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In the final instalment of Sink or Swim, we look to the future and explore how we can survive the hotter summers that lie ahead for all of us. Blacktown is facing increasingly extreme urban heat, but locals are coming up with their own solutions. We visit two cool refuges where we discover ordinary citizens and local leaders who are shaping the communities they want in the places where they live. You’ll hear from Maryam Zahid, a community leader creating spaces for newly arrived women to learn skills like swimming, and Emma Bacon, who is campaigning for community-led heat responses. And you’ll find out – will Angelica and her swimming classmates reach their goals this summer? Will they sink or swim? Sink or Swim is a UTS Impact Studios production. You can listen to the full series at Impact Studio’s official website: https://impactstudios.edu.au/sinkorswim/ It is written and produced by Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis and Britta Jorgensen. Audio editing by Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey. Additional support from Jane Curtis and Tamson Pietsch. The executive producers are Olivia Rosenman and Sarah Gilbert. Sound design by Melissa May. The theme song is Beaming by Friday. Podcast artwork and graphic design by Alexandra Morris. Research by Jackie May. All The Best Credits: All The Best is hosted by Madhuraa Prakash. This episode was mixed by Zac Pennington.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angelica has decided: this is the summer she finally takes the plunge. Go with her as she joins an adult swim class for beginners, and realises that there are plenty of other adults who share both her trepidation and her determination. Angelica’s home of Western Sydney is heating up faster than nearly anywhere else, making swimming an essential survival skill – not just for staying afloat, but for staying cool. She talks to local doctor Kim Loo to learn what extreme heat can do to the human body, and to urban planning and heat researcher Professor Sebastian Pfautsch, who explains how the new homes and suburbs we build – without the community’s input and without an eye to our hotter future – are exacerbating the discomfort and the risk. Sink or Swim is a UTS Impact Studios production. You can listen to the full series at Impact Studio’s official website: https://impactstudios.edu.au/sinkorswim/ It is written and produced by Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis and Britta Jorgensen. Audio editing by Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey. Additional support from Jane Curtis and Tamson Pietsch. The executive producers are Olivia Rosenman and Sarah Gilbert. Sound design by Melissa May. The theme song is Beaming by Friday. Podcast artwork and graphic design by Alexandra Morris. Research by Jackie May. All The Best Credits: All The Best is hosted by Madhuraa Prakash. This episode was mixed by Zac Pennington.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydney holds a strong identity as the capital of sandy shores, ripper waves and thefinest swimmers in the world. But this idealistic depiction of a devoted swimmingculture doesn’t connect to many locals like Angelica who has never learned how toswim. Come and join Angelica on her personal quest to overcome the deep blue waters.Along the way, she talks with her local community of Blacktown. A part of Sydneythat lacks the postcard beaches whilst the limited swimming spots fail to meet thegrowing demand. This week’s episode of All the Best is the first episode of a 3-part series called “Sinkor Swim”. A podcast hosted by Angelica Ojinnaka Psillakis and produced by ImpactStudios, located at UTS. You can listen to the full series at Impact Studio’s officialwebsite: https://impactstudios.edu.au/sinkorswim/ Sink or Swim is a UTS Impact Studios production. It is written and produced by Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis and Britta Jorgensen. Audio editing by Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey. Additional support from Jane Curtis and Tamson Pietsch. The executive producers are Olivia Rosenman and Sarah Gilbert. Sound design by Melissa May. The theme song is Beaming by Friday. Podcast artwork and graphic design by Alexandra Morris. Research by Jackie May. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With us today is Tamson Pietsch, author of a new book on the Floating University from the University of Chicago Press. Her book covers a number of facets of this story: the extraordinary journey itself to over 40 ports around the world, the students' curriculum and on-shore activities (which included meeting an extraordinary number of world leaders), and the extraordinary shenanigans that went on between NYU and Lough that threatened to stop the voyage before it even began. It's a multi-faceted story, concentrating to a significant extent on the politics of educational tourism: which students got to take part, what parts of the world were they shown, and how were local issues framed?Book:The Floating University

A globe-trotting and scandal-ridden story of American empire and higher education, The Floating University: Experience, Empire, and the Politics of Knowledge (University of Chicago Press, 2023) tells the story of one of the first ‘semesters at sea'. Led by the New York University Professor of Experimental Psychology James E. Lough, the SS Ryndam departed from Hoboken, New Jersey in 1926, bringing over 500 American students to nearly fifty global ports and meetings with Benito Mussolini, Mahatma Gandhi, and Pope Pius XI. Along the way, the students came to terms with the contours of American empire and, through direct experience, learned subjects ranging from botany to painting and journalism, all the while leaving a vital imprint on the communities and people they intersected with. Looking behind the ribald headlines of jazz, drugs, and alcohol, The Floating University mines a diverse historical archive to reveal how the Ryndam's voyage—for all its eventual failure—sheds a unique light on the footprint of American empire, the societal role of higher education, and the intellectual grounding of the generation of Americans that came to dominate international politics following World War Two. Tamson Pietsch is an Associate Professor of Social and Political Sciences and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research focuses on the history of ideas and the global politics of knowledge, particularly within universities and other institutions of knowledge. Professor Pietsch received her DPhil from the University of Oxford and worked at the Universities of Oxford, Sydney, and Brunel University London before taking up her present role. Thomas Cryer is a PhD Student in American History at University College London, where he studies race, nationhood, and memory through the life, scholarship, and activism of the historian John Hope Franklin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

A globe-trotting and scandal-ridden story of American empire and higher education, The Floating University: Experience, Empire, and the Politics of Knowledge (University of Chicago Press, 2023) tells the story of one of the first ‘semesters at sea'. Led by the New York University Professor of Experimental Psychology James E. Lough, the SS Ryndam departed from Hoboken, New Jersey in 1926, bringing over 500 American students to nearly fifty global ports and meetings with Benito Mussolini, Mahatma Gandhi, and Pope Pius XI. Along the way, the students came to terms with the contours of American empire and, through direct experience, learned subjects ranging from botany to painting and journalism, all the while leaving a vital imprint on the communities and people they intersected with. Looking behind the ribald headlines of jazz, drugs, and alcohol, The Floating University mines a diverse historical archive to reveal how the Ryndam's voyage—for all its eventual failure—sheds a unique light on the footprint of American empire, the societal role of higher education, and the intellectual grounding of the generation of Americans that came to dominate international politics following World War Two. Tamson Pietsch is an Associate Professor of Social and Political Sciences and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research focuses on the history of ideas and the global politics of knowledge, particularly within universities and other institutions of knowledge. Professor Pietsch received her DPhil from the University of Oxford and worked at the Universities of Oxford, Sydney, and Brunel University London before taking up her present role. Thomas Cryer is a PhD Student in American History at University College London, where he studies race, nationhood, and memory through the life, scholarship, and activism of the historian John Hope Franklin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

