical conversations around child sexual abuse in Australia in the wake of the Royal Commission (RCICSA).
Conversation 3: Ursula K. Frederick in conversation with Steve Brown, Ashley Harrison, Wendy Somerville, Bethaney Turner
Difficult Stories: Creativity, curation, culture.
Conversation 4: Vahri McKenzie in conversation with Tony Eaton, Caren Florance, Geoff Grey, Paul Magee
Creativity in Difficult Spaces: creative interventions with veterans and first responders.
Ulster University Conversations
Sarah Travers in conversation with Sandra Johnston, Alastair MacLennan, Dominic Thorpe and Brian Connolly
Some of Northern Ireland’s leading performance artists since the 1970s discuss the role of the artist in conflicted public spaces, navigating subjects including violence against women, political conflict, clerical sexual abuse and our relationship with power.
Ciara Hickey in conversation with Array Collective
2021 winners of the Turner Prize, Array Collective, discuss their art-making as activism for women and LGBTQ+ rights and share some practical lessons in how to continue working as a collective despite obstacles and recognition by establishment interests.
Siobhan Wills speaks with Willie Doherty
A case study between a human rights filmmaker and acclaimed visual artist sharing a common interest in documenting inter-generational social trauma through places and landscapes that have experienced political violence.
A reading of selected poems by Kathleen McCracken
A reading of selected works exploring issues relating to First Nations experiences in Canada, in particular, violence perpetrated against indigenous women and the complexities of being an artistic ally to indigenous rights.
