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Mapping the Anthropocene in Ōtepoti/Dunedin
Climate change, community & research in the creative arts
Mapping the Anthropocene in Ōtepoti /Dunedin brings together mana whenua, artists, designers and architects, scientists and speakers from the environmental humanities to present a picture of where we are as we learn to live with and act in the changing environment some call the Anthropocene. The term refers to the human-induced changes to our world’s systems. The hui is nested within an exhibition at the Dunedin School of Art, Te Maru Pūmanawa | College of Creative Practice and Enterprise. The hui also reflects Dunedin School of Art’s 150th anniversary and its role within the cultural life of Ōtepoti /Dunedin .
Today’s world is troubling and confusing. Together we are entangled in an increasingly complex world that challenges our knowledge and our feelings. Artworks can help us to negotiate this complexity as they offer an alternative space to contemplate the global and the local, the self and the wider, collective world shared by human and non-human alike that is so increasingly affected by our actions.
The hui takes place over Saturday and Sunday, with a celebration of the exhibitions on Saturday evening TBC*.
*The programme is offered on-line and on-site and our information will be updated as COVID-19 Levels and scenarios change. Bookings are ESSENTIAL.
Programme | Saturday, 26 September 2020
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8.30am - 9.00am |
Registration – Dunedin School of Art, P Block Entrance |
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9.00am – 9.30am |
Mihi Whakatau from Mana Whenua Welcome on behalf of the symposium organisers: |
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9.30am – 9.45am |
Refreshments |
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9.45am – 10.45am |
Keynote speaker: Emeritus Professor Dr Khyla Russell followed by Q+A |
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10.45am – 12.15pm |
Theme: Land, Waters and Place |
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12.15pm – 1.00pm
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Lunch |
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1.00pm – 2.30pm |
Theme: Backyards |
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2.30pm – 2.45pm |
Refreshments |
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2.45pm – 4.15PM |
Theme: Action in the Capitalocene |
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4.30pm - 6.30pm |
Exhibition Event *TBC |
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Programme | Sunday, 27 September 2020
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9.30am – 10.30am |
Keynote speaker: Professor Huhana Smith followed by Q+A |
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10.30am – 10.45am |
Refreshments |
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10.45am – 12.00pm |
Theme: Wayfinding amongst the institutions |
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12.00pm – 1.00pm |
Lunch |
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1.00pm – 2. 30pm |
Theme: Feeling the Anthropocene |
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2.30pm – 3.00pm |
Wrap Up: Dr Bridie Lonie (Head of School, Dunedin School of Art) |
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Farewell |
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(Information for the Symposium Programme provided on the website is confirmed and correct at time of publishing and will be updated if there are any changes.
Updates will be sent out by campaign newsletter upon registration or see the Symposium facebook page.)
Keynote Speakers
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Emeritus Professor Khyla Russell Khyla Russell is a member of Kai Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha and Rapuwai iwi descent on te taha Māori and Polish (from Gdansk) and Northern Irish on te taha Tauiwi. Dr Russell formerly held the position of Kaitohutohu – Senior Manager Māori at Te Kura Matatini ki Otago and though now retired she continues with learning and teaching of mātauraka Kai Tahu in Te Ao Tūroa the natural world past, present and future. |
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Dr Huhana Smith
Huhana Smith is a visual artist, curator and principle investigator in research who engages in major environmental, trans-disciplinary, kaupapa Māori and action-research projects. She is co-principle investigator for research that includes mātauranga Māori methods with sciences to actively address climate change concerns for coastal Māori lands in Horowhenua-Kāpiti. Huhana actively encourages the use of art and design’s visual systems combined in exhibitions, to expand how solutions might integrate complex issues and make solutions more accessible for local communities. |
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Way-finding
Exhibition floor plan
(coming soon)