Hypothetical: Indigenous Arts and the Law
| Date: | Wednesday 9 September |
| Time: | 6.30 for 7 pm start Light refreshments will be served |
| Venue: | The Clarendon Ballroom, at The Langham, Melbourne 1 Southgate Ave, Southbank |
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Welcome to Country
Bill Nicholson Jnr, Member of Wurundjeri Clan
How are Indigenous arts recognised and protected in Australia? A lively hypothetical explores how Indigenous cultural productions are recognised in the Australian community. Judges, lawyers, artists, archaeologists and others will ask and answer the many questions that arise about these important issues.
A panel of 12 experts from Monash and external institutions, including:
Melissa Brickell
A descendant of the Yorta Yorta and Wiradjeri peoples and currently Coordinator of Aboriginal Partnerships at MacKillop Family Services, Melissa has a high profile involvement in the Stolen Generations movement, advocating for the implementation of the Bringing them Home Report (HREOC 1997) at state and national levels. As a local Indigenous artist, Melissa is an avid painter.
Colin Golvan
Colin is a Senior Counsel and barrister specialising in Intellectual Property and copyright issues.
John Harding
John is a prominent Indigenous community worker, playwright and director.
Damien Carrick
Damien is a lawyer and producer of Radio National's The Law Report.
Chris Varney
Chris is a Monash Arts/Law student who has just been appointed as the Australian Youth Representative to the UN and in September he will address the world body's General Assembly.
Brendan Loizou
Brendan is one of three Indigenous barristers practising at the Victorian Bar. He specialises in criminal law. He has also worked in a number of legal, policy and academic positions throughout Australia. Currently, he works part-time, as Indigenous Project Officer, within CALT on the Yulendj project.
Associate Professor Robert Nelson
Robert is Associate Dean of Art and Design at Monash University and Art Critic for The Age in Melbourne. His publications range from contemporary Australian art to social theory and the history of ideas, with 120 articles and essays in journals and catalogues and book chapters, plus 870 newspaper articles. In 2000, Robert was awarded the Pascall Prize (a national prize for critical writing in all fields of the arts). Robert's book, The Spirit of Secular Art: a History of the Sacramental Roots of Contemporary Artistic Values, was published by Monash University ePress in 2007.
Lynda Nicholson
Lynda is a descendant of the Wurundjeri mob of Victoria. She has a Monash Arts/Law degree, with first class honours. Ms Nicholson's dissertation centred on the Victorian Koori Court and its past equivalent, the Coranderrk Kulin Court (Coranderrk being a Victorian Aboriginal Reserve of the late 1800's). Currently, Ms Nicholson is working as an Indigenous Project Officer for the Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching, Monash University.
Dr Jacqueline Healy
Jacqueline is Director of Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and President of Victoria's Cultural Tourism Industry Group.
The performance will be chaired by Professor Adam Shoemaker.
To book
Bookings are essential. Complete the registration form to reserve your space.
