http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thirsty_work/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thirsty_work/#When:03:40:10Z Rod Quantock says, "If climate change doesn't scare you, then you don't get the science." Fortunately Quantock does, and when he gives you his take on the physics, chemistry, biology, geology, palaeontology, cosmology and meteorology of climate science you'll get it too. And then... you'll be scared. It's win-win. Sounds like great fun doesn't? It's an edgy mix of panic and hysteria. But that's what you'd expect from someone whose comedy has been described as ‘medicinal'. In his irreverent style and clever humour has proven to be a great avenue to deliver powerful messages about the reality of climate change, water issues and possible outcomes.  This lecture was introduced by Jon Ward, Manager, Environmental Policy, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU College of Physical Sciences, Medicine and Life Science, Physical Science 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/does_china_play_by_our_rules_and_how_much_does_it_matter/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/does_china_play_by_our_rules_and_how_much_does_it_matter/#When:02:42:30Z The arrest of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, and more recently China's cancellation of a ministerial visit over Canberra's decision to grant a visa to Uighur figurehead Rebiya Kadeer has put Australia-China relations sharply in focus. Relations between these key trading partners appears rocky at a time many would have envisioned ties to be getting warmer. China's behaviour has prompted many to look at China's internal politics and rule of law, as well as the price paid for dealing with China and the implications of China's seemingly inevitable rise. Is Stern Hu a pawn in an as yet unclear larger political game? What rules are a giant like China playing by? How will these affect an inextricably linked Australia? Public Lecture, International Business, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Law, Asia and the Pacific 2009-11-05T02:42:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/15th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2009/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/15th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2009/#When:01:50:42Z In this year's Fifteenth Annual Lions Oratory Competition, student representatives from the ANU Colleges competed for the perpetual Oratory Trophy and prizes totaling $3,000 in cash. The objective of the competition is to give an opportunity to students to master and excel in the art of oratory by reading widely on subjects dealing with human values. To create interest in the study of the lives of great women and men who, often at enormous personal sacrifice, realise outstanding achievements which generations to come will emulate. These are people, including saints and sages from the whole world, who through their outstanding contributions enhanced the quality of life of all humanity. To cultivate in students the need for the great human values of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence - the core of all major religions. Podcast timings: 00:00:00          Welcome by master of ceremonies Connie Chong Winner of the 2008 Lions Oratory Contest 00:05:21          Introduction of Andaleeb Akhand, ANU College of Business and Economics  00:06:29          The Power of Truth, Andaleeb Akhand 00:14:21          Introduction of Arjuna Dibley, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 00:15:52          Confronting the costs of the ideal: Munir's story and truth as a great human value, Arjuna Dibley 00:24:22          Introduction of Brendan Moloney, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science 00:25:29          Great Human Values in Suburbia , Brendan Moloney 00:33:27          Introduction of Chelsea Mullavey, ANU College of Law 00:34:42          ‘Did you hear that?' Chelsea Mullavey 00:43:07          Introduction of Melanie Poole, ANU College of Arts and Social Science 00:44:11          Why Swamps Breed Bunyips (or: Why the Great Human Values Grow from Pain), Melanie Poole 00:52:45          Introduction of Harriet Riley, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment 00:54:09          Reasons to Love Climate Change, Harriet Riley 01:02:58          Introduction of Jennifer Zhu, ANU College of Physical Sciences 01:04:27          Does every solution have a problem? Jennifer Zhu 01:12:02          Conclusion of event,   Connie Chong     Humanities, Society & Culture, Student Life, The University, University, Campus Life 2009-09-30T01:50:42+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/obesity_complex_problem/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/obesity_complex_problem/#When:00:47:42Z Obesity has increased dramatically across the world, and there is currently no solution to its control. While obesity is easily understood as the positive imbalance of energy intake and expenditure, this does not explain why it is easy to overeat and underexercise. Explanatory models that feed into energy balance include those of obesogenic environments, thrifty genotype, obesogenic behaviour, obesogenic culture, nutrition transition, political economic structures and biocultural interactions of genetics, environment, behaviour and culture. The last of these models has obesity as an outcome of the complex systems which constitute modern life, and in which biology, environment, sociality, economics, infrastructure, culture and behaviour interact. An attempt to understand obesity as complex system has come with an initiative of the British government, in which a qualitative systems map of obesity for the British population has been generated. In this presentation, various models of population obesity are considered in relation to the idea of obesity as complex system. