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National Conference On Racism In A Global Context

Conference Program (updated 6/11/07)

Program details are subject to change. All formal conference sessions will be hosted at Murdoch University's South Street Campus.

You can view the conference program here on this page, or download the Program and Abstracts booklet in pdf format, if you prefer.

Thursday 8 November : Early Registration and Welcome Reception

5.00-6.00pm   Reception and early registration (FTI, Fremantle)

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Friday 9 November - Day One : Contexts

8.00am   Transport to Murdoch University from Esplanade Hotel
 
8.00-9.00am   Registration (KBL)
 
9.00-9.30am   Neville Collard, traditional Nyungar owner of the Beeliar Boodjar - Welcome to Country (KBL)
 
Session 1 : 9.30-11.00am   Collective Session (KBL)
Tom Calma - Racism in Australia
Robert Eggington & Selina Eggington - Racism and Cultural Dispossession in South Western Australia : A Noongah Perspective
Carmen Lawrence - Those People
Questions
 
11.00-11.15am   Break
 
Session 2 : 11.15am-12.30pm   Collective Session (KBL)
Aileen Moreton-Robinson - Racism Matters: the Workings of White Possession
Ray Winbush - Close Encounters of the Difficult Kind: Addressing Systemic Racism in Education
Questions
 
12.30-1.30pm   Lunch and Book Launch - Yearning to breathe free: Seeking asylum in Australia (Pedopo Peace Pavillion)
 
Session 3 : 1.30-3.15pm   Collective Session (KBL)
Colin Leach - Three faces of group advantage: Racism, mis-recognition, and resistance
Yvonne Hendersen - Racism in Western Australia
Gary Foley - ASIO and the Aboriginal Political Movement 1951-1976
Questions
 
3.15-3.30pm   Break
 
Session 4 : 3.30-5.00pm   Collective Session (KBL)
Michael Mansell - On the road towards self determination
Pierre Sob - Developing a Racial Equality Index : An Investigation of a tool to measure racial inequalities at national level
Chair TBA - Summary & Strategies
 
5.15pm   Transport to Fremantle
 
6.00-8.45pm   Special Event - Western Australia Launch of Liyarn Ngarn (FTI, Fremantle) - tickets required, no door sales

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Saturday 10 November - Day Two : Voices

8.30am   Transport to Murdoch University from Esplanade Hotel
 
9.00-9.15am   Cedric Jacobs, traditional Nyungar owner of the Beeliar Boodjar - Welcome to Country (KBL)
 
Session 5 : 9.15-10.30am   Collective Session (KBL)
Pat Dodson - What Now? Moving beyond shame, guilt and the right to rule
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Questions
 
10.30-10.45am   Break
 
Session 6 : 10.45am-12.30pm   Breakout 1 (Senate)
Panel : Indigenous Women's Voices
Pat Dudgeon
(Convener)
  Breakout 2 (ELC 4)
New, Emerging, & Established Voices
Peter Mbago Wakholi
Haileluel Gebre-Selassie
Raylene Lewis
Steve Stacey
Abram Abdelmalek
Questions
  Breakout 3 (ECL 3)
Inclusion and Exclusion
Nahid Kabir
Judith Elund
Anne Pedersen
Farida Tilbury
Yin Paradies
Questions
  Breakout 4 (CM Lounge)
Workshop : Intersections of identity and discrimination
Sandra Collard
Maria Osman
Pui San Whittaker
(Conveners)
  Breakout 5 (Senate CR)
Panel : Voices - African Peoples & Racism
Casta Tungaraza
(Convener)
 
12.30-1.15pm   Lunch (Club Murdoch)
 
Session 7 : 1.15-3.00pm   Breakout 1 (Senate)
Panel : Indigenous Men's Voices
Michael Wright
(Convener)
  Breakout 2 (ECL 4)
New, Emerging & Established Voices
Patricia Mosquera
Melissa McEwen
Questions
Workshop : Muslim Women
Wajma Padshah
(Convener)
  Breakout 3 (ECL 3)
Inclusion and Exclusion
Bernard Guerin
James Forrest
Del Weston
Fiona Barlow
Questions
  Breakout 4 (CM Lounge)
Workshop : Transformation and Healing - A South African Experience
Les Fabre
(Convener)
Workshop : The double-edged sword
Tracy Pollett
(Convener)
  Breakout 5 (Senate CR)
Panel : African Voices - Recommendations & Strategies
Casta Tungaraza
(Convener)
 
3.10-3.15pm   Break
 
Session 8 : 3.15-5.00pm   Collective Session (KBL)
Graham Hornel - Exploitation and Racism : The Dark Side of Australia's Skills Shortage
David Freeman - Old themes, new conundrums: Indigenous Australian self-determination, 'human capital' and state intervention
Ellis Griffiths : Summary & Strategies
 
5.15pm   Transport to Fremantle
 
7.30pm   Conference Dinner : hosted by Ellis Griffiths, and includes Hypothetical by Antonio Buti (Fremantle Town Hall) - tickets required, no door sales

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Sunday 11 November - Day Three : Strategies

8.30am   Transport to Murdoch University from Esplanade Hotel
 
9.00-9.15am   Len Collard, traditional Nyungar owner of the Beeliar Boodjar - Welcome to Country (KBL)
 
Session 9 : 9.15-10.30am   Collective Session (KBL)
Martha Augoustinos - The language of 'race' and prejudice
Harry Allen - Is There Media in the Racism?
Questions
 
10.30-10.45am   Break
 
Session 10 : 10.45am-12.15pm   Breakout 1 (ECL 3)
Community Initiatives
Peter Gale
Craig McGarty
Caroline Blink
Iain Walker
Questions
  Breakout 2 (CM Lounge)
Workshop :Teacher Education & Anti-racism Teaching
Nado Aveling
(Convener)
Workshop : Global Education and Racism
Alison Bullock
(Convener)
  Breakout 3 (ECL 4)
Policy Initiatives
Gavin Mooney
Vera Tetteh
Teresita Mirafuentes
Pauline Guerin
Questions
 
12.15-1.00pm   Lunch (Club Murdoch)
 
Session 11 : 1.00-2.00pm   Breakout 4 (Senate)
Workshop : Law & Order, ethnic minorities and the police - experiences and action
Chris Konrad
(Convener)
      Breakout 3 (ECL 4)
Policy Initiatives
Adriano Truscott
Jan Woodland
Questions
 
Session 12 : 2.00-3.30pm   Collective Session (KBL)
David Malcolm - Aboriginal People and the Criminal Justice System
Tom Calma : Summary & Strategies
Jacky Tang : Wrap-up & Farewell
 
    Conference ends at 3.30pm
 
3.40pm   Transport to Fremantle

Contact Us

If you need any further information about the conference and associated events and activities, or have any problems with this website, please contact Girish Lala at the Centre for Social and Community research, Murdoch University by email (ncrgc@murdoch.edu.au) or telephone ((61-8) 9360 6969)

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