Register for Transformations ’06: The 2006 Humanities Congress
Te WhÄ?inga Aronui The Council for the Humanities
Transformations ’06
The 2006 Humanities Congress
6-7 October 2006
Auckland University of Technology
Organiser: Professor Rob Allen
Pro Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching and Dean, Faculty of Applied Humanities
Auckland University of Technology
Working Knowledge:
Transforming Aotearoa New Zealand through education, the arts and the humanities-aronui
The purpose of this conference is to investigate the interrelationships between education, the arts and the humanities/aronui in the creation and dissemination of knowledge of value.
Education is to society as industry and business are to the economy. Cultural knowledge is the bedrock on which human societies and economies are built; it is vital knowledge, being both created and conserved by real people in the ordinary process of social living in specific places and landscapes. The most complete diffusion of cultural knowledge is achieved primarily through the systems of life-long education, cultural institutions and public media.
In the present world order, thinking about knowledge is dominated by the interrelation of western science, technology and economic production. Research-based innovation is highly valued, but the role of the arts and of teaching as powerful means of generating new knowledge and initiating innovation, especially innovation leading to new social and cultural forms and practices, is not. A new account is needed to guide and inform further social and economic transformation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Registration fee: There is no registration fee.
Refreshments, including lunch during the conference, will be provided.
Accommodation: The conference hotel is the Airedale Hotel, cnr Queen and Airedale Streets. Bookings have to be made by AUT. If you require accommodation for the night of Friday 6 October only, please tick the box below. If you have other requirements, please contact Sharrol Borges or (09) 921 9999 extn 8273.
Programme
Friday 6 October, 5.30pm Reception
Opened by:
Opening Public Lecture
Speaker: Professor Greg Hearn
Professor of Media Communication and Interim Director, Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology
Knowledge Policy: An agenda for the 21st Century
Saturday, 7 October
8.45/9.00am-10.30am: Session 1
Research in the Humanities-Aronui
Professor Malcolm Gillies, Chair, Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, Australian National University
11.00am-12.30pm: Session 2
Education in the Knowledge Society
Panel: Dr Jane Gilbert (NZCER); Dr Linda Sissons (CE, WELTEC); Associate Professor Peter Roberts (University of Auckland)
1.30pm-3.00pm: Session 3
Humanities-Aronui, Arts and Media in the Knowledge Society
Panel: Dr Welby Ings (AUT), Vincent Heeringa (Idealog); Dr Ruth Zanker (Christchurch Polytechnic)
3.30pm-5.00pm: Session 4
Cultural Well-being: humanities, democracy, and cultural identity
Panel: Martin Matthews, CE, Ministry of Culture and Heritage; John Campbell (TV3); Te Kenehi Teira, (Kaihautu, New Zealand Historic Places Trust)
Please RSVP by completing this registration form.
Although there is no fee for the Congress, if you would like to make a donation to support the establishment of the Council for the Humanities, it can be made at the Congress, or posted to:
Te Whainga Aronui The Council for the Humanities
PO Box 10-693
Wellington
Email: sborges@aut.ac.nz
