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to the Institute
PATRONS:
The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE
The Institute of Postcolonial Studies
is an autonomous educational institution located in Melbourne,
Australia. It has linkages to major universities and research
bodies both in Australia and internationally. We invite you
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programmes, scholarship, activism and research.
A Forum on Development
and Change in Contemporary Tibet
Since the 1980s China has embraced economic reforms on an unprecedented
scale. Yet, while Deng Xiaoping’s “reform and opening
up” (Ch. gaige kaifang) have resulted in material benefits
for large parts of the population, many ‘minority nationalities’
see themselves marginalised by contemporary Chinese capitalism.
This forum will explore how the fast pace of change on the vast
plateau grasslands has affected the lives of Tibetan artists,
nomads, meditators and farmers.
Speakers:
Mark Stevenson, Victoria University, will consider the possibilities
of cultural renaissance in a Tibetan town in the eastern province
of Amdo.
Gillian Tan, University of Melbourne, presents a view of the
contemporary world of Tibetan nomads.
Gabriel Lafitte, a development policy consultant to the environment
& development desk of the Central Tibetan Administration based
in India, asks whether Tibetans can envision a postcolonial future
7:30 pm, Thursday, 3 July 2008
North Melbourne Uniting Church hall on Elm Street – off
51 Curzon Street, North Melbourne, VIC 3051
Charges: Waged: $5, Unwaged: $3, Members: Free
Speech by Professor
Lowitja O'Donoghue
Book launch, 4th August 2006, Melbourne:
click here for full text of speech
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