Date: Tuesday 15 November, 1:30 to 4:30 pm
Venue: Room 1.3.29, WSU Parramatta City Campus
The Institute for Culture and Society’s Borders & Diversity and Cultural Infrastructure research programs are hosting this joint seminar event, titled ‘Beyond Diversity and Towards Inclusion in Cultural Institutions’. It will feature two panels with academics and industry practitioners, as well as opportunities for discussion and networking.
1:30 – 1:45 Introduction
1:45 – 2:45 Panel Discussion I: Policy, Organisational Culture and Service Provision
Shivanjani Lal, Parramatta Artist Studios and Cultural Services
Zainab Syed, Belvoir St Theatre
Professor Gerard Goggin, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Lucy Nicholas, Western Sydney University
2:45 – 3:00 Tea Break
3:00 – 4:00 Panel Discussion II: Representation in Cultural Production
Lena Nahlous, Diversity Arts Australia
Dr Deborah Lawler-Dormer, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Dr Cecelia Cmielewski, Western Sydney University
Dr Katrina Sandbach, Western Sydney University
4:00 – 4:30 Networking with Nibbles
We hope the event will provide a productive space for discussions around the key issues relating to diversity and inclusion, with the aim of producing a discussion paper that encapsulates some of these ideas and maps the use of ‘diversity’ discourses in cultural institutions.