CAUL Hub Research Updates and News
CAUL Hub News and Updates
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The Urban Beat Issue 7 is out now for NAIDOC Week, with the theme for this year being Because of Her, We Can! It is now available online here, please share and enjoy!
This special NAIDOC Edition showcases the voices and perspectives of Australia's First People and focuses on the social, cultural and political power of First Nations women. Internationally acclaimed artist Yhonnie Scarce joins us to talk about the political power of glass and communications powerhouse Jirra Lulla Harvey introduces her new partnership with CAUL Hub and details the fascinating ways in which her culture is embedded in all aspects of her business. With many heartfelt and insightful reflections throughout we hope you will join us in celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories and perspectives.
Please read on for more information about what has been going on in the CAUL Hub. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to get in touch at mika.zollner@unimelb.edu.au. To stay up to date with what is happening in the Hub between newsletters, please like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter.
All the best,
Mika Zollner and Zena Cumpston,
CAUL Hub Communications Team
NAIDOC Week Urban Beat
Zena Cumpston, CAUL Hub Indigenous Knowledge Broker introduces the NAIDOC Week Urban Beat. The seventh edition of Urban Beat is available online here, please share and enjoy!
We also have a new "People of CAUL" video coming out each week, so make sure you check out our Facebook and Twitter.
Indigenous Science Conversations in National Science Week
For National Science Week 2018, CAUL Hub is collaborating with four other NESP Hubs to host two panel discussions on Indigenous scientific knowledge and practice. The two events will be co-hosted by and held at Questacon in Canberra on the 15th August.
Speakers will present approaches to incorporating Indigenous knowledge and values into climate science, biodiversity, threatened species recovery, urban planning, land use and freshwater and marine ecology. Maddi Miller, co-chair of CAUL Hub’s Indigenous Advisory Group, is curating this event with other Indigenous representatives of NESP from the Tropical Water Quality, Threatened Species Recovery, Northern Australia Environmental Research and Earth Systems and Climate Change hubs. NITV (SBS) is the media partner for this event and will also take part in the discussions.
Session 1: 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Session 2: 5:45pm for a 6:15pm start, event concluding 8:00pm
Please RSVP through Eventbrite by August 1. Tickets are limited so we recommend you reserve your space as soon as possible.
Queries: cathy.oke@unimelb.edu.au.
Banner Artwork: Dixon Patten
Media
Regional liveability requires fast and reliable access to capital cities
We all understand the importance of reliable public transport for the liveability of a community. Until now, this has predominantly been applied to communities in large cities and hasn’t considered growing regional cities to the same extent. CAUL researchers Melanie Davern and Carl Higgs recently wrote an article for The Conversation on regional liveability with colleagues from RMIT, stressing that access to capital cities is vital for regional cities for a host of reasons.
Photo: Alex1991/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA
Research Fellow Position
Shared Urban Habitat Research
All urban environmental practices, research and policy occur on Aboriginal Country. A key challenge, then, is for urban practitioners and researchers to respond meaningfully to the expectations, rights and aspirations of Indigenous communities in urban areas.
The CAUL Hub are seeking a Research Fellow to lead a project exploring Indigenous perspectives on biodiversity in urban environments. Applications close soon on July 12 so please share!
Photo: Luis Mata
News
Artwork inspired by research into annual climate cycles
CAUL Hub Indigenous research student Steph Beaupark recently completed a major university artwork, that was inspired by the research she has been doing into Indigenous knowledges of weather patterns. The work is titled Unforeseeable Landscapes and explores themes of variability, climate change and loss of traditional Indigenous knowledges in Australia. Steph is studying a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) and a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) at The University of Wollongong.
News
Victorian Air Quality Statement Submission
CAUL Hub has collaborated with the Melbourne Energy Institute, the NHMRC Centre for Air pollution, energy and health Research, the Lung Health Research Centre and the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society to write a submission for the Air Quality Statement recently released by the Victorian Government. It includes a number of recommendations for working toward the "Clean Air for all Victorians" vision.
Photo credit: City of Melbourne
Media
How cities can use nature to cope with change
In the face of rapidly changing climates, cities are starting to think about how ecosystems and natural processes can complement engineering solutions to extreme weather. CAUL researcher Dave Kendal recently co-authored an article in Re.Think about how Melbourne and New Orleans are coping with extreme weather and changing climates using nature-based solutions.
Photo credit: City of Melbourne
Event
International Conference on Chemistry Education
CAUL Hub researchers at the University of Wollongong have had a paper accepted for the 25th IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education, happening 10-14 July. Clare Paton-Walsh will be speaking about a paper titled, "Jindaola: Embedding Aboriginal Knowledges in a tertiary chemistry course", which Steph Beaupark and Elise-Andree Guerette from CAUL also contributed to.
Photo credit: ICCE
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