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, Medical & Health Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2009-09-29T00:47:42+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_division_system_regional_implications/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_division_system_regional_implications/#When:23:26:27Z The partition of the Korean peninsula has since the end of the Korean War solidified into a ‘division system' encompassing two otherwise contrastive societies. This notion enables an important shift from a state- or ideology-oriented approach to a people-oriented one, focusing on the oppression of the preponderant majority of population on both sides. It also implies a shift to a global, rather than a nationalistic perspective since the division system is conceived as a sub-unit of the world-system. The lecture argues that the notion of a 'division-system' is useful in addressing many current issues, for example, the ongoing nuclear crisis in the peninsula and the question of human rights in North Korea. It will discuss various regional arrangements in which South Korea participates, noting the crucial absence of North Korea in most of them and the presence of Australia in a few. This lecture was the  Korea Institute Distinguished Lecture, presented by the ANU Korea Institute. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-08-31T23:26:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/should_we_ban_the_burka/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/should_we_ban_the_burka/#When:03:14:13Z A public debate hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.Muslim women's dress codes have come into the political spotlight in both Muslim-majority and non-Muslim societies. At one end of the spectrum the state has sought to enforce Islamic dress codes while at the opposite end the state has sought to ban certain items of women's religious dress.Under the Taliban, Afghan women were forbidden to appear in public unless they were wearing the all-enveloping burka. Now, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proclaimed that the burka and other forms of face-covering are not welcome in France.In Australia, too, Muslim women's dress has been at the centre of a heated political and social debate.This public debate brought together three leading figures to discuss questions such as whether we should ban the burka or respect the right to wear it, if the burka is a form of male oppression, what would be the effect of banning a piece of women's clothing and does the state have a place in a woman's wardrobe? Moderated by Professor Hilary Charlesworth. Public Lecture, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2009-07-16T03:14:13+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_feminist/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_feminist/#When:02:29:29Z Many of us born after the success of the 1970s women's liberation movement were raised to think of ourselves as 'people not genders'. We grew up believing that being female would not affect our opportunities or choices. We rejected the idea that women were oppressed and if we thought about feminism at all it was as an historical movement with no relevance to our futures. Genuinely believing that sexism was dead we moved into the worlds of work, marriage and motherhood and got a hell of a shock. We realised that personal declarations of gender blindness are no defence against a world that insists on defining women by their sex. We realised that the ‘limitless' choices women have today are oddly less limitless than the choices of men. We realised that political, economic, sexual, professional, social and domestic equality is far from achieved and that post-feminism is a media myth. We realised that, quite accidentally, we had become feminists. This lecture was filmed and broadcast by Slow TV and A-PAC Public Lecture, Society & Culture, University 2009-04-02T02:29:29+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dialogue_justice_peace/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dialogue_justice_peace/#When:01:27:04Z Our interdependent world creates both new opportunities and new challenges.  The gravest danger today is insecurity, which has taken on global proportions.  In order to deal with the threat of this insecurity, it is imperative for the world community to engage in constructive dialogue, but this must be based on two foundations:  a deep comprehension of civilisations, religions and cultures; and justice. Indeed, in our insecure world, full of extremism and conflict, only serious dialogue, mutual understanding and justice can generate peace and prosperity. This lecture was hosted by Professor Lawrence Cram, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President of The Australian National University and Professor Amin Saikal, Director of ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. The lecture was followed by Former Prime Minister of Australia, The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser AC CH, giving the vote of thanks and launching Professor Amin Saikal's book The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran from Autocracy to Religious Rule. The book has a new introduction and preface by Professor Saikal, in which he reflects on what has happened in Iran since the fall of the Shah and relates Iran's past to its political present and future. The lecture was presented by the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.  Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-04-01T01:27:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/first_taste_history_culture_in_indigenous_alcohol_use/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/first_taste_history_culture_in_indigenous_alcohol_use/#When:02:26:03Z This public lecture challenges some of the common beliefs that surround Indigenous Australians and the history of 'grog', by discussing the findings of the newly released publication First Taste: How Indigenous Australians Learned About Grog by Maggie Brady (published by the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation). This publication was released the morning before the lecture and is a series of six books. The series is designed to educate and empower Indigenous people on alcohol issues, to illuminate the influence of history and social learning on drinking behaviour, and to contribute to greater understanding and reconciliation between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians. Public Lecture, Behavioural & Cognitive Sciences, Indigenous Studies, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-09-24T02:26:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_14th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2008/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_14th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2008/#When:02:06:30Z The 14th Annual Lions Oratory Competition saw selected ANU students from across the University present eight minute orations to convince the judges and the audience that they deserved to win the ANU Lions Oratory Trophy and prizes totaling $3,000 in cash. The event was hoseted by Esther Sainsbury, last years winner of the 2007 Lions Oratory Competition and judged by an esteemed panel of public-speaking experts. The oratory saw speakers addressing a range of subjects incorporating the Lions' messages of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence - the core values of all major religions.Prizes included: First prize - The ManikKam Reddy Award: $1,500Second prize: $800Third prize: $500Donated by the Lions Club of Canberra Woden People's Choice Award: $400Donated by the Australian National University and the Lions Club of Canberra Woden Public Lecture, Humanities, Society & Culture, Student Life, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, ANU College of Law, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, ANU College of Science, University, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Campus Life, Law, Medicine and Life Science 2008-09-24T02:06:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_k_r_narayanan_oration_why_environmentalism_needs_equity/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_k_r_narayanan_oration_why_environmentalism_needs_equity/#When:01:57:53Z "Why Environmentalism Needs Equity: Learning from the environmentalism of the poor to build our common future". Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science & Environment; Director of the Society for Environmental Communications; and publisher of the fortnightly magazine 'Down to Earth', has been with the Centre from 1982 and has worked hard at analysing and studying the relationship between environment and development, and at creating public consciousness about the need for sustainable development. Her research interests are wide-ranging - from global democracy, with a special focus on climate change, to the need for local democracy, within which she has worked both on forest-related resource management and water-related issues. Ms Narain began her career by writing and researching for the State of India's Environment reports and then went on to study issues related to forest management. For this project she travelled across the country to understand people's management of natural resources, and in 1989 co-authored the publication Towards Green Villages advocating local participatory democracy as the key to sustainable development. In the early 1990s she became involved with global environmental issues and continues to work on these as researcher and advocate. Ms Narain remains an active participant, both nationally and internationally, in civil society. She serves on the boards of various organisations and on governmental committees and has spoken at many fora across the world on issues of her concern and expertise. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2008-09-24T01:57:53+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/1919_mexico/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/1919_mexico/#When:04:15:55Z Mexico furnished the era of social and cultural change that started ‘right around 1910’ with its first popular revolution. By 1919 Mexico City had become a refuge for the world’s radicals. To a despairing world, it offered a unique site to safely experiment with all sorts of enchantments. In this culturally promiscuous capital not only the meaning of Mexico was at stake, but also the meanings of major modernist concepts –revolution, the popular, avant-garde, authenticity, race and desire. In Arabian Nights of 1919, Mexico City Professor Tenorio, tells a series of interconnected tales of an urban world that included Mexican poets and artists; radical foreigners plotting revolution; love and betrayal; experimentation in art, poetry, sexuality and politics; well-known luminaries such as Frida Kahlo and Ramón del Valle Inclán; less well-known Anita Brenner and José Vasconcelos; a Bengal Braham who founded the Mexican Communist Party and a Colombian bohemian who broke all literary and moral canons. Allan Martin (1926-2002) was an intellectual, institutional, and social pioneer whose career as a historian spanned the second half of the 20th Century. When most Australians went to England for their postgraduate work, he chose ANU, where he was the first doctoral student in History in the Research School of Social Sciences. He accepted the Foundation chair in History at LaTrobe University in 1966 and returned to RSSS as a senior fellow in 1973. This was the 2008 Allan Martin Memorial Lecture.   Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-05-26T04:15:55+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/socratic_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/socratic_forum/#When:23:25:00Z In this debate, ANU plays host to a number of influential public figures including ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell; Dr Clive Hamilton, The Australia Institute; Professor Peter Bailey, ANU; Channel 10's Political Commentator, Paul Bongiorno; Karen Middleton, SBS; and Charles Sampford from the Institute of Ethics Governance and Law. Speakers contest a vigorous debate on issues surrounding Commonwealth-State Relations in Australia. The Socratic Forum is part of a national discussion series aimed at encouraging frank, non-partisan and open debate on issues of importance to the Australian community. Public Lecture, Economics, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Law 2008-03-13T23:25:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/advance_australia_where/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/advance_australia_where/#When:03:10:00Z Fifteen years ago social researcher Hugh Mackay wrote the bestseller Reinventing Australia , which analysed with forensic skill what was happening within Australian society. In this public lecture he takes another long, hard look at us to see how far we’ve come. What will the next generation of Australian children be like? Why have we lost interest in politics? Why are our houses getting bigger while our households are shrinking? Can the decline of the public education system be reversed? Are we spending too much public money on the arts? Mackay maintains that while we enjoy unprecedented levels of prosperity and the promise of more to come, we are still battling an epidemic of depression, taking on record levels of debt, and yearning for a deeper sense of meaning in our lives. While many Australians complain about feeling powerless and isolated, Mackay sees some encouraging signs that we are learning how to absorb the impact of the revolutionary changes that have reshaped us. Public Lecture, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-09-28T03:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coping_climate_change_india/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coping_climate_change_india/#When:00:09:00Z 2007 K R Narayanan Oration Recent high rates of economic growth in India and other parts of the developing world, while reducing poverty and raising global economic growth, have put considerable stress on the environment even as it is already saddled with high emissions from the developed world. The 2007 K R Narayanan Oration  by Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri questions whether such growth patterns can be sustained into the future and what options are available for ensuring that the adverse impact of economic growth on the environment is manageable. Public Lecture, Architecture, Urban Environment & Building, Economics, Environment, Humanities, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2007-09-17T00:09:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/#When:05:31:00Z In this lecture, Lieutenant General John Sanderson argues that the national approach to Indigenous issues can broadly be described as ‘assimilationist’ – the belief that the only hope for Indigenous people is to become like mainstream Australia, taking on the trappings of a rationalist northern hemisphere culture that is increasingly at odds with the environment in which it finds itself. Recent initiatives are merely a market forces derived version of this paternalistic approach that has its origins almost from the time of the First Fleet. The cultural disempowerment associated with this approach has left Indigenous people in a state of trauma that is reflected in the appalling physical and mental health statistics and the increasing engagement with the justice and prison systems. The alienation of Indigenous people from the mainstream in Australia is paralleled by the alienation of Australians from the continent itself and portrays a latent danger to the young country as the world power balance shifts towards Asia. Reconciliation is not simply about overcoming Indigenous disadvantage – it is about national unity and the redemption of the entire nation. A commentary will be provided by Professor Mick Dodson AM, Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at ANU. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-24T05:31:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/knowledge_democracy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/knowledge_democracy/#When:06:10:00Z Having informed citizens is important to the health of any democracy. Scholars and journalists frequently suppose that affluent countries have systems of public knowledge on which their citizens can draw. In this lecture, Professor Phillip Kitcher suggests that the functioning of these systems is more problematic that assumed and that there are serious issues about the direction of inquiry, about the certification of knowledge, and about the dissemination of information that arise from our commitments to democracy. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-21T06:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama/#When:02:03:01Z On Tuesday 12 June 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and representatives of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths met in a symposium exploring the role of religion in war and conflict. Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse and Professor Abdullah Saeed joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a dialogue that addressed the pervasive view that religion is necessarily a cause of violent dissention and conflict. This dialogue encompassed the fundamental messages of peace, compassion and wisdom at the heart of each of the world's great religious traditions. The podcasts for this event are in three parts Welcome by Professor Michael Coper Guest Speakers (Venerable Alex Bruce, Rabbi Jonathat Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse, Professor Abdullah Saeed) His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Moderated Dialogue and Concluding Remarks (this page) Symposium, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-06-13T02:03:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama_guest_speakers/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama_guest_speakers/#When:01:53:00Z On Tuesday 12 June 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and representatives of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths met in a symposium exploring the role of religion in war and conflict. Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse and Professor Abdullah Saeed joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a dialogue that addressed the pervasive view that religion is necessarily a cause of violent dissention and conflict. This dialogue encompassed the fundamental messages of peace, compassion and wisdom at the heart of each of the world's great religious traditions. The podcasts for this event are in three parts Welcome by Professor Michael Coper Guest Speakers (this page) His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Moderated Dialogue and Concluding Remarks Symposium, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-06-13T01:53:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama_welcome/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama_welcome/#When:01:45:01Z On Tuesday 12 June 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and representatives of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths met in a symposium exploring the role of religion in war and conflict. Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse and Professor Abdullah Saeed joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a dialogue that addressed the pervasive view that religion is necessarily a cause of violent dissention and conflict. This dialogue encompassed the fundamental messages of peace, compassion and wisdom at the heart of each of the world's great religious traditions. The podcasts for this event are in three parts Welcome by Professor Michael Coper (this page) Guest Speakers (Venerable Alex Bruce, Rabbi Jonathat Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse, Professor Abdullah Saeed) His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Moderated Dialogue and Concluding Remarks Symposium, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-06-13T01:45:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/monkey/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/monkey/#When:04:23:00Z Taking off to mend a broken heart, Vanessa Woods left safe, suburban Canberra and headed for the remote, wild and distinctly unsafe jungles of Costa Rica. She was stung so often by killer bees she developed a lethal allergy, and the monkeys she was to study were evasive, mean and aggressive. The only difference between them and her housemates was that at least she could tell her housemates apart. In this talk, science writer Vanessa Woods will explain how to survive a year in the jungle: a world of love, loss, bitter rivalry and vicious battles – and that’s just the monkeys. Public Lecture, Behavioural & Cognitive Sciences, Biological Sciences, Botany & Zoology, Environment, Society & Culture, ANU College of Science, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-03-14T04:23:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/#When:04:18:00Z To what extent have Australian feminist struggles achieved a substantive and lasting gender equality? The gender report for the Democratic Audit of Australia considered this question, investigating legislation, representation, policy machinery and the women’s non-government sector. The picture that emerges from this assessment is deeply worrying. Whereas Australia was once a world leader in the global struggle for gender equality, it is now clear that in recent decades the nation has resiled from this commitment and undone many earlier achievements. Was it all for nothing? Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-03-14T04:18:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_dimension_stateness/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_dimension_stateness/#When:05:13:01Z While Professor Francis Fukuyama’s changing evaluation of the arguments of his one-time Neocon colleagues has illuminated major issues about American policy and the war in Iraq, his general thinking about weak states and foreign intervention has received less attention in Australia. In this lecture he continues his review of policies and practices on international aid and the rebuilding of weak, failing and failed states. As Professor Fukuyama has argued, “state-building is one of the most important issues for the world community”, but the history of the last 30 years has shown that the ‘conventional wisdom’ and much expenditure have not resulted in the building of efficient, just and economically vigorous states. Professor Fukuyama does not concede that because foreign aid has had slight (and sometimes a negative) impact it should be abandoned. He has put the case for long-term commitment, pragmatic assessment of what works, stimulation of demand in recipient states and sensitivity to local cultural forces. Now, he returns to the broad issues of aid and state formation, and draws on observations resulting from his research and travel in Melanesia and elsewhere. The organisers, State Society and Governance in Melanesia at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, are grateful to the Australian Government through AusAID for its support of this event. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2006-12-18T05:13:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/#When:05:33:00Z Steve Larkin, Principal, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), explores the unique role of AIATSIS in promoting scholarship that has been relevant and responsive to its national Indigenous constituency. The interaction between the Institute and ANU has resulted in many new initiatives and collaborations that have promoted the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. In recognition of this the two institutions are about to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-11-23T05:33:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/#When:02:08:00Z Like Australia, Canada faces challenges in resolving the grievances of First Nation peoples harmed by past policies. Phil Fontaine, the National Chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations, has been at the heart of negotiations which have resulted in the Canadian government offering C$2 billion in compensation to former students of Residential Schools. Phil was visiting Australia with Charlene Belleau, Director of the Residential Schools Unit of the Assembly of First Nations, and Professor Kathleen Mahoney, chief negotiator for the residential schools settlement. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-25T02:08:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/east_timor/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/east_timor/#When:03:29:00Z In his first visit to Australia as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta discusses the current political situation in his country. Dr Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and accomplished diplomat, was handed one of the biggest challenges of his life on 10 July 2006, he became Timor-Leste’s second Prime Minister. He came to the position amid high expectations that he restore political stability, reconstitute the security forces, promote development, eradicate corruption and revive public faith in the country’s fledgling democracy. Although conditions remain bleak, he is widely viewed as the best person for promoting reconciliation and restoring hope. In accepting the difficult task of Prime Minister, he put aside personal ambition by withdrawing from the shortlist of candidates for the United Nations Secretary-General. This lecture was presented by the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Public Lecture, Biological Sciences, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2006-10-13T03:29:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/whose_abc/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/whose_abc/#When:03:53:00Z As controversy continues to swirl around Australia’s national broadcaster, a long-awaited history of its last 20 years provides much-needed insight and background to the current debates. Distinguished historian Ken Inglis first chronicled the ABC in his 1983 book This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932–1983. In his new volume Whose ABC?, he covers intricate details of the reigns of David Hill and Jonathan Shier and the stormy politics of the broadcaster’s relations with the government over the last two decades. Public Lecture, Creative Arts, History & Archeology, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-12T03:53:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/cowboy_cloners_the_ethics_morality_of_scientific_communities/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/cowboy_cloners_the_ethics_morality_of_scientific_communities/#When:03:44:00Z Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned, there has been much debate in the media and public spheres about the ethics and morality of genetic research. But little attention has been paid to how scientific communities accomplish this important area of 21st century research. In this lecture, Professor Peter Glasner considers some of the organisational and ethical issues that arise from debates about the selection, modification and engineering of human and other species, and their implications for improving health and extending human life. Examples range from the applications of stem cell technology in India and the UK, enabling the emergence of ‘cowboy cloners’, to analysis of proteomics and systems biology, and the issues surrounding the creation of ‘virtual’ life. Public Lecture, Medical & Health Science, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-12T03:44:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/storytelling_history_writing_which_came_first/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/storytelling_history_writing_which_came_first/#When:04:01:00Z Dr Valerio Massimo Manfredi traces out the interlinked lineage of 'story' and 'history', arguing that the latter became important when societies needed to reinforce collective identities through an authorised version of the past. Once upon a time people began telling stories. These early tales stuck to the truth, narrating actual events. Soon, storytellers became aware that to hold the attention of their audience they needed to jazz things up with liberal dashes of adventure and wonder. If reality didn’t conform, the truth could be bent to more attractive designs. Dr Manfredi proposes that despite the need for history, the continuation of the storytelling tradition is a testament to the human imagination. This lecture was presented by the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and the Italian Embassy. Public Lecture, Creative Arts, History & Archeology, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-09-04T04:01:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_voices/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_voices/#When:06:09:01Z Pamela Denoon Lecture 2006 in association with International Women's Day Issues of sex and gender are rarely considered relevant to invasions, conflict or state-building. In this, the Pamela Dunoon Lecture for 2006, Professor Hilary Charlesworth argued that the roles of women and the values assigned to these roles shape our understanding of violence at the international level. She focused on the invasion of Iraq, its aftermath, and the ongoing attempts to rebuild that country. She also examined the way that ideas about femininity and masculinity have influenced the international community’s actions. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-03-17T06:09:01+10:00