2013 Golden Bilbys. A Thousand Plateaus scooped the Bilby's with Sam Taylor and Meredith Hinze taking out awards  for production and educational design respectively, and Justin Clemens scoring Best Actor and Lauren Bliss Best Actress. (The film was developed for Australian Indigenous Studies students but will be available for general use by anyone with an interest in Deleuze and Guattari.) Edward Morrissey took the Frog D'or for the design and engineering of an app that allows Australian Indigenous studies students to view course readers on an iOS device with the benefits of speedy navigation and easy access to citations. Works on iPad or iPhone, and an Android version is now in production. No excuses for not getting the reading done for tutorial!



 And this week:

Australian Indigenous Studies 2013 Practitioner’s Forum

Friday 15th November

“Same but Different: Indigeneity and Diversity in the Corporate University”

9:30am – 4:30pm, Friday 15th November Yasuko Hiraoka Room, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Australian Indigenous Studies Practitioner’s Forum 2013: “Same but Different: Indigeneity and Diversity in the Corporate University” – a practical forum for people working within Indigenous Studies, developing Indigenous content or working with Indigenous Australian students.

Speakers: Celeste Liddle (Arrernte), Jason Mifsud (Gunditjmara), Philip Morrissey (Kalkadoon), Heidi Norman (Gamilaroi), Sandra Philips (Waka Waka, Goreng Goreng), Chelsea Bond (Munanjahli, South Sea Islands).

Discussion themes will include: 

- ‘Things must go both ways’ 

- Activism within Corporate Institutions 

 - Practical strategies for change 

 - The Larissa Behrendt report on Higher Education Access and

Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

For catering purposes please RSVP: Kate Rendell rendellk@unimelb.edu.au

The Golden Bilby Awards. 

The winners of the Australian Indigenous Studies teaching and learning community’s 2013 Golden Bilby Awards will be announced at a gala event this Friday 

The evening will include the debut screening of A Thousand Plateaus the new AIS teaching film, starring Justin Clemens and Lauren Bliss. We will also be presenting the coveted Golden Bilby Award for the motion picture that best represents the aims and philosophies of the Australian Indigenous Studies program and the inaugural Frog D’or  for a technological innovation that most enhances the learning outcomes of Australian Indigenous Studies students.

No Bilbys were harmed in the Awarding of this Award.
Music provided by Wale, Nancy Sinatra, and Kamahl,  and includes occasional coarse language.

Flashmob - No Bystanders