A globe-trotting and scandal-ridden story of American empire and higher education, The Floating University: Experience, Empire, and the Politics of Knowledge (University of Chicago Press, 2023) tells the story of one of the first ‘semesters at sea'. Led by the New York University Professor of Experimental Psychology James E. Lough, the SS Ryndam departed from Hoboken, New Jersey in 1926, bringing over 500 American students to nearly fifty global ports and meetings with Benito Mussolini, Mahatma Gandhi, and Pope Pius XI. Along the way, the students came to terms with the contours of American empire and, through direct experience, learned subjects ranging from botany to painting and journalism, all the while leaving a vital imprint on the communities and people they intersected with. Looking behind the ribald headlines of jazz, drugs, and alcohol, The Floating University mines a diverse historical archive to reveal how the Ryndam's voyage—for all its eventual failure—sheds a unique light on the footprint of American empire, the societal role of higher education, and the intellectual grounding of the generation of Americans that came to dominate international politics following World War Two. Tamson Pietsch is an Associate Professor of Social and Political Sciences and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research focuses on the history of ideas and the global politics of knowledge, particularly within universities and other institutions of knowledge. Professor Pietsch received her DPhil from the University of Oxford and worked at the Universities of Oxford, Sydney, and Brunel University London before taking up her present role. Thomas Cryer is a PhD Student in American History at University College London, where he studies race, nationhood, and memory through the life, scholarship, and activism of the historian John Hope Franklin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

A globe-trotting and scandal-ridden story of American empire and higher education, The Floating University: Experience, Empire, and the Politics of Knowledge (University of Chicago Press, 2023) tells the story of one of the first ‘semesters at sea'. Led by the New York University Professor of Experimental Psychology James E. Lough, the SS Ryndam departed from Hoboken, New Jersey in 1926, bringing over 500 American students to nearly fifty global ports and meetings with Benito Mussolini, Mahatma Gandhi, and Pope Pius XI. Along the way, the students came to terms with the contours of American empire and, through direct experience, learned subjects ranging from botany to painting and journalism, all the while leaving a vital imprint on the communities and people they intersected with. Looking behind the ribald headlines of jazz, drugs, and alcohol, The Floating University mines a diverse historical archive to reveal how the Ryndam's voyage—for all its eventual failure—sheds a unique light on the footprint of American empire, the societal role of higher education, and the intellectual grounding of the generation of Americans that came to dominate international politics following World War Two. Tamson Pietsch is an Associate Professor of Social and Political Sciences and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research focuses on the history of ideas and the global politics of knowledge, particularly within universities and other institutions of knowledge. Professor Pietsch received her DPhil from the University of Oxford and worked at the Universities of Oxford, Sydney, and Brunel University London before taking up her present role. Thomas Cryer is a PhD Student in American History at University College London, where he studies race, nationhood, and memory through the life, scholarship, and activism of the historian John Hope Franklin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

A globe-trotting and scandal-ridden story of American empire and higher education, The Floating University: Experience, Empire, and the Politics of Knowledge (University of Chicago Press, 2023) tells the story of one of the first ‘semesters at sea'. Led by the New York University Professor of Experimental Psychology James E. Lough, the SS Ryndam departed from Hoboken, New Jersey in 1926, bringing over 500 American students to nearly fifty global ports and meetings with Benito Mussolini, Mahatma Gandhi, and Pope Pius XI. Along the way, the students came to terms with the contours of American empire and, through direct experience, learned subjects ranging from botany to painting and journalism, all the while leaving a vital imprint on the communities and people they intersected with. Looking behind the ribald headlines of jazz, drugs, and alcohol, The Floating University mines a diverse historical archive to reveal how the Ryndam's voyage—for all its eventual failure—sheds a unique light on the footprint of American empire, the societal role of higher education, and the intellectual grounding of the generation of Americans that came to dominate international politics following World War Two. Tamson Pietsch is an Associate Professor of Social and Political Sciences and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research focuses on the history of ideas and the global politics of knowledge, particularly within universities and other institutions of knowledge. Professor Pietsch received her DPhil from the University of Oxford and worked at the Universities of Oxford, Sydney, and Brunel University London before taking up her present role. Thomas Cryer is a PhD Student in American History at University College London, where he studies race, nationhood, and memory through the life, scholarship, and activism of the historian John Hope Franklin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm taking a few weeks off this summer to work on my dissertation, so instead of new episodes we'll be sharing some of our favorite interviews from the archive. We'll also have some guest episodes from other history of education podcasts.In today's episode, Bethany White speaks to Dr. Tamson Pietsch and Dr. Joel Barnes about their work on the connections - and tensions - between the fields of the history of knowledge and the history of education. We discuss how the focus and methods of the history of knowledge can help us think through how knowledge is produced and legitimated; understand the role of institutions; and develop our perspectives on post-colonial and indigenous knowledges. Tamson Pietsch is Associate Professor in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History.  Joel Barnes is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland.A transcript of the episode is available upon request at the History of Education Society website, along with more information about our events, publications and conferences. You can follow the History of Education Society UK on Twitter and keep up-to-date with the latest research in The History of Education journal.

To kick off 2021 we're joined by Dr. Tamson Pietsch and Dr. Joel Barnes to talk about their work on the connections--and tensions--between the fields of the history of knowledge and the history of education. We discuss how the focus and methods of the history of knowledge can help us think through how knowledge is produced and legitimated; understand the role of institutions; and develop our perspectives on post-colonial and indigenous knowledges. We also mention the recent collaborative seminar, 'History of knowledge meets history of education', held jointly the Australian Centre for Public History and the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge on 18th November 2020. The History of Education Review will publish a special issue on the history of knowledge and the history of education in 2022.Dr. Tamson Pietsch is Associate Professor in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History. Dr. Joel Barnes is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland.You can follow the History of Education Society UK on Twitter, or learn more about our events, publications, and conferences on our website. 

