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6 Apr 2020

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Greener Pastures: Finding meaning in the great outdoors / Animals & nature

Guest post by Mia-Francesca McAuslan

From the Yellow Sea to Yucatán to Country – this selection from the archives is a journey through the outdoors. These pieces view nature through a lens of technology, art, design and communication – or consider landscape as character, antagonist and deity.

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Double Booked Club: Liam Pieper and Josephine Rowe / Books, reading & writing

With Liam Pieper, Josephine Rowe, and Ronnie Scott

Two prolific Australian writers have recently published new works of fiction. Here Until August is Josephine Rowe’s collection of short stories; Liam Pieper’s latest novel is Sweetness and Light.

Rowe and Pieper have shared roots – in Melbourne’s writing community, and as Voiceworks editorial committee alumni. In recent years, both have enjoyed successful, critically-celebrated careers as authors. Rowe’s work has…

12 Nov 2019

News

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‘Memory is a Creative Act’: A gallery of Broadside 2019 graphic recordings / Illustration

Guest post by Sarah Firth

This past weekend, the Wheeler Centre presented the inaugural Broadside festival of feminist ideas – with a blockbuster line-up of speakers and discussions. Complicated questions were posed. Difficult issues were surfaced. Creativity was celebrated. Graphic recorder Sarah Firth captured the discussion in real-time.

10 Nov 2019

Past event

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Broadside

Taking Up Space: Building the City That We Deserve / Sexism & feminism

With Gala Vanting, Jax Jacki Brown, Caroline Martin and 2 others

A woman’s place in the world and right to move through it freely has always been controlled. Workplaces, our city streets, pubs and parks are not just traditionally unwelcoming, but can be dangerous and destructive. Patriarchy has, until now, dominated our public spaces, and the way that different bodies and identities are policed within them.

So how can public space…

Podcast episode

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The Wheeler Centre

So What If … Melbourne Was Underwater? / Environment

From left: Andi Horvath, Erin O'Donnell, Karen White and David Sornig — Photo: Scott Limbrick

The experts have spoken – there’s no doubt the water is rising. But what will it mean for Melburnians?

Your suburban backyard might not be growing seaweed, but the effects will be felt across our city as we adapt to new ways of being. What might rising water levels mean for our ports and for waste management? How will our roads and sewage systems be affected? Will we see a new wave of migration from other Australian cities that have been hit even harder? The reality of our future is upon us – how will we stay afloat?

Presented in partnership with Melbourne Knowledge Week, and featuring Erin O'Donnell, Karen White, David Sornig and host Andi Horvath.

22 May 2019

Past event