This is the opening slide of our presentation at the 2018 ASAA conference, hosted by Sydney University:

I have been invited to speak at this conference on borders and mobility, hosted by Universitas Airlangga, in Surabaya.

Event to celebrate the publication of Southern Screens: Cinema, Culture and the Global South, edited by Antonio Traverso (Routledge, 2017). The book will be launched at Curtin University by Professor Steve Mickler and commented by Professor Baden Offord and Dr Thor Kerr

Southern Screens: Cinema, Culture and the Global South adopts a transversal south-to-south approach to the study of screen culture across national and cultural territories. It examines conditions by which traditional and new media works and experiences participate in the generation, sharing and circulation of new knowledge that is both southern and about the South.

This forum, organized by All Saints College, provided an opportunity for candidates - including the incumbent state Treasurer - and voters to discuss issues of concern in the electorate in the lead up to the Western Australian election on March 11. The Canning Examiner reported extensively on our discussion of the Roe 8 road project, which was a key issue at the forum.

This promises to be a fascinating interview with Madelaine Dickie on her award-winning novel describing tensions in and around Australian surfing communities in Indonesia.