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This talk will examine how Indigenous intellectual traditions transform planning. Drawing on work from the field of critical Indigenous studies, it will articulate a theory and practice of “Indigenous urbanism.” Indigenous urbanism is an analytic strategy for understanding how Indigeneity is mobilised and transformed by settler colonial urbanism as well as the ways in which Indigenous peoples contest settler urbanisation to make Indigenous urban space.
Using examples from Tkaronto (Toronto) this talk will also demonstrate how contemporary Indigenous cultural and artistic practices can provide a foundation for the reformulation of key planning concepts and practices to advance Indigenous justice.
Prior to the lecture, a special Welcome to Country and dance performance from Djirri Djirri Dance Group will take place in the Dulux Gallery, Ground Level, Glyn Davis Building from 5:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. Registrations are essential.
This lecture is delivered with support from the City of Melbourne’s Aboriginal Melbourne Team. Learn more about Aboriginal Melbourne.
In 2023, as international student numbers recovered to pre-COVID levels, the Australian government initiated a set of policy reviews that are likely to lead to a flurry of changes in the near future.
Many of the concerns addressed by these reviews are also evident in other destination countries, with the United Kingdom and Canada in particular recently announcing major policy changes of the kind that we might expect in Australia.
This forum will consider these policy and regulatory challenges in a global context, in an effort to tease out what has changed in the global education market, and what the new policy environment might look like, especially in relation to a levy on fees, measures to constrain student visa numbers and initiatives to tackle low-quality providers.
The speakers:
- Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education, University of Oxford
- Abul Rizvi, Consultant and former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Immigration
- Claire Field, Principal, Claire Field and Associates
- Davina Potts, Director, Future Students, University of Melbourne
- Gwilym Croucher, Associate Professor in Higher Education Policy and Management, University of Melbourne
- Christopher Ziguras, Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne
Morning Tea and Lunch provided.