Kaleidoscope Symposium
Date to be confirmed
UniSC Sunshine Coast Campus - Kabi Kabi Country and online
The Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre presents: Kaleidoscope - an interdisciplinary symposium dedicated to exploring the intersections of art, culture, and knowledge through the lens of Indigenous and transcultural perspectives. This event brings together Indigenous and transcultural artist-researchers to showcase how art can serve as a vital tool for research, justice, and social transformation.
Drawing inspiration from the metaphor of the kaleidoscope, the symposium emphasises the dynamic, shifting nature of cultural expression and the multiplicity of voices that shape contemporary art and scholarship. Kaleidoscope invites participants to engage in collaborative dialogues that challenge traditional academic boundaries and celebrate the richness of diverse cultural experiences.
Kaleidoscope invites participants to engage in collaborative dialogues that challenge traditional academic boundaries and celebrate the richness of diverse cultural experiences. The symposium seeks to create an inclusive space for sharing knowledge, storytelling, and transformative artistic practices that reflect the complex and evolving relationships between Indigenous peoples, transcultural communities, and global societies. The symposium will explore a range of methodologies, epistemologies, and ontological approaches to Indigenous and transcultural arts-based research.
Program
| Time | Session | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 8.45–9.15am | Registration | Lecture Theatre 3, Building I |
| 9.15–9.40am | Welcome to Country Kaleidoscope opening |
Lecture Theatre 3, Building I |
| 9.40–10.40am | Keynote Presentation by Dr Bianca Beetson Kabi Kabi artist and inaugural Director, First Nations at the Queensland Museum |
Lecture Theatre 3, Building I |
| 10.40–11am | Implementing Indigenous knowledge approaches in doctoral education Presentation by Professor Catherine Manathunga | Professor Maria Raciti | Dr Jing Qi | Associate Professor Kathryn Gilbey |
Lecture Theatre 3, Building I |
| 11–11.30am | MORNING TEA Visualisation Cave installation |
H2G.16 H2G.15 |
| 11.30am–12.15pm | Beeyali Presentation by Lyndon Davis | Dr Leah Barclay | Dr Tricia King |
Collaboration Studio H2 G.02 |
| 12.15–1pm |
Ubuntu Writing Workshop presented by Dr Shelley Davidow |
Collaboration Studio H2 G.02 |
| 1–1.45pm | LUNCH Visualisation Cave installation |
H2G.16 H2G.15 |
| 1.45–2.15pm | Lightning presentations by HDR students: Jiao Tuxworth; Faval Copedo; Heinke Butt; and Louisa Buwalda |
Lecture Theatre 3, Building I |
| 2.15–3pm |
The Smells of Lightning Bugs in the Abyss Keynote Presentation by Dr Denise ChapmanGullah counternarrative storyteller, poet, critical auto-ethnographer |
Lecture Theatre 3, Building I |
| 3–3.30pm |
Deep Harmony: Performing anti-racism education using arts-based research Keynote Presentation by Dr Rachael JacobsFreelance writer, aerial arts instructor, South Asian dancer and choreographer |
Lecture Theatre 3, Building I |
| 3.30–4pm |
DRINKS AND CANAPES |
Outside LT 3 the Brasserie |
| 4–4.30pm |
Gallery Floor Walk of exhibition: Between Waves The Yallingwa exhibition series is devoted to highlighting the significance of First Nations contemporary art practice of the Southeast within a national context. |
UniSC Art Gallery |
| 4.30pm | Wrap up |
Presenters
- Dr Bianca Beetson - Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi Wiradjuri (NSW) artist and Director, First Nations at the Queensland Museum.
- Dr Rachael Jacobs - Indian-Australian and South Asian dancer, academic, and arts activist.
- Dr Denise Chapman - Counternarrative storyteller, poet, critical autoethnographer, and academic in children’s literature and inclusive children’s media.
- Lyndon Davis - Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi artist, educator and cultural performer.
- Dr Leah Barclay - Sound artist, designer and researcher | Lyndon Davis – Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi artist | Dr Tricia King – photographer and creative arts researcher
- Dr Tricia King - Photographer and researcher in creative arts health.
- Dr Shelley Davidow – International author and educator.
- Professor Catherine Manathunga – Historian and socio-cultural studies researcher.
- Professor Maria Raciti - Social marketer who uses marketing tools and techniques to bring about social justice and behaviour change.
- Dr Jing Qi - Education researcher drawing on research experience in multilingual, sociological, cultural and technological studies.
- Associate Professor Kathryn Gilbey - Specialist in First Nations knowledges, inclusive education and critical race theories.