This symposium will highlight the potential of the environmental humanities in Western Australia today by bringing together a diverse group of scholars to exchange ideas about interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary ecological research in the Southwest region, the State and internationally.
Programme
PART I: Environmental Humanities Presentations
*Tony Hughes-DAeth (UWA) - Wolf Willow and Wild Card: Memoir and Ecology in Southwest Australia and Southwest Saskatchewan
*Andrea Gaynor (UWA) - Perth in Declining Rainfall: A More-Than-Human History
*Laura Skates (UWA) - Beauty and Horror: The Cultural History of Carnivorous Plants
PART II: Forest Family Presentations
*Rod Giblett (Deakin) - Family Trees: Jarrah, Karri and the Gibletts of the Balbarrup-Dingup Area
*John Ryan (UWA, UNE) - From Burls to Blockades: Artistic Interpretations of Karri Trees and Forests
*Robin Ryan (WAAPA, ECU) - Sing the Karri, Sculpt the Jarrah: Sustaining Old-Growth Forest Through the Arts
RSVP: ias@uwa.edu.au
Programme
PART I: Environmental Humanities Presentations
*Tony Hughes-DAeth (UWA) - Wolf Willow and Wild Card: Memoir and Ecology in Southwest Australia and Southwest Saskatchewan
*Andrea Gaynor (UWA) - Perth in Declining Rainfall: A More-Than-Human History
*Laura Skates (UWA) - Beauty and Horror: The Cultural History of Carnivorous Plants
PART II: Forest Family Presentations
*Rod Giblett (Deakin) - Family Trees: Jarrah, Karri and the Gibletts of the Balbarrup-Dingup Area
*John Ryan (UWA, UNE) - From Burls to Blockades: Artistic Interpretations of Karri Trees and Forests
*Robin Ryan (WAAPA, ECU) - Sing the Karri, Sculpt the Jarrah: Sustaining Old-Growth Forest Through the Arts
RSVP: ias@uwa.edu.au