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 March 2019
Thursday 28
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Identifying diachronic changes in ochre behaviours throughout the Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 40-12.5 kya) of Southwestern Germany More Information
Though many European Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 40-12.5 kya)sites boast early examples of symbolic expression in the form of “artistic” materials (e.g. cave art, personal ornaments,figurines), comparatively little research has been conducted on the intricacies surrounding the use of ochre materials outside of Neanderthal and purely cave art contexts. This gap in research is largely the result of a lack of systematic and holistic analyses of ochre and pigment materials from Upper Palaeolithic Central European sites. Here, I present an indepth study on the diachronic changes in ochre behaviours at Hohle Fels cave, Germany. A recent reassessment of the assemblage yielded 935 individual ochre artefacts, with 27 bearing definite traces of anthropogenic modification and 21 artefacts that are possibly modified. These artefacts show that while a wide variety of ochre types, textures, and colours is seen throughout the entire sequence, more hematite-rich specular ochres as well as fine-grained deep-red iron oxide clays were preferred during the Gravettian (ca. 30-27 kya) and Magdalenian (15.5-12.5 kya), while the Aurignacian (40-30 kya) contains a vast array of colours and textures. These artefacts,along with modern-day ochre samples from surveys, were further investigated using neutron activation analysis (NAA) in order to explore questions of “provenance” or whether the artefacts could be attributed to geological sources. The results show that while new evidence for distant (≥300 km) ochre procurement is seen in the Aurignacian, local sources were consistently accessed throughout the entire Upper Palaeolithic. Furthermore, a comparative analysis of ochres from nearby contemporary cave sites of Geißenklösterle and Vogelherd show that though inhabitants of these caves collected ochre from the same areas, some sources were kept exclusive to certain groups. This data, coupled with the presence of artefacts with ochre residues as well climatic and environmental fluctuations, offer an example of the complexity of ochre behaviours and how these changed and flourished over time in Southwestern Germany.

17:30 - EVENT - Harmony Week event 'Displaced': An evening of storytelling, poetry, spoken word and performance Website | More Information
Join us for an evening of storytelling, spoken word, poetry and performance at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. Seven performers have been invited to take the stage, sharing words and song on the theme of 'displacement' and 'community'.

18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - *CANCELLED* Why do we Need to Decentre Modernism? Art History and Avant-Garde Art from the Periphery Website | More Information
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

19:30 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | Baroque Sensations More Information
Under the direction of the Simon Lee Foundation Musician in Residence Shaun Lee-Chen the UWA String Orchestra will perform a selection of works by Baroque master Antonio Vivaldi.

Free entry - no bookings required.
Friday 29
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert | UWA Brass More Information
Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

This week, the UWA Trumpet Ensemble and Bells-Up Horn Quartet will play some rousing repertoire sure to brighten your day!

Free entry, no bookings required.

14:30 - EVENT - ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES : Planetary (and post-planetary) futures in the ‘shit soup’ of Antarctica More Information
The Antarctic Treaty System – which came into force in 1959 – has relatively little to say about sewage. It states only that (to paraphrase): effluent from any Antarctic research station with 30 or more occupants must be macerated before disposal, and discharged at sea in a location in which it is likely to be rapidly dispersed. However, over the past 20 years, many Antarctic research stations – beginning with New Zealand’s Scott Base, and the USA’s McMurdo Station – have built sophisticated sewage treatment facilities, and have in other ways as well vastly expanded their infrastructures and procedures for storing, managing, and disposing of, human waste. Based on ethnographic fieldwork on the continent during the summer research season of 2016-17, this paper argues that the development of these new sewage regimes – and of the wider discard regimes of which they are part – could be read as an expansionary form of biopower – as yet another example of the ways in which Antarctica’s technocratic-managerial elites use increasing regulation as a means for governing the bodies of all those who live and work on the continent. However, to stop there would be to miss the ways in which these new infrastructures of sewage are also living systems, in which the products of human bodies are brought into relationship with all manner of microorganisms, and with Antarctic ecosystems, in ways that – as with all forms of life – are inherently unstable. In so doing, they also engender a domain in which possible future interactions among people, fauna and environments can be not only imagined, but can be actively experimented upon. Associate Professor Richard Vokes is Associate Professor in the Anthropology of Development at the University of Western Australia, and an elected Research Associate of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford. His research focuses primarily on the African Great Lakes region, especially on the societies of South-western Uganda, where he has been conducting ethnographic fieldwork since 2000. He has published extensively, including on: development (governance, education, and natural resource management), the HIV/AIDS epidemic, new religious movements, and the history of photography, media and social change. He also works with African-Australians, in the digital humanities, and on the Anthropology of Antarctica. He has secured competitive research funding from: the Australian Research Council, the British Institute in East Africa, the British Library, the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the Marsden Fund (NZ), and the Wenner-Gren Foundation (USA). He has also carried out a wide range of consultancy and external advisory work, including for the UK and NZ governments, UNICEF, Oxford Analytica, IHS Markit, the Willis Group, and for a number of major transnational companies. His research has been used by the Office of the Secretary General of the UN. He is Editor of the Journal of Eastern African Studies, a Member of the Organizing Committee for the Australia Social Sciences Week, and President of the Australian Anthropological Society.

