Boyer Lectures - Fast, Smart And Connected: What Is It To Be Human, And Australian, In A Digital World?
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Each year since 1959, the ABC has sparked conversation about critical ideas with the Boyer Lectures. In 2017, the Boyer Lectures are by Professor Genevieve Bell. Her series is called Fast, smart and connected: What is it to be human, and Australian, in a digital world?
Episodes
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Lecture 5 - Counting Our Victories: the end of Garvey-ism and the soft bigotry of low expectation
16/12/2012 Duration: 29minIn her final lecture, Professor Langton reflects on the economic transformation underway in the lives of Aboriginal people -- from increasing Indigenous enrolments in higher education, through rising employment in mining and other rural industries, to the explosion of cultural production by Aboriginal people into the Australian mainstream not only on canvas and on the stage, but also in music, literature, cinema and television.
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Lecture 4: The conceit of wilderness ideology
09/12/2012 Duration: 28minIn her fourth lecture, Professor Langton examines how some beliefs within the nature conservation movement in Australia have perpetuated the idea that Aboriginal people are the enemies of nature, and describes recent examples of Indigenous tractional land practices which combine western ecological knowledge to create sustainable and economically viable custodianship of country,
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Lecture 3: Old barriers and new models. The private sector, government and the economic empowerment of Aboriginal Australians
02/12/2012 Duration: 29minIn her third lecture, Professor Langton illuminates the experiences of two Aboriginal communities who are levering economic advancement through agreements with mining companies, and examines why it is that the private sector is leading the way in forging new working models with Indigenous Australia while government policies lag far behind.
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Lecture 2 - From Protectionism to Economic Advancement
25/11/2012 Duration: 29minIn her second lecture, Professor Langton examines the confluence of historical, political and social factors which have created entrenched barriers against the economic advancement of Aboriginal people in Australia.
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Lecture 1 - Changing the paradigm: Mining Companies, Native Title and Aboriginal Australians
18/11/2012 Duration: 54minIn this first lecture Professor Langton explores the changing relationship between Aboriginal communities and mining companies since the 1993 Mabo agreement and native title legislation, and asks whether this could offer a model for the economic empowerment of all Indigenous people in Australia.
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Lecture 4: A Home in Fiction
11/12/2011 Duration: 35minIt is my great good luck that the words I use are English words, which means I live in a very old nation of open borders; a rich, deep, multi-layered, promiscuous universe, infused with Latin, German, French, Greek, Arabic and countless other tongues. I would not be able to swim so far, dive so deep, in a linguistically isolated language such as Hungarian, or even a protectively elitist one such as French.
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Lecture 3: At Home in the World
04/12/2011 Duration: 36minIf one definition of the word 'home' is a goal or objective, then I have to be clear that becoming the kind of journalist who covered war was never my goal or intention.
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Lecture 2: A Home on Bland Street
27/11/2011 Duration: 35minThe idea of home is bigger than the floorplan of any given four walls or the mass of any roof line. It cannot be compassed by rote recitations of suburb or postcode, nation or state. In last week's lecture, I mentioned the various definitions that dictionaries give for that small, heavily laden word, home. Tonight I would like to explore some of them: home as 'a place of origin, a native habitat', home as 'an environment offering security and happiness' and home as 'the place where something is discovered, founded, developed or promoted. A source.'
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Lecture 1: Our Only Home
20/11/2011 Duration: 53minIn dictionaries, definitions of home are various. It is both 'a place of origin, a starting position' and 'a goal or destination.' It may also be 'an environment offering security and happiness' or 'the place where something is discovered, founded, developed or promoted. A source.'
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Lecture 6: The Republic of Learning
19/12/2010 Duration: 37minUniversities may appear unchanged and enduring, yet the world of the mind is shifting quickly. This is a moment of unparalleled growth, but also of new challenges — the web, on-line learning, and international competition. Australian higher education must think about its role in the republic of learning, so there is a place for every citizen, for every community.
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Lecture 5: Fired with Enthusiasm
12/12/2010 Duration: 32minIn the modern university, the new sits awkwardly alongside the ancient — medieval gowns and corporate branding, academic board and a chief financial officer. Yet despite its many contradictions, campus remains a place of vitality and imagination, as each new generation seeks its place in the world.
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Lecture 4: Becoming a Citizen
05/12/2010 Duration: 33minWho gets to university will set the pattern for the life to follow — not just in income and profession, but across almost every dimension of health and happiness. So access to higher learning is a profound matter of social justice. Ensuring equality of opportunity to higher learning must start at the very beginning of education.
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Lecture 3: Research! A Mere Excuse for Idleness
28/11/2010 Duration: 33minResearch is not an ancient feature of the university, yet has become central to their identity. To tackle the really big questions, such as containing malaria, requires networks of researchers across many institutions. It is the republic at its most inspirational as it discovers and communicates the excitement of new knowledge.
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Lecture 2: A Lectern in a Dusty Room
21/11/2010 Duration: 35minOn Open Day across the nation, the republic of learning is on display. Amid the multitude of courses on offer, the classroom is changing — new technology, new ways of teaching, and an old debate about how best to share knowledge with the next generation.
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Lecture 1: The Global Moment
14/11/2010 Duration: 54minDuring the Renaissance, a new generation, living for the first time in a world of printing, created a conversation across borders and languages.
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Lecture 6: Australia's Future: Paying it Forward
13/12/2009 Duration: 30minWith climate change, the republic, national security, a bill of rights, and the economy, what kind of future are we creating for our children and their children? Every decision we make on the big issues will have a profound effect on their lives, so what can we do now to ensure that we give them the best possible Australia?
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Lecture 5: From Nino Cullotta to Hazim El Masri
06/12/2009 Duration: 31minHow did we get to where we are as a nation? How many mistakes did we make along the way and how many things did we get right? Over General Peter Cosgrove's lifetime we have grown from a population of 7.5 million to just over 22 million, and in that time our society -- and as a result our nation -- has changed.
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Lecture 4: The Politics of Ordinary Australians
29/11/2009 Duration: 30minAustralia has had its fair share of pivotal political moments over the years, moments that have engaged the interest and opinions of its people. Yet, through them all, our democracy and our institutions have stayed strong and we have remained peaceful.
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Lecture 3: Leading In Australia
22/11/2009 Duration: 30minPeter Cosgrove has led the army and then the entire defence force, so he is eminently well placed to talk about leadership. So for him, what makes a good leader? Does it matter if that leader is running a business, a country, or the school tuckshop?
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Lecture 2: Australia's Regional Relationships
15/11/2009 Duration: 29minIf Australia were for sale how would the real estate agent describe it? If a potential buyer asked the neighbours what they thought, what would they say? In reality, the USA may be our closest ally but it's not our nearest neighbour, and how we interact with the countries closest to us will determine our challenges and our opportunities for the future.