Community webcasts
Webcasts in this category address issues including society, social issues, community cultural development, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, multicultural communities, social science, sociology and culture in general.
Remix: Culture, Technology, Entrepreneurship
We are witnessing the inevitable transformation of the global cultural sector with the emergence of new technologies, consumer trends and business models. What are the opportunities and challenges ahead of us?Hear from Peter Tullin and Simon Cronshaw, the London-based founders of CultureLabel.com, who address these fundamental questions. Simon and Peter believe cultural organisations can create new commercial income streams on the strength of what they already possess - great content, great experiences and great brands.
Peter Tullin and Simon Cronshaw of CultureLabel were guests of the Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) as part of AbaF's Richard Pratt Legacy Project developing leadership in the arts and cultural sector with support from The Pratt Foundation. Thanks to national tour partner the British Council and in Queensland major presenting partner the State Library of Queensland. Find out more: abaf.org.au
For more info about CultureLabel visit http://www.culturelabel.com/blog/category/remix
When 5.30pm, Tues 17 Apr 2012
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2
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Remix: Culture, Technology, Entrepreneurship
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Survival and resilience
In a media-saturated world, it can feel as if the rate and scale of disasters is straight out of a doomsday movie. Yet behind the headlines there are complex stories of renewal and new thinking on how to rebuild our lives and communities.
Join contributors to Griffith REVIEW 35: Surviving, including author and journalist Matthew Condon, Green Cross CEO Mara Bun, and disaster management expert Professor Sidney Dekker for a discussion on Brisbane’s floods, sustainable recovery and the inspiration of the stories, myths and beliefs that sustain hope in the wake of crisis, moderated by Dr Kate Evans.
Presented by State Library of Queensland and Griffith REVIEW.
Where: slq Auditorium 1
When: 28 March 2012
Duration: 1 hr approx
Survival and resilience
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Practice in the North
Stephen De Jersey talks about the opportunities, challenges and responsibilities of regional practice.
Stephen is a UQ alumnus from 1994, who has established a lively practice in North Queensland with a branch office in Brisbane. Projects include sophisticated health, religious, commercial and community projects and adventurous tropical residences.
This session was presented by Peter Skinner from UQ School of Architecture.
When: Tue 17 Apr 2012
Where: slq Auditorium 1
Duration: 1:22:57 hr
Practice in the North
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Practice on the coastal edge
Stephen Guthrie and Lindy Atkin (Bark Design Architects, Noosa) show how their residential and community projects represent a sharp contemporary development of a distinctive coastal architecture.UQ Alumni, Stephen and Lindy lived and worked internationally before establishing their practice studio in the Noosa hinterland. Their residential and community projects represent a sharp contemporary development of a distinctive coastal architecture. Light, lean and responsive to the environment, there is a fascination in Bark’s work with the boundary at the edge of architecture.
This session was presented by Peter Skinner from UQ School of Architecture.
Presented by State Library and The University of Queensland.
Where: slq Auditorium 1
When: 24 Apr 2012
Duration: 1:15:47 hr
Practice on the coastal edge
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What’s the fracking fuss all about?
What's the most accurate picture available for peak oil? What are the alternatives? What are the risks and costs for Queensland in NOT developing alternative fuel resources? And what opportunities and rewards are waiting for us - economically, socially and environmentally - if we're clever enough to grasp them?
Presented by the State Library of Queensland and The Brisbane Institute
When: Tues 23 Aug 2011, 6:00pm
Where: slq Auditorium 2, level 2, State Library of Queensland
Duration: 1:53:13
What’s the fracking fuss all about?
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Out of the closet and into the museum
In June 2011, the city of Brisbane was somewhat astonished to find itself the host of the first ever lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history exhibition.Many voices were heard at the award-winning Museum of Brisbane exhibition, Prejudice and Pride, and iconic places were celebrated.
Join curator Carol Lowe as she recounts how the community took on ‘doing their own history’.
Prior Prejudice and Pride Carol was the History Project Officer for Queensland Association for Healthy Communities, which initiated this ground-breaking work. Carol’s has also worked on the Museum of Brisbane’s award-winning exhibition Remembering Goodna which told the story of Wolston Park, Queensland’s psychiatric hospital.
Speaker: Carol Lowe
When: Wed 15 Jun 2012, 12.30pm
Where: slq Auditorium 2, level 2, State Library of Queensland
Duration: 00:57:03 minutes
Out of the closet and into the museum
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