home cooked theory

The State of the Industry: Initial program launch

Thanks to John, Angela, Graeme, Emily, Clif and Alison, it’s time to formally announce:
The State of the Industry:
The future for cultural research in the university
26th and 27th November 2009
The University of New South Wales, Kensington
The State of the Industry is a two day conference that will discuss the future for cultural research in the [...]

Work cultures

C’s comment in the previous post illustrates much more effectively than I did the significance of addressing graduate futures. Surely the whole model of conference organisation that annual association conferences depend upon assumes an ongoing relationship with a department/university. How is it possible to nominate to organise a conference when you have no job security? [...]

Cultural studies and obsolescence

Last night, along with a few other cultural studies scholars in Sydney, I was invited to meet the new CSAA President, Amanda Third. The idea was to “think out loud about the fact no-one has come forward to hold this year’s CSAA conference” and to see what people are thinking about “the CSAA version of [...]

Rural melancholy and the metronormative

Since getting back from my travels I’ve been working on a few things, including plans for Crossroads 2010 and invites for the CRN State of the Industry conference in November. I’ve been really excited about the plenary speakers for Crossroads for weeks, so it’s great to have the news official now. Meanwhile, we will probably [...]

e-waste

Nadia says:
“Just found this room at my work with a sign saying ‘Not Working’. Could only capture one corner.”