Wilderness Symposium 2016
Graphic from Gaia Pregnant With Boy (detail) by Marty Branagan, 2015.
Welcome
Acknowledgement of Country: The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people,
programs and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary,
of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems
as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia.
Please note this event is in the past. Staff are invited to watch video recordings of the Symposium.
Program
Morning
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9.20 | Fiona Utley and Robyn Bartel | Introduction and publication plans |
| 9.35 | Stephen Harris and Fiona Utley | Another walk on the wildside: a phenomenology of rewilding and edge lands |
| 10.05 | Marty Branagan | The Franklin River: a case study of wilderness preservation (Part 1) |
| 10.30 | Bert Jenkins | Wilderness transcience |
| 11.00 | MORNING TEA BREAK |
Mid morning
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 11.25 | Navjot Bhullar | Nature as therapy: The role of green care in mental health |
| 11.45 | Marty Branagan | The Franklin River: a case study of wilderness preservation (Part 2) |
| 12.10 | Steve Norris and Tony Lynch | Wilderness triumphant |
| 12.40 | BROWN BAG LUNCH | 1 – 2pm special screening of 'Wildness' at the Nonviolence Film Festival |
Afternoon
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2.30 | Boyd Blackwell | Mining wilderness and traditional peoples: How to transcend and transform the imbedded conflicts presented through multiple and sequential use of remote resources |
| 3.00 | Paul Reader | Google-eyed wilderness: reconciling visual constructions of remote open spaces and places with other historical and Indigenous understandings |
| 3.30 | Wendy Beck | Wilderness in the distant past — some New England reflections. |
| 4.00 | Vanessa Bible and Tanya Howard | History of the Australian wilderness preservation movement and environmental law |
| 4.20 | AFTERNOON TEA |
Close
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 4.30 |
Robyn Bartel, Don Hine, Methuen Morgan and Graham Marshall | Wilderness binaries and biodiversity management in urban settings |
| 4.45 | Final discussion and plans | |
| 5.00 | CLOSE |
