Water Publication
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Published by the Potter Museum of Art following the event Water: Interdisciplinary Public Forum. Edited by Dr Kyla McFarlane, Senior Academic Programs Curator, Museums & Collections
In our first forum, the significance of water was explored in a range of areas, including climate change, river rights and sovereignty, customary song, water policy, the ocean as a border-crossing site and more. Experts in law, geography, chemical engineering, criminology and literature from the University of Melbourne joined visual artists, performers and curators for a robust program of talks, performance, conversation and song.
Publication contributors: artist Hoda Afshar, Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow, Curatorial Manager International Art at QAGOMA, Brisbane; Dr Olivia Barr, senior lecturer at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne; artist Maree Clarke; Samantha Comte, Senior Curator, Art Museums, Museums & Collections, University of Melbourne; Dr Claire Loughnan, lecturer in criminology in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne; Dr Celia McMichael, senior lecturer in the School of Geography, University of Melbourne; Dr Erin O’Donnell, water law and policy specialist; John Wayne Parsons, a Yugerra/Ugaram Le high-baritone opera singer and Schools and Community Liaison Officer at the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development, Faculty of VCA & MCM, University of Melbourne; and Alexis Wright, author and Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the Australian Centre, in the School of Culture and Communication.