Indigenous Joy: Our Survivance in a Colonial World

Join a stellar panel of experts in this FREE WEBINAR presented by CEVAW.

Indigenous Joy: Our Survivance in a Colonial World

Every 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

This date, adopted in December 1994 by UN General Assembly Resolution 49/214, marks the date of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights held in Geneva in 1982. 

This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, CEVAW will host a 90-minute webinar to celebrate Indigenous joy, love, excellence, solidarity, strength, and survivance. There will be music, poetry, and big belly laughs. The panel, who are all Indigenous researchers at various stages of their academic careers will talk, sing, or bring some spoken-word-zing. 

In this webinar, you will hear about the joys of: 

• creative practice and research intersecting to honour ancestors 

• using cultural practice for education 

• working with communities and having fun 

• caring for ourselves and each other as a form of survivance 

Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions to the fabulous panelists during a dedicated Q&A portion of the webinar.  

This session is open to everyone. 

EVENT DETAILS

• DATE: Friday 9 August 2024
• TIME: 10:00am (AEST) start, finishing at 11:30am
• DURATION: 90 minutes (incl Q&A)
• LOCATION: Online - a link will be emailed to you with the viewing details

PANELLISTS

Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh, University of Auckland

Alumita Lekenaua, CEVAW PhD Candidate, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne 

Tetei Bakic, Department Coordinator and Master of Research Candidate, Department of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University 

Dr Pauline Reynolds, Adjunct Fellow, Department of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University   

Jo Kāmira, PhD Candidate, Department of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University

MODERATOR 

This event is moderated by Distinguished Professor Bronwyn Carlson, CEVAW Deputy Director (Indigenous), Indigenous Research Pillar Lead, Research and Ethics Training Program Lead, and Macquarie University Node Lead. Professor Carlson is also Head of the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University and Director of the Centre for Global Indigenous Futures.

ABOUT CEVAW

The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) is the world's first Centre to address the full range of forms of violence against women in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region.

Headquartered at Monash University, the CEVAW network comprises 13 Chief Investigators from six Australian universities, and 45 Australian and international partner organisations.

With a $35M investment from the ARC (Australian Research Council), CEVAW is poised to make significant global impact by examining the structural drivers that cause and compound violence against women, and pioneering new, evidence-based approaches to radically improve policy and practice across Australia and the Indo-Pacific.

The Centre mobilises survivor-centric and Indigenous approaches, interdisciplinary collaborations, and Indo-Pacific partnerships to deliver scalable approaches to eliminate violence against women across the legal, security, economic, health, and political systems of Australia and the region.

This Centre is funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council.