"Geographies of Memory: Oral history and contested rivers in Australia" lecture by Prof. Heather Goodall at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 10th February 2012
Time : 3:00 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library ( NMML ), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi
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Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Public Lecture on ‘Geographies of Memory: Oral history and contested rivers in Australia’ by Prof. Heather Goodall, University of Technology, Sydney
Abstract : Rivers and their living environments have been major sites of conflict in Australian history since colonization by the British and right up to the present. Australian rivers flow unpredictably – alternatively dried to a trickle by drought or spread wide in raging floods. Just as unpredictable has been the geography of river bank landscapes, which have never fallen easily under settler or government control, not just in rural areas but in the heart of Sydney. And rivers have always, for all cultures, been rich sites for stories, myths and powerful beliefs. Conflicts flared early between Aboriginal owners and the incoming settlers and often these have not subsided. Since then additional battles have emerged between producers and governments over dams, weirs and diversions. And most recently rivers – particularly in cities – have been places where the many cultures of immigrants have interacted – in conflict but also in collaboration. This talk will look at two case studies - one in rural Australia and one in urban Sydney – where memories, oral records and spatial analysis can together open up these hidden river histories. They show the multiple contributions to the changing shapes of the ‘natural’ and built waterscapes and landscapes of rivers.
Speaker : Prof. Heather Goodall is Professor of History at the University of Technology Sydney where she teaches Global histories, Environmental studies and Indigenous histories. She is also Chair, Arts & Social Sciences International Students Committee. She is the Co-editor of Conservation & Society, The George River Project, Invasion to Embassy: Land in aboriginal polities, Rivers & Resilience: Aboriginal people on Sydney's Georges Rivers, Isabel Flick: The many times of an extraordinary Aboriginal Woman, and Talking Fish: Making Connection with the rivers of the Murray - Darling Basin.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library ( NMML ), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Public Lecture on ‘Geographies of Memory: Oral history and contested rivers in Australia’ by Prof. Heather Goodall, University of Technology, Sydney
Abstract : Rivers and their living environments have been major sites of conflict in Australian history since colonization by the British and right up to the present. Australian rivers flow unpredictably – alternatively dried to a trickle by drought or spread wide in raging floods. Just as unpredictable has been the geography of river bank landscapes, which have never fallen easily under settler or government control, not just in rural areas but in the heart of Sydney. And rivers have always, for all cultures, been rich sites for stories, myths and powerful beliefs. Conflicts flared early between Aboriginal owners and the incoming settlers and often these have not subsided. Since then additional battles have emerged between producers and governments over dams, weirs and diversions. And most recently rivers – particularly in cities – have been places where the many cultures of immigrants have interacted – in conflict but also in collaboration. This talk will look at two case studies - one in rural Australia and one in urban Sydney – where memories, oral records and spatial analysis can together open up these hidden river histories. They show the multiple contributions to the changing shapes of the ‘natural’ and built waterscapes and landscapes of rivers.
Speaker : Prof. Heather Goodall is Professor of History at the University of Technology Sydney where she teaches Global histories, Environmental studies and Indigenous histories. She is also Chair, Arts & Social Sciences International Students Committee. She is the Co-editor of Conservation & Society, The George River Project, Invasion to Embassy: Land in aboriginal polities, Rivers & Resilience: Aboriginal people on Sydney's Georges Rivers, Isabel Flick: The many times of an extraordinary Aboriginal Woman, and Talking Fish: Making Connection with the rivers of the Murray - Darling Basin.
Related Events : Talks | History | Environment
"Geographies of Memory: Oral history and contested rivers in Australia" lecture by Prof. Heather Goodall at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 10th February 2012
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