Local Cultures – Global Spaces
Abstract
Our interpretations of ‘decolonisation’ depend on our individual subject positions, where we are situated, and how we are implicated in the systems within which we operate. Framed as a conversation between Yorta Yorta performance artist and cultural advisor, Jason Tamiru and University of Melbourne academics Janet McGaw and Anoma Pieris, this keynote offers perspectives from critical postcolonial studies, creative practice-pedagogy and lived and applied experiences of ‘decolonising’ and invites conversation with the audience.
Jason Tamiru is a proud Yorta Yorta man passionate about his people and culture. He has worked with many of Melbourne’s most iconic performing arts companies, museums and festivals.
Janet McGaw Janet McGaw is an architect, creative researcher and educator who is interested in the relationship between place, identity and health. She has worked with First Nations communities in Victoria for 15 years.
Anoma Pieris is a postcolonial scholar and architectural historian who has published extensively on nationalism, sovereignty, and citizenship focusing in particular on subaltern experiences of the built environment.
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Tuesday 5th December, 2023