• SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream? — Screening and Panel

    Theatre 1 (T1), 10 Hadenfeld Avenue, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park NSW 2109 Theatre 1 (T1), 10 Hadenfeld Avenue, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Macquarie University

    Join the School of Communication, Society and Culture at Macquarie University for a screening of SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream?, followed by a panel discussion exploring Australia’s housing crisis, renting and affordable housing solutions. About the film Comedian Mark Humphries is sick of standing in lines for rentals. But if a C-grade celebrity is struggling to buy a house, how do normal people do it? Mark investigates Australia’s housing crisis, uncovering the policies which supercharged the housing market, the solutions at hand, and one big revelation that might just fix it. About Wedge-Tail Pictures Founded in 2020 by journalist Bill […]

    Why We Eat What We Eat: Food Writing, Social Science and the Stories Behind the Plate

    Macquarie University 25 Wally's Walk, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

    Macquarie University

    Food is so much more than just nutrition, calories, or personal choice. Food is shaped by culture, family, class, migration, memory, markets, health messages, gender, place and power. Every plate carries stories about where ingredients come from, who produced and prepared them, how knowledge travels, and what particular foods come to mean. 'Why We Eat What We Eat' is a public Social Sciences Week event bringing together food writing, storytelling, tasting and social science. Through short, accessible talks and creative activities, participants will explore food as a form of cultural expression, a community practice and a meeting point between people, […]

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