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Professor Tacon leads research projects on rock art in various parts of Australia, China and Malaysia. His areas of expertise include the anthropology of art and religion, material culture, rock-art/palaeo-art, archaeology of hunter-gatherers, museums, Indigenous perspectives of the past, body art, photography and landscape archaeology. As Chair in Rock Art Research Professor Tacon will establish […]

Dr Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, from Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, presents stories of music students who worked alongside Indigenous artists at the recent Desert Harmony Festival in Tennant Creek. The Tennant Creek Showcase will be held in The Boardroom, Queensland Conservatorium, South Bank on Wednesday, October 13 at 5pm. “The project aims to increase students’ understanding of […]

Who are the people behind community creativity? From youth culture to urban planning, from music-making to new media and online communities, the second Griffith University Creative Communities Conference held from September 21-23 will explore these themes. Hosted by the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, the conference follows a successful first event in 2009, and features […]

Three Queensland writers have scooped the literature prizes in the $40,000 Josephine Ulrick Literature and Poetry Prizes held at the Gold Coast Arts Centre last week. Brisbane author Krissy Kneen won second prize for her short story, Steeple Chase, about sisters and the secrets they keep from each other. “This award means a huge amount […]

What is the meaning of friendship in today’s digitally-enhanced world? For most of us our friendship circle doesn’t usually extend beyond a few figures. On Facebook however, it’s not uncommon for people to amass literally thousands of ‘Friends’. According to Griffith University sessional lecturer Brady Robards, whose PhD research explores the notion of ‘friendship’ on […]

More than 100 Aboriginal rock art sites with thousands of paintings have been discovered in the Wellington Range area of Arnhem Land by a national team of scientists. Led by Professor Paul Tacon and Dr Sally K May from Griffith University and ANU doctoral candidate Daryl Guse, the team worked closely with traditional owner Ronald […]

The various uses of notebooks throughout history will be explored at the ___Notebooks and Note-takers: da Vinci to Darwin___ symposium at the State Library of Queensland from July 17-19. Convenor Professor Richard Yeo from the Centre of Public Culture and Ideas at Griffith University says today we take it for granted notebooks of various kinds […]