Technē Architecture + Interior Design has established a reputation in Melbourne’s hospitality scene. From the slightly gritty and urbane interiors found at The Espy to the more sleek and refined at Brunetti, it’s about creating an ambience to speaks to the audience. And as with the consumer, each venue has its own identity. Stephen Crafti caught up with architect Nick Travers, one of three directors at Technē.

Nick Travers, Director at Technē Architecture + Interior Design

The Gender Equity and Justice project had the honour of sitting in circle and chatting with two men who are down with being vulnerable and exploring all things respectful relationships, challenging outdated ideas and behaviours, and thinking about what leadership can look like if you take away gender expectations. 
 
Matt Brown is a New Zealand-born Samoan and an author, communicator, internationally acclaimed barber and hair artist. He co-founded the She is not your rehab movement and brand with his wife Sarah Brown in 2019.   
 
Nasir Sobhani, known as The Streets Barber, was born and raised in Japan, of Iranian heritage. He is a Canadian citizen and a member of the Baha'i Faith. His inspirational work focuses on how it is possible to face addiction, find sobriety and create your true-life purpose by being of service to others.

The Gender Justice Barbershop with Matt & Nas

International Roadies Day Talk on rock venues.Dr Kipps Horn speaks to Graham Madigan aka 'Scrooge', as part of the "Music, Melbourne + Me" exhibition at RMIT Gallery.

International Roadies Day Talk with Graham Madigan

Jon Buckingham, RMIT Collections Coordinator and Curator, discusses the RMIT Art collection and tours the exhibition Revelations: Sculpture From The RMIT Art Collection at RMIT Gallery.

Jon Buckingham, RMIT Collections Coordinator - Revelations exhibition

Dr. Martin Mäntele, director of the HfG-Archive, provides a tour of the Ulm School Of Design exhibition at RMIT Gallery and speaks about the 'Ulm Model' and the designer's role in helping to build a democratic society in a technologically driven age of mass production.

For more information visit: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=3jz1yk6pn1mn1
For images relating to the content visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rmit/sets/72157645774384037/

The Story of the Ulm School of Design

Plus interview with RMIT economist Sinclair Davidson.

Leon and Garry talk about issues including:

·  The OECD warning that sickly eurozone recovery is a drag on the outlook for the global economy as it cut growth forecasts for most major advanced economies. Meanwhile, China’s industrial production slows and it bans the sale and import of "dirty" coal

· The G20 moves to crack down on tax avoidance

·  Australia's decision to deploy fighter jets and military personnel to the Middle East could cost the budget an extra $400 million a year.

Relevant Links: http://www.bioinnovationsa.com.au/

Jurgen Michaelis, CEO of BioSa - Talking Business 2014, Ep 36

Curator Dr Jacqueline Healy examines the aesthetic divergences and vibrancy that distinguishes the art of Balgo and the importance of Christianity to the Balgo community as a means of cross cultural communication.

Warlayirti -  The Art of Balgo - Curator Talk

Nick Austin, founder of Divvy a website that enables people and businesses to rent out car spaces, making better use of space in our cities and urban areas. Divvy is founded on the concept of collaborative consumption made famous businesses such as Uber and Airbnb.
 
Plus interview with economist Francis Grey.
 
Leon and Garry talk about issues including:

·  Activity in China’s manufacturing sector declining and house prices falling while the Eurozone’s manufacturing sector grinds to a halt and Italy slips into a recession and Moody’s cuts Japan’s credit rating.
·  Deloitte Access Economics economist predicts bigger budget deficits
·  A PricewaterhouseCoopers report showing that most Australian businesses are not engaging with Asia.
 
Relevant links:   https://www.divvy.com.au/

Nick Austin, founder of Divvy - Talking Business 2014, Ep 47

Risky Play with Elise Waghorn.

In this podcast Dr Elise Waghorn supports parents and carers to under the benefits of children engaging in the different types of risky play. The different types of risky play are explored and ideas are given as to have to facilitate this type of play.