18:00 - EVENT - Free Film The Body Who Harnessed the Wind : Harmony Week Event free film Website | More Information
Free screening sponsored by Malawian Association and UWA Africa Research and Engagement Centre, of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, a 2019 British drama film written, directed by and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor in his feature directorial debut. 6pm for African Potluck Dinner (bring an African Dish); 7pm Movie starts. More information about the film at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Harnessed_the_Wind
Sunday 31
16:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Main Stage | Music on the Terrace : Simply Classical More Information
Government House Foundation of Western Australia and UWA Conservatorium of Music present:

Music on the Terrace: Simply Classical

In our first orchestral outing of 2019, the Head of the Conservatorium, Professor Alan Lourens, leads the UWA Symphony Orchestra in a diverse program that starts in London with the Suffragette movement of the 1900s.

Join us as we travel to Mozart’s Vienna, with a performance of his beautiful clarinet concerto, expertly performed by Head of Woodwinds Ashley Smith, followed by the vivacious Classical Symphony of Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky’s stirring 1812 Overture.

ETHEL SMYTH The Wreckers Overture

MOZART Clarinet Concerto with soloist Ashley Smith

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 (Classical)

TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

Tickets $35

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 April 2019
Tuesday 02
17:00 - SEMINAR - UWA Music presents: Callaway Centre Seminar Series | Prof. Julie Brown : Multiplying Musicians, Singing Note Heads, Mysterious Gramophones More Information
A free weekly seminar series, with presenters from within UWA and from the wider community.

Early cinema generated a small but distinct body of music-themed “trick films” featuring imaginative visualizations of music, sound and listening. Exponents of the “trick film” genre such as Georges Méliès and Segundo de Chomón clearly saw the potential for moving pictures to facilitate both visual and audio-visual tricks, notwithstanding the medium’s material silence. For Shiela J. Nayar, the prominent visualization of music and voices in early cinema points to an oral episteme of visual story-telling, the norms of which weighed heavily on ‘celluloid story-telling’. While this may be true, I argue in this paper that the ubiquity of musical and vocal themes in early films equally reflects film-makers’ intrigue not only with the close aesthetic relationship between music and image, but also with the creative and comic potential of the new technological media – visually present but silent, or sonically present but without visual source. With “silent” scenarios involving new audio technologies, there was a double incongruity, double the possibility for play – and perhaps, double the pleasure.

By considering a number of early trick films that engage with what we might call the mysterious properties of music and sound – visual conceptions of music’s ontology, music’s almost magical power to move its listeners, and the marvels and problems associated with new audio technologies – this paper draws on André Gaudreault’s concept of ‘trickality’ to argue that these films encourage us to engage with the ‘trickality’ of listening with images.

Further information at music.uwa.edu.au

18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Will the Earth become too hot for your grandchildren to handle? The science and politics of carbon emissions and storage. Website | More Information
The Australian Academy of Sciences Selby Lecture by Herbert Huppert, Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Cambridge.

This talk will describe the background of atmospheric temperatures in both the distant and recent past. It will explain the definite connection between the carbon dioxide and methane content of the atmosphere and the average global surface temperature. Various predictions into the future will be presented as well as useful ways of restoring a balance, including storage and chemical reaction.

The reactions of politicians to these ideas will be discussed.