Lauren Rickards (pictured) is the co-leader of the Climate Change Transformations research program for the Centre of Urban Research at RMIT University and the co-director of the Climate Change Exchange, aimed at facilitating learning between researchers and practitioners. She has worked with the Birchip Cropping Group, where she was once the "Thinker in Residence", is presently working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and has done, and is doing, detailed work on resilience and scenario planning.Contact, well, at least virtual contact, was made in the first instance with Lauren via a Farmers for Climate Action webinar.Lauren, along with a compatriot from Sydney's University of Technology, Tamson Pietsch, wrote an article for The Conversation headed: "Climate change is the most important issue for universities in the 21st Century"

In the season finale of The New Social Contract, host Tamson Pietsch is joined by Dr Gwilym Croucher, Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, to consider for the final time how the relationship between universities, the state and the public might be reshaped as we live through the COVID-19 pandemic.In this episode we look beyond Federal Education Minister Tehan's proposals to ask three questions:What is the vision for higher education that lies behind the Coalition Government's plans?What bigger questions about universities do they raise?What might be some of the other ways those questions could be answered?

Higher education leaders and policy makers in Australia are facing a lot of hard decisions right now.The New Social Contract Podcast spoke with UTS Vice-Chancellor Professor Attila Brungs and Shadow Minister for Education and Training Tanya Plibersek to find out their different perspectives on the purpose and role of universities in the 21st century.There are lots of factors contributing to the uncertainty in the tertiary sector at present - will international students return? How much debt can be sustained? What will happen to research funding?But one thing that would make it easier to act in the present, is a clear plan for what universities should do in the future. What are universities in Australia for? The answer to that question will shape the kind of system we get.*Note: The interview with Vice-Chancellor Professor Attila Brungs took place on Tuesday June 9 2020.The interview with Tanya Plibersek, Shadow Minister for Education and Training took place on Tuesday June 16 2020.

Who is it that makes up the constituencies of a 21st century university? And what should different sections of the public be demanding from those institutions?These questions go to the core of higher education's purpose. Do universities create communities - or do communities create universities? And why might we be seeing the answers to these questions change?Thanks to The New Social Contract episode six guests:Matthew Cox - Director of Logan Together, a whole-of-community initiative based at Griffith University and within the Logan communityAnd Professor Jim Nyland - Chair of Engagement Australia and Associate Vice-Chancellor Brisbane at the Australian Catholic University.

What kinds of work will we be doing in 2040? What industries will still be going strong and which will have fallen away?The training and education we need now will depend on the kinds of work - the industries and services - around which, as a nation we want to build our economy and society.Australia is facing possibly the worst economic downturn in its history. So how should that sobering prospect reshape the relationship between universities, government and society - including industry?Thanks to The New Social Contract episode five guestsAlison Pennington, a Senior Economist at the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute&Megan Lilly, is head of Workforce Development at the Australian Industry Group (or AIG) - Australia's peak industry association.The news grabs and additional audio in this episode of The New Social Contract podcast came from the following sites:‘From Back in Black to recession', reported on AM, ABC, June 4, 2020.'The recession we couldn't avoid' on RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly, Abc, June 4, 2020.‘Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia has officially entered recession' from ABC News, June 2 2020.‘Treasurer warns the worst is yet to come as Australia's economy enters recession' from ABC News, June 3 2020.The Paris Riots of 1968 ‘French students again clash with riot police, Paris, France', published by British Pathe on Youtube.‘The May 1968 protests that paralysed France', published on Witness, by the BBC.‘May 1968 Paris Riots' on The History Hour, published by the BBC.

After a savage summer of devastating fires, universities, society and even some Australian states have recognised that the country needs a social and economic framework dedicated to the conditions of habitability - so how might the imperatives of climate change remake the social contract for universities in the 21st century?COVID-19 has not only shown that public goods are the key to well being and health, but it has revealed that the consent of populations and their willingness to participate in collective action is just as crucial to effecting transformation as is expertise.What does that mean for universities and their purpose in the 21st century?What new set of obligations and expectations will students face?And what should we be asking of our institutions as we confront the implications of climate?These are the questions the sector should be asking as we face lengthening months and possibly years in which the world of higher education in Australia, and the lives of all those who rely on it, is likely to grow more precarious rather than less.Special thanks to The New Social Contract guests:Professor Mark Howden, Director of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University&Associate Professor Lauren Rickards, co-leader of the Climate Change and Resilience research program of the Centre for Urban ResearchFor show notes and transcript visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcastNews and audio grabs used in the podcast feature the voices of:Abc journalists Hamish Mc Donald on ABC News in the news item: Flames rip through towns, fears death toll will rise as bushfires rage on' ABC NewsAbc journalist Karina Carvalho on ABC News in news item: Flames rip through towns, fears death toll will rise as bushfires rage on' ABC NewsJournalist Eddy Michah Jnr from DW News in the news item: ‘East Africa braces for severe tropical storms' URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkXx7MzJaxsFormer US President Barack Obama, giving a speech at the. 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. News source from Euronews.URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWKy9zN90A)ABC Journalist Sarah Dingle on RN Breakfast in the news item: ‘Scientists believe Earth is now in the Anthropocene era' from the 8 January 2016.(URL: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/scientists-believe-earth-is-now-in-the/7075730)You also heard the voice of the Mayor Carol Sparks from of Glen Innes, on ABC The World Today in the news item:'Climate change debate refuelled amid bushfire crisis'.URL: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/worldtoday/climate-change-debate-refuelled-amid-bushfire-crisis/11692184Journalist Eric Sorensen reporting for the Global News, in a news item titled: ‘Growing evidence Australia's wildfires connected to climate change'URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU-ye4J2-eASir David Attenborough on ITV News in the newsitem:Sir David Attenborough calls for 'urgent' climate change action' in 2018.URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZEYz1oGQ0).Greta Thunberg, as reported by the Guardian, from her speech at the 2019 UN climate action summit in New York.URL:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/sep/23/greta-thunberg-to-world-leaders-how-dare-you-you-have-stolen-my-dreams-and-my-childhood-videoThe actuality of thousands of students chanting at the climate protest across Australia from November 2018, as reported by the Guardian, AustraliaURL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKlBXltX2I0And finally, at the start of the podcast you heard the rumblings of the Ilulissat Glacier. It was subject to the largest carving event ever recorded. It took place on May 28, 2008 while Adam Le Winter and Jeff Orlowski were filming the glacier in Western Greenland for the award winning documentary film Chasing Ice.URL: https://chasingice.com/

