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Contemporary issues fuelling gender inequality

RMIT Media Portal Media Portal, Building 12, 402 Swanston Street, Melbourne

The Centre for Social Organisations and Change (COSC) and the Social Equity Research Centre (SERC) at RMIT University invite you to a panel discussion examining contemporary issues fuelling gender inequality as part of Social Sciences Week. Moderated by Professor Lisa French, the panel discussion covers topics ranging from gender gaps in the workforce, career development for women in male-dominated sectors and sexual and family violence against women. The panel features leading scholars: Dr Leonora Risse (COSC), Dr Leila Afshari (COSC), Professor Anastasia Powell (SERC) and Associate Professor Brianna Chesser (SERC). Please join us for a thought-provoking discussion and analysis of gender inequality taking in the social sciences of economics, management and criminology.

Free

Ethnographic Film Night: Horror in the Andes – Between Memories

Virtual

This year’s Social Science Week Ethnographic Film night will feature two short movies: Horror in the Andes and Between Memories by Martha-Cecilia Dietrich. These films present parts of Dietrich’s work in Peru, where, for almost a decade, she has explored the questions of how people create worlds for themselves after violent conflicts and how stories are told about violence and trauma. Horror in the Andes (2020) is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the process of making a horror movie in Ayacucho, Peru. In this film, Dietrich explores how Andean filmmakers use the horror genre as a means to revive stories of a pre-colonial past. Appropriating a global cinematic language to tell local (hi)stories, Horror in the Andes pays testament to the craft of filmmaking and its community. Between Memories (2015) is an exploration of the practices of remembering in the shadow of the complex legacies of twenty years of violence and war. In three audio-visual pieces made in collaboration with relatives of the disappeared, insurgents of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) and members of the Armed Forces, this documentary creates an on-screen dialogue between memories, which in practice remains elusive. The screening of the two films will begin at […]

Free

Make only radical plans – 2023 Spring Encounters: with(in) place

Bell Train Station (meeting point) Bell St / Garnet St, Preston

“2023 Spring Encounters: with(in) place” is series of activities organised by the Alliance for Praxis Research (APR), composed by artists, researchers and PhD candidates from Monash and RMIT. Spring Encounters provides a platform for researchers, activists and artists to connect in a relaxed setting of informal conversations and action. Its purpose is to break the boundaries of disciplines and institutions, creating cracks for open dialogue and the sprouting of ideas. Our program this year will be hosted in different locations across Melbourne. This year, we've designed these gatherings as a means to nurture our connections with place and, simultaneously, to highlight initiatives that are collaboratively shaping communities across Melbourne. From Preston Market to the Catalyst Social Centre, we hope that by the end of this journey, we will be able to entangle relationships, cultivate care, ground ourselves, and reimagine our work and lives with(in) place. 09 September | Make only radical plans Meeting at Bell station | 10 to 12 pm Facilitated by Zheng Chin (APR/Monash University) + TBA Radical planning questions existing power structures to prioritise social justice, sustainability, and community empowerment. By reimagining urban spaces and engaging in social transformation, radical communities seek to create more equitable and […]

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