Herbert Huppert is the Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, where he has been since 1968, having completed his undergraduate studies at Sydney University. He has used fundamental fluid mechanics to contribute to areas in meteorology, oceanography and the “solid” Earth Sciences. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Physical Society and the Royal Society of New South Wales. His most cited paper, with co-author Steve Sparks, published in 1988, on the melting of granitic crust by the input of hot basaltic magma has been cited more than 1,110 times (according to Google Scholar), although neither author can explain this popularity.

This lecture is presented by the UWA School of Earth Sciences and the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies.
Thursday 04
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : BHP Minerals Australia Heritage Strategy – Case Studies from WA Iron Ore More Information
BHP first presented on its Sustainable Heritage Strategy at Toowoomba AAA 2011. This presentation outlined how BHP was applying Bunting’s “Sustainability Model” as an important, viable, and value-adding framework for heritage practice in its Iron Ore operations. Eight years later this model has evolved to be a fully integrated company approach in how BHP works with key stakeholders to manage cultural heritage at a local and now national level.

This presentation will breakdown the BHP Minerals Australia Heritage Strategy and outline how the Strategy has become more closely aligned to our Reconciliation Action Plan targets as well as our obligation as a Company to walk with Traditional Owners and help facilitate a future where cultural heritage management is driven by those who have a cultural responsibility to do so.

This presentation will provide insight into some of the outputs of the Strategy as a whole and explore some of the key successes and learnings developed along the way by exploring a number case studies from the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.

17:00 - SEMINAR - CMSS Seminar: Domestic Violence and Islam More Information
Domestic violence is a global issue considered to be a heritage of the patriarchal system. While domestic violence is not a new problem, it has only attracted attention comparatively recently. Even with women being more powerful than ever, the modern world is still faces this issue.

In Islam, the Qur’an and prophetic practice clearly illustrates the relationship between spouses. It elaborates that the relationship is based on unconditional love, tenderness protection, peace, kindness, comfort and mercy. Furthermore, Prophet Muhammad himself set direct examples of these ideals of a marital relationship in his personal life.

In this seminar Rehan Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and writer, points out Islam’s three solutions to overcome domestic violence. Ahmad is one of the most read contemporary writers of Urdu language and his books have been translated into multiple languages. His book "When Life Begins" is one of Pakistan’s best sellers.

Ahmad holds a Master's in Islamic Studies and Computer Sciences and a Master of Philosophy in Social Sciences. His PhD explored Dawah Methodology Literature of the 20th century. Ahmad is a research fellow at Al-Marwrid, a foundation for Islamic research and education, and is the editor of the monthly Islamic magazine, Inzaar. He is also the director of an institution with the same name that works towards achieving social, ethical and religious reforms in Pakistani society.

17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - CMSS Public Lecture : Domestic Violence and Islam More Information
Domestic violence is a global issue considered to be a heritage of the patriarchal system. While domestic violence is not a new problem, it has only started attracting attention comparatively recently. Even with women being more powerful than ever, the modern world is still faces this issue. In Islam, the Qur’an and prophetic practice clearly illustrates the relationship between spouses as one based on unconditional love, tenderness, protection, peace, kindness, comfort and mercy. Furthermore, Prophet Muhammad himself set direct examples of these ideals of a marital relationship in his personal life. In this seminar Rehan Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and writer, points out Islam’s three solutions to overcome domestic violence. Ahmad is one of the most read contemporary writers of Urdu language and his books have been translated into multiple languages. His book "When Life Begins" is one of Pakistan’s best sellers. Ahmad holds a Master’s in Islamic Studies and Computer Sciences and a Master of Philosophy in Social Sciences. His PhD explored Dawah Methodology Literature of the 20th Century. Ahmad is a research fellow at Al-Marwrid, a foundation for Islamic research and education, and is the editor of the monthly Islamic magazine, Inzaar. He is also the director of an institution with the same name that works towards achieving social, ethical and religious reforms in Pakistani society.

18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Onset of Plate Tectonics on Earth Website | More Information
A public lecture by Chris Hawkesworth, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol and 2019 UWA Robert and Maude Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow.

The Earth is the only known planet on which there is plate tectonics, and on which there is life as we know it. It was not always that way, the Earth initially had a magma ocean, it cooled through a stagnant lid phase, and at some stage plate tectonics became the dominant tectonic regime. There are many models of the conditions required to initiate plate tectonics, but the evidence of when it started has to come from the geological record. Western Australia contains some of the best preserved rocks from the period over 3 billion years ago when dramatic changes in tectonic regime took place.