What does the COVID-19 crisis mean for universities now and over the next 6-12 months?There's a lot that is uncertain. From job losses to student recruitment, future university business models and the role higher education will play in making a post-COVID society - the consequences of the pandemic are still emerging.The social settings of the post-COVID world will be different to those we have known.But the terms of those settings are not yet in place - that's why there's so much at stake.To help get a sense of where the cracks are emerging in Australian higher education and how different parts of the sector are responding, The New Social Contract podcast talks to:Dr Alison Barnes, President of the National Tertiary Education Union&Luke Sheehy, Executive Director of the Australian Technology Network (ATN), an umbrella body for technical universities including UTS, RMIT, University of South Australia and Curtin University.For show notes and transcript visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcastNews grabs used in the montage at the start of the episode feature the voices of:Journalist Ellen Fanning, presenting The Drum on the ABC, aired on May 13 2020.Kylie Walker, CEO of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, on the ABC 7.30 Report, titled ‘Fears for the viability of Australia's top universities without international students'.Victorian Minister for Higher Education Gayle Tierney on ABC Melbourne on May 20, 2020.An exchange between Labor Senator Murray Watt and Deputy Secretary for the Department of Education Robert Heferen at the Senate Select Committee for Covid 19 on May 19, 2020.An additional sound bite was kindly submitted to The New Social Contract podcast by Susan Goodwin, a Professor of Policy Studies from the University of Sydney, to discuss a UniKeeper policy document.

From the 21,000 job losses predicted for Australian universities to the $19 billion hole forecast for the sector's finances, we are hearing about a whole host of numbers during the pandemic.But behind these numbers are the people who make up the higher education sector; people who you won't necessarily hear from very often but whose lives, whether through their work or study, are deeply connected to their institutions.In this bonus episode of The New Social Contract, we listen to those on the ground at universities across Australia, including academics, international students, domestic students and casual staff whose lives and work have changed in the face of COVID-19.We wanted to hear what life has been like for you during this time, as well as what your hopes are for the future of higher education post-pandemic, as we start to see the lifting of lock down restrictions.This is a big conversation and it's one that involves everyone, which is why we have dedicated an episode to listening to each other.Thank you to all who contributed their time and thoughts. We received a number of voice memos, conducted short interviews and collected anonymous contributions.Special thanks to:Aman KapurAmber BrownAnna HushBrendan MewburnDavid BondFahim Md RafiqJenna PriceKyara HardjaniMolly WilmottRoslyn HallSarina KilhamXanthe SpindlerAnd all our anonymous contributorsNews grabs in the podcast feature the voices of:Dr Alison Barnes, National President, National Tertiary Education Union on Sky News ‘Government package all smoke and mirrors'Nick Grimm, Journalist on AM, ABC, ‘Pay cuts for university staff in a bid to stave off job losses'Kylie Walker, CEO of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering on the 7.30 Report, ABC, ‘Fears for the viability of Australia's top universities without international students'International Student SupportOn May 16 the NSW Government announced it will fund a $20 million package for stranded international students, joining Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and the ACT in offering financial support schemes.Emergency food assistance for international students in Sydneyhttps://www.study.sydney/student-welfare/emergency-food-assistanceCommunity support and food relief for people in Melbourne: https://www.studymelbourne.vic.gov.au/help-and-support/support-for-students-coronavirus/support-and-food-relief-organisations#Resources if you need assistance with groceries:https://insiderguides.com.au/where-to-turn-to-if-you-cant-afford-groceries/And if you need someone to talk to, call:Lifeline on 13 11 14MensLine Australia on 1300 789 978Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36Headspace on 1800 650 890And many universities have hardship funds and support services available.

Covid-19 has torn at the fabric of our higher education institutions but were the threads of that fabric already wearing thin?In episode two of The New Social Contract we discuss the context of the crisis - what are the challenges and how did we get here?Is the pandemic likely to force a reckoning with online education and why does the closure of the country's borders have such a profound impact on Australian universities?This podcast is hosted by Associate Professor Tamson Pietsch and produced by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney.With thanks to episode two guests:Tim Dodd - Higher Education Editor, The AustralianDr Gwilym Croucher, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Policy and Management at Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE), University of Melbourne.For show notes and transcripts visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcastA news grab in this episode features the voice of:Mark Scott, Head of the New South Wales Education Department, on the ABC Education in the Age of Covid-19, Q+A.

How will Australian universities fare in a post-pandemic world? It depends on an influential but rarely talked about relationship between the state, its institutions, and the public. Discover more in the first podcast episode of The New Social Contract.Brought to you by the makers of History Lab.

How Australian universities will fare in a post pandemic world depends on an influential but rarely talked about relationship.This is the relationship between the state, its institutions, and the public: what's often referred to as “the social contract”.The social contract universities had when COVID-19 erupted, was one that patched together a variety of largely unstated hopes and expectations and this has enormous consequences for where we find ourselves today.What is the new social contract for Australian universities in the 21st century and how did we arrive at this place?This podcast is hosted by Associate Professor Tamson Pietsch and produced by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney.Episode One Guests:Dr. Hannah Forsyth, Senior Lecturer in history at the Australian Catholic UniversityDr James Waghorne, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of MelbourneFor show notes and transcripts visit: https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/impact-studios/projects/new-social-contract-podcastNews grabs in the trailer feature the voices of:Alison Barnes, National President of the NTEU on Sky News ‘Govt university package all 'smoke and mirrors'.Lisa Jackson Pulver, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney on the ABC, Education in the Age of Covid-19, Q+A.Professor Des Manderson interdisciplinary scholar, (ANU) on Radio National Big Ideas ‘The purpose and future of the university (part two)' - a broadcast version of an event presented by the ANU College of Law and the ANU Centre for Law, Arts & the Humanities, that was curated and facilitated by Natasha Cica of Kapacity.org at the National Library of Australia on 17 March 2020.Professor Claire Macken Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching College of Business and Law at RMIT University on the KMPG podcast series, Talking Tertiary.Mark Scott, Head of the New South Wales Education Department, on the ABC, Education in the Age of Covid-19, Q+A.Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, on the ABC, 7.30 Report, 16 April 2020.

