Water: Interdisciplinary Forum

Bringing together visual artists, performers and researchers from a variety of disciplines, our interdisciplinary forums propose art making as a form of knowledge creation alongside other academic fields of inquiry.

Commencing on 24 May, our first forum engages the theme of WATER, exploring its significance 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.

Over two days, experts in law, geography, chemical engineering, criminology and literature from the University of Melbourne will join a range of visual artists, performers and curators for a robust program of talks, performance, conversation and song.

Water Publication

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

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Speakers

Maree Clarke | Curator and artist

Hoda Afshar | Artist

Professor Peter Scales | Professor of Chemical Engineering University of Melbourne,

Professor Lesley Head | School of Geography, University of Melbourne

Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow

Dr Celia McMichael

Dr Olivia Barr

Jordan Smith

Dr Erin O’Donnell | Early Career Academic Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

Professor Alexis Wright | Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature, Australian Centre, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne

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