{"id":1804,"date":"2011-03-21T08:59:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T21:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-blogs-monash-edu.pantheonsite.io\/lawstudentbulletin\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2011-03-21T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T23:25:53","slug":"events-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/2011\/03\/21\/events-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. <\/span>Garma Festival 2011<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites Monash students to apply to participate in the Garma Festival, to be held from Friday 5 \u2013 Monday 8 August, 2011.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Annual Garma Festival is Australia\u2019s Leading Cultural Exchange event.\u00a0 It is held annually onsite at remote Gulkula, a traditional meeting ground in Arnhem land.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Garma Festival is a nationally significant, intimate, spectacular celebration of cultural traditions and practices \u2013 dance, song, music, and art (including presentations, collaborations, sales) \u2013 and the annual venue for a major Key Forum on Indigenous issues.<\/em><\/p>\n

As well as the Key Forum and integrated academic presentations on language and culture, Key Forum participants also have the opportunity to watch the daily bunggul and music performances, enjoy Garma art exhibitions and projects, and participate in evening and night activities.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Yothu Yindi Foundation, Organisers of Garma Festival.<\/p>\n

The Key Forum for the Garma Festival 2011 is Academic Excellence and Cultural Integrity.\u00a0 Daily seminars will touch upon many issues, including ones of a legal nature.\u00a0 In addition to the daily seminars, informal talks will be held for Monash students to gain further insight into cultural, historical and contemporary Indigenous issues.\u00a0 Successful applicants will be expected to attend and participate in both the formal seminars and informal talks during both the days and evenings of the Festival.\u00a0 The Castan Centre group will comprise of approximately 10 students accompanied by Melissa Castan and other staff.<\/p>\n

Law students may be eligible to gain *6 credit points* for attending the Garma Festival 2011 and subsequently submitting a supervised research paper on a related issue (see handbook for LAW 4174).\u00a0 Non-law students should raise issues of credit with their relevant Faculty.<\/p>\n

Information session on the Garma Festival:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nMonash University,
\nRoom G18, Building 12, Clayton Campus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nTuesday 22 March, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n1 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Application forms will be available at the session and from the Law Student Services counter.\u00a0 Applications are due by Thursday 21 April, 2011<\/strong>.\u00a0 Applicants are required to write a 300-500 word statement outlining their motivation for wanting to attend the Garma Festival 2011.\u00a0 It would be beneficial for prospective applicants to view the Garma website (www.yyf.com.au<\/a>) prior to applying and to read the \u2018Background Notes\u2019 provided on the website. For further information, please contact Sarah Griffin: scgri1@student.monash.edu.au<\/a> . <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please note: <\/strong>This is a self-funded trip, with costs estimated at $2,200.\u00a0 This includes flights, accommodation, transfers, Festival ticket and all meals.<\/p>\n

2. Vanessa Zimmerman, Legal Advisor to Professor John Ruggie the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Presented by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law; “Business and Human Rights at Home and Abroad: an Update on the Work of the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nMonash University,
\nRoom G21, Building 75, Clayton Campus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nFriday 1 April, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n4.30 pm – 6 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSVP:<\/strong><\/td>\nSpace is limited, so RSVP is essential, castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For further information please see Background Information<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Victorian Association for Dispute Resolution<\/span><\/h4>\n

On Tuesday 22 March, Amie Cousins, Conciliation Manager from the Financial Ombudsman Service, will be speaking at a VADR CPD presentation on the topic : “Strategies for Power Imbalances.\u00a0Case study, the Financial Ombudsman<\/p>\n

This information has relevance\u00a0for any mediator, lawyer or body dealing with power imbalances in mediation on a regular basis, dealing with consumers or dealing with conflicts between organisations and individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nCoopers Inn (2nd floor)
\ncnr Exhibition and Little Lonsdale Streets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nTuesday 22 March, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/strong><\/td>\nArrive 5.15pm for a 6pm start<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost:<\/strong><\/td>\nFree for members, $20 for non members. Finger food is provided.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

People who wish to attend can email
\nadmin@vadr.asn.au<\/a> or president@vadr.asn.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Details are also available on the website www.vadr.asn.au<\/a> and see Dispute Resolution<\/a>. Please feel free to pass on details of the event to anyone you feel may be interested.<\/p>\n

4. Will the Revolution be Tweeted? The Role of Social Media in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

You are invited to the public forum by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Resource Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nMonash University Law Chambers,
\n472 Bourke Street, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nTuesday 5 April, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n12.30 pm \u2013 2.00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSVP:<\/strong><\/td>\nBy 28 March, castan.centre@monash.edu or 03 9905 3327<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entry:<\/strong><\/td>\nBy gold coin donation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Panelists<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Professor Sarah Joseph, Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
\n\u2022 Simon Sheikh, National Director of GetUp!
\n\u2022 Jonathan Green, Editor of The Drum, ABC
\n\u2022 Alex Pagliaro, Refugee Campaign Coordinator, Amnesty International Australia<\/p>\n

In an influential article in The New Yorker, entitled “Small Change: Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted”, Malcolm Gladwell argues that, far from supporting social movements and social change, social media may actually undermine them. Social media creates weak ties and can contribute to “networked authoritarianism” just as much as to progressive social change, Gladwell says.<\/p>\n

In response, Clay Shirky, Professor of New Media at NYU, argues that social media can be used as a critical tool for the sharing of information and enhanced social engagement and mobilisation, empowering “loosely coordinated publics to demand change”. He points to the role of social media in recent revolutions from Tunisia, to Egypt, to Libya.
\nJoin our expert panel to debate these views and discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of social media to promote and protect human rights.<\/p>\n

Further information please see:
\nhttp:\/\/www.law.monash.edu.au\/castancentre\/events\/2011\/social-media.html<\/a><\/p>\n

NB:<\/strong> If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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