The second part of a discussion examining the future of the university in a post-COVID19 world. The university has been an enduring institution, going back nearly a thousand years, but it is confronting a time of massive disruption. How should universities change and adapt to meet the new challenges, without compromising their essential values?

The second part of a discussion examining the future of the university in a post-COVID19 world. The university has been an enduring institution, going back nearly a thousand years, but it is confronting a time of massive disruption. How should universities change and adapt to meet the new challenges, without compromising their essential values?

The world’s first university was founded in Bologna, Italy in 1088. The university has been an enduring institution. But universities are confronting big challenges - and not just COVID19. The world has changed. So how much do universities need to adapt in response? What is their future?

The world’s first university was founded in Bologna, Italy in 1088. The university has been an enduring institution. But universities are confronting big challenges - and not just COVID19. The world has changed. So how much do universities need to adapt in response? What is their future?

The second part of a discussion examining the future of the university in a post-COVID19 world. The university has been an enduring institution, going back nearly a thousand years, but it is confronting a time of massive disruption. How should universities change and adapt to meet the new challenges, without compromising their essential values?

'Making a Fortune' looks at the popularity and persecution of two of the most formidable fortune tellers of Federation Australia.In the first decade of the 20th century, Australians were focused on the future. It was the dawn of a new century, and a newly-formed nation. But during this time, police were cracking down on a booming industry dominated by women—it was a service that society deemed superstitious, archaic and fraudulent and one that is unlawful to this day in some parts of Australia. This is a story of entrepreneurship, independence and the force of the law.Why were these female fortune tellers so aggressively pursued by the police and how did they use the law to fight back?

History Lab host Dr Tamson Pietsch hands over the mic to Dr Alecia Simmonds, an interdisciplinary scholar of law and history at the University of Technology Sydney. In this bonus episode they dissect how it is the law ‘knows’ and discuss how both history and the law rely on traces from the past to draw conclusions in the present. If truth is uncertain in historical archives - is it even harder to find in the courtroom?Season 3 of History Lab will be taking a short break returning February 4 2020.Episode two 'Making a fortune' is dropping in the new year with Dr Alana Piper from the Australian Centre for Public History.

The second annual GLAM Slam event was held on March 15 at the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney. The keynote speakers for GLAMSLAM 2019 were Julian Meyrick (Flinders) and David Ritter (Greenpeace Australia Pacific).On this episode of GLAMcity, we’re featuring David Ritter’s keynote address titled GLAM Power as Clean Energy? Bring it on! Further Reading:For more information on David’s work at Greenpeace Australia, visit: https://www.greenpeace.org.au/about/organisation/leadership/ You can find David on Twitter @David_Ritter and @GreenpeaceAPFor more information on the School Strike 4 Climate, visit their website.If you’d like to get involved in the work that Greenpeace is doing on climate action, visit their website. You’ll find a full list of presenters on the GLAM Slam 2019 program here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch- GLAMcity@2ser.comMusic: Gunnar Johnsén, Sarah, the Illtrumentalist, Flouw and Christian Andersen* David Attenborough quote thanks to the BBC (Planet Earth II)

History Lab audio makers explore how we've tried to understand the past through sound in season two

In the aftermath of World War One, nations came together in an attempt to ensure war on the same devastating scale could never occur again. The result? The League of Nations: a revolutionary idea to form the world’s first international organisation. But clearly it did not stop the world from going to war.A century later we are still questioning our ability to come together. In this episode, Glenda Sluga and Ninah Kopel search for the ephemeral traces of a unified past. They find stories of hope, ambition but also skeletons lurking in the closet. Many say the League failed. But did the spirit live on?

Do you remember 2001? The year we started watching a group of twenty-somethings in The Secret Life of Us. The year Ansett released it’s infamous advertisement- Am I with Ansett? Absolutely- only to collapse months later along with One.Tel, HIH and Enron.It was the year of the 2001 Census and the year that Francesca Higgens, a Librarian, became the first woman to be awarded a year of paid maternity leave.It was also the year that a Norwegian fishing boat called the MV Tampa intercepted a wooden fishing vessel packed with asylum seekers.Most people can tell you where they were on September 11 when the attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon occurred.Tamson and Anna speak to Phillipa McGuinness whose book, The Year Everything Changed 2001, chronicles her personal history along with the events of that year.Then we move to a small rooftop garden- it's not really a secret, the Waraburra Nura Indigenous garden is open to the public and was created as part of UTS Arts aim to integrate creativity within all aspects of campus life.The garden was created by botanist and D'harawal senior, Aunty Fran Bodkin.Tamson and Anna spoke to Stella McDonald about UTS Art and Aaron Seymour from UTS Design about the exhibitions and creative work at the University.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

Where do jelly babies come from?Mass-produced things are all around us. But they all start with a single object. In this episode, Olivia goes looking for the patternmakers, whose invisible hands are the original creators of much of the stuff we use every day. They see a world no-one else can see. So why are they disappearing? And what will we lose when they are gone?Producer: Olivia RosenmanCollaborating historian: Jesse Adams SteinHost: Tamson PietschExecutive Producer: Tom Allinson

In 1817, the Bank of New South Wales opened as the first financial institution in the Australian colonies. But when the first customers arrived for the grand opening, they found someone had already made a deposit. Where did the money come from? Our producers, Jason and Nicole, follow the record trail and discover the uncertain foundations of Australia’s first bank.This episode is a collaboration between the UTS Business School, The Australian Centre for Public History and 2ser Radio in Sydney. We'll have two bonus episodes on banks, trust and money in the coming weeks.Further Reading:Colonial Frontier Massacre Map – (University of Newcastle in consultation with The Wollotuka Institute and AIATSIS)Executive Producer: Tom AllinsonProducer: Jason L'EcuyerCollaborating researcher: Nicole SuttonSound Design: Joe KoningHost: Tamson PietschScript Advisors: Lauren Carroll Harris and Ellen Leabeater

In 1817, the Bank of New South Wales opened as the first financial institution in the Australian colonies. But when the first customers arrived for the grand opening, they found someone had already made a deposit. Where did the money come from? Our producers, Jason and Nicole, follow the record trail and discover the uncertain foundations of Australia’s first bank.

