06
Jun
Musical parody as an interpretive strategy
Parody may be conceived as an intertextual artistic genre or mode of expression in its own right, but it can equally be approached as an interpretive strategy that is based more on the context of reception than any artistic intentions. To treat parody as an interpretive strategy is to consider also its political dimensions: for what purposes might a phenomenon be interpreted as parodical?
05
Jun
Griffith Asia Institute Seminar: Urban housing challenges in China
In this presentation, Dr Zhi Liu will provide an overview of the urban housing challenges in China. Dr Liu will discuss the structural issues in the housing market development of the last 15 years. It touches upon the issues of land policy, municipal finance, financial sector, and affordable housing policy. It will also discuss the current housing sector reform and the way forward.
31
May
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: Growth fetishism and the future of work: Implications for India
In this presentation, Adjunct Professor Yan Islam will focus on growrth fetishism and the future of work as well as the implcations for India. For example: Can India continue to grow at rapid rates in the 21st century? What is the likely impact on the Indian labour market of the adoption and diffusion of new technology?
31
May
MHIQ Program Seminar Series Infectious Diseases & Immunology - Topic: Personalised Medicine in Cancer
MHIQ Program Seminar Series Infectious Diseases & Immunology Topic: Personalised Medicine in Cancer with Assoc Prof Thomas GrewalThis presentation examines LDL cholesterol and cancer cell mobility providing insights from the Niemann Pick Type C1 mutation and Annexin A6 scaffold protein.
30
May
Life writing as Historical Social Science - putting people back in? Some exploratory thoughts
Adjunct Professor Peter Ackers, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, âdelivers an exploratory talk to make a case for bringing personal experience and family life stories back into the social sciences, concluding with a plea for use of a methodological individualism that privileges human action and choice over determination by abstract structures, institutions and discourses.
29
May