This lecture discusses the nature of the geological record, it explores links between different tectonic styles and the chemistry of the igneous rocks, and changes in the rigidity of the continental crust that might be associated with the development of plates. It explores changes that reflect the onset of plate tectonics that can be recognised from the rocks and minerals that have survived to the present day, and considers possible links between the development of plate tectonics and life on Earth.

19:30 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | Oxana Shevchenko and the UWA Wind Orchestra : Co-presented by the Sydney International Piano Competition More Information
Experience an evening of superb pianism with Kazakhstan born and grand finalist of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, Oxana Shevchenko.

Oxana Shevchenko is internationally recognised as a pianist of outstanding artistry, sensibility, and versatility and is equally in demand both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She impressed the jury of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, making it through as the only female grand finalist and prize winner for the best Piano Quintet.

Shevchenko will dazzle audiences in this special collaboration, performing solo works by Beethoven, Schumann and Gershwin before she is joined by the UWA Wind Orchestra for a performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

PROGRAM

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1

SCHUMANN Carnaval Op.9

GERSHWIN 3 Preludes

GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Wind Ensemble

Tickets from $49

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Friday 05
11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar Series : Revisiting the language-culture nexus: Difference and repetition in language shift to a creole More Information
It has become commonplace to state that language and culture are intimately interwoven, and that therefore losing one’s language – as it happens in situations of colonization for instance – implies losing one’s culture. However, few scientific studies have tackled the consequences of language shift in this respect. What difference does communicating in another code make to what speakers can express and how they describe the world? Does using a new language necessarily alter one’s world-views? This presentation will address this question through an empirical comparison of Kriol, an English-based creole widely spoken in the north of Australia, with Dalabon, one of the Australian Aboriginal languages that is being replaced by Kriol. Focusing on the expression of emotions (Ponsonnet 2014), I will show which linguistic tools remain, which do not; which meanings get replaced, and which are missing. The results of this study highlight the tensions between linguistic pressures that may impact the way people describe and construe the world; and the remarkable plasticity by which languages allow their speakers to say whatever they want to say. The case study also suggests some practical options that may appeal to communities who have adopted a new language and wish to retain their cultural identity at the same time.

11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Looking Back to the Future: Some Reflections on Researching and Writing an Urban Social History of Singapore More Information
James F. Warren is the author of two critically acclaimed social histories of the city: Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940 (1986) and Ah Ku and Karayuki-san: Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940 (1992). In this seminar, Warren considers the two books’ reception in Singapore, then and now. Described as a ‘powerful corrective to the romantic image of colonial Singapore’, his research has been considered as a pivotal juncture in an emerging post-colonial social history of the city. Warren’s talk will focus on methodological approach and sources for uncovering Singapore’s social history and women’s history, including prosopography and micro-history. He will also discuss how Singaporeans have read and re-presented his own works.

13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert | UWA Voice More Information
Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.

Transcend the everyday in our free lunchtime concert featuring the sublime sounds of UWA voice students. These emerging young artists will present a mixed program of songs and arias covering the 300 years from Henry Purcell to Libby Larsen, accompanied by Gladys Chua.

Free entry, no bookings required.
Saturday 06
10:00 - EVENT - Art Upmarket : Connecting art lovers with WA's best artists Website | More Information
Art Upmarket is all about connecting art lovers with Perth’s best artists. Meet the artists and purchase art directly from them on the day. Fill your home with local art. The market will showcase a curated selection of more than 50 of Perth’s most talented artists in Winthrop Hall. Saturday 6th April 2019 – 10am-4pm Free entry and parking. Venue is easily accessible 
Venue: The University of Western Australia’s Winthrop Hall Undercroft 

35 Stirling Highway, Crawley
Website: www.perthupmarket.com.au Facebook.com/perthupmarket #artupmarket
Monday 08
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Echo360 ALP Essentials Website | More Information
This 90-minute workshop will explore the active learning potential and video management options in the Lecture Capture system.

Topics include: managing your lecture recordings, sharing slides with students, uploading videos, lecture capture analytics, student note-taking, Q&A discussions within Lecture Capture, and active engagement slides.

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