Australia's first investigative history podcast, HistoryLab is returning for a second season.The podcast takes you into archives and documents the making of history from the discovery of first person accounts, the evaluation of sources and the unfurling of narrative.In season two, HistoryLab is delving into broad subjects, Australia's first bank deposit, the sex industry, the dying craft of industrial pattern making and the creation of nation.On this final episode of GLAMcity, we get a first listen to some of the characters you'll hear in HistoryLab’s second season. We go behind the scenes with Executive Producer Tom Allinson and Producer Jason L'ecuyer with our GLAM presenters, Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark.Season two of HistoryLab is launching November 28GLAMcity will be back in early 2019 with fresh voices and new stories from the GLAM sector.

Steven Miller is the Head of the National Art Archive and Capon Research Library at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, so how did he come to be known as The Grim Reaper of art archives?Part of Steve's role is to contact artists and request that they leave their archives- their sketchbooks, letters, journals and photos to the Art Gallery which he says has led to the moniker as, "if I have a visit, artists normally think oh my god, he must think I'm about to die." Steve is passionate about his work for the Gallery, he fell into archiving after taking a summer job at the Gallery and is the longest serving employee. He's worked on digitising the Art Gallery's collections which has had a surprising outcome. He told GLAMcity hosts, Tamson Pietsch and Chelsea Barnett that a popular digital exhibition commemorating World War One became a physical exhibition after many viewers requested to see the objects offline.

It was only a matter of time before GLAMcity joined the ranks - temporarily- of true crime podcasts. Hosts Anna and Tamson and historian Alana Piper investigate the past using official criminal records of Australian offenders from the end of the convict period through to the Second World War.Alana’s project invites citizen historians to view and transcribe criminal records. Mostly handwritten, the records carry valuable information about the offences committed and the incarceration and institutionalisation of prisoners.These handwritten documents are becoming digital records for future generations of historians to explore. They're also a reminder of the harsh penalties imposed on Australians, many of whom were arrested on petty charges- vagrancy and theft or as Alana points out, for being poor.

Why do universities need art galleries?UTS Art aims to integrate creative practice into daily life on campus in the belief that scholarship can extend art practice and conversely, creativity can expand a university's research.On this episode, Tamson and Anna speak to Stella McDonald (UTS Art) and Aaron Seymour (UTS School Design) about the UTS Art Program. Plus, we take a look at a current exhibition, Hello World: Code and Design, which examines the role of code and design.Photo: Jessica Maurer PhotographyRead | Listen | Watch:UTS Art or on InstagramHello World: Code and Design exhibitionSuper Critical Mass on ABC NewsWurraburranurra Native Garden at UTSSuper Critical Mass (Antonette Collins, ABC News, December 2017)Free Universal Construction Kit (video thanks to Riley Harmon)If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

Sydney's iconic Opera House plays host to musicians and dancers, actors and singers. But beneath the notes of their voices, another song echoes across the city’s waters.Indigenous Eora fisherwomen passed down their knowledge through their songs while paddling their canoes, a cooking fire at one end and their kids on their shoulders.Anna Clark and Tamson go looking for the fisherwomen’s world, and discover that, if you listen closely, the past of Sydney Harbour still sings.

On this episode of Glam City, we’re discussing trigger warnings in our cultural institutions with Breann Fallon, Holocaust Educator at the Sydney Jewish Museum.Further Reading:American Association of University Professors Statement on Trigger WarningsThe Unseen Untold exhibition is on at The Sydney Jewish Museum until OctoberReigning Men exhibition at The Powerhouse MuseumIf you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

What does it take to make History Lab?This bonus interlude episode lifts the curtain on all that goes into making history for your ears!Executive Producer Emma Lancaster steps out from behind the headphones and asks you to listen hard as she and host Tamson Pietsch discover that in the gap between historians and journalists, great things can happen.The History Lab final episode for Season One 'Fishing for Answers' will be available 25 July 2018.To find out more about the History Lab pitching process head to https://historylab.net/pitch/

Quietly buried away in Western Sydney’s state archives is a secret history of love.Lists of lingerie, love letters and lockets of hair, are stapled to writs from over 200 years ago.In the 19th century a broken engagement could damn a woman for life. But scorned women had an unexpected way to get square. A now somewhat forgotten law known as ‘breach of promise to marry’ saw women awarded massive damages after being left jilted at the altar.But why would the courts be interested in the failed love lives of working class people? And what does a convict’s daughter, a barrister and a former Prime Minister have to do with it?In this episode of History Lab we sift through the historical remains to discover litigious lovers, colonial love triangles and the emergence of medicalised heartbreak on a quest to understand the history of love.

