Returning. AIS has moved back to the John Medley Building where we've re-united with other disciplines housed in the School of Culture and Communication. Thanks to the School’s vision we’ve got a suite of offices with a view across the Quad. I’m not invested in appearance but one of the first things visitors do is gauge the relative centrality of an Indigenous program by its offices. Our previous offices in the Elisabeth Murdoch Building were excellent, and ideal during our early development but back in the Medley is to be squarely in the University.
Honours. Our Honours program is up and running. A small but v. good cohort to start with. I’m expecting an intake of around 10 students in 2012.
Masters of Indigenous Studies by Thesis. Approved and quite a saga. Special thanks to Charles Green, the School’s Director of Graduate Studies, for his attention to detail; and professional staff, Sharon Tribe, Ishara Wishart and Kate Rendell who saw it through its final stage.
Exhibition Opening at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. Black and White: documenting Indigenous Australia
20 May 2011 - 10 July 2011
‘Aboriginal people have featured in the photographic history of Australia since the earliest days of the camera. They have been keen collectors and producers of photography since the late nineteenth century, and, over recent years, Indigenous photographers have been among the most celebrated figures in contemporary Australian art. From the commercial photography of European immigrants in the 1870s, through to the conceptually driven work of contemporary Aboriginal artists, black-and-white photography provides a vehicle for recording, remembering and re-negotiating cross-cultural relations.’
http://bundoorahomestead.com/whats-on/exhibitions
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