We are very pleased to announce our Semester 1 schedule for the 2019 Media@Sydney series. Events are usually held on Fridays in the John Woolley Building (A20) at the University of Sydney and Friday seminars are usually followed by informal drinks.
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Thursday 7 March: Digital Rights in an Age of Surveillance AI – Melvin Chen (Nanyang Technological University), Theresa Züger (Humboldt University) and Karaitiana Tairu (Christchurch)
co-hosted by the Goethe Institute*
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Seminar 2.03, RD Watt Building (A04), University of Sydney
Monday 11 March: The Journalism of Islam: Contenting Views in Muslim Southeast Asia – Janet Steele (George Washington University)
co-hosted at SSEAC*
5.30pm – 6.30pm, Quadrangle History Room S226, University of Sydney
Friday 15 March: Automated Decision Making and Society – Julian Thomas (RMIT University)
3.00pm – 4.30pm, MECO Seminar Room, S226, John Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney
Friday 29 March: De-/Re-Constructing home: Notions of home and homelessness in times of mobile media – Maren Hartmann (University of Arts, Berlin)
3.00pm – 4.30pm, MECO Seminar Room, S226, John Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney
Discussant: Justine Humphry
Tuesday 2 April: Communicative Reflexivity and Financial Bubbles: Linking Minsky to Marx – Peter Thompson, Victoria University of Wellington
3.00pm – 4.30pm, Seminar Room 2.03, RD Watt Building A04, University of Sydney*
Friday 5 April: Media, Context and the Shaping of Contemporary Movements across de Atlantic – Marta Vilar Rosales (University of Lisbon)
3.00pm – 4.30pm, MECO Seminar Room, S226, John Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney
Friday 12 April: “All that Glitters is not Gold”: Digital Media and Adolescents’ Political Engagement – Jörg Matthes (University of Vienna)
3.00pm – 4.30pm, MECO Seminar Room, S226, John Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney
Friday 3 May: Digital Media and Online Learning: A comparative perspective from the Pacific and the Caribbean – Heather Horst (University of Sydney), Jolynna Sinanan (University of Sydney), Fulori Manoa (University of the South Pacific) and Sheba Mohammid (RMIT University)
3.00pm – 4.30pm, MECO Seminar Room, S226, John Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney
Friday 10 May: Automating the Social: Digital Futures for Welfare, Disability, Social, and Health Services – Paul Henman (University of Queensland), El Gibbs (People with Disability Australia), Leanne Dowse (University of New South Wales), Wayne Hawkins (Australian Communications Consumer Action Network) and Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney)
3.00pm – 4.30pm, MECO Seminar Room, S226, John Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney
Tuesday May 14: Myths, Mistakes, and #FakeNews: A Historical Perspective –Michael Socolow (University of Maine)
3.00pm – 4.30pm, MECO Seminar Room, S226, John Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney*
Discussant: Margaret Van Heekeren
co-hosted by the Centre for Media History (Macquarie University)
Friday 17 May: Voice and Participation in Global Food Politics – Alana Mann (University of Sydney)
3.00pm –5.00pm, The Forest Lodge Hotel, 117 Arundel St, Forest Lodge
*Seminar followed by Book Launch
co-hosted by Sydney Environment Institute
Friday 31 May: No seminar, ICA conference
Tuesday 12 June: Beyond Anthropomorphism Symposium: Day 1
6.00pm – 7.30pm, SSB Lecture Theatre 200, Social Sciences Building, University of Sydney*
co-hosted by University of Sydney Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems and Sydney Ideas
Wednesday 12 June: Beyond Anthropomorphism Symposium: Day 2
9.00am – 5.40pm, Lecture Theatre 1130, Abercrombie Business School Building, University of Sydney*
co-hosted by University of Sydney Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems and University of Sydney Business School
Friday 14 June: How Pet Care Scenarios Can Disrupt Energy Futures – Yolande Strengers (Monash University)
3.00pm – 4.30pm, MECO Seminar Room, S226, John Woolley Building
*Special time or location