What happens to evidence after a criminal trial?Tamson goes looking for answers and finds them in the shadow of one of the worst miscarriages of justice in Australian history - the Chamberlain trialsProducer: Olivia RosenmanCollaborating historian: Katherine BiberHost: Tamson PietschExecutive Producer: Emma Lancaster

Ever wondered where the costumes from NIDA’s live performances go? On this episode, Tamson speaks with Ross Bruzzese, Library manager at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). The NIDA archives contains one of Australia’s largest repositories of vintage clothing accessories including pieces from Sophie Van Rood’s Banana Room and the Betty Viazim Hat Collection. The collection also includes records from the Old Tote Theatre Company from 1962 to 1969. For more on the Old Tote Theatre Company, visit Dictionary of Sydney.​For  more information on the NIDA Library and Archive, visit their website here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

What do we do with the remnants of industry once they are no longer being used to forge steel, process coal or repair trains? Industrial heritage sites are increasingly repurposed as cultural institutions in Sydney and elsewhere. But who decides what is of heritage ‘value’ and whose history is highlighted?On this episode, Tamson and Anna discuss how industrial heritage sites have been repurposed in the Ruhr region of Germany and here in Sydney. They speak to Laila Ellmoos, an Historian with the City of Sydney and Stefan Berger, an Historian from The Ruhr-University Bochum.For more information on the industrial heritage sites discussed, check out these case studies:Sydney:Paddington Reservoir GardensEveleigh Carriage WorkshopRuhr, Germany:Zollverein Mining Complex Gasometer OberhausenIf you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On 15 October 1970, a partially constructed West Gate Bridge  spanning the Yarra River collapsed, killing thirty-five workers. The collapse had major repercussions for the families of the workers and the future of Australia’s safety standards. On this episode of GLAM City, we speak to Historians Elizabeth Humphrys and Sarah Gregson about their research into the bridge collapse and how the event resonates with the modern labour movement.Also, we discuss Work: Past and Present, a monthly seminar series investigating Australian and international labour history through the contemporary moment. The seminars bring together historians, researchers from other disciplines, and those involved in the labour movement.More information on the Work Past and Present Seminar series can be found here.Lastly- What role did labour play in constructing neoliberalism? Elizabeth takes a critical look at dominant narratives of neoliberalism’s rise by the New Right in her forthcoming book How Labour Made Neoliberalism. If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On this episode of GLAM City, we speak to Robyn Kennedy, an original 78er and Secretary and Treasurer of First Mardi Gras Inc.We get a history lesson on the events of 24 June 1978 in preparation for the 40th anniversary of the first Mardi Gras in Sydney.We find out about upcoming events including Queer Art: 40 Years of Rebellion and Subversion. More information on events held by First Mardi Gras Inc, can be found on their website. For the full Mardi Gras event program visit the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras website here.If this story brought up any issues for you, you can contact Lifeline Australia at 13 11 14.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

Welcome to GLAM City Season 2!On our first episode of 2018, we speak to Peter McNeil, an interdisciplinary cultural historian who has been studying queer history for nearly thirty years. We find out what Peter did with all of of those dance party old ticket stubs and  We talk about Sydney’s infamous RAT parties in the 80’s and 90’s. The styles, the music and the expression. Ephemera from the RAT parties is housed at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS).We find out what Macaroni Men are and and why yankee doodle dandy stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni.Peter’s upcoming book, Pretty Gentleman: Macaroni Men in the 18th Century Fashion World will be available through Yale Press. More information on the Unflinching Gaze can be found on the Bathurst Regional Gallery website here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

We think nothing of seeing a celebrity mug shot these days but how about a mug shot that’s almost 150 years old?The practise of photographing prisoners in NSW started in 1871, a few decades after judicial photography was introduced in Europe.Penny Stannard and her amazing team at NSW State Archives and Records digitised over 46,000 files to bring the exhibition Captured: Portraits of Crime to life.The exhibition explores the stories of men, women and children who were incarcerated in NSW gaols from 1870 to 1930.The photographs have already shed light on some hidden family histories and provide an insight into what society thought was a crime at the time, such as homosexuality or being a ‘neglected child’.The exhibition avoids the celebrity criminal instead searching out the ‘ordinary’. The photographs capture a moment in time and some argue perhaps unfairly provide a record of permanence that far outlasts both the prisoner and their crime.Captured: Portraits of Crime is presented through a Western Sydney exhibition, a regional touring exhibition and an online exhibition. Find out more here

This week Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark chat with Holly Williams, co-founder of The Curators Department.They dissect what it means to be a curator in 2017, including how to create a sense of wonder while organising information and generating experience, and consider if it’s the curators job to set the scene in order for artists to deliver stories.Holly tells GLAMcity about a number of exhibitions she has recently worked on, including Creative Accounting, which examines our relationship with money, how bank notes can be an amazing art form as well as government propaganda, and how traditional silver coins morphed into symbols of affection known as ‘love tokens’ used by convicts set for transportation to Australia.She also fills us in on her recent exhibition currently showing at Customs House titled Something Else is Alive, which aims to uncover the secret city of animals that exist in the urban world.

This week Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark spoke with the President of the History Council for NSW, Tanya Evans to find out how #historyweek17 went. They also chatted with the winner of the NSW Premier’s History awards, Peter Hobbins about his award-winning book Stories from the Sandstone, that saw historians and archaeologists team up to unlock the secrets of over 1600 engravings carved into the rocks and walls around the Manly Quarantine Station during its 150-year history.

This week Anna Clark and Tamson Pietsch chat with Michael Harvey from the Australian National Maritime Museum, located in Darling Harbour.The museum was opened in 1991 and its core mission is to share Australia's maritime heritage.Michael's love for maritime history spans both his professional and personal life. He says you can't really understand Australia, including its economy, environments, people, national defence and geopolitics, unless you view it through the lens of its relationships with the seas, oceans and rivers within and around the nation. You can find out what's on at the museum here and you may even be lucky enough to meet Bailey - the newly appointed Assistant Director of Seagulls who just happens to be a rescue Border Collie.

Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark chat with Associate Professor Michelle Arrow about her highly anticipated Annual History Lecture, the premier event of the History Week Festival run by the History Council of NSW.This week we  ponder how pop culture make sense of social change in Australia, how our everyday life is shaped by POP! And what histories can be told and who tells them.Michelle is set to deliver her talk Tuesday 5 September, 6pm at Sydney Living Museums’ The Mint.  Book your tickets here

Join historians Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark from the Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney to find out what’s going on in Sydney’s cultural scene.Each week they speak to the people in the know from the 'GLAM' sector including Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.

