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Corona and Climate: Mental Health in an Age of Uncertainty

12 July 2020

Jo Longman and Maddy Braddon find stark parallels between their work on the mental health and wellbeing impacts of climate…

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Sites of Violence: Submerged Voices and Embodied Trauma

10 July 2020

Michelle St Anne, Hannah Della Bosca, Elizabeth Duncan, Bruce Isaacs and Rebecca Lawrence entwine their research, recognising silenced voices within…

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Sustaining Seas: Beauty and Urgency Beneath the Waves

09 July 2020

Reflecting on the launch of the new edited volume, Sustaining Seas: Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, edited by…

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Nature in Culture: Learning to Value Empirical but Intangible Truths

09 July 2020

Reflecting on Niuean scholar Dr Jess Pasisi’s work in Episode 4 of Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture Multimedia Series, Genevieve…

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The Sounds of Our Country Are in Our Voices

06 July 2020

Dr Genevieve Campbell and Jacinta Tipungwuti reflect on the unique vocal sound of the Tiwi Strong Women’s group. Their songs…

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Coronavirus and the Cycle of Conservation Violence in Southern Africa

03 July 2020

Zimbabwe’s protected forests are home to some of the most valuable species on the planet, and political ecologist Tafadzwa Mushonga reports…

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Sites of Violence: Bodies, Space and Sight

30 June 2020

Carolyn McKay, Heather Shannon, Chris Smith and Dinesh Wadiwel interweave musings on the physical, psychological and emotional violence of hostile…

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Adaptive Architecture: Redesigning the Tabular Rasa

28 June 2020

The resource-intensive cycle of demolition and construction seems endless, but architect Hugo Chan argues that through adaptive reuse we can…

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Nature in Culture: Flowing from Kunama Namadgi, The Mother of Snow

24 June 2020

Frozen or flowing, connection to the waters of the Snowy Mountains is inextricable from Ngarigu identity, says Jakelin Troy in…

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MSJ Series: Amphibious Justice

22 June 2020

Herpetological worldings point to the importance of imagining justice as metamorphic, says Sophie Chao, requiring a nomadic ethics that can…

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COVID-19 and Renewable Energy: Australia’s Golden Opportunity

19 June 2020

“With the right policy and green funding settings, we can finally live up to our ambitions as a renewable energy…

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Sites Of Violence: Invisibility, Responsibility and Resonance

18 June 2020

Danielle Celemajer, Megan Mackenzie and Damien Ricketson interweave their thoughts on research and the role of the artist in creating…

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Strategic Ignorance: Rio Tinto’s Destruction of Sacred Juukan Caves

16 June 2020

How can we excuse mining giant Rio Tinto’s unconscionable destruction of a 46,000 year old Pilbara Aboriginal Heritage site on…

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Corona and Climate: One Planet, One Health

15 June 2020

Recognising the complex interconnections between environmental, human and non-human health, Irus Braverman explores One Health, an integrative, multidisciplinary approach to understanding…

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We’re in This Together: Working Towards a New Food Culture

10 June 2020

FoodLab Sydney doctoral student Eva Perroni finds businesses, individuals and community organisations rising to meet compounding environmental, public health and…

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Nature in Culture: Aboriginal Aquacultural Science and Sustainability

10 June 2020

Exploring oyster farming, dugong hunting and Indigenous sustainability, June Rubis reflects on Mitchell Gibbs’ conversation with Dr Christine Winter in…

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Corona and Climate: Bushfire Smoke Exposure, COVID-19 and Respiratory Health

09 June 2020

SEI editor Liberty Lawson speaks with epidemiologist Dr Geoff Morgan about his research on the impacts of smoke exposure from…

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Climate Change and Civil Unrest: Insights from Syria and COVID-19

04 June 2020

From droughts in the Fertile Crescent to the Arab Spring, Michael Lotsaris tracks political turbulence in response to environmental crises as…

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Hope, Grief, Anger and Change: Imagining Futures with James Bradley

02 June 2020

SEI editor Liberty Lawson sits down with the Institute’s new Honorary Affiliate, Australian author and critic James Bradley, to talk…

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Sites of Violence: Threads of Home and Compositional Thinking

28 May 2020

Illuminating landscapes of violence in plain sight, theatre director Michelle St Anne traces the threads of home, solastagia and the sunlit…

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Nature in Culture: Being and Beings Beyond the Human

27 May 2020

Dr Christine Winter reflects on themes of representation and justice in Marind philosophy, as presented by anthropologist Dr Sophie Chao…

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Corona and Climate: Governing Global Health Versus Climate Health

26 May 2020

Following on from last week’s World Health Assembly, Charlotte Owens considers the role of politically convenient science in comparing the…

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Corona and Climate: The Pandemic Has Changed Everything and Nothing

15 May 2020

As the ash has settled and a nation bunkers down, Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter reflects on the shift…

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A World of Vibrations: Storytelling Through Composition and Soundscape

13 May 2020

Multimedia artist and interdisciplinary scholar Diana Chester takes us through her background working with sonic landscapes around the world, from…