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EVENTS
NCIS Conferences & Workshops
Indigenous Australia &
Science
18 March 2009, Canberra
Dr. Sarah Holcombe, Research Fellow at the
NCIS, facilitated a forum in the annual ‘Science
meets Parliament’ two-day-long event. The hour long
forum,
on the 18th March, focused on ‘Indigenous Australia &
Science’. Some of the themes covered were methodologies
for engagement and opportunities and challenges for Indigenous
people in science. Panel discussants included representatives
Dr Craig James from the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research
Centre, Mick Gooda of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal
Health, Dr Dan Walker of CSIRO and Kerry Arabena of AIATSIS.
For 2 days each year at the ‘Science meets
Parliament’ annual event the federal Parliament ‘lives
and breathes science’, gathering up to 200 scientists
from around Australia along with federal parliamentarians for
this event.
For video of the forum click
here
Indigenous studies
postgraduate workshop
24-25 February 2009, Bateman's Bay
The National Centre for Indigenous Studies
will be hosting a workshop for postgraduates completing research
theses in Indigenous Australia and allied fields. While targeting
issues relevant to Indigenous postgraduate research and researchers,
allied methodological and practical issues arising when working
on Indigenous themes will also be covered. Supervisory panel
members and Indigenous supervisors will be represented and include
Professor Mick Dodson, Professor Lester Irabinna Rigney, Kerry
Arabena and James Warden. Other ANU research staff will include
Professor Mandy Thomas, Professor Nicolas Peterson, Associate
Professor Peter Veth and Dr Janet Hunt. A detailed program will
be available by mid-December 2008.
For further information please contact Peter.Veth
@ anu.edu.au
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