With five prime ministers in five years, and shocking truths coming to light daily about our institutions – from unions to schools to detention centres – many fear our system is broken. 'Griffith Review: Fixing the System' brings together writers and analysts to provide fresh insights into how to fix the system and why it matters. Political biographer Chris Wallace, former teacher GJ Stroud, journalist Ann Arnold and academic Tamson Pietsch join Griffith Review editor Julianne Schultz in a spirited discussion at how our institutions – political, social and legal – both support and fail us, and what we can do about it. For further info see this page: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2016/fixing_the_system.shtml

A traditionalist view of childhood has created certain fears among adults regarding children and technology. www.shutterstock.comIs technology bad for kids? As more devices and software applications are made specifically for an increasingly younger audience, there is concern about the appropriateness of children using technology – and debate over when it should be introduced into their lives. Yet at the same time, personal devices and touch screens are everywhere. Kids love them for the same reasons we do, and many argue that learning to use them will likely be important to their education and employment prospects later in life. Tamson Pietsch speaks with Joanne Orlando, an expert on educational technology at the University of Western Sydney, about the increased use of technology by children and the potential impact on child development. Subscribe to The Conversation’s Speaking With podcasts on iTunes, or follow on Tunein Radio. Music: Free Music Archive/Podington Bear: Yearning Tamson Pietsch receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

Religious institutions have consistently struggled to respond to child sexual abuse cases appropriately. L'Osservatore Romano/EPAThe Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse reconvened this week. Announced in 2012, the commission was established due to growing concerns over consistently inadequate responses to child abuse cases by institutions. Although the current Royal Commission is focused on cases within living memory in a wide range of institutions, the hearings reveal that Australian churches have a long and sad history of abuse and cover-up. Religious interpretations, changing legal definitions and evolving societal attitudes have all influenced the way child sexual abuse has been handled within churches and in the wider community. Tamson Pietsch speaks to Tim Jones about child sexual abuse within Australian religious institutions, and how the current debate has been framed by past events. Subscribe to The Conversation’s Speaking With podcasts on iTunes, or follow on Tunein Radio. Music: Free Music Archive/Kai Engel. Tamson Pietsch receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

Australia’s ability to influence China will largely depend on how it engages with China’s complex and growing diplomatic machinery. ShutterstockThe emergence of China as a 21st-century superpower has already had profound impacts on Australia. As China reshapes the balance of power, not only in the Asia-Pacific region but globally, its influence on Australia is likely to increase. China’s economic and military growth will also challenge the world’s other superpower – and Australia’s traditional security ally – the United States. Caught between these two superpowers, Australia’s ability to manage this difficult diplomatic balancing act could well determine its future prosperity and security. Tamson Pietsch speaks with Kerry Brown, executive director of the China Studies Centre, about Australia’s place in the Chinese Century and the role diplomacy has to play. Subscribe to The Conversation’s Speaking With podcasts on iTunes, or follow on Tunein Radio. Image: Shutterstock Music: Free Music Archive/Kindread, Lo Ka Ping and Chan Wai Fat. Tamson Pietsch receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

The science of astronomy has existed for thousands of years and forms a vital part of Indigenous Australian culture. Ben Ashmole/flickr, CC BY-NCAboriginal and Torres Strait islander people have between 40,000 and 60,000 years of pre-colonial history that includes stories of constellations they observed in the night sky and traditions that align with the stars and the moon. But until recently, these stories were largely dismissed by the scientific community. Researchers are now finding that Indigenous oral traditions contain vast environmental and scientific intelligence. These complex knowledge systems have helped Indigenous people survive Australia for tens of thousands of years. Tamson Pietsch speaks with cultural astronomer Duane Hamacher about Indigenous astronomy and its complex relationship to history, culture and applied scientific knowledge. Subscribe to The Conversation’s Speaking With podcasts on iTunes. Image: flickr/Ben Ashmole Music: Free Music Archive/Chris Zabriskie Tamson Pietsch receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

CeBIT Australia/Flickr, CC BY-SAFreedom of speech is often seen as a cornerstone of democracy, but the unfettered right to express opinions can infringe other fundamental rights. Minority groups are especially at risk of verbal attacks and intimidation, and some countries, including Australia, have legislated protections that limit free speech. When Attorney-General George Brandis ordered a review of the Racial Discrimination Act and introduced amendments in a failed attempt to remove some of these protections in March this year, he ignited a passionate debate on the importance of free speech and its intersection with other human rights. In this podcast, Tamson Pietsch speaks with Sarah Sorial about the role of free speech in a democracy and how it can co-exist with other rights. Sarah Sorial is a senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong who is researching the limits of free speech and deliberative democracy. Subscribe to The Conversation’s Speaking With podcasts on iTunes. Image: flickr/CeBIT Australia Music: Free Music Archive/Podington Bear Tamson Pietsch receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

Alan Light/FlickrAntarctica is the coldest, driest and possibly the most inhospitable place on Earth. It is also the only continent designated entirely as a natural reserve, used purely for peaceful and scientific purposes. For many decades, Antarctica has been the final frontier for scientific research, governed by a treaty system signed in 1959, that protects the continent from exploitation and military action. But as countries begin to eye off Antarctica’s wealth of natural resources, will this be enough to stop territorial disputes in the region? Tamson Pietsch speaks with Nick Rowley about democracy on Earth’s coldest continent. Nick Rowley is an Adjunct Professor at the Sydney Democracy Network at the University of Sydney; he is currently working on a project on Antarctic decision-making. Subscribe to The Conversation’s Speaking With podcasts on iTunes. Image: flickr/Alan Light Music: Free Music Archive/Podington Bear, Chris Zabriskie Tamson Pietsch receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

An expert panel on 'War, Death and Memory' with leading Australian historians explores consequences of the Great War on individual lives and the national psyche. The panel discussion marked the launch of the new University of Sydney 'BEYOND 1914' website, an interactive biographical database of students, staff and alumni who served in the First World War. Panellists: Joy Damousi, Professor of History University of Melbourne; Professor Stephen Garton, Provost and Deputy Chancellor University of Sydney; Associate Professor Julia Horne, the University Historian and co-organiser of 'Beyond 1914 – The University of Sydney and the Great War'; Brad Manera, Executive Manager of the ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park; Assoc Professor Mark McKenna, ARC Future Fellow in the Department of History University of Sydney; Kerry Neale, Curator at the Australian War Memorial; Dr Tamson Pietsch, ARC DECRA Fellow in School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry University of Sydney. For more info and speaker's biography see this page: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2014/beyond_1914_forum.shtml