Pathways to Democratic Information Resilience: Civic Media and Information Literacy in the Curriculum and in Society

The Pathways to Democratic Information Resilience: Civic MIL in the Curriculum and in Society symposium will bring together civil servants, educators, members of civil society, policymakers and researchers.

Identifying credible information is key to democratic decision-making. Participants will engage in dialogue and collaboratively devise tools and strategies which best equip Australian students and citizens with the necessary skills to deal with epistemic pollution in the contemporary information environment.

Convenors

• Prof. Mathieu O'Neil, News and Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, UC

• Assoc Prof. Andrew Ross, News and Media Research Centre, Faculty of Education, UC

Scientific Committee

• Dr Rys Farthing, Reset.Tech & News and Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, UC

• Prof. Jutta Haider, Swedish School of Library and Information Science

• Ms Saffron Howden, News and Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, UC

• Prof. Ron Levy, College of Law, Governance and Policy, ANU

• Dr Jordan McSwiney, Centre for Deliberative Democracy, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, UC

• Dr Kay Oddone, Linking Learning Advisory & School of Information and Communication Studies, CSU

Keynote Speakers

• Prof. Jutta Haider, Swedish School of Library and Information Science: Infrastructural meaning-making, resilience, and the crisis of information

• Dr Kay Oddone, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Charles Sturt University, Director, Linking Learning Advisory: The Information Resilience Imperative. What research tells us about critical literacies, algorithmic cultures, and the professionals who can make a difference