Early Childoohd Education - Risky Play With Dr Elise Waghorn

Phonics with Sue Rook.
In this podcast Dr Susan Rook helps parents and carers understand how to support their children’s phonological awareness and early phonics knowledge to support their first steps in reading.

Early Childhood Education - Phonics With Dr Sue Rook

Jonathan speaks with Michael J. Abramowitz, the president of Freedom House - an independent watchdog organisation dedicated to the expansion of freedom in the world. As their website states: 'Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people.'  

Before joining Freedom House in February 2017, Mike was director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Levine Institute for Holocaust Education. He led the museum’s genocide prevention efforts, including the creation of the "Committee on Conscience", and later oversaw its public education programs.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 10: Michael Abramowitz

Jonathan speaks with the tireless Paul Williams. Paul is a former US State Department officer, Paul co-founded the Public International Law & Policy Group - a non-profit, pro bono global law firm advising everyone from sovereign governments to non-state armed groups. He also finds time to be a professor at American University, Washington DC.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 9: Paul Williams

Jonathan speaks with Sarah Leah Whitson an American human rights lawyer and advocate with a passion for advancing democracy and human rights in the Middle East.  

Sarah Leah has worked and volunteered for various civil society organisations, including the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Center for Economic and Social Rights and for Human Rights Watch.  

For over a decade and a half, Sarah Leah waŹqq in the leadership of Human Rights Watch - where she served as executive director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch. Sarah Leah has now taken up the role of executive director at DAWN- Democracy for the Arab World Now – an organisation advocating for democracy and human rights in the Arab world that was originally conceived by Jamal Khashoggi - the murdered Saudi journalist and rights activist. Prior to her human rights work, Sarah-Leah worked for Goldman Sachs as an investment banker and as lawyer for a prominent New York law firm. Sarah-Leah is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 8: Sarah Leah Whitson

Jonathan speaks with Professor Sean Murphy - a former president of the American Society of International Law and currently the Special Rapporteur on Crimes Against Humanity for the UN's International Law Commission. In this role he has led efforts to draft articles for a world-first dedicated treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity.  

Professor Sean Murphy teaches, writes, and practices in the fields of public international law and U.S. foreign relations law at George Washington University Law School in Washington DC.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 7: Sean Murphy

Jonathan speaks with the amazing Tilman Ruff in his lifelong quest to rid the world of nuclear weapons in part, through the creation of an international treaty to do just that. Tilman is an associate professor of public health at @UniMelb and the co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - or ICAN for short. ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 - and led the push for the drafting of the Nuclear Ban Treaty -- which is likely to attract enough countries' support to come into force either this year or next.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 6: Tilman Ruff

Jonathan talks with Maha Abdallah an advocate and activist for the protection of human rights for Palestinians and more broadly the people of the Middle East. In 2020, Maha assumed a new role as international advocacy officer at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, to be based in Brussels. (alas, Covid travel restrictions has not allowed her to make it there, so she is currently working from Jerusalem).  

Maha was formerly a senior legal researcher at Al-Haq, focusing on business and human rights and corporate accountability in occupied territory and conflict-affected settings. She was focused primarily on the role of corporations in the unlawful exploitation of natural resources, complicity and involvement in human rights abuses. Maha was also elected to the ESCR-Net (International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Board in 2018 and serves on the Project Advisory Group of ESCR-Net’s Corporate Capture Project and on the Conflict and ESCR Advisory Group. She received her LL.M. from the Irish Centre for Human Rights and B.A in Political Science from The American University in Cairo.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 5: Maha Abdallah

Jonathan talks with Lucy Greenwood about her journey in private international law. Lucy is an independent international arbitrator based in England. She specialises in commercial and investment disputes and has over 20 years of experience in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations in a wealth of different industries and has acted as counsel or arbitrator in more than 60 arbitrations.  

Lucy is a Chartered Arbitrator, a Member of the State Bar of Texas and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Her extensive experience includes: arbitrations involving energy, oil and gas disputes - fracking and water rights, land disputes, major construction and design issues, coal mining and power plants, Lucy is listed on the numerous arbitrator panel rosters including the WIPO, ACICA (Australian Centre for International Dispute Resolution) HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre), Asian International Arbitration Centre and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 4: Lucy Greenwood

Jonathan talks to Jeyashree Nadarajah. Jeyashree has had an incredible career in the realm of civilian protection in armed conflict that has taken her from her home in Malaysia around the world and back again.  

Jeyashree has worked for various United Nations agencies and offices – including the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict, the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict, the UN Children’s Fund – UNICEF, and the UN Development Programme – UNDP. In those roles she’s worked on protecting women and children, and civilians more generally, in conflict-affected areas and conflict zones themselves. She has done so – in the field – working with reintegrating children in the Philippines after the signing of the Bangsomoro Peace Agreement on the island of Mindanao,

Better Place Season 2 Episode 3: Jeyashree Nadarajah

Jonathan speaks with Sarah Holewinski. Sarah is a 2020 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, advising the Institute on security sector reform strategy. She was most recently senior advisor on human rights to the Office of the Chairman of The Joint Chiefs. Prior, she was deputy chief of staff for policy for Ambassador Power at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.  

For nearly a decade, Sarah was executive director of Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), leading efforts to advise warring parties on civilian protection and responsible use of force. In that role, she worked extensively with the U.S. military and its allies and in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, CAR, Burma, and elsewhere.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 2: Sarah Holewinski

Jonathan sits down with Yvette Zegenhagen, Head of International Humanitarian Law at Australian Red Cross. After a stint in commercial law, Yvette now spearheads a Red Cross team charged with advancing international humanitarian law - the "laws of war" - within Australian society. International Humanitarian Law is a set of international laws that set what can and cannot be done during an armed conflict. Their main purpose is to maintain some humanity in armed conflicts, saving lives and reducing suffering.

Better Place Season 2 Episode 1: Yvette Zegenhagen

James Farmer, CEO of Incsub talks about Upfront which allows people to customise their site — not just the content but the design too.

http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/introducing-upfront/

James Farmer, CEO of Incsub - Talking Technology 2015, Ep8

Episode One is an introduction to the European Union (EU) Centre at RMIT University, Melbourne and broader Australia-EU relations as experienced journalists Leon Gettler and Garry Barker chat with Prof Bruce Wilson, Director of European Union (EU) Centre at RMIT University. Topics include the role of the EU Centre at RMIT in building partnerships with researchers across RMIT University and beyond in various academic, diplomatic and business fields of Australia and Europe. This includes discussion around research, innovation, trade and investment, and the European Single Market. 

Prof Bruce Wilson, Director of European Union Centre at RMIT - Talking European Union 2015, Ep1

Plus, interview with economist Nicholas Gruen.

Leon and Garry talk about issues including:
Signs of a breakthrough with Greece and a recovery in the Eurozone but manufacturing in China contracts for the most in a year and the US trade deficit blows out by its highest level in six years.
Deloitte Access economics is warning that the Abbott government will sink $14 billion deeper into deficit next financial year.
The Abbott government abandons plans for a Google tax.
 
Relevant links:  http://incsub.com/

James Farmer, Founder and CEO of Incsub - Talking Business 2015, Ep14

Funded by the European Research Council, Why We Post examined uses of social media across eight countries. Part of the intention of the project was to make research findings easily accessible to a worldwide audience over digital platforms which resulted in developing an e-learning course for FutureLearn, making short films and publishing Open Access books.

Moderated by John Postill, three members of the Why We Post team – Daniel Miller, Jolynna Sinanan and Sheba Mohammid – will discuss the design and development of the course based on fifteen months of ethnographic research in diverse field sites. Specifically they will reflect upon the production of videos in each field site in collaboration with research participants, stories of individuals and wider discoveries on uses of social media in relation to themes such as education, politics and inequality. Andrea McLagan will compare the Why We Post initiative with ongoing MOOC developments at RMIT and beyond.

Danny Miller - Why We Post - The use and consequences of social media

Is access to justice for all an impossible dream or can lawyers, design thinkers and experts in artificial intelligence bring it within reach? Will courts be a place or a service that can deliver dispute resolution on-line 24/7? What role can on-line systems play in criminal matters? Can this technology help you and your clients?

Centre for Innovative Justice Director Rob Hulls speaks with Peter Van den Biggelaar, the Executive Director of the Dutch Legal Aid Board and Maurits Barendrecht, the Research Director at HiiL Innovating Justice.

Centre for Innovative Justice

Rob Hulls with Peter Van den Biggelaar and Maurits Barendrecht

Artist Natasha Johns-Messenger started her career studying painting at RMIT University before focusing on installation-based work, also completing her Masters Degree at the University. Now based in New York, Johns-Messenger has just had her first solo exhibition at the Heide Museum in Bulleen, Melbourne. Her site-specific work is truly extraordinary!

Talking Design

Artist Natasha Johns-Messenger - Talking Design 2016, Ep11

Professor Fazal Rizvi: Ideological Constructions of the Asian Youth and the Asian Century.

The idea of the Asian century has become commonplace in Australian popular imaginary. In policy circles, it is widely used, most notably in the Henry Report (2012). In this paper, I will examine the ideological construction of the idea of the Asian century against the backdrop of the complex history of Australia–Asia relations. Furthermore, I will discuss how this construction has the potential to shape popular perceptions in Australia of young people in Asia, trapping them within a consumerist logic. In this logic, the Asian middle-class youth emerges as a heroic figure, economically and politically useful to our strategic interests.

Fazal Rizvi is a Professor in Education at the University of Melbourne, as well as an Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He has written extensively on globalisation and education policy, issues of identity, difference and culture in transnational contexts, Indian higher education and Australia–Asia relations. His most recent books include: Globalising Education Policy(Routledge (2010) and Encountering Education in a Global Era (Routledge 2014).


Fazal Rizvi: Ideological constructions of the Asian Youth and the Asian Century

This presentation explores the politics of social justice and young people in the contemporary era from the perspective of feminist debates about ‘affective equality’, the ethics of care, and relational responsibility. It argues that there is an urgency to reposition responsibility as a productive orientation and practice, especially in light of the rise of the neo-liberal, self-responsible individual and associated critiques. It outlines some approaches for rethinking responsibility, drawing out its fundamental link to social justice as a relational and affective pursuit and practice. 

The social circumstances of precarity bring new challenges into view for how educational institutions and the youth sector might address the multiple dimensions of social justice and respond to a pervasive sense of vulnerability, including the accompanying opportunities and demands for care, interdependence and responsibility – towards others, not only the self – that this calls forth. 

Julie is the Deputy Director, Melbourne University Social Equity Institute, a Professor at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2012–2016). Her research areas encompass youth and gender studies, curriculum history, feminism, gender equity and education. She is currently working on a genealogy of adolescence, citizenship and schooling (1930s–1970s) and a history of school design and pedagogical innovation.


Julie McLeod: Young people, education and social justice

Sean Senvirtne, talks about his company MyDeal.com.au, an online marketplace connecting Australian SMEs to consumers.
 
Interview with economist Saul Eslake
 
Leon and Garry talk about issues including:
·         The pound crashing with British PM Theresa May announcing March as the date for when Britain invokes Article 50 to leave the EU

·         The parliamentary banking inquiry

·         South Australia’s power blackout hitting companies across the board including BHP Billiton, Oz Minerals, Arrium and the tuna fishing industry in Port Lincoln.

 
 
Relevant links    http://www.mydeal.com.au/

Talking Business

Sean Senvirtne - Talking Business 2016, Ep36

Architect Paul Porjazoski started his practice in 2003 soon after graduating from university. A few years later his partner architect Merran Porjazoski joined him and the duo has been designing bespoke houses ever since. Bent Architecture recently designed a crematorium.

Paul Porjazoski - Talking Design 2016, Ep16

Audiovisual artists MindBuffer, who illuminated Storey Hall in 2016 with their custom projection mapping technology have teamed up with world renowned digital artist Andy Thomas to create Ectoplasm, which will be projected onto Storey Hall at White Night 2017.

Digital design lecturer Dr Joshua Batty and MindBuffer partner RMIT alumni Mitchell Nordine speak about their creation with Andy Thomas in this interview with Evelyn Tsitas.   

Read more: http://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2017/feb/rmit-lights-up-white-night-melbourne

Art, Design & Media

Interview with MindBuffer

RMIT Gallery's latest exhibition explores our fascination with the merging of humans and animals. Aeden Ratcliffe talks to its curator, Dr Evelyn Tsitas.

Art, Design and Media
Art, Design and Media
Art, Design and Media
Art, Design and Media

My Monster: The Human Animal Hybrid – Curator Interview

Trained in gold & silvermithing at RMIT University, jeweller Emma Goodsir established gallery e.g.etal with Ali Limb in 1998. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Flinders Lane gallery supporting contemporary jewellers from Australia and New Zealand.

Emma Goodsir, Founder of e.g.etal – Talking Design 2018 Ep 23

Landscape Designer Kate Seddon spent 15 years in advertising before switching to landscape design, studying at Burnley Horticultural College. She is quickly building a reputation for her domestic gardens and is currently completing a new pathway and garden at the TurraWarra Museum of Art.

Kate Seddon, Landscape Designer - Talking Design 2019, Ep.14

From embellishment and exaggeration to identity, gender and desire - a new exhibition opening at RMIT Gallery presents the work of a diverse group of artists who used the body as a personal, provocative and at times political canvas.

RMIT Gallery

Provocative Pleasure - An exhibition set to intrigue

In this podcast episode, Open Circle’s Anna Howard speaks with representative of the UK’s Restorative Justice Council, Jim Simon (CEO), Becky Beard (Trustee) and Rebecca Rushton. Their conversation explores the evolution of restorative justice in the UK, from criminal justice settings to forensic mental health settings, prisons and schools, the RJC’s role in setting RJ practice standards and how RJ might help communities rebuild and recover from Covid-19 related harms.

A conversation with the Restorative Justice Council

People with acquired brain injury are overrepresented in our criminal justice systems. Our Voices introduces 5 members of the Voices for Change self-advocacy group. In Our Voices, group members share insights about their experience of the criminal justice system and what they think could be changed to address the overrepresentation of people with disability in the criminal justice system.

In this episode, John shares his experiences of police, justice and prison and his personal journey to come to terms with his acquired brain injury.

Our Voices Podcast Series – Episode 2 – John

People with acquired brain injury are overrepresented in our criminal justice systems. Our Voices introduces 5 members of the Voices for Change self-advocacy group. In Our Voices, group members share insights about their experience of the criminal justice system and what they think could be changed to address the overrepresentation of people with disability in the criminal justice system.

Dorothy discusses her gendered experience of the criminal justice system and her struggles to find support. She talks about her self-advocacy journey and using her experiences to influence change.

Our Voices Podcast Series – Episode 5 – Dorothy

People with acquired brain injury are overrepresented in our criminal justice systems. Our Voices introduces 5 members of the Voices for Change self-advocacy group. In Our Voices, group members share insights about their experience of the criminal justice system and what they think could be changed to address the overrepresentation of people with disability in the criminal justice system.

Kevin talks about his experience having both an Acquired Brain Injury and Schizophrenia and finding support through the NDIS to stay out of justice system.

Our Voices Podcast Series – Episode 